The past few months have seen a troubling rise in violence involving young people across the United States, from massive mall gatherings gone wrong to shootings at parties and even schools. In one case, a planned fight in a North Carolina park left two teens dead and five injured, echoing scenes fro
Mozambique isn’t just hoping for cash—it’s actively courting two major lenders at once. While an IMF team wraps up a five-day visit to Maputo, the government is quietly negotiating the return of direct budget support from the World Bank. That means the country wants flexible funds it can spend freel
Across India, something surprising has happened. The country that once relied heavily on foreign loans now borrows almost nothing from global banks. Thirty years ago, external funds covered nearly one-sixth of India’s budget shortfall. Today, it’s barely 1. 5%. The reason? India’s own financial syst
Companies have been using AI to write emails and summarize reports for years. But now, finance teams are testing a smarter kind of AI—one that doesn’t just answer questions but actually handles parts of the workflow. The big question is whether AI can manage tasks across systems while keeping things
A 43-year-old woman left her high-powered job in Manhattan to start over in a small fishing town in Baja, Mexico. Raised in Oregon, she took an unconventional path into policy work before landing in finance. The pandemic gave her the push she needed to make the move permanent. She fell for Agua Amar
For years, banks and big financial firms treated Bitcoin like a risky experiment. But in 2026, something changed. Instead of ignoring crypto, they’re rushing to offer it—almost like it’s just another stock or bond. Why now? Because regular investors, big companies, and even governments are pushing f
A massive proposal from the government wants to shake up how science gets funded. The plan would give political leaders final say over which research projects receive money, not experts. This change claims to fix problems with transparency and oversight but actually weakens the system that keeps sci
The group policing future bets on sports or elections now faces tough questions. Recent moves suggest its leaders favor companies tied to high-profile political figures over fair play. In letters sent mid-2026, a senator asked why enforcement actions dropped sharply after leadership changed. Teams o
A major cryptocurrency platform just locked down a high-profile deal to go along with soccer’s biggest event. Kraken will support the 2026 World Cup, bringing crypto closer to millions of fans over seven weeks across three countries. The announcement came only two days before the tournament kicked o
Last week an obscure crypto market-maker quietly turned into a registered broker-dealer in the United States. GSR, which has spent years making markets for digital tokens, now holds FINRA and SEC approvals that let it act as a middleman for big-money investors who want to buy, sell, or issue crypto-
