The United Nations annual climate conference, COP30, began on Monday in Brazil, marked by the notable absence of the United States. In an unprecedented political move, Washington sent no high-level representation to the conference, which is considered the largest and most important international event of its kind. The absence comes after the Trump administrations decision to withdraw from the Paris...

The US dollar headed toward a weekly loss on Friday, as investors trimmed positions while awaiting a clearer assessment of the backlog of US economic data following the governments reopening. Traders sold the US currency despite rising yields and declining expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut next month. The moves came alongside broad selling in US equities and bonds,...

The euro rose in European trade on Friday against a basket of major currencies, extending gains for a fourth consecutive session against the US dollar and approaching a two-week high. The single currency is on track to secure a second straight weekly advance, supported by broad weakness in the US dollar amid mounting concerns over an economic slowdown in the...

The euro fell in the European market on Monday against a basket of major currencies, extending losses for the second consecutive day against the U.S. dollar and moving away from a two-week high, as corrective moves and profit-taking continued alongside a rebound in the U.S. currency supported by Federal Reserve officials. Expectations for a European rate cut in December remain...

IREN Limited is our Stock of the Day because it may be on the verge of a breakout. This could be a bullish dynamic, suggesting the shares will continue to trade higher (analysts attribute the move to positive brokerage comments). Like all markets, the stock market moves because of shifts in supply and demand. If there is more demand, or shares...

01:25 PM EDT, 10/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing in Friday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index up 0.9% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) adding 1.2%. The Philadelphia Housing Index rose 0.8%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) increased 0.7%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) edged up 0.2% to $110,347, and the yield for...

01:13 PM EDT, 10/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were lower Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index down 0.4% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) shedding 0.7%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index was adding 0.4%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index climbed 1.4%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose 0.4% to $62.02 a...

01:07 PM EDT, 10/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were higher. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 1.2%. US equity indexes broke records as consumer price inflation cooled, boosting market expectations of two interest-rate cuts this year. Energy iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) and the Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) each...

Erratic patterns of rainfall, heatwaves, storms, floods, and other consequences of climate change are threatening our genetically similar food crops. The way out is to introduce genetic diversity, but that's easier said than done.

Huawei Technologies has teamed up with China's Shaanxi Coal Industry Co to pilot the intelligent coal mine technology in two places. Smart coal mine sensors monitor parameters like gas build-up, ventilation levels and flooding, and send an alert if any of these reach a dangerous level. Sustainability too has to be factored into the equation, going forward.

Utimaco provides a Public Warning System (PWS) that sends alerts and warnings within seconds to every cell phone in an area affected by a catastrophic situation without the need for mobile numbers and irrespective of the congestion in the telecom network.

The IT city is facing the worst of floods and social media is flooded with visuals from Bengaluru as residents expressed their anger, opinions, and interesting takes online.

The probe pertains to Dapoli resort, which is allegedly illegal. The former minister and Shiv Sena (Uddhav) leader, Anil Parab, allegedly wangled a permit to use land meant for agricultural use. The ED had started the investigation under the the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after a complaint from the Environment Ministry.

A fire that broke out at the waste treatment plant in Kochi on March 2, 2023, continues to spread toxic fumes even after 11 days of the incident. The Kerala government has said that 95 percent of the fire has been extinguished, but the smoke from the landfill has not entirely subsided. 

On Tuesday, the Gehlot government invited bids for both projects to build the dams within the next four years. The chief minister had announced both projects in last year’s budget.

Accusing Kejriwal of being busy with election campaigning in poll-bound states and waking up to the situation late, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, said that the Centre had held a meeting with Chief Secretaries and senior officials from four North Indian states on 20th October to discuss measures to reduce air pollution, which he claims weren't adopted by the AAP-led governments.

11:31 AM EDT, 08/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Infosys ( INFY ) said Wednesday it has formed a joint venture with Telstra to provide cloud and digital services in Australia. Infosys ( INFY ) said it will buy 75% of the shareholding in Versent Group, a Telstra unit that provides cloud and digital transformation. Infosys ( INFY ) will get operational...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

By Ateev Bhandari and Atharva Singh Aug 13 (Reuters) - Bullish's shares were indicated to open more than 75% above their initial public offering price on Wednesday, signaling growing investor confidence in the sector and boosting prospects for future U.S. listings by other digital asset firms. If the billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange starts to trade at the...

11:31 AM EDT, 08/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Adds National Bank comment and updates shares.) Endeavour Silver ( EXK ) said Wednesday that its adjusted loss widened in the second quarter. The miner reported an adjusted loss, excluding most one-time items of US$9.2 million, or US$0.03 per share, compared to the previous year's loss of US$1.0 million, on nil per share....

Wall Street feared Monday that a flashy showing by a Chinese open-source AI startup meant the Internet wont need faster chips. The decline in Nvidia shares was dramatic on Monday, starting off the morning with a bang. NVDA went into free fall right out of the gate. Within minutes of the stock exchanges opening, the hot chipmakers stock fell from...

Eight of the past twelve months of February going back to 2013 have seen double-digit gains for Bitcoin, according to Coinglass. The average gain for the second month of the year is 15.6%. Moreover, only two Februaries over the past twelve years have been months of decline, namely in 2014 and 2020. The asset remained flat in February 2018 and...

Bitcoin has recovered from its twelve-day low of just below $98,000 on Monday to reach an intraday high of $103,100 during the Tuesday morning Asian trading session. The asset only spent a few hours in the five-figure territory, finding solid support from which to bounce. On Jan. 28, analyst ‘Rekt Capital’ said that Bitcoin had completed its first price discovery uptrend...

Dean Norris, best known for his role in Breaking Bad, has become the target of hackers again. His X account was recently compromised to promote a fraudulent meme coin named DEAN. Details from the Exploit An X user who shared a screenshot of the deleted posts described the incident as one of the “most believable” scams they had ever seen...