Macron Faces an Angry France Alone
President Emmanuel Macron saw his decision to push through a change in the retirement age as necessary, but the price may be high.Read More
48 Hours Till Payroll, $200,000 to Go: Diary of a Bank Failure
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank set major financial disruptions in motion. It also made one founder’s week a scramble.Read More
20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One
Conversations with dozens of Iraqis offer a portrait of a nation that is rich in oil, hobbled by corruption and unable to guarantee its citizens’ safety.Read More
‘We Never Thought a Bank So Successful Could Collapse So Fast’
Silicon Valley Bank’s strength, its close ties to the tech industry, also contributed to its failure.Read More
Bank of Africa UK Selects Oracle for Cloud Banking Infrastructure
Bank of Africa United Kingdom, a multinational bank specialising in African markets, has migrated its core banking systems to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The bank aims to receive enhanced performance capabilities, high availability, enterprise security, and lower cost with OCI. Its implementation and migration were delivered by Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) member, ‘Version 1’. Bank of […]
Watch wrongfully convicted man reunite with his mom after 34 years in prison
Sidney Holmes, who served more than 34 years of a 400-year sentence for an armed robbery, tells CNN’s Laura Coates how it feels to be free after prosecutors dismissed charges against the wrongly convicted man.Read More
Flower’s reflection seen in raindrop. Photographer falls at Oscars. The week in photos
Tropical Cyclone Freddy has killed hundreds of people after it ripped through Malawi and Mozambique. The resulting devastation has left survivors trapped and fighting for survival, while thousands of people have been displaced. The deadly cyclone has broken records for the longest-lasting storm of its kind.Read More
Explainer: Why NATO allies are unlikely to send more advanced jets to Ukraine
In one of the most significant escalations of military support to Ukraine from a NATO member since the Russian invasion, Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday became the first leader from the security alliance to pledge fighter jets to Kyiv.Read More
Who is Fairleigh Dickinson, the No. 16 Seed That Beat Purdue?
The Knights, who delivered one of the biggest upsets in March Madness history by defeating Purdue, made an unlikely run just to even get to the game.Read More
ESG Partnership to ‘Greenify’ Transportation and Logistics Sector in APAC
The transportation and logistics industry is being targeted for environmental improvement and sustainable financing through a new collaboration between a certification organisation focused on green logistics and a fintech company specialising in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. As part of a new partnership announced this week, the green logistics certification body Green Freight Asia […]
