A real Chinese blockade of Taiwan would be an act of war and have far-reaching consequences for international trade, Defense Minister Wellington Koo said on Wednesday after last week’s drills by China that practiced such a scenario. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over the…
Growing unease over the United States’ inability to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East is prompting some of Washington’s closest Arab allies to significantly increase engagement with its primary regional adversary: Iran. Over the past few months, Arab nations have been leveraging their revived relations with the Islamic Republic to…
There is growing intelligence that North Korea has been readying itself for a more direct role in Russia’s war in Ukraine, a move that could reverberate far beyond the frontlines of the war raging in Europe. Both Ukraine and South Korea have claimed that North Korean troops were dispatched to…
A massive fire is ripping through a protected wetland in New Zealand, threatening its delicate ecosystem and the rare species that live there – some found nowhere else on Earth. The blaze at the Waikato wetland on the country’s North Island is 15 kilometers (nearly 10 miles) in perimeter and has…
The overall trend in the stock market’s broader indexes remains bullish. While the indexes were trading lower on Tuesday morning, they rebounded and ended the day relatively flat. The S&P 500 ($SPX) and Dow ($INDU) closed slightly lower, and the Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ) closed a little higher. Consumer Staples Sector…
In this video from StockCharts TV, Julius addresses US sector rotation and takes it to the next level when he dives into the breakdown of the Consumer Discretionary sector, looking at the industries inside that sector. While analyzing the sector from a top-down perspective, he shows you how you can…
Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) is set to enhance its operational capacity in Michigan, US, after the announcement of a preliminary agreement for a US$325 million grant from the Biden administration. According to a Monday (October 21) press release, the funds will be allocated to HSC as part of the government’s broader…
Samarco Mineração, along with parent companies Vale (NYSE:VALE) and BHP (ASX:BHP,NYSE:BHP,LSE:BHP), has confirmed ongoing settlement negotiations with Brazilian authorities over the Fundão dam collapse. The incident is recognized as Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, and parties to the negotiations include public prosecutors, the federal government and the states of Minas Gerais…
Nordic Nickel Limited (ASX: NNL; Nordic, or the Company) is pleased to announce extremely positive results from its first pass metallurgical testing program for its Hotinvaara nickel-cobalt deposit in northern Finland. The current in in-situ JORC (2012) Mineral Resource Estimate at Hotinvaara is for 418Mt @ 0.21% Ni and 0.01%…
Adisyn Ltd (ASX: AI1) (“Adisyn” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the proposed acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of 2D Generation Ltd (“2DG”) (“Proposed Acquisition”) and associated capital raise (“Capital Raise”). Highlights: Adisyn has entered into formal negotiations to acquire 100% of semiconductor IP business, 2D…