With Eurovision facing its biggest boycott in 70 years, questions are growing over the competition’s future. ...
Month: May 2026
Aramco profit jump proves wisdom of decades-old pipeline investmentAramco profit jump proves wisdom of decades-old pipeline investment
The News Aramco’s profit jumped in the first three months of the year after surging oil prices helped offset lower exports from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, justifying the strategic value of the kingdom’s decades-old investment in pipelines that bypass the chokepoint. The company, which provides more than ...
South African firm scoops equity assets worth $120 millionSouth African firm scoops equity assets worth $120 million
The News South African investment manager Sango Capital acquired equity assets valued at $120 million from a non-African investor that held interests in multiple African investment funds but is now exiting the continent as part of a rebalance of its global portfolio, Sango’s co-founder and partner Richard Okello told Semafor. ...
China sets new EV, hybrid recordChina sets new EV, hybrid record
China last month exported more EVs and plug-in hybrids than gasoline and diesel cars combined for the first time, underscoring the country’s growing global dominance in clean energy transport. While domestic sales have contracted, international demand remains robust, with so-called new-energy vehicle exports rising to 400,000 in April despite Western ...
World’s second-highest tsunami goes unnoticedWorld’s second-highest tsunami goes unnoticed
The second-highest tsunami ever recorded struck Alaska in August last year, but almost no one noticed. A landslide from a glacier dropped over a hundred million tons of rock into Tracy Arm fjord, pushing a 1,580-foot wave up the narrow waterway; it is a tourist hotspot, but the 5am strike ...
War squeezes Asian farmers, oil pricesWar squeezes Asian farmers, oil prices
The Iran war is hitting Asia’s economies. A third of the world’s urea fertilizer supply has been “wiped out,” one analyst told The Washington Post, and prices are up 40%. Accordingly, farmers in Southeast Asia are choosing to skip or cut back on planting this season, or lower fertilizer use, ...
‘I told him, “Go ahead, do it”’: Juliette Binoche on how a strangling attack as a teen inspired her directorial debut‘I told him, “Go ahead, do it”’: Juliette Binoche on how a strangling attack as a teen inspired her directorial debut
The French actor steps into unfamiliar – and bracingly raw – territory with In-I In Motion after four decades reigning the international arthouse. You have to go out of your comfort zone, she says, ‘otherwise you become a prude’ Starring in more than 70 movies is all well and good, ...
Republicans would rather self-destruct than save themselves from Trump | Sidney BlumenthalRepublicans would rather self-destruct than save themselves from Trump | Sidney Blumenthal
As the president’s popularity withers, the party has no will to stage an intervention against him Donald Trump wins, Republicans lose. The Indiana primaries on 5 May, in which five of seven Trump-backed candidates ousted stalwart conservative Republican state legislators who had refused his command to redraw congressional districts, has ...
‘Men and women hate each other’ | The Global Dating Crisis: episode 2‘Men and women hate each other’ | The Global Dating Crisis: episode 2
In the US, 60% of young men are single and sex is at a record low. Despite endless opportunities to meet the right person, it feels like dating in the US has become more fraught than ever. As political divides deepen and the #MeToo backlash grows, we meet the people ...
‘The mouth is a gateway into your body’: the fascinating, frightening links between our gums and our health‘The mouth is a gateway into your body’: the fascinating, frightening links between our gums and our health
Scientists are discovering more and more associations between poor oral health and everything from heart disease to dementia. But can flossing and brushing properly guarantee a longer life? Isn’t it weird that dentistry and medicine have been kept largely separate? Why should our mouths be treated differently from the rest ...