With her radical politics and flamboyant affairs, Sand was no stranger to controversy, but it’s time to debunk the myths surrounding a writer ahead of her time It would be hard to find a more courageous and perverse, iconic yet controversial figure in European literary history than George Sand. One of the great romantics, she helped transform culture, and her writing shifted social attitudes in ways we still benefit from. Victor Hugo called her “an immortal”; Gustave Flaubert, “one of the great figures of France”. Matthew Arnold said she was “the greatest spirit in our European world [since] Goethe”. The 150th anniversary of her death this year is a chance to revisit her extraordinary achievements and legacy. But to do that we need to debunk some of the myths that surround this pioneering ecological, feminist and republican writer. Continue reading...

DP World suspended operations at the Jebel Ali port in Dubai, while MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company said it was halting all bookings for worldwide cargo to the Middle East region until further notice. Operations have been halted at all of the Jebel Ali port’s terminals temporarily as a precautionary measure, according to a notice sent to customers and seen by Bloomberg. Jebel Ali is the largest container port in the Middle East and a hub of Dubai’s trade economy. The port had a fire in one of the berths caused by falling debris from an aerial interception, Dubai’s Media Office said on X earlier. Civil Defense teams were attempting to put out the blaze, according to the post early Sunday morning. MSC said in a statement on its website that it continues to closely monitor developments and is working with relevant authorities to ensure the safety of its operations. Middle East bookings will resume as soon as the security situation improves, it said.

spawns/iStock via Getty Images The first full week of March delivers another heavy slate of earnings, spanning AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, retail, energy, travel, and speculative growth themes. From semiconductor leaders to consumer discretionary names and commodity-sensitive producers, the lineup should offer investors a broad read on enterprise tech spending, household demand, capital discipline, and risk appetite as Q1 unfolds. AI and semiconductor momentum will be front and center with updates from Broadcom ( AVGO ), Marvell Technology ( MRVL ), Credo Technology Group ( CRDO ), MongoDB ( MDB ), Veeva Systems ( VEEV ), Okta ( OKTA ), and CrowdStrike ( CRWD ), alongside quantum-focused names such as Rigetti Computing ( RGTI ) and Quantum Computing ( QUBT ). Retail and consumer trends will be tested through results from Costco Wholesale ( COST ), Target ( TGT ), Best Buy ( BBY ), Kroger ( KR ), Abercrombie & Fitch ( ANF ), JD.com ( JD ), Sea Limited ( SE ), StoneCo ( STNE ), GoPro ( GPRO ), and cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings ( NCLH ). Energy, materials, and industrial updates from Petrobras ( PBR ), Canadian Natural Resources ( CNQ ), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile ( SQM ), Plug Power ( PLUG ), ChargePoint Holdings ( CHPT ), Gevo ( GEVO ), Global Ship Lease ( GSL ), and Stratasys ( SSYS ) will provide signals on commodity pricing, clean energy investment, and capital spending trends. High-growth and speculative technology names, including Archer Aviation ( ACHR ), AST SpaceMobile ( ASTS ), Riot Platforms ( RIOT ), Ouster ( OUST ), and Ocugen ( OCGN ), round out a week that should offer a wide-angle view on AI infrastructure demand, consumer resilience, commodity exposure, and broader market risk sentiment heading deeper into March. Below is a rundown of major quarterly updates anticipated in the week of March 2 to March 6: Monday, March 2 Plug Power ( PLUG ) Plug Power ( PLUG ) is set to report Q4 earnings on Monday after market close, wit...

spawns/iStock via Getty Images The first full week of March delivers another heavy slate of earnings, spanning AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, retail, energy, travel, and speculative growth themes. From semiconductor leaders to consumer discretionary names and commodity-sensitive producers, the lineup should offer investors a broad read on enterprise tech spending, household demand, capital discipline, and risk appetite as Q1 unfolds. AI and semiconductor momentum will be front and center with updates from Broadcom ( AVGO ), Marvell Technology ( MRVL ), Credo Technology Group ( CRDO ), MongoDB ( MDB ), Veeva Systems ( VEEV ), Okta ( OKTA ), and CrowdStrike ( CRWD ), alongside quantum-focused names such as Rigetti Computing ( RGTI ) and Quantum Computing ( QUBT ). Retail and consumer trends will be tested through results from Costco Wholesale ( COST ), Target ( TGT ), Best Buy ( BBY ), Kroger ( KR ), Abercrombie & Fitch ( ANF ), JD.com ( JD ), Sea Limited ( SE ), StoneCo ( STNE ), GoPro ( GPRO ), and cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings ( NCLH ). Energy, materials, and industrial updates from Petrobras ( PBR ), Canadian Natural Resources ( CNQ ), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile ( SQM ), Plug Power ( PLUG ), ChargePoint Holdings ( CHPT ), Gevo ( GEVO ), Global Ship Lease ( GSL ), and Stratasys ( SSYS ) will provide signals on commodity pricing, clean energy investment, and capital spending trends. High-growth and speculative technology names, including Archer Aviation ( ACHR ), AST SpaceMobile ( ASTS ), Riot Platforms ( RIOT ), Ouster ( OUST ), and Ocugen ( OCGN ), round out a week that should offer a wide-angle view on AI infrastructure demand, consumer resilience, commodity exposure, and broader market risk sentiment heading deeper into March. Below is a rundown of major quarterly updates anticipated in the week of March 2 to March 6: Monday, March 2 Plug Power ( PLUG ) Plug Power ( PLUG ) is set to report Q4 earnings on Monday after market close, wit...

⚽ Premier League updates from the 2pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Tables | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Daniel Manchester United (4-2-3-1): Lammens; Dalot, Yoro, Maguire, Shaw; Casemiro, Mainoo; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Cunha; Sesko. Substitutes: Bayindir, Heaven, Malacia, Mazraoui, Moorhouse, T. Fletcher, Ugarte, Amad, Zirkzee. Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Canvot; Muñoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Johnson; Strand Larsen. Substitutes: Benitez, Pino, Uche, Clyne, Hughes, Sosa, Guessand, Riad, Devenny. Continue reading...

印尼从3月1日起将毛棕榈油出口关税提高至12.5%。（财联社）

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Iran Names Interim Successor To Khamenei Under 2nd Day Of Massive Bombs, Trump Demands Regime Change As questions hang over who will ultimately succeed Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an interim leader has been appointed to fulfill his duties. Top Shia cleric Alireza Arafi has been named to the interim Leadership Council after Supreme Leader Khamenei was confirmed killed in US-Israeli strikes, state media reported Sunday. The ISNA news agency has described that Arafi, a member of the Guardian Council, is joining President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on the body tasked with carrying out the supreme leader’s responsibilities until the Assembly of Experts appoints a permanent successor . All of this happening as US-Israeli bombs continue to fall on Tehran and other sites for a second straight day, 'uninterrupted' - as President Trump pledged Saturday. Born in 1959, 67-year-old Alireza Arafi ranks among the most powerful clerics in Iran. Before his emergency elevation, he held three key posts: director of the nationwide Islamic Seminary system, member of the Guardian Council, and member of the Assembly of Experts. While rooted in Qom's clerical establishment, Arafi combines traditional religious authority with seeking to carefully modernize Iran; however his appointment of course signals continuity , and he'll be tasked with seeking to ensure regime survival - which is what this moment is all about for Tehran. Most importantly, Arafi is viewed by the IRGC and political leadership as a loyal insider who will preserve a retaliatory trajectory during wartime . Heavy US and Israeli bombing has been observed Sunday on the Iranian capital, particularly on known government and military command centers, but that hasn't stopped large gatherings of mourners in other parts of the country. While there's been evidence of local celebrations in some sectors among anti-government Iranians , Sunday footage on state TV and other inte...

Home prices have doubled over the past decade, first-time buyers are older than ever, and housing affordability has become a political flashpoint on both sides of the Atlantic. With construction productivity stagnant for decades, policymakers and investors are looking abroad to Sweden, where factory-built modular housing is far more common, to see whether rethinking how homes are built could lower costs, boost supply, and reshape the economics of housing. (Source: Bloomberg)

科威特将公共部门员工数量削减了30%。（财联社）

格隆汇3月1日｜阿联酋国防部：今天摧毁了20枚弹道导弹，8枚导弹落入海中，另外摧毁了2枚巡航导弹和311架无人机。

AI has the potential to be the most impactful technology ever developed. However, it can only reach its vast potential if the world builds out the physical infrastructure needed to support its adoption. Total spending on AI-related infrastructure could reach $7 trillion over the next decade. Two of the most significant needs are the development of more data centers and power generation capacity to support AI's adoption. That plays right into the strategies of Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEPC) (NYSE: BEP) and Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIPC) (NYSE: BIP) . It's the driving factor behind my decision to recently buy even more shares of these two underappreciated AI stocks . Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading

Chinese smartphone maker Honor has unveiled a “robot phone” and its first humanoid assistant ahead of MWC Barcelona, alongside its latest foldable handset, in an aggressive bet on artificial intelligence-powered hardware to stand out in the fierce Android competition. Honor’s AI Robot Phone, which featured a motorised, three-axis gimbal arm, could track motion and interact with users through camera movement, the company said in a preview of the handset on Sunday in Barcelona. The camera arm and...

This Welsh fruit loaf is tricky to get right, and even trickier to perfect, but it’s squidgy heaven if you do Bara brith, the traditional Welsh fruit loaf whose name means speckled bread, is, as Ben Mervis notes, not dissimilar to Yorkshire brack, Irish barmbrack and Scottish “kerrie loaf” – the last is a new one on me, though, of course, I’m more than familiar with how well they all pair with strong tea and cold salty butter. According to food writers Laura Mason and Catherine Brown, they were originally known as teisen dorth in south Wales, and they date the recipe to no earlier than the beginning of the 20th century. However, the digitising of records since their book Food of Britain was published in 1999 allowed me to find a reference to it being eaten before school examinations in Bala, Gwynedd, in Seren Cymru from 1857. ( Pen Vogler notes that “anything made with flour, however, is likely to be relatively modern, as wheat was too unreliable to be a staple in wet, upland Wales.”) There’s no reason to doubt the pair’s claim that bara brith was originally made from excess bread dough, but I think it’s good enough to need no such excuse. Continue reading...

After byelection defeat and with right-leaning advisers gone, will PM return to his instincts and embrace Labour ‘DNA’ on climate? Less than a year ago, Keir Starmer stood in front of an audience of senior officials and business leaders from 60 countries in London to declare climate action was “in the DNA of my government” . Vowing to go “all out” for net zero and to “accelerate” while others were slowing down, the Lancaster House speech was his strongest intervention yet on the issue. “We’re paying the price for our overexposure to the rollercoaster of international fossil fuel markets,” he said. “Homegrown clean energy is the only way to take back control of our energy system.” Continue reading...

Jackson’s body lay in repose at his Rainbow/Push Coalition headquarters as thousands visited to pay their respects Some were older, some were younger and some were strangers, but many more were friends – they had lined up down the blocks of Chicago in mercifully mild weather for a chance to say goodbye to the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson . Friday was the last day of public visitation as Jackson lay in repose at the headquarters of his Rainbow/Push political activism coalition in the city he called home. Continue reading...

Apple’s upcoming touch-screen MacBook Pro will show the company is still far from combining the Mac and iPad. Also: Apple is preparing its retail stores for significant interest in this coming week’s new products , and it’s readying a new artificial intelligence framework for developers. Last week in Power On : Apple’s next big thing is AI wearables centered around visual intelligence features. Update: You can read Power On in Japanese. Sign up here to receive the Japanese version of this newsletter. The Starters For years, Apple Inc. fans have dreamed of the company merging the iPad and Mac — a move that would combine the speed and battery life of a computer with the touch interface of a tablet. Publicly, Apple has denied wanting to do such a thing. Behind the scenes, though, engineers have been exploring the idea. They’ve discussed all sorts of ways to bring the two systems together — from running the current version of macOS on beefier iPads to building a new type of operating system befitting a hybrid product. There’s even been talk of completely folding together the Mac and iPad app ecosystems. But despite the appeal of a hybrid device (an iPad running Mac software or a Mac with an iPad interface), we’re not heading there anytime soon, if ever. Apple executives have remained steadfast about keeping the iPad and Mac distinct. The company argues that it produces better devices by separating the categories, but there’s also a business consideration. Internally, executives believe that a hybrid plan would hurt sales. Apple generates roughly $30 billion annually from each category, adding up to $61.7 billion last year. That’s a hugely material slice of its overall business. In fact, Apple would much rather customers buy both an iPad and a Mac. That’s why the company offers so many features that let them work in concert. There’s Sidecar for using the iPad as an external display and Continuity for starting a task on a Mac and picking it up on an iPad. You also can use...

Leon Kennedy, one of the game’s protagonists. Resident Evil turns 30 this year. The series is full of history - the new Resident Evil Requiem is technically the ninth mainline game, but there are a bunch of spinoffs, remakes, movies, and even a TV show - which can make it fun to follow for fans. But it's also intimidating for people like me who haven't played everything. The latest release, Resident Evil Requiem, tries to appeal to both sides by starring a new character, the cowering FBI agent Grace Ashcroft, and a series favorite, action hero Leon Kennedy. Initially, it really works: the first half of Resident Evil Requiem is one of the freshest horror games I've ever played. But as t … Read the full story at The Verge.

This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the contemporary attention economy, follow Mia Sato . The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here . How it started "KING BASEBALL, monarch of the American sport world, is sick," a New York Times story on the disappearance of amateur and small town sandlots begins. Hundreds of thousands of fans attended the opening games of the season, and star players are making bank in huge stadiums. "Nevertheless the critics say that his Royal Highness is indisposed." The story is from 1925 . But it read … Read the full story at The Verge.

There's never been a better time to add facial recognition to everything! The public at large is gradually becoming numb to our Palantirized surveillance state, and American communities are responding to the militarization of federal law enforcement with their own increasingly intricate webs of sousveillance. The Ray-Ban Meta glasses are sleek, unobtrusive wearables with front-facing cameras and a passthrough display in the right lens that can show maps, texts, social media posts, and more. Name Tag is a new feature that uses facial recognition to identify people you see in real life through the glasses. Perhaps the glasses would have soun … Read the full story at The Verge.

The Magic V6 is just slightly more water-resistant than the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. For the third year running , Honor has announced what it says is the world's thinnest book-style folding phone. For the second year , it's combined that with the biggest battery in any foldable too. This year, for its third and final trick, the company went ahead and made sure it was the first foldable with an IP69 rating too. The Honor Magic V6 was announced at MWC in Barcelona today, though Honor has played a bit fast and loose with timing to guarantee those three records: the V6 won't go on sale in China until some time later this month, and the international release is still months away, in the second half of the year, so Honor isn't sayi … Read the full story at The Verge.

Press Release Nokia accelerates AI-RAN momentum with new partnerships driving path to AI-Native 6G #MWC26 Nokia announces significant progress in its strategic AI-RAN partnership with NVIDIA, including new customer integrations and successful functional tests of Nokia anyRAN software on NVIDIA GPU-accelerated AI-RAN platform with T-Mobile, Indosat and SoftBank Corp. AI-RAN gains traction with BT, Elisa, NTT DOCOMO and Vodafone Group, powered by the NVIDIA AI Aerial platform, driving the evolutio

Lloyd Blankfein , who led Goldman Sachs Group Inc. through the 2008 financial crisis, is now ringing alarm bells as Wall Street steers cash from US savers into its latest lending binge: private credit. The financial system appears to be inching toward another potential catastrophe with everyday Americans exposed to some of the losses, Goldman’s former longtime chief executive officer said in an interview with David Gura for the Bloomberg News Big Take podcast. The assets at issue can be hard to analyze, may feature hidden leverage and can become tough to sell. “One has to worry about opaque assets where there’s illiquidity,” he said in the interview airing Sunday. “We’re getting close to the end of late stages of cycles on this — and we’re due for a kind of a reckoning.” Blankfein, 71, criticized financial firms — which have reaped riches for years from private investments — for seeking to give retail investors access to those holdings precisely at a time when they’re more likely to blow up. Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will ease the path to putting assets including private credit and private equity into 401(k)s. It’s a particularly tumultuous time for the $1.8 trillion private credit market. Souring loans are stinging debt funds for some of the largest asset managers including BlackRock Inc. In the UK, banked-backed mortgage firm Market Financial Solutions Ltd. was forced into insolvency this week amid accusations of fraud and double-pledging of assets. Read More: Blue Owl Anxiety Rattles $1.8 Trillion Private Credit Market Goldman is among numerous Wall Street firms embracing retail investors. Last year, the bank invested in asset manager T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and said the pair would collaborate to package more of Goldman’s private-market bets into retirement products. Blankfein, whose memoir Streetwise will be published Tuesday, was lambasted by some US lawmakers over Goldman’s role in the financial crisis during a marathon ...

Honor Device Co. demonstrated a humanoid robot and its so-called robot phone at MWC Barcelona 2026 on Sunday, as the Chinese device maker seeks to reinvent itself as an artificial intelligence-driven hardware company. Shenzhen-based Honor span out from Huawei Technologies Co. in 2020. Originally a budget brand, it expanded into premium devices and foldable phones. Last year, the company said it would spend $10 billion over five years to create AI devices. Its humanoid robot, unveiled during a gala event on the eve of MWC, is its first own-brand android. It performed remote-controlled gestures and poses. Honor is yet to give details of the robot’s specifications, pricing or production rollout. It’s intended to be deployed in customer service roles, the company said earlier. The company also demoed the Honor Robot phone, which will go on sale in China in the second half of 2026. The “robot” aspect of the phone is a 200-megapixel camera mounted on an articulating arm attached to the top of the device. The system can gesture and interact with the user, as well as capture impressive footage. The camera moves in sync with music playback, gives responses akin to nods and head shakes, and serves as a sophisticated stabilizer for creative video capture. In one example, Honor showed it doing a steady cinematic pan that would be difficult to achieve with handheld operation. Honor didn’t give details of pricing. The phone’s design is intended to give AI a more humanlike, expressive form, Honor said. It includes intelligent subject tracking and the ability to identify voice commands and user gestures. The advanced gimbal system supporting the camera is possible because Honor developed a micro-motor that’s about 70% smaller than what’s currently on the market, the company said. Three such motors power the phone’s arm. Honor’s release sets the tone for the mobile industry’s annual gathering, heavily geared this year toward AI and the technology’s potential to boost device sales an...

storkalex/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Greg Abel Brings Back the Detailed Shareholder Letter 2026 marks the first time in 55 years that the author of Berkshire Hathaway's ( BRK.A , BRK.B ) annual shareholder letter has changed. (Warren Buffett took over writing duties from textile boss Ken Chace in 1971 .) With his first letter, new CEO Greg Abel addresses the state of the company, its performance under the last year of Buffett's tenure, and his vision for how Berkshire will operate going forward. The 18-page document is an easy read that should be mandatory for anyone owning or considering owning shares of Berkshire Hathaway. Refreshingly, Greg Abel brought back the pieces of the shareholder letter that have been missing since 2022 : specific discussion of each of the main business segments of the company and disclosure of key positions in Berkshire's equity portfolio. Gone are the historical anecdotes, generic "invest in America" advice (usually coupled with a reminder of how much Berkshire paid in taxes), and the sales pitch to come shopping at the annual meeting in Omaha. However, the letter did lead off with an important high-level topic for a new CEO: Berkshire's culture and foundational values. These are little changed, from the decentralized management structure to the capital allocation philosophy. So, those looking for a big shift in Berkshire are going to be disappointed, while many long-term shareholders will be happy to maintain the status quo. There is no immediate catalyst for any "Alpha", and my last ratings change to Hold one year ago looks like a good call. The stock is little changed since then but clearly shows outperformance in a down market such as the April 2025 tariff tantrum. Seeking Alpha Still, Abel has his own areas of emphasis, such as a greater focus on operations, which are different from Buffett. Abel has identified some problem areas where closing gaps can produce earnings growth even if there is no big up market or M&A activity...

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