When cryptocurrency platform Toobit signed a regional partnership with Spain’s top football division earlier this year, it did more than place its…
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In the far north of Siberia, where the ground remains frozen for most of the year and some facilities lie hundreds of kilometres from the nearest…
More than half a century ago, a decision to reduce oil production and suspend exports was enough to throw industrialised economies into disarray and…
When the war against Iran began on 28 February 2026, Tehran entered the conflict with what looked like a form of economic insurance. It had a large…
From the outside, a data centre looks much like a vast industrial building: a warehouse surrounded by fences and security systems. What happens…
On a summer afternoon in an Arab city, no economic report is needed to understand the meaning of demand for cooling. A few minutes outdoors, followed…
The influence of a currency has traditionally been measured by its share of central-bank reserves, or by its use in international trade and the…
No wheat carrier needed to sink, and no Russian grain silo needed to be destroyed, for wheat prices on European exchanges to jump by about 4% on 10…
A country can be awash with oil and still find itself having to import petrol. The apparent contradiction encapsulates a lesson that wars, sanctions…
Only six vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on 10 August, according to shipping data reported by Reuters. Before the war broke out in late…
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No clear winner in Israeli polls
