CME blamed the outage, which halted trading for more than 11 hours, on a cooling failure at a data centre in Chicago. Global futures markets were thrown into chaos for several hours after CME Group, the world’s largest exchange operator, suffered one of its longest outages in years, halting trading across stocks, bonds, commodities and […]
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Global Cold Forecast: Tracking Low Temperatures Across the World
Intense cold can be dangerous for personal safety. Long stretches can also affect energy consumption, agriculture and transportation. Here’s the latest forecast, and where it’s expected to be colder than usual: See temperatures as… f°c° Low-temperature forecast for Tuesday Sources: University of Maine Climate Change Institute and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction Global Forecast […]
International funding cuts disrupted global response to HIV, UN report says | HIV/AIDS News
UNAIDS says millions across the world lost access to treatment and preventive care due to financial shortfalls. The United Nations agency for combating AIDS has announced that global funding disruptions for treatment and prevention programmes are leaving millions of people without access to care. In a report released on Tuesday, UNAIDS said the global response […]
Is the global public tuning out the climate change debate? | Climate Crisis
Divisions mark the last days of the UN climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belem. Division marked the COP30 climate summit in Brazil as countries struggled to reach a consensus on several sticking points, including a push to phase out fossil fuels. As the world seeks to address the climate crisis, experts say scientists, […]
China’s Global Exports Continue to Grow Despite Trump Tariffs
As President Trump has imposed steep tariffs on China, American importers are buying much less. But the rest of the world is making up the difference, buying more from China than ever. China has offset the decline from America with breathtaking speed. Shipments to other parts of the world have surged this year, demonstrating that […]
America’s immigration crackdown is disrupting the global remittance market : Planet Money : NPR
Earlier this year, the Trump administration shut down USAID and slashed spending on international aid and development. Development advocates worried — and continue to worry — that this will hurt the economies of developing nations and have deadly consequences for some of the poorest people on Earth. That story generated tons of headlines earlier this […]