Trending: * China has recently intervened to halt a $22.8 billion deal that would have allowed BlackRock, a U.S.-based asset management firm, to purchase two key ports near the Panama Canal—Balboa and Cristobal—from CK Hutchison Holdings, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate. Earlier this year, on March 4,
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * As of Yesterday, March 30, 2025, the United States has bolstered its military presence in the Indian Ocean by deploying B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to the Diego Garcia base, a strategic British territory.
Trending: * Yesterday, March 29, 2025, an explosion involving a luxury limousine occurred on a street in Moscow, near the headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Lubyanka district. The vehicle was identified as an Aurus Senat, a model associated with the Russian government and part of the fleet
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * Yesterday, March 28, 2025, civilian reports from Dnipro, Ukraine, indicate that a strike has hit the Bartolomeo hotel and restaurant complex. The incident has resulted in a large fire
Trending: * Yesterday, March 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), alongside the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, announced the arrest of Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, a 24-year-old Salvadoran national identified as a high-ranking leader of the MS-13 gang in the United States. The operation took place in
Trending: * Yesterday, March 26, 2025, the Trump administration announced a 25% tariff on all automobiles manufactured outside the United States and imported into the country, effective April 3. This tariff targets fully assembled vehicles, such as cars and light trucks, as well as components like engines and transmissions, affecting exporters
Trending: * Yesterday, March 25, 2025, Alexander Lukashenko was inaugurated for his seventh consecutive term as president of Belarus, a position he has held since the country’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The ceremony occurred at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, where Lukashenko placed his right hand
Trending: * Over the past 24 hours, Syria experienced a nationwide internet outage, with connectivity crashing to 1% of normal levels by March 25, 2025, according to NetBlocks. This digital blackout hit as unrest intensifies in cities like Latakia and Hama, where the HTS-led transitional government clashes with loyalists of the
Trending: * Yesterday, March 23, 2025, a petroleum spill took place at the Naftatrans oil depot in Kavkazskaya, within the Kavkazsky district of Russia’s Krasnodar region, after an earlier Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on March 19. The spill stemmed from a tank that had been on fire since the initial
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli Air Force has carried out a series of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah positions in Tyre, a city in southwestern Lebanon. These military operations have resulted in casualties and damage
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * Following the collapse of a two-month ceasefire that began in January 2025, Israel resumed airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, targeting Hamas infrastructure and leadership. The ceasefire, which facilitated the
Trending: * Yesterday, March 20, 2025, a fire broke out at the North Hyde electrical substation in Hayes, West London, near Heathrow Airport. The London Fire Brigade deployed ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters from stations such as Hayes, Heathrow, Hillingdon, and Southall to manage the situation. A 200-meter cordon