China has just found the United States’ Achilles heel, and it isn’t in Washington, Silicon Valley or the Pentagon. It’s deep underground, in the form of seventeen metallic elements the world calls rare earths. Beijing has weaponised its dominance over these minerals to squeeze America where it hurts most: defence. Missiles, jets, submarines, satellites: all […]
President Trump said on Tuesday that Washington’s $20 billion bailout for Argentina comes with strings attached — namely, that the ruling party of his ally, President Javier Milei of Argentina, must prevail in the country’s legislative elections this month. “If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina,” Mr. Trump told reporters […]
The rally was powered by a resurgence in industrial and mid-cap equities, led by BUA Cement and several blue-chip stocks. According to a market analysis by Punch, the NGX’s market capitalisation climbed from ₦94.6 trillion to ₦95.2 trillion, representing a 0.65% daily increase. The All-Share Index also advanced by 963.17 points to close at 149,940.81, […]
US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical minerals agreement aimed at countering China on Monday at a meeting marked by Trump’s jab at Australia’s envoy to the US over past criticism. China loomed large at the first White House summit between Trump and Albanese, with the US president also backing a strategic nuclear-powered submarine deal with […]
The United States (US) and China have resumed high-level discussions aimed at addressing ongoing trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. In a statement on October 18, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that he held “frank and detailed discussions” with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Friday evening, focusing on key trade issues. […]
Gold prices fell more than 2% on Friday after hitting a record high above US$4,300 per ounce, pressured by a firmer dollar and US President Donald Trump’s comment that a “full-scale” tariff on China would be unsustainable. Spot gold was down 2.2% to US$4,228.89 per ounce at 10.21am ET (1421 GMT), after scaling an all-time […]
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has reassured investors of Nigeria’s improving macroeconomic stability, just as he revealed that the country’s foreign exchange (FX) market turnover has so far risen to $8.6 billion monthly in 2025. Additionally, Cardoso, who spoke during an Investors’ Forum in Washington D.C., on the sidelines […]
Spain’s Cellnex said on Friday that it has signed a put option agreement to sell all its 99.99% share capital in Towerlink France to Vauban Infra Fibre for 391 million euros ($458 million). The deal, made through the French subsidiary of Europe’s largest mobile phone tower operator, will be fully paid in cash on the […]
India says it is looking to step up purchases of crude oil and natural gas from the U.S. as it diversifies its energy supplies and confronts criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump over its imports of discounted Russian oil. Trump said Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had personally assured him his country would stop […]
Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawi, has recently announced an ambitious five-year strategy to expand oil and gas exploration and production across the country. The announcement came during his participation in the opening of the World Energies Summit in London, where he was a keynote speaker. The plan includes drilling around 480 […]