Following the sweeping anti-corruption drive within the Chinese military, President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged its senior officers to deepen ideological rectification and political refining for a “brand new look” to celebrate the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) centenary next year. Xi told the officers to maintain resolute political loyalty to the party and said that any thought or action driven...
Following the sweeping anti-corruption drive within the Chinese military, President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged its senior officers to deepen ideological rectification and political refining for a “brand new look” to celebrate the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) centenary next year. Xi told the officers to maintain resolute political loyalty to the party and said that any thought or action driven by self-interest or corruption was “fundamentally against the Communist Party’s nature and...
A batch of exported urea fertilizers is being concentrated at the port for shipment at Yantai Port in Shandong Province, China on March 26, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images An unusually powerful El Niño later this year could exacerbate food security fears as disruption caused by the Iran war strains supply for crucial fertilizer products. Climate scientists warn it appears increasing...
A batch of exported urea fertilizers is being concentrated at the port for shipment at Yantai Port in Shandong Province, China on March 26, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images An unusually powerful El Niño later this year could exacerbate food security fears as disruption caused by the Iran war strains supply for crucial fertilizer products. Climate scientists warn it appears increasingly likely that a planet-warming El Niño will take shape over the coming months, with U.S. meteorologists estimating a one-in-three chance of a "strong" weather event forming in October to December. European climate models indicate an even higher probability of a very strong or "super El Niño," although the so-called spring barrier means that these forecasts can be inaccurate. El Niño — or "the little boy" in Spanish — is widely recognized as the warming of the sea surface temperature, which occurs naturally every few years. Such an event is declared when sea temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific rise 0.5 degrees Celsius above the long-term average. A super El Niño, which doesn't have an official scientific category, is understood to refer to an exceptionally strong phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), when sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific rise at least 2 degrees Celsius above normal. Chris Jaccarini, senior analyst, food and farming at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, said 2026 was shaping up to be another year in which conflict and climate risks have become a costly reality. "Food prices are being squeezed from both sides: by climate extremes disrupting production in major growing regions, and by a food system still hooked on fossil fuels and therefore exposed to spikes in gas, fertiliser, transport and packaging costs," Jaccarini told CNBC by email. "That is why the prospect of a strong El Niño matters," he continued. "It can turbocharge weather risks in a climate already destabilised by human emissions, compounding inflation dr...
Council backs £700,000 plan to save historic landmark at former RAF base in the New Forest A unique RAF watch office that has been crumbling for decades is to be turned into a smart hideaway home to be shared by holidaymakers – and the bats that already use it. The Landmark Trust , which rescues at-risk buildings, has been given permission to convert the ruined property in Hampshire into a holiday...
Council backs £700,000 plan to save historic landmark at former RAF base in the New Forest A unique RAF watch office that has been crumbling for decades is to be turned into a smart hideaway home to be shared by holidaymakers – and the bats that already use it. The Landmark Trust , which rescues at-risk buildings, has been given permission to convert the ruined property in Hampshire into a holiday retreat with four bedrooms and a roof terrace. Continue reading...
A rather pastoral feel accompanies this week’s simple recipe for a nutty chocolate cake Having been kept waiting for three hours, Dick Dewy leaves Miss Fancy Day snipping and sewing her blue dress. The plan is that he will return for her a quarter of an hour later, however, Dick convinces himself that he has been scandalously trifled with by Fancy and decides that, to punish her, he will not retur...
A rather pastoral feel accompanies this week’s simple recipe for a nutty chocolate cake Having been kept waiting for three hours, Dick Dewy leaves Miss Fancy Day snipping and sewing her blue dress. The plan is that he will return for her a quarter of an hour later, however, Dick convinces himself that he has been scandalously trifled with by Fancy and decides that, to punish her, he will not return. Instead, he leaps over the gate, pushes up the lane for two miles, takes a winding path called Snail-Creep, and crawls through the opening to the hazel grove in Grey’s Wood. Continue reading...
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Welcome to the Guardian Thursday news quiz. Thanks to our illustration from Anaïs Mims , you must decide whether you are a neatly curled question mark of knowledge, or a miniature naughty dachshund of ignorance, cheerfully causing chaos and refusing to come when called, while balancing on a b...
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Welcome to the Guardian Thursday news quiz. Thanks to our illustration from Anaïs Mims , you must decide whether you are a neatly curled question mark of knowledge, or a miniature naughty dachshund of ignorance, cheerfully causing chaos and refusing to come when called, while balancing on a ball. Fifteen questions on topical headlines, pop culture and general knowledge await. There are no prizes, but we always enjoy hearing how you got on in the comments. Allons-y! The Thursday news quiz, No 242 Continue reading...
Tribalism has not faded over the past decade. Instead, new research reveals our politics has become ever-more polarised and fractious On 23 June 2016 , the British voter changed. Before that day, they picked a party, usually red or blue. By that morning, only two tribes mattered: remain or leave. And they kept mattering long, long after the result was declared. Rather than bin those short-lived an...
Tribalism has not faded over the past decade. Instead, new research reveals our politics has become ever-more polarised and fractious On 23 June 2016 , the British voter changed. Before that day, they picked a party, usually red or blue. By that morning, only two tribes mattered: remain or leave. And they kept mattering long, long after the result was declared. Rather than bin those short-lived and now stale allegiances, voters made them their personas. No longer a “Labour man” or a “Conservative family”, they became instead “remoaners” or “Brexiters”. Even today, 60% of Britons still identify themselves by where they scrawled a single cross in a one-off poll 10 years ago. Ask about the difference Brexit has made and the answer normally concerns policy or high politics: how our economic trajectory has become bumpier, or how the Tories keep getting into punch-ups with each other. But it became so much bigger than Boris v Dave. The civil war blazed through the country, and recruited nearly all of us to one side or the other. The effects still ripple through our elections and media today. Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
ZÜRICH, Schweiz, 9. April 2026: Die gategroup Holding AG („gategroup“) hat heute ihren Geschäftsbericht für das zum 31. Dezember 2025 abgeschlossene Geschäftsjahr vorgelegt. In diesem Zeitraum erwirtschaftete das Unternehmen einen Umsatz von 5,61 Mrd. EUR (2024: 5,47 Mrd. EUR). Das EBITDA belief sich auf 467 Mio. EUR (Vorjahr: 410 Mio. EUR), was einer EBITDA-Marge von 8,3 Prozent entspricht (2024:...
ZÜRICH, Schweiz, 9. April 2026: Die gategroup Holding AG („gategroup“) hat heute ihren Geschäftsbericht für das zum 31. Dezember 2025 abgeschlossene Geschäftsjahr vorgelegt. In diesem Zeitraum erwirtschaftete das Unternehmen einen Umsatz von 5,61 Mrd. EUR (2024: 5,47 Mrd. EUR). Das EBITDA belief sich auf 467 Mio. EUR (Vorjahr: 410 Mio. EUR), was einer EBITDA-Marge von 8,3 Prozent entspricht (2024: 7,5 Prozent). Die Nettoverschuldung im Verhältnis zum EBITDA lag bei 3,25x (2024: 3,74x), während die Brutto-Investitionsausgaben (CapEx) im Berichtszeitraum 88 Mio. EUR betrugen (2024: 72 Mio. EUR)¹.
Getty Images By Kevin Flanagan The Middle East war has proven to be a conundrum for the U.S. Treasury (UST) market. Typically, in times of geopolitical uncertainty, Treasuries are viewed as a safe-haven asset to turn to. However, the surge in energy prices has resulted in heightened inflation fears, and as a result, UST fixed coupon yields across the maturity spectrum have risen noticeably. Figure...
Getty Images By Kevin Flanagan The Middle East war has proven to be a conundrum for the U.S. Treasury (UST) market. Typically, in times of geopolitical uncertainty, Treasuries are viewed as a safe-haven asset to turn to. However, the surge in energy prices has resulted in heightened inflation fears, and as a result, UST fixed coupon yields across the maturity spectrum have risen noticeably. Figure 1: U.S. Treasury Yields Source: Bloomberg, as of 4/3/2026. Prior to the Middle East war, UST yields, such as the 2- and 10-year notes, had been falling as concerns surrounding AI’s potential impact on software companies and attendant private credit exposures had produced a flight-to-quality bid. In fact, 2-year yields dropped to 3.37%, the lowest reading since 2022, while 10-year yields fell below the 4% threshold to 3.94%. While the surge in energy prices has stoked inflation fears, other factors contributing to the sell-off include the reversal of prior ‘long’ positions and yield curve positioning trades, as well as potential liquidation by Persian Gulf nations to raise cash to pay for infrastructure repairs that have been damaged by Iranian missiles and drones. As a result, 2- and 10-year yield levels had, at one point, risen as much as 60 bps and 50 bps, respectively. While renewed concerns have surfaced about higher energy prices becoming a ‘tax’ on the economy, rates are still considerably above their pre-war levels (see above graph). Figure 2: UST 10-Year TIP Yield Source: Bloomberg, as of 4/3/2026 The interesting aspect to the UST market sell-off has come from the inflation-adjusted sector, or TIPS. Once again, investors discovered that TIPS are not immune from increasing yields, even if the catalyst was arguably increasing inflation fears. Remember, TIPS are referenced to actual trailing CPI figures; they are not reset to a specific interest rate, like secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) or the three-month T-bill, to which Treasury Floating Rate Notes (FRNs) a...
Oat_Phawat/iStock via Getty Images Barrick Mining Corp ( B ) said it aims to cut exposure to higher-risk regions and is open to major acquisitions as it moves toward spinning off its key North American operations. In a statement late Wednesday, Chairman John Thornton said the company’s strategy will center on concentrating capital on tier-one assets and overhauling its structure, anchored by a pre...
Oat_Phawat/iStock via Getty Images Barrick Mining Corp ( B ) said it aims to cut exposure to higher-risk regions and is open to major acquisitions as it moves toward spinning off its key North American operations. In a statement late Wednesday, Chairman John Thornton said the company’s strategy will center on concentrating capital on tier-one assets and overhauling its structure, anchored by a previously announced initial public offering of its North American assets. "We will maintain unwavering discipline in capital allocation, with an uncompromising eye on growing free cash flow per share," Thornton said. "We continue to optimize the portfolio and pursue structural initiatives that unlock greater value for our fellow owners." More on Barrick Mining Corporation Barrick: You Haven't Seen Anything Yet Barrick Mining: Structural Tailwinds Make It A Golden Opportunity Barrick: Time To Load Up On This Massive Dip Riley Gold raises C$1.67M from warrant exercises Crawford & Co appoints Swain as CEO, board veteran Crawford Sr to step down
格隆汇4月9日｜今日，Tokenthon（词元松）宣布生态重要建设者——ME Group正式以创始会员身份加入组织。在Token被誉为“数字石油”的当下，双方将强强联手，深度链接全球资源，致力于共同完善词元松生态建设，携手构建Token技术创新与趋于普惠的生态文化。 ME Group是全球领先的金融资讯与AI科技平台，致力于为全球用户提供精准的资讯内容、专业的市场服务以及AI驱动的智能化解决方案。...
格隆汇4月9日｜今日，Tokenthon（词元松）宣布生态重要建设者——ME Group正式以创始会员身份加入组织。在Token被誉为“数字石油”的当下，双方将强强联手，深度链接全球资源，致力于共同完善词元松生态建设，携手构建Token技术创新与趋于普惠的生态文化。 ME Group是全球领先的金融资讯与AI科技平台，致力于为全球用户提供精准的资讯内容、专业的市场服务以及AI驱动的智能化解决方案。ME Group将结合专业的媒体策略、优质的内容创作和高端会务服务与词元松深度联动，持续跟踪及报道词元松全球行的足迹，扩大词元松全球影响力，从粤港澳大湾区核心城市出发，挺进硅谷、新加坡、伦敦等全球科创中心。通过结合词元松强大的全球资源链接能力，双方将为生态成员提供开放性交流平台，并向全球读者提供实时、精准的动态报道，为全球Token行业发展贡献力量。 携手ME Group，词元松的生态成员们将共同定义AI时代的协作标准，扩大组织影响力，在不同城市点燃AI创新的火种，构建无国界的词元经济共同体。