Analysis: Global — 16 October 2026 Houthis strike Aden presidential palace as Hormuz control claims clash Ansar Allah, known as the Houthis, fired missiles and drones at Aden’s Al-Maashiq presidential palace on Thursday, the first such strike on the compound in the current Saudi–Houthi round of fighting. Yemen’s internationally recognised government said five people were … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 16 October 2026 MSCI finalizes rules that could eject Strategy and Metaplanet from global equity indexes MSCI adopted on Thursday a methodology that can bar so-called non-operating companies from its Global Investable Market Indexes. Firms that mainly hold investments rather than run an operating business would no longer be eligible. … Read more
Analysis: Europe — 16 October 2026 Chancellor Healey rejects capital-gains tax rise as IMF warns Britain to stay the course UnHerd reports that UK Chancellor John Healey has rejected three tax-raising ideas in days: equalising capital gains tax with income tax, lowering a planned mansion-tax threshold from £2 million to £1.5 million, and extra business … Read more
Analysis: Science & Technology — 16 October 2026 Atomic steps one atom high steer superconducting vortices more than 1,000 times more easily Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science report that steps only one atom high can act as rails for quantum vortices in an ultrathin superconductor. Four-terminal resistance measurements showed the vortices moved … Read more
Analysis: Global — 15 October 2026 Iran mine sinks containership in Strait of Hormuz as oil flows collapse Iran and Ansar Allah intensified attacks on 14–15 October. The AD Ports-operated containership GFS Pride sank after a strike and fire on a Hormuz transit; Iranian accounts said a UAE-owned ship with more than 2,500 containers hit … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 15 October 2026 Bitcoin slips under $81,000 after hot US CPI and AI selloff Bitcoin fell back under $81,000 on Thursday, with lows near $80,150–$80,400 after a hotter-than-expected US inflation print and a deeper slide in AI-linked stocks. CoinDesk put the 24-hour drop near 2.6 percent; ether fell about 5 … Read more
Analysis: Europe — 15 October 2026 UK Chancellor Healey rejects CGT equalisation and mansion-tax widening ahead of Budget UK Chancellor John Healey has, in successive decisions this week, rejected equalising capital gains tax with income tax, refused to lower a planned mansion-tax threshold from £2 million to £1.5 million, and ruled out extra business rates … Read more
Analysis: Science & Technology — 15 October 2026 Dark-matter-free galaxies DF2, DF4 and DF9 traced to a past collision Three ultra-diffuse galaxies about 65 million light-years away—DF2, DF4 and DF9—contain little or no dark matter, Quanta Magazine reported on 14 October, drawing on work in The Astrophysical Journal. Stellar motions used as a mass proxy … Read more
Analysis: Global — 14 October 2026 Hormuz oil transits recover as Iran still hits tankers Reports that more oil is moving through the Strait of Hormuz have been treated as a political win for the Trump administration. Industry trackers last week recorded transits of 13–17 million barrels per day, against a pre-war average of about … Read more
Analysis: Finance & Crypto — 14 October 2026 Bitcoin fades from $84,000 ahead of U.S. September CPI Bitcoin briefly traded at $84,000 early Wednesday before slipping about 0.5% to near $83,200, according to CoinDesk. Price remained boxed between the 50-day moving average around $81,000 and a ceiling at $84,000 that buyers have not closed above. … Read more