Africa Launches Its Own Oil Bank As Western Lenders Retreat

Korea "Black Monday": Kospi Halted For 20 Minutes After Crashing Almost 10% After the close on Friday, we said that on Monday, Korean stocks would be a "bundle of joy"... Korea on Monday will be a bundle of joy — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 5, 2026 ... are having a very bad day.  The sudden plunge triggered a circuit breaker, halting trading for 20 minutes.  The Korea Exchange held an emergency meeting Monday to assess rising volatility and discuss measures to ensure stable market operations. Concerns over overheating in the AI rally combined with uncertainty in the macro...

Judge Rules Trump Admin Can End Temporary Protected Status For Haitians Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Aug. 5 allowed the Trump administration to end temporary protected status (TPS) for an estimated 350,000 Haitian nationals following a Supreme Court ruling. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ruled that a previous court order that “had stayed the effective date of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Termination of the Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status pending judicial review … is no longer in effect.” But Reyes also...

These Are The World's Deadliest Countries For Journalists At least 60 media professionals were killed in 2025 due to their journalistic activities, according to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) database. As Statista's Valentine Fourreau detsils below, by far the deadliest place for journalists was in the Palestinian territories, where 25 deaths were officially recorded last year. Palestine also topped the list in 2024, with 21 recorded deaths that year. You will find more infographics at Statista Following some way behind are Mexico with nine deaths, Peru with four, Ecuador and Ukraine with three, as well...