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Sold out in India, panic in London: What triggered the silver market chaos

Traders described a growing panic as liquidity dried up. The cost of borrowing silver overnight soared to annualised rates of as high as 200%, according to consultancy Metals Focus

Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang, pioneer in particle physics, dies at 103

In 1957, Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee won the Nobel Prize for discovering parity law violations in weak interactions, reshaping particle physics

Chinese officials try to ease global concerns over rare earth export curbs

China's unprecedented move on rare earths sparked a global pushback over the past week, as officials from Europe and Japan voiced concerns over supply chain stability

US-China talks planned next week as Trump plays down trade tariffs

President Donald Trump expressed optimism that talks with Chinese officials could yield an agreement to defuse the crisis that saw the US leader threaten to drastically hike tariffs

Trump commutes prison sentence of former Republican lawmaker George Santos

Trump alleged, without providing any evidence, that Santos had been "horribly mistreated" while in prison, and signed a commutation releasing Santos from prison immediately

A herculean task: The Gaza peace plan will fail without US troops

Do the US, and its allies from the Arab world and Europe, have the required determination to buy that admission ticket and help implement the tenuous ceasefire?

Coca-Cola weighs $1 bn IPO for Indian bottling unit, valued at $10 bn

The deal would bring one of the world's best-known brands to India's hot IPO market, which is on track for a record month and possibly have its best year ever in 2025

Shark Tank judge Peyush Bansal nears billionaire status with Lenskart IPO

Lenskart is planning to list as early as next month in Mumbai, targeting a stock debut that would value the company at $9 billion, based on the IPO size

US bombings fuel speculation over disappearances of fishermen in Trinidad

Opposition leaders in Trinidad are questioning Washington's offensive, echoing concerns expressed by US scholars and non-governmental organizations

US budget deficit falls slightly to $1.78 trillion on record tariff revenue

President Donald Trump's dramatic tariff hikes helped spur a net $195 billion in tariff revenue for the fiscal year, which ended September 30

Meta, Blue Owl seal $30 bn private capital deal for Hyperion data centre

The financing is set to provide a roadmap for other hyperscalers looking to develop data centre without harming their credit ratings, as firms go on borrowing binges to try to keep up with the costs

Aadhaar emerges as poster child for Starmer's upcoming UK digital ID plan

Last week, Starmer was visiting India and met with Aadhaar's architect, Nandan Nilekani - who is also the non-executive chairman of the IT services giant Infosys Ltd

Martin Kocher advocates for ECB calm with policy in a 'good place'

ECB officials have largely indicated that - after eight interest-rate cuts in a year - they are happy with current policy settings, though some are still saying further cuts shouldn't be excluded

Israel warns of renewing war if Hamas betrays Donald Trump's Gaza plan

On their end, Hamas returned all 20 live hostages to Israel on Monday and has sent the remains of seven deceased hostages so far, leaving 21 unaccounted for

Nestle plans to slash 16,000 jobs as new CEO speeds up turnaround

The reductions, which would amount to about 6 per cent of the workforce, will be made over the next two years, the maker of Nespresso coffee capsules and KitKat candy bars said

I-T dept raids proprietary trading firm Graviton as govt steps up scrutiny

The raid at Graviton's offices near New Delhi began at the start of this week and is set to conclude Thursday

Sebi alleges insider trading in Indian Energy Exchange derivatives

Sebi's move underscores intensifying enforcement around derivatives activity in the world's largest equity options market by contracts traded

Sweden's cashless society could be more vulnerable to hybrid war attacks

Across the Nordic and Baltic countries, governments are more and more concerned about Russian "hybrid war" attacks

Trump confirms he authorised CIA to take covert action in Venezuela

Trump said that Venezuelan leaders had emptied their prisons in to the United States of America and we have a lot of drugs coming in from Venezuela

Brown university joins MIT in rejecting Trump's college compact invite

Brown President Christina Paxson wrote that she was worried that the compact, by its nature and by various provisions would restrict academic freedom