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FIFA opens last-minute World Cup 2026 ticket sales on April 1

FIFA has announced the opening of the fourth and final ticket sales phase for the 2026 World Cup on April 1, with seats made available to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis. The final sales window will remain open through the end of the tournament, scheduled for June and July across......

Global borrowers rush bond markets as geopolitical volatility shrinks issuance windows

Corporate treasurers across multiple continents moved quickly to lock in financing this week, tapping bond markets in Canada, Switzerland, New Zealand, and China as geopolitical uncertainty and volatile borrowing conditions compressed the windows available for new debt issuance. TD Bank Group on March......

Earth climate reaches unprecedented imbalance, warns WMO report

The Earth’s climate has entered an unprecedented state of imbalance, the World Meteorological Organization said in its annual State of the Global Climate report released on World Meteorological Day. The report confirms that the period from 2015 to 2025 marks the warmest decade on record. The year......

February 2026 ranks among hottest on record as storms hit western Europe

February 2026 was the fifth warmest February ever recorded worldwide, with global temperatures approaching the critical threshold set by the Paris climate agreement, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. The global average surface air temperature last month reached......

Elon Musk tops Hurun rich list with $792 billion as billionaire ranks surge

Elon Musk has reclaimed the title of the world’s richest person for the fifth time in six years, according to the Hurun Global Rich List 2026. The Tesla and SpaceX chief now holds an estimated fortune of $792 billion, marking an annual increase of 89 percent and making him the first individual......

El Niño’s potential 2026 return raises risk of new global heat records

The El Niño climate pattern could reappear in the second half of 2026, adding extra heat on top of an already warming planet and increasing the chance of new global temperature records. The phenomenon develops when surface waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific turn unusually warm,......

Investors flock to european stocks as ‘hedge america’ trade builds

Investors are channeling unprecedented sums into European equities as they look to balance portfolios that had become heavily tilted toward the United States and its richly valued technology sector. Fund flow data show European stock funds have logged back-to-back weeks of record inflows in February,......

Global markets rise ahead of US Iran nuclear talks in Geneva

Global equity markets advanced on Monday as investors looked past weekend geopolitical headlines and turned their focus to high stakes nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran scheduled for Tuesday in Geneva, along with a busy week of corporate earnings led by major retail and agricultural......

Alisa Vainio sets Finnish record with Seville marathon win

Finland’s Alisa Vainio delivered a commanding performance at the Zurich Seville Marathon on Sunday, clocking 2:20:39 to break her own national record and become the first European woman to win the race in more than a decade. The 28 year old ran a measured race as Ethiopia’s Mulat Tekle Godu......