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Young collectors are fuelling a boom in Basquiat-backed loans

Auction houses are on a lending spree

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure

Despite the country’s current struggles, autocrats elsewhere see a lot to admire

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

When to sell your stocks

Poker provides investors with helpful guidance

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Austria to be first EU nation to stop refugee family reunification

From May, Austria will pause family reunifications for those with asylum status.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Silicon Valley's Indian tech workers on edge about Trump's H-1B visa reform # DW Business

While Trump is rushing to fulfill his promise to limit immigration, his new allies in Silicon Valley are pushing back. At the center of the debate is the temporary H-1B visa, the ticket to the US for skilled foreigners.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Indian tech workers on edge about Trump's immigration policy

While Trump is rushing to fulfill his promise to limit immigration, his new allies in Silicon Valley are pushing back. At the center of the debate is the temporary H-1B visa, the ticket to the US for skilled foreigners.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

US adds more Chinese firms to tech ban list. Is this just the start for Trump 2.0?

America has a sense of urgency about the way China is closing the technology gap, analyst says.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Beijing research lab says inclusion on export control list undermines global AI cooperation

The updated BIS list includes more than 50 new Chinese entities, including six units of cloud computing provider Inspur Group.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Labor’s budget tax cuts make good economic sense – and have backed Dutton and Taylor into a political corner | Greg Jericho

The tax cuts announced in Jim Chalmers’ fourth budget have left the opposition leader and shadow treasurer with limited optionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIf budgets are about choices, then this was one in which very few choices were made. But the one on tax cuts has made life rather difficult for Peter Dutton and Angus Taylor to match...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Could Trump force us to pay more for our medicines? - podcast

Big pharma is eyeing Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, as they lobby Donald Trump to demand higher prices for their medicines. Anthony Albanese has promised to bring down the price of PBS-listed medicines to no more than $25 a script, while the Coalition has already pledged to match it if they return to government. Senior reporter Tory Shepherd speaks to Reged Ahmad about the politics of our affordable...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

From mental health to threatened species: the glaring omissions in the 2025 federal budget

University students, renters and people on welfare missed out on a piece of the pie, while the arts sector and preventative health measures were also overlookedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhile much of the federal budget conversation will centre around what’s in it for you – and for good reason – what’s not in the budget is equally as...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Australia’s government agencies use encrypted messaging apps such as Signal. But should they?

Commonwealth agencies have a legal responsibility to preserve records – and security hygiene for device users still poses a challengeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe revelation that a journalist was included in a highly sensitive Signal group chat for Trump officials planning a military operation on Yemen has raised questions about the...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

The Lake Macquarie small businessman: β€˜They pretend they are just like the man on the street’

Todd Boorer works six days a week in his mowing and yardcare business. He says he was brought up to believe in the value of self-reliance and hard workIn the lead-up to the federal election, ordinary people around the nation tell us about their life. Read more in the Anywhere but Canberra seriesSee all our federal election coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastβ€œBream, flathead, on the right...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

UK forges ahead with billions in welfare spending cuts as growth forecast halved

British lawmakers and the public are waiting to see if Reeves will stick to her self-imposed spending and debt rules.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Why did Donald Trump link the US fentanyl crisis to tariffs on China?

Synthetic opioids have killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and the US President’s actions have brought a renewed focus on the issue.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Treasury Department is set to lay off a 'substantial' number of employees, official says

The department is planning to furlough workers as part of Elon Musk's efforts to shrink the size of the federal government.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

The Atlantic releases entire Signal chat with US’ Yemen attack plans

The Atlantic said it was publishing details after the Trump administration repeatedly denied any classified information had been included.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

'Get out, Hamas': Hundreds protest against group's rule over Gaza, call for end to war with Israel

Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in Gaza on Wednesdayto demand an end towarand chanting 'Hamas out,' in a rare public show of opposition to the militant group a week after Israel resumed its bombardment on the war-torn territory.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

What Palestinians in Gaza say about Israel’s β€˜Migration Directorate’

Israel plans to establish a government agency to oversee the "voluntary departure" of Palestinians from Gaza.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Brazilian Jurists Reject U.S. Actions Against Venezuelan Migrants

The transfer of migrants to El Salvador’s maximum-security prison constitute a case of human trafficking, ABJD stated. On Tuesday, the Brazilian Association of Jurists for Democracy (ABJD) denounced that the United States has used the Alien Enemy Act to kidnap 238 Venezuelan migrants and deport them to El Salvador without providing them due process. The […]

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Europe wants to pour billions of dollars into its own defense companies β€” but market watchers say it may not be able to shut American firms out

As Europe looks to hike defense spending, CNBC spoke to industry experts about how the money could be spent β€” and where it leaves U.S. firms.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

US chat gaffe, China’s birth subsidies, Shanghai woos foreign firms: SCMP daily highlights

From a Chinese drone conquering Earth’s deepest point to the impact of birth subsidies, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

The Constitutional Questions Being Considered in President Yoon’s Impeachment Case

The Constitutional Court’s overturning of Prime Minister Han’s impeachment helps us make some inferences about Yoon’s case – but not the obvious one.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

More measures on the way to attract family offices to Hong Kong, Paul Chan says

More exemptions for funds and enhanced concessions for family offices to make city appealing for wealthy investors to manage their fortunes.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Chinese tea chain Chagee files for U.S. initial public offering

Chagee is planning to open its first U.S. store this spring in Los Angeles.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Russia convicts members of Ukraine's Azov regiment on terrorism charges

A Russian military court on Wednesday handed down long prison sentences to 12 members of Ukraine's Azov regiment, which led the defence of the city of Mariupol in the early months of the war and is designated as a "terrorist organization" by Russia.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Australia: Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children

Play Video (Sydney) – WesternAustralia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Children continue to be removed from their homes nearly two decades after the Australian government issued an apology to First Nations peoples for forcibly removing their children. March 26, 2025...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

The Atlantic publishes Yemen β€˜attack plans shared by Trump aides’ on Signal

Details released by media outlet include the times of US strikes and types of aircraft being used against the Houthis.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

US adds 80 companies, including over 50 Chinese firms, to export blacklist

Companies from Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and UAE also were included.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Russia rules out transferring control of Zaporozhye NPP

Moscow, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that it is impossible to transfer control of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant to Ukraine or any other country and ruled out joint management of the plant. The post Russia rules out transferring control of Zaporozhye NPP first appeared on Prensa Latina.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Prensa Latina favicon Prensa Latina

Hong Kong police hunt for helper who allegedly assaulted cancer patient, 81

Security footage circulating online shows helper restraining and trying to stuff a towel into mouth of bedridden elderly woman.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Hong Kong police hunt for helper who allegedly β€˜assaulted’ cancer patient, 81

Security footage circulating online also shows helper using a yoga rope to tie hands of her struggling bedridden victim.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Energy Generation in Cuba To Increase by 2,000 MW During 2025

With the collaboration of Russia, Cuba will modernize three power plants with a capacity of 100 megawatts each. On Tuesday, Cuban authorities announced that the administration of President Miguel Diaz-Canel has devised a strategy to increase energy supply through the use of renewable energy, the installation of new power plants, and the repair of existing […]

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

FIFA announces record prize money for winners of upcoming Club World Cup

As part of a recently declared $1bn prize pot, football’s governing body offers largest winner's cheque for FIFA event.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Palestinian Oscar winner feared for his life during Israeli settler attack

Hamdan Ballal says he was assaulted by settlers and soldiers outside his home in Susiya in the occupied West Bank.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East