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AWS outage spotlights the world economy’s fragile foundations

Amazon Web Services, the biggest cloud computing provider, went down Monday morning — crippling thousands of services from some of the biggest companies on earth.Why it matters: For all its complexity and size, the global economy is fragile — breaking just one weak link drives big disruptions...

Victor Boniface joins Foden, Vinícius Jr. among top stars with declining market values

Super Eagles and Werder Bremen forward Victor Boniface has joined Phil Foden and Vinícius Jr. among top footballing stars who've seen their market value regress in 2025, Soccernet.ng reports. Primarily fueled by players' performances on the pitch, other factors like age, contract length, potential, economic climate and injury records can effect positive or negative change

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Boom Brief #2: How you tackled our challenge to brand a northern design school

We only launched Boom Briefs—a monthly creative workout designed to get your creative juices flowing—last month. But if our first challenge around creative retreats was anything to go by, we knew we were onto something special. For our second brief, we decided to tackle something every designer can relate to: education. But not just any

How Jane Austen’s novels got a brand new look for 2025

When illustrator and printmaker Sarah Young received the commission to illustrate Jane Austen's complete novels for the Folio Society, she was a little taken aback. "Most of my work recently has been around myth, folktale and especially the Ancient Greeks," she explains. We're glad she took on the challenge, though, because this unexpected pairing has

Why China is Pouring Billions into Brazil’s Energy and Oil

Tsvetana Paraskova Tsvetana is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets such as iNVEZZ and SeeNews.  More Info Premium Content By Tsvetana Paraskova - Sep 06, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT Chinese investments in Brazil more than doubled in 2024, reaching $4.18 billion across 39 projects, making Brazil the

U.S. Energy Policy Pivots Towards Domestic Security

By Rystad Energy - Sep 06, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) fundamentally shifts US energy policy by supporting traditional fuels and reversing key green energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. The OBBBA accelerates the termination of tax credits for wind, solar, and clean hydrogen, while extending credits for

How U.S. Politics Killed a Nearly Complete Offshore Wind Farm

Leon Stille Leon Stille has a background in energy sciences (MSc and BSc) and is pursuing a PhD in energy policy. He currently runs his own company,… More Info Premium Content By Leon Stille - Sep 06, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT Ørsted’s Revolution Wind, 80% complete and designed to power 350,000 homes, was abruptly halted

The Energy Monster AI Is Creating

Irina Slav Irina is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing on the oil and gas industry. More Info Premium Content By Irina Slav - Sep 06, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT The significant and growing energy demands of artificial intelligence are prompting a rapid expansion of energy production, often involving fossil

The Rise of Battery Trains

Felicity Bradstock Felicity Bradstock is a freelance writer specialising in Energy and Finance. She has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Birmingham, UK. More Info Premium Content By Felicity Bradstock - Sep 06, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT Japan pioneered battery-powered passenger trains, cutting thousands of tonnes of CO? since 2016. The UK

Will Poland and Turkey Become Nuclear Snares for the U.S.?

Foreign Affairs Both nations want nukes—and continued American protection. George Washington and America’s other Founders repeatedly expressed an aversion to “entangling alliances” that could snare their country in unnecessary and unwise conflicts. Unfortunately, recent generations of U.S. political and policy elites have thoroughly abandoned that wisdom.  Nowhere is the corrosive change more evident than with

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he won’t quit the race and is the only one who can beat Mamdani

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Friday that he won’t succumb to pressure to end his reelection campaign and insisted he is the only candidate strong enough to beat the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani. Adams declared his intention to stay in the race at the end of a fraught week that

Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is drawing swift condemnation from gun rights groups and LGBTQ advocates alike after floating that it was considering restricting transgender people from owning guns - a move that would all but certainly face immediate constitutional challenges if ever implemented. The discussions come in the wake of the shooting at a

Trump delivers warning to Florida about the dangers of nixing school vaccine requirements

President Trump expressed skepticism over Florida’s plan to end vaccine mandates for schoolchildren, which would make it the first state in the nation to do so. “I think we have to be very careful. You have some vaccines that are so amazing,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, listing the polio and COVID-19

Tear gas fired at thousands of protesters in Serbia demanding free elections and justice

NOVI SAD, Serbia — Baton-wielding riot police in a northern Serbia town on Friday fired tear gas and charged at thousands of peaceful protesters who were demanding free elections and justice after months of demonstrations against the autocratic rule of President Aleksandar Vucic. The protest led by university students came more than 10 months after

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AWS outage spotlights the world economy’s fragile foundations

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