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The Dutch prosecution of Fleurette Properties has highlighted the limits of Western enforcement in addressing large-scale corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Oil markets are pricing in a new strategic reality as Iran effectively blocks the Strait of Hormuz, with Brent crude holding above $100 per barrel despite the largest coordinated emergency reserve release in history.

Solar photovoltaic capacity in the United Arab Emirates is projected to increase nearly fivefold over the next decade, rising from 6.7GW in 2025 to 32.3GW by 2035, according to analysis from GlobalData.

Global renewable energy installed capacity stood at 4.1TW in 2025. According to GlobalData’s latest “Renewable Energy: Strategic Intelligence” report, that figure is forecast to reach 8.4TW by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 13% over six years.

When roughly 20 million barrels of crude and oil products transited the Strait of Hormuz daily before hostilities escalated in late February, energy analysts largely treated oil and gas as symmetrically exposed to any closure. That assumption is now colliding with arithmetic.

The energy transition has a learning problem, not just a technology problem. Shomron Jacob, AI/ML expert and entrepreneur with over…

Within hours of US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, Brent crude surged toward $110 a barrel,…

Total global debt reached a record $348 trillion at the end of 2025, with nearly $29 trillion added in a…

In January 2026, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a public admission that would have been politically unthinkable a decade earlier:…

Biomass already accounts for the largest share of renewable energy potential in Malaysia’s power mix, driven by the country’s agricultural output rather than variable weather conditions.