Economics & Markets: * On April 17, 2026, Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras announced it signed a deal to acquire a 75% stake and operatorship of offshore Block 3 in São Tomé and Príncipe, a small island nation off the west coast of Africa. * The specific financial terms were not
Trending: * On April 16, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, which took effect at 5:00 p.m. ET (21:00 GMT). The temporary truce, brokered by the U.S., aims to halt the fighting that began in March
Economics & Markets: * U.S. oil exports surged to a new all-time high of 5.2 million barrels per day last week, marking a sharp increase from 3.9 million bpd in March as global buyers scramble for alternatives to disrupted Middle East supplies. * The record shipments, driven largely by
Economics & Markets: * On April 14, 2026, the SEC officially eliminated the $25,000 minimum equity requirement for pattern day traders — the biggest change to retail trading rules in 24 years. * The old rule, in place since 2001, limited accounts under $25,000 to just 3 day trades per 5
Economics & Markets: * On April 13, 2026, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy, $MSTR) announced it acquired another 13,927 BTC for ~$1.00 billion at an average price of ~$71,902 per bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 780,897 BTC as of April 12. These were purchased for a cumulative ~$59.
Trending: * As of April 13, 2026, the United States has imposed a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, with U.S. forces now actively intercepting and turning away ships attempting to enter or leave Iranian ports. * This creates a rare dual blockade situation: Iran continues its own checkpoint system
Trending: * On April 9, 2026, a major data breach was reported at China’s National Supercomputing Center (NSCC), where hackers claim to have stolen over 10 petabytes of highly sensitive data — the largest known breach in Chinese history. The stolen information includes research on aerospace engineering, bioinformatics, fusion simulations, military
Trending: * As of April 9, 2026, Iran is halting all traffic in the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli strikes on Lebanon, directly testing the fragile two-week ceasefire deal that was agreed upon just one day ago. * The move threatens to immediately re-close the critical waterway that had only
Trending: * On April 7, 2026, the United States, Israel, and Iran agreed to a two-week temporary ceasefire yesterday evening. Under the deal, Iran has committed to reopening the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping within 48 hours, while the U.S. and Israel agreed to halt all strikes on Iranian
Trending: * In the past 24 hours, U.S. and Israeli forces struck Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport and nearby military airfields, while Iran launched new missile and drone attacks on Israeli cities and Gulf energy/desalination plants. President Trump issued a strong ultimatum demanding Iran immediately reopen the Strait
Trending: * As of April 6, 2026, the U.S.-Israel-Iran war has entered its 38th day with no ceasefire in sight. The Strait of Hormuz remains completely closed for the 33rd consecutive day, as Iran continues to reject all proposals to reopen it, maintaining its de facto blockade and selective
Trending: * On April 2, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of eight people in Southern California as part of a major health care fraud takedown, including owners of hospice facilities accused of billing taxpayers millions of dollars. * The defendants — which include three nurses, a chiropractor, and