Trump Brokers Congo Peace Deal With Eye on Critical Minerals
President Donald Trump brokered a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday, explicitly linking the deal to US access to the African nation’s vast mineral wealth, critical for technology manufacturing. The agreement, signed at the State Department by foreign ministers from both countries, aims to end fighting in eastern Congo […]
Canada’s Flagship EV Battery Plant Hit by Sudden Construction Worker Layoffs
About 200 construction workers were laid off last week at Canada’s first large-scale electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant.
Kenya Picks Siaya County for First Nuclear Power Plant
Kenya announced plans to build its first nuclear power plant in Siaya County after abandoning the original coastal location due to fierce local opposition, officials said Monday. The 1,000-megawatt facility will be constructed in Luanda Kotieno, Bondo area, at an estimated cost of 500 billion Kenyan shillings ($3.8 billion). Construction is scheduled to begin in […]
Governor Greg Abbott Signs Law Banning Land Sales to ‘Hostile’ Nations
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation into law Saturday that prohibits individuals and entities from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia from purchasing land in the state, marking one of the nation’s most restrictive foreign ownership laws. Senate Bill 17, which takes effect September 1, targets countries designated as national security threats by US intelligence […]
How Quebec’s Dairy Quotas Block Trade and Hurt Consumers—And Why Supply Management Must End
Canada’s entrenched supply management system—once a backstop against 1970s market swings—now serves primarily to shield Quebec’s 4,200 small dairy farms, all while capping western provinces at 16% of national output and granting Quebec 37%. That protection has come at a steep cost: $11 billion of milk dumped between 2012 and 2024, near-300% import tariffs, and […]
OpenAI’s TPU Switch Exposes the Soft Underbelly of Nvidia’s AI Boom
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) warned in its latest Form 10-K that three direct customers individually generated 12%, 11%, and 11% of its total revenue, while an additional indirect customer—widely believed to be OpenAI—also topped the 10% threshold through reseller channels, highlighting how heavily the chipmaker relies on a small group of hyperscale buyers. Now OpenAI is […]
Trump: Next Fed Chair Must Want to Cut Interest Rates
President Donald Trump said Friday he will pick a Federal Reserve chair who wants to cut interest rates, escalating his criticism of current Chair Jerome Powell. “If I think somebody’s going to keep the rates where they are or whatever, I’m not going to put them in. I’m going to put somebody that wants to […]
Ottawa Scraps DST To Court US Back To Trade Table
Canada killed its 3% Digital Services Tax just hours before the first payments were due, a move meant to coax Washington back to the table—but one that simultaneously revives the chronic Canada-US trade headache Ottawa thought it had left in 2018. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the repeal is designed “to make vital progress” toward […]
Bezos Sells $5.4 Billion in Amazon Stock on Wedding Day
Jeff Bezos executed a $5.4 billion sale of Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock Friday, around the same time as his wedding to journalist Lauren Sánchez during an elaborate Venice celebration, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The sale involved 25 million Amazon shares and was executed under a trading plan Bezos adopted in March, the […]
Goldshore Launches 21,000 Metre Drill Program At Moss Gold
Goldshore Resources (TSXV: GSHR) has begun a 21,000 metre drill program at their flagship Moss Gold Project in Ontario, which follows the recent completion of a $36.1 million funding round. The drill program will place work to identify the optimal drill spacing to enable the upgrading of current inferred resources to higher confidence categories, while […]