Bulgaria Gave Its Russian-Leaning New PM A Decisive Mandate
Bulgaria’s recent parliamentary election produced the country’s strongest political mandate in years, with former president Rumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria taking 44.7% of the vote after 91.68% of ballots were counted. The win trails the runners-up GERB at 13.4% and the reformist We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria bloc at 12.9%. Sunday’s vote is the latest in […]
Canada Pours $25M On Batteries AI And Micro-Reactors
Ottawa is putting nearly $25 million behind 14 advanced manufacturing projects, with industry adding $38 million, for a combined investment of more than $62.7 million as the federal government pushes to turn industrial R&D into exportable commercial output. The package spans battery materials, AI-driven packaging, automation, satellites, healthcare manufacturing, quantum photonics, and rare-earth processing. Among […]
Ukraine Strikes Tuapse Oil Refinery for Second Time in Four Days, Killing at Least One
Ukrainian drones struck the tank farm at Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery and export terminal overnight, leaving at least one dead and setting several storage tanks alight — Kyiv’s second hit on the Black Sea facility in less than a week. Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev confirmed the strike at the Tuapse seaport, with fires reported at […]
UAE Threatens Yuan Oil Trade if US Denies Dollar Lifeline as Iran War Drains Reserves
The United Arab Emirates has opened talks with Washington about a dollar liquidity backstop — and warned that without one, it may shift oil and gas transactions to Chinese yuan, according to the Wall Street Journal. Central Bank Governor Khaled Mohamed Balama brought the proposal to Federal Reserve officials and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in […]
BREAKING: Preliminary Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Strikes Off Northern Japan, Tsunami Warning Issued
A preliminary magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Monday afternoon, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue tsunami warnings for three northern prefectures and order millions of residents to evacuate immediately. The quake hit at 4:53 p.m. local time at a depth of 10 kilometers in the […]
Impeachment Odds Hit All-Time High of 72% on Kalshi as Iran Crisis Deepens
Prediction market Kalshi now prices the probability of President Donald Trump being impeached before 2028 at 72.4% — an all-time high — as the Iran crisis escalates and congressional Democrats intensify calls for his removal. Kalshi operates under oversight from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, making it one of the few federally regulated venues for […]
Iran Strikes US Naval Vessels With Drones as Ceasefire Teeters Before April 22 Deadline
Iran carried out drone attacks on US military vessels in the Sea of Oman on Monday, Iran’s state-affiliated Tasnim news agency reported — the threatened retaliation following the US seizure of the Iranian-flagged cargo ship Touska the day before. Iran’s joint military command, which had called the Touska seizure a ceasefire violation and “maritime and […]
Philippines Rejects All Bids at ₱27 Billion T-Bill Auction
The Bureau of the Treasury rejected every bid at Monday’s ₱27 billion Treasury bill auction, as banks demanded yields the government considered excessive, leaving it with nothing raised from the sale. The auction committee turned away all tenders across the 91-day, 182-day, and 364-day tenors. The rejection is the latest in a string of borrowing […]
US Shoots, Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship Touska in Gulf Blockade Escalation
US forces have seized the Iranian-flagged cargo ship Touska in the Gulf of Oman, marking a sharp escalation in the ongoing naval blockade of Iran, President Donald Trump announced on April 19. The nearly 900-foot vessel, weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, ignored warnings to stop, prompting the USS Spruance to fire and […]
B.C. to Suspend Indigenous Rights Law Amid Legal Risks, Sources Confirm
British Columbia Premier David Eby’s government will introduce legislation on Monday to suspend core elements of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) for one year, according to two independent First Nations sources. The move comes as the province grapples with legal risks stemming from a recent court decision on its mineral […]