Ageas has agreed to acquire British insurer Esure for £1.3 billion, in a move that will make the Belgian company the third-largest provider of home and motor insurance in the UK. The transaction, worth precisely £1.295 billion, will see Ageas purchase Esure from private equity owner Bain Capital, which has controlled the business since 2018. The deal marks a significant ...
President Donald Trump declared ‘HAPPY EASTER!’ in a Truth Social post on Palm Sunday, which falls a week before Easter Sunday. ‘This Holy Week, Christians around the World remember the Crucifixion of God’s Only Begotten Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and, on Easter Sunday, we celebrate His Glorious Resurrection and proclaim, as Christians have done for nearly 2,000 ...
Alexander Volkanovski won the featherweight championship for the second time in his career, beating Diego Lopes after a five-round battle in the main event of UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center in Miami. Volkanovski has now won seven featherweight title fights, moving him into second place all-time in the division behind Jose Aldo’s eight title victories. The loss snapped Lopes’ ...
Crypto Highlights This Week: Bitcoin and other major tokens have finally rebounded after a massive bloodbath witnessed over the past week. BTC price recovered and gained a hold above $84K following a crash to as low as $74K in the past 7 days. Simultaneously, other tokens like ETH, Solana, and XRP also illustrated a price rebound, keeping investors slightly hopeful ...
The United States has emerged as one of the largest hubs for Bitcoin mining globally, especially following China’s sweeping crackdown on crypto mining activities in 2021. The U.S. share of global Bitcoin mining surged from just 4.5% in 2020 to an impressive 37.8% by January 2022. Now, with former President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto stance and recent initiatives around the Strategic ...
American and Iranian officials sat down for a first round of direct talks Saturday in Oman, a major step after years of rising tensions and stalled diplomacy that will continue with further discussions next weekend, according to a statement released by the White House. The meeting between U.S. Special Envoy Steven Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was the ...
Look at the New Orleans Saints. Take a really good look. Because they are a team that now has a huge say in the 2025 NFL draft. Then again, they often do, because the team is often bad. The franchise is no stranger to picking high in the draft. They are doing it again this season as New Orleans has ...
Global markets took a beating this week as investors and world leaders reacted to sweeping tariffs announced by the Trump administration on April 2, with tensions between the US and China escalating. After last week’s losses, this week started with a brief but sizable 8.5 percent surge on Monday (April 7), followed by a sharp decline that extended into Tuesday’s ...
The latest update from crypto exchange titan Binance has left traders speculating over a potential price impact on 10 crypto assets. An official press release by the exchange on Saturday, April 12, revealed that the collateral ratio of 10 tokens under portfolio margin is being updated. These tokens include DENT, ENJ, NOT, DASH, CHZ, AXS, ENS, SAND, THETA, and QNT. ...
Shandong’s crude stockpiles reached record highs in March amid intensifying US sanctions. This was due to Chinese teapot refiners increasing their imports of sanctioned crude, defying the US sanctions, Vortexa said in a report. China’s seaborne crude imports, driven mostly by record Iranian crude arrivals into the Shandong region, reached 10.6 million barrels per day in March, the highest level ...
Wall Street closed sharply higher on Friday, capping a roller-coaster week, after the White House hinted it was open to reaching a trade agreement with China. A wave of renewed optimism sent the major indexes soaring, providing some relief after days of intense volatility. The S&P 500 jumped 1.8%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 658 points, or 1.7%. ...
Delegates from the United States and Iran are holding talks in Oman on Saturday in a delicate effort to restart negotiations over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program. The talks, between a mediator to Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, come nearly seven years after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Tehran’s nuclear deal with ...