geopolitics

Gates Foundation Trust exits Microsoft completely, selling $3.2B stake. Move marks a strategic shift toward long-term philanthropy, reducing equity holdings and redirecting capital into global grants over the next 20 years.

Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index unchanged

As the United States experiences a brain drain, Europe is emerging as a key research partner for China as both benefit from an influx of young scientists from America. Rapid changes in geopolitics have brought “massive changes in the global flow of talent”, according to Patrick Cramer, the president

Iran's stock market to reopen on Tuesday, official says Reuters

Pakistan has negotiated the passage of vessels laden with Qatari LNG out of the Strait of Hormuz in a diplomatic feat that no other energy buyer has managed so far in the Iran war. Pakistan, which was the mediator of the U.S.-Iran talks and is passing messages from one to the other, appears to have

U.S. consumer sentiment has been on a downward trend since the Covid pandemic. Inflation, wars and Trump's tariffs are to blame, economists say.

CME Group and ICE have reportedly warned the CFTC and Capitol Hill officials that Hyperliquid’s decentralized perpetual futures platform could enable market manipulation and sanctions evasion.

“You’re seeing a number of leaders go up to China. It’s like the tribute system that existed throughout history to come and recognize the differences in power."

Members of "Gaza Sunbirds," a Palestinian paracycling crew formed by amputee athletes from Gaza, made a symbolic arrival by sea at the Cannes Film Festival for the screening of a documentary about them.

FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom said Saturday he held a constructive meeting with the president of Iran's FA Mehdi Taj regarding Iran’s participation in the World Cup which is set to take place this summer in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.