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When you throw pebbles in a pond, you get splashes and ripples, but drop a huge rock, you create a mini Tsunami. Similarly Geo-political turmoil, are potent enough to create tsunamis in financial markets, even if its for the short run. It has in the past, and it will in the future. De-stabilised Middle East, rise of new power in Saudi Arabia, aggressive China, Russia-US tensions, Turkey-Russia escalation, rise of autocratic but nationalists leaders such as Modi in India, Trump in United States, bin-Salman in Middle East, the Geo-Political unease hasn't been this tense in decades, so as a market participant you can never care less than ever.

Global Geopolitics Series

서구 기업들이 우크라이나 침공 이후 러시아에 '갇힌' 4 가지 이유

Oct 19, 2023 05:52 am UTC| Business

러시아가 우크라이나를 침공한 지 600일이 넘었지만 1,400개가 넘는 다국적 기업이 여전히 러시아에서 활동하고 있습니다. 2022년 2월 우크라이나가 우크라이나를 침공한 이후 서구 기업 중 소수만이 국내 사업을 폐쇄할 수...

Global Geopolitics Series

Saudi plans to 'de-risk' region has taken a hit with Gaza violence − but hitting pause on normalization with Israel will buy kingdom time

Oct 19, 2023 04:16 am UTC| Insights & Views

Saudi Arabia and Israel had seemingly been edging closer to a landmark deal to normalize their diplomatic relations and then the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, happened. Since then, thousands have died in Gaza and in...

Global Geopolitics Series

조 바이든 미국 대통령 중동 방문, 세계인에게 주는 메시지

Oct 19, 2023 04:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

조 바이든 미국 대통령이 이스라엘에 도착하기도 전에 적극적인 전쟁 지역으로 이동하기로 결정한 것과 인도주의적 위기의 현장은 많은 이야기를 했습니다. 백악관은 바이든의 목적이 2023년 10월 7일 하마스의 잔인한 테러 공격 이후...

Global Geopolitics Series

하마스-이스라엘 충돌: 이집트에 무엇이 걸려있나?

Oct 18, 2023 23:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

이스라엘-하마스 위기가 계속되면서 많은 관심이 이집트로 옮겨가고 있습니다. 이집트는 이스라엘과 가자지구 모두와 국경을 공유하고 있습니다. 가자지구는 2007년부터 가자지구를 장악해 온 급진 이슬람 조직인 하마스의 이스라엘에 대한...

Global Geopolitics Series

Biden’s Middle East trip has messages for both global and domestic audiences

Oct 18, 2023 11:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Even before his arrival in Israel, U.S. President Joe Bidens decision to travel to an active war zone and the scene of an unfolding humanitarian crisis has spoken volumes. The White House has stated that Bidens purpose...

Global Geopolitics Series

Egypt's Rafah crossing is a lifeline to Palestinians living in Gaza - but Cairo may not provide it

Oct 18, 2023 11:35 am UTC| Insights & Views

Israels siege on the Gaza Strip after a devastating Hamas attack on Israel has caused alarm in Egypt. Egypt shares a 12km-long border with Gaza and controls the main exit point the Rafah crossing for the approximately...

Global Geopolitics Series

'Gaza is being strangled': why Israel's evacuation order violates international law

Oct 18, 2023 11:34 am UTC| Law

In conflicts around the world, evacuations have long been used to rescue people from serious harm. During the second world war, for instance, thousands of children across Europe were sent to rural areas or abroad under...

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Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

US Lawmakers Push SEC for Bitcoin Options Trading Approval

In a bipartisan effort, US Representatives Mike Flood and Wiley Nickel have penned a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler, urging swift action in approving options trading for Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs). Amid...

Solana's Future Anchored in Four Key Pillars, Developer Outlines Strategy

Vibhu Norby, CEO of Drip Haus, has outlined four essential pillars to define Solanas path forward amid a dynamic period of growth and challenges in the blockchain space. Key Strategies for Solanas Scaling and User...

Shiba Inu Magazine Details Upcoming Shibarium Hard Fork Enhancements

Shiba Inu (SHIB) lovers will get a full description of the highly anticipated Shibarium hard fork in the most recent issue of The Shib magazine. On International Workers Day, the magazine begins with a rallying cry for the...

2025 Sees SK hynix's HBM Chips Fully Booked Amidst AI Surge

SK hynix, a key player in the artificial intelligence (AI) services sector, made a significant announcement on Thursday. HBM Sales Reflect SK hynixs Market Leadership Its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) processors,...

Bitcoin Price May Consolidate for Two Months Post-Halving, Says Bitfinex

As the cryptocurrency market adjusts to the latest Bitcoin halving, analysts from Bitfinex forecast a price consolidation period of up to two months, with significant price fluctuations expected within this...