Category: Semafor

Stand With Crypto, the advocacy group that helped shepherd pro-cryptocurrency candidates into Congress last election cycle, is making its first foray into this year’s midterms. The offensive, reported first by Semafor, includes a new “voter hub” where digital assets users can learn candidates’ stances on the digital assets and view ...

The US appeared to be accelerating efforts to end the Iran war, though Tehran remained defiant, insisting it would not capitulate. US President Donald Trump has told aides he expects the conflict to end within weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported, and his scheduling of a summit with Chinese leader ...

China’s oil demand could peak sooner than expected, a senior executive at a major state energy firm said, as the Iran war accelerates the turn away from fossil fuels. The country is the world’s second-largest oil consumer, but demand growth has slowed as it shifts to EVs and renewables, and ...

Russia is reportedly sending drones to Iran, according to Western intelligence, underscoring how the war in Ukraine is inextricably tied to the one in the Middle East. Moscow’s support for Tehran is likely to further escalate tensions with the West and especially the US. Ukraine, meanwhile, is providing anti-drone capabilities ...

A US jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark social media addiction trial. The companies must pay a combined $6 million in damages after being accused of harming kids and teens with platforms as addictive as cigarettes and failing to warn them about those dangers. The ...

The world’s imbalance between incoming and outgoing energy is growing ever faster, the UN warned. The planet gains energy from the sun and releases it as heat. Under usual circumstances, the two are in equilibrium, but greenhouse gases trap more energy, and as concentrations increase, temperatures rise. The World Meteorological ...

Iran on Wednesday rejected a US peace plan and laid out its own conditions for entering negotiations, setting a high bar. Tehran’s hardball asks include the payment of war reparations and the recognition of Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. Even as the countries pass messages through Pakistan, Iranian ...

Tensions between China and Japan flared further this week after a Japanese army officer was accused of breaking into the Chinese embassy in Tokyo. Beijing lambasted Japan over the incident, which Tokyo said was “truly regrettable.” The episode inflames the diplomatic spat between the two countries that began over Japanese ...

The supply shocks stemming from the Iran war will expand beyond just fuel markets — to the benefit of China and Russia, analysts said. The conflict is imperiling the supply chain for petrochemicals, which are derived from fossil fuels and serve as the building blocks for plastics, an expert told ...

At least 26 African countries will experience increases in temperature-related deaths due to climate change in 2050 compared to the 2001-2010 average, according to a new report. Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Niger are among those that will see such deaths exceeding those from stroke, one of the top causes of ...