South Korea is debating the idea of redistributing some of the revenue from the artificial intelligence boom to citizens, and the market reacted by dropping shares of major chipmakers.
German automobile holding company Porsche SE recorded a net loss of 923 million euros for the first quarter of 2026.
Shipments of pharmaceutical products from the USA to Russia in March increased more than 300 times compared to the previous month.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga has said that one day of hostilities costs the country about $450m, he said while commenting on the prospects of ending the conflict and the need for further international support.
Country representative Satoshi managed to make it to the grand finals of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest 2026, which is being held in Vienna this year.
Spain, Ireland, Iceland, Iceland, the Netherlands and Slovenia have decided not to send their performers to Eurovision-2026 because of Israel’s participation amid the war in the Gaza Strip. This was the largest boycott in the history of the music contest, the BBC notes.
Copper prices rose above the key mark of $14 thousand per ton, approaching historical highs. The market continues to grow despite the increased nervousness on global platforms due to the aggravation around Iran.
Moldexpo exhibition center summed up the results of the auction for leasing six land plots. According to the company’s management, annual revenues from the new contracts will amount to 6.8 million lei.
Netflix Corp. said it has spent about $135 billion over the past decade to produce original movies and series in more than 50 countries.
eBay’s board of directors rejected GameStop’s $56 billion merger proposal, deeming it “neither credible nor attractive.”
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the number of Andes hantavirus infections could rise in the coming weeks, although there are no signs of the start of a large-scale outbreak yet.
The Hungarian real estate market and under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban was the fastest growing in the EU: according to Eurostat, in 2025 it grew by 23.7%.
After weeks of Russian Urals crude benefiting from a global supply shortage, the market has suddenly changed direction. The Urals discount to benchmark Brent crude increased for the first time since the start of the war in Iran.
Germany’s Puma is going through a difficult period, with the company recording a loss in 2025 and warning that 2026 could remain unprofitable due to weak demand and business restructuring.
Through brokers and insurance agents, 61.9% of all insurance premiums in the country in 2025 were written.
The UK has announced the introduction of a new package of sanctions against Russia, calling it “one of the toughest” in the entire period of London’s sanctions policy. Eighty-five individuals and legal entities that the British authorities link to information campaigns and support for Russian actions abroad have fallen under the restrictions.
In Moldova, the System of Deposit for Packaging (SDA) is not yet operational, but there is already a conflict between major market operators and state authorities. At issue is the choice of the administrator of the SDA system, a mechanism that should ensure the collection of used containers and increase their recycling rate. The idea itself is not disputed. What is disputed is how the future administrator was selected, how transparent the procedure was and why some of the major market players were left out.
The Pentagon has published the first batch of previously classified material on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), better known as UFOs. The documents are posted on the new government portal war.gov/ufo, which, according to U.S. media, has generated enormous interest and garnered hundreds of millions of hits in a short time.
A new study estimates that by the end of 2025, some 352,000 Russian servicemen will have died in the war against Ukraine.
Alibaba Group is preparing one of the biggest experiments in global e-commerce. The Chinese giant is integrating its Qwen AI model into the Taobao platform and actually replacing product search with a conversation with artificial intelligence.
