Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ruled out meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dimming hopes for progress toward ending a war that has already reshaped trade flows, driven up costs and weighed on economic confidence across Europe. The comments suggest businesses and households may need to prepare for a longer period of financial strain as…
The Americans were closing in, the situation was getting more dangerous by the minute — and President Xi Jinping was waiting for my recommendation. The standoff began in May, when the US announced a package of anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles to Taiwan that would significantly upgrade the island’s ability to repel a Chinese invasion. We…
This comes at a time when AI agents can already pull and synthesise journalism from anywhere. Sannuta Raghu, who spoke at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress in Marseille, laid out both the problem and Scroll’s response. About five years ago, the organisation stopped chasing breaking news and moved toward consolidation, context, and ground reportage. In…
A federal judge ordered former CIA official David J. Rush to remain in jail Friday after prosecutors accused him of improperly obtaining and storing more than $40 million worth of government-owned gold bars at his Virginia home, a case that is intensifying scrutiny of the systems responsible for safeguarding public money and government assets. Rush…
President Donald Trump’s second term began at a breakneck pace, with a wave of executive orders and other actions imposing tariffs; targeting law firms, universities, and individuals he believed had wronged him while he was out of office; and reshaping the US immigration system. Nearly a year and a half into his second term, the…
The sharpest Nasdaq decline in nearly eight months rattled Wall Street on Friday after a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report pushed Treasury yields higher and revived fears that borrowing costs could stay elevated well into next year. The sell-off spread quickly through technology stocks, but the implications reach far beyond investors. Elevated borrowing costs can feed…
I’ve got a couple of accessibility related articles I thought I’d share this week. I’ve specifically picked them out as examples of well-done accessibility writing. For each, I’ve plucked out a bit I found particularly interesting. But you, you should read the whole thing. Demystifying WCAG 2.2 by Nathan Schmidt. WCAG 2.2 was released late…
For Goli Sheikholeslami, CEO of Politico, that is not a threat, but an opening. “Even amid the disruption AI creates, this is a moment filled with opportunity for Politico,” she said. She identified three key opportunities: Original and trusted journalism is becoming more valuable, not less. In an agentic world, news organisations can expand to…
The Real Problem in Crypto Swaps Today Access to crypto swaps is no longer the challenge. The harder problem is fragmentation. Liquidity is scattered across centralized venues, decentralized pools, provider inventories, and chain-specific routes — and users are left to navigate all of it manually. A person moving a meaningful amount — say $5,000 or…
As the world waits to see if President Donald Trump will give his final approval to a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and, perhaps, finally bring the 2026 US-Iran conflict to a close, it’s already clear that one of the more surprising developments of the conflict has been the prominent role of Pakistan…