The US dollar is mixed today. The dollar-bloc currencies are firmer, while the euro and yen are softer. We had anticipated a recovery of the dollar on ideas that the market has too aggressively pushed...
NFTs were a pandemic curiosity, with the digital assets experiencing a massive rise in value before an equally dramatic crash. Were they simply fool’s gold or could they rise again? Many strange things happened in...
Staying worried at all times about money is not something anyone would want, especially during their golden years. People work hard during their youth so that they can enjoy their retirement without having financial worries....
With the EU-China summit coming up, Beijing and Brussels are looking for ways to cooperate despite their rivalry. Tensions ahead of the EU-China summit in Beijing next week are clearly visible just by looking at electric car...
The US dollar is narrowly mixed against the G10 currencies. The Canadian and Australian dollars lead the advancers, while the Scandis are pacing the losers off 0.1%-0.2% in quiet turnover. Most the freely accessible emerging...
African delegates at a UN desertification conference in Uzbekistan urged the international community to not neglect the climate emergency in Africa’s deserts amid the Israel-Hamas conflict and Russia’s war in Ukraine. African delegates attending a...
China has loaned $1.3 trillion for infrastructure projects from Asia to Latin America to boost trade. DW asks how China will ensure those debts are repaid. China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — backing and often...
President-elect Javier Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist,” has radical ideas to prop up the ailing economy, including the introduction of the US dollar. Will that work? Argentina’s new right-wing populist president-elect Javier Milei has never hidden his...
An array of climate funds promise to help poorer countries either stop climate change or adapt to its consequences. But what do they actually cover, and why is it all so contentious? Fossil fuels powered...
Sam Altman, the highly popular face of OpenAI, the parent company behind AI chatbot ChatGPT, has been fired after a “deliberate review process” by the board of directors. Altman said “he loved his time” at...
The new rush for lithium in Africa risks fueling corruption and harming local communities and the environment, investigations have shown. At a Chinese-run lithium mine in Namibia, local workers have complained for months about squalid living...
Psychological influence motivates performance improvement. Pygmalion effect is a phenomenon wherein, high expectations are pronounced overtly, and placed upon people to improve their performances. On the other hand, lowered expectations may also lead to decreased...
