Treasury yields ‘really, really high’ but can fall soon: Bessent advisor
U.S. Treasury yields are likely to cool off after a surge to multidecade highs that alarmed bond traders and pressured consumer borrowing power, according to David Zervos, the Wall Street veteran who recently took a senior role in the Treasury…
‘Fighting for our future’: France high school students vow no let-up
Over 70,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Thursday demanding better education and less police brutality, as students protested nationwide despite government attempts to ease a crisis that has rocked the country for more than a week.…
Why was the sign at the British consulate in East Jerusalem removed?
Israel said in September it would shut the British consulate, in retaliation for UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank which are illegal under international law. The UK government had made last-ditch efforts to persuade Israel not…
Salud: Han vuelto los médicos cubanos a Jamaica, ahora con contratos individuales
Madrid/Siete meses después de la retirada de la brigada médica de Jamaica, el número de profesionales sanitarios cubanos en la isla caribeña ya se sitúa en 200, acercándose cada vez más a la cantidad que había cuando Kingston rompió el acuerdo por las…
Elon Musk takes aim at Indian billionaire Ambani as Starlink launch stalls
WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 13: Head of the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) and CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and X Elon Musk meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) at Blair House in Washington DC, USA on February 13,…
Spain mourns Maricarmen Abascal, whose eviction sparked housing protests
Protests and anger have grown across Spain after the death of an 87-year-old woman in the wake of her eviction from her home. Maricarmen Abascal was thrown out of her home of seven decades in what became the «cause celebre» of Spain’s housing…
Anne Carson: ‘Bold and inventive’ Canadian poet wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross the boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship. The Nobel Prize committee said…
Venezuela: Maduro y Flores serán acusados de presuntas torturas a estadounidenses
Los Ángeles / Caracas/La justicia de Estados Unidos acusó este jueves al depuesto líder venezolano Nicolás Maduro y su esposa, Cilia Flores, de conspiración para cometer torturas, como había adelantado en exclusiva la cadena CNN. Al margen, el juez a…
Nasdaq CEO: Tokenization could unleash billions in trapped capital
Attendees at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. The crypto conference runs through today. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tokenization could free up tens of billions…
Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro wins third-place candidate’s support against Lula
Right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro on Thursday gained the support of Augusto Cury, the third-place candidate in Brazil‘s presidential election, bolstering his chances against incumbent leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. «My support is…