Addis Maleda was named for a moment: the Amharic phrase means a dawn of hope and a new beginning, and in October 2018 that felt accurate. Ethiopia had a new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, who had released jailed journalists, replaced the country’s most restrictive laws and opened opportunities that had been seemingly closed for more…
Downsizing is supposed to free up cash. You sell the family home, buy somewhere smaller and pocket the difference. That’s the idea, anyway. What actually happens is the transaction costs start chipping away at your savings before the boxes are even unpacked. Since April 2025, the stamp duty nil-rate band has dropped back to £125,000,…
Everyone knows how much gasoline prices matter. The recent spike in gas prices triggered by the war with Iran has fueled deep pessimism about the economy and weighed heavily on President Donald Trump’s approval ratings. But diesel fuel — the lifeblood of shipping, agriculture, and heavy industry — usually flies under the radar. Its price…
AI is rapidly changing banking. What are the biggest challenges and opportunities for clients and financial institutions? Elitza Kavrakova: The biggest question for organisations today is no longer whether they should adopt AI, but rather how to do so responsibly and effectively. Elitza Kavrakova, Group Head Institutional Clients Financial institutions and corporates face multiple challenges….
Harlan Coben’s latest hit, I Will Find You, has completed a record-breaking summer run on Netflix. The series has ascended into the all-time top ten for the streamer. Coben insists that any potential second season must top the narrative stakes of the original mystery. The series follows David Burroughs (Sam Worthington) as a father wrongfully…
People now use voice in many apps. They use voice to search. They ask phones for help. They use smart speakers at home. They also use voice to send messages or find places. Because of this, more developers are adding voice to apps. An ai voice agent for developers can listen to a user, understand…
Most finance offices already own the screen. It is sitting under a conference room TV, powered on, showing the Apple TV home screen to an empty room for twenty-two hours a day. Meanwhile the lobby display down the hall runs on a three-year-old media player nobody can log into anymore. That gap is closing fast….
Sakal distributes more than one million copies a day across Maharashtra. “Yet, we don’t know who the reader is, what type of content they like, how much content they like, and what time they expect to deliver the content,” said Uday Jadhav, CEO of Sakal Media Group, during our recent Indian Printers Summit in Pune….
Iraqis gather in Baghdad to celebrate the withdrawal of US and international coalition forces on September 30, 2026. | Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The last US troops in Iraq formally withdrew today, 23…
Agentic AI has a toehold in B2C transactions, but has a way to go to capture B2B transactions, Waller said at the Sibos conference. Artificial intelligence and autonomous AI agents will fuel the next evolutionary leap in global and cross-border payments, Federal Reserve Board Gov. Christopher Waller said during a speech at Sibos 2026 in…