From a law lecture hall to Barbie and later the glitzy ballroom of Bridgerton, Malaysian-born actor Yong Zheng Xi is quietly carving out a place for himself on the international stage. He appeared in the period drama as Lord Barnaby, a role that marks another milestone in a journey shaped as much by persistence as by talent. Yong, 32, began as a singer but it was only after moving to London to pur...
From a law lecture hall to Barbie and later the glitzy ballroom of Bridgerton, Malaysian-born actor Yong Zheng Xi is quietly carving out a place for himself on the international stage. He appeared in the period drama as Lord Barnaby, a role that marks another milestone in a journey shaped as much by persistence as by talent. Yong, 32, began as a singer but it was only after moving to London to pursue a law degree that his career trajectory shifted. “When I came to London to pursue my...
Bjoern Wylezich/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Introduction After an initial strong start to 2026, shares in Vonovia ( VNNVF ) have slumped in recent weeks amid high energy price volatility, which is expected to lead to a renewed hiking cycle by the ECB. I view the recent pullback as a buying opportunity, confirming my previous Strong Buy rating on the shares. My bullish thesis can be summarize...
Bjoern Wylezich/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Introduction After an initial strong start to 2026, shares in Vonovia ( VNNVF ) have slumped in recent weeks amid high energy price volatility, which is expected to lead to a renewed hiking cycle by the ECB. I view the recent pullback as a buying opportunity, confirming my previous Strong Buy rating on the shares. My bullish thesis can be summarized as: A well-covered 5.95% current dividend, with growth in the low single digits supported by a robust rent growth pipeline and a well-laddered maturity structure. The potential for an incremental increase in 2026 net asset values, with analyst consensus pointing to a circa 2.9% positive revaluation in portfolio values. A realistic path to reaching a 40% LTV ratio in 2028, driven by private market sales and organic portfolio value growth. Vonovia recently made a concerted effort to improve property fundamentals disclosure, with the latest Q4 2025 results presentation available here . 88% of portfolio value is concentrated in Germany, followed by Sweden at 9% and Austria at 3%. While the key Rental segment accounted for 87% of Vonovia's 2025 EBITDA, contribution from other segments increased to 13% last year, with a further increase to 15% projected for 2026. 2025 Results Recap In a bid to improve transparency, Vonovia introduced a new non-GAAP metric called "adjusted shareholder earnings" which takes into account tax expenses related to its core business and payments to minority interests. 2025 non-GAAP earnings were €1.85/share, a 3.6% Y/Y increase. Growth was driven principally by non-rental segments, which delivered double-digit EBITDA growth, which was only partially offset by higher interest costs and minority payments. European Public Real Estate Association [EPRA] net tangible assets [NTA] stood at €46.28/share, a 2.3% increase in 2025. This was principally driven by positive revaluations of 1.8% for the property portfolio (excluding investments made throughout 2025...
The average one-year price target for Euroapi (ENXTPA:EAPI) has been revised to €2.30 / share. This is a decrease of 15.25% from the prior estimate of €2.71 dated February 21, 2026. The price target is an average of many targets provided by analysts. The lates
The average one-year price target for Euroapi (ENXTPA:EAPI) has been revised to €2.30 / share. This is a decrease of 15.25% from the prior estimate of €2.71 dated February 21, 2026. The price target is an average of many targets provided by analysts. The lates
Israeli Forces Raise Flag Over Syrian Town In Latest Raid: 'Provocative Act' Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, Israeli military vehicles rolled into the town of Hadr in Syria’s Quneitra Governorate days ago and raised the Israeli flag over the town's entrance . Locals say they also closed all but one road leading into or out of the town, and established a checkpoint on that road as well. Tho...
Israeli Forces Raise Flag Over Syrian Town In Latest Raid: 'Provocative Act' Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, Israeli military vehicles rolled into the town of Hadr in Syria’s Quneitra Governorate days ago and raised the Israeli flag over the town's entrance . Locals say they also closed all but one road leading into or out of the town, and established a checkpoint on that road as well. Though Israel routinely raids Quneitra's towns and villages of late, raising the Israeli government's flag over a town is more provocative than what usually happens in these incidents, and like most of Israel’s military forays on Syrian soil, they've yet to issue a statement to even attempt to explain the purpose of the operation. Illustrative via AFP Hadr is a relatively small town of about 5,000 people along the frontier between Quneitra Governorate and the UNDOF demilitarized zone, a zone which has subsequently been occupied militarily by Israel. Some suburbs of Hadr extend into the demilitarized zone. Israel also launched operations against multiple other villages in Quneitra earlier this week, including Saida al-Golan and Saida al-Hanout. They captured two young men who were herding sheep to the west of the village. The troops also captured two village elders in Saida al-Golan, though the elders were ultimately released without incident. The fate of the shepherds remains uncertain, and again the IDF has not commented. As for the flag-raising incident, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which the mainstream media had long relied on as its main anti-Assad source throughout the prior war, detailed the following of the "provocative act" : Al-Quneitra province: Israeli forces raised the Israeli flag at the entrance of Hadr Town in northern Al-Quneitra countryside [on Wednesday], raising local questions regarding the escalation in the area. According to sources, these forces closed secondary roads leading to the town from the side of Al-Qanaif checkpoints, and only kept the m...
Palantir Technologies (NasdaqGS:PLTR) and Bain & Company have expanded their partnership to accelerate enterprise AI adoption for global business clients. The agreement integrates Palantir’s AI platform and Forward Deployed Engineers into Bain’s consulting services for commercial customers. The move targets broader enterprise adoption of AI beyond Palantir’s traditional government contracts. For i...
Palantir Technologies (NasdaqGS:PLTR) and Bain & Company have expanded their partnership to accelerate enterprise AI adoption for global business clients. The agreement integrates Palantir’s AI platform and Forward Deployed Engineers into Bain’s consulting services for commercial customers. The move targets broader enterprise adoption of AI beyond Palantir’s traditional government contracts. For investors, this development sits at the intersection of software, consulting, and AI services...
Derbyshire police said a number of people had been injured, some of them seriously, in the incident in the city centre A man has been arrested after a car hit and injured pedestrians in Derby on Saturday. Derbyshire police said a number of people had been injured, some of them seriously, in the incident in the city centre. Continue reading...
Derbyshire police said a number of people had been injured, some of them seriously, in the incident in the city centre A man has been arrested after a car hit and injured pedestrians in Derby on Saturday. Derbyshire police said a number of people had been injured, some of them seriously, in the incident in the city centre. Continue reading...
imaginima/E+ via Getty Images Oil industry CEOs at the largest U.S. energy industry conference this week expressed frustration over President Trump's chaotic policymaking and abrupt decision to attack Iran, saying f inancial markets have not accurately reflected the gravity of the crisis and that the war is crippling the world's fuel supplies. At the S&P Global's annual CERAWeek energy conference,...
imaginima/E+ via Getty Images Oil industry CEOs at the largest U.S. energy industry conference this week expressed frustration over President Trump's chaotic policymaking and abrupt decision to attack Iran, saying f inancial markets have not accurately reflected the gravity of the crisis and that the war is crippling the world's fuel supplies. At the S&P Global's annual CERAWeek energy conference, s ome executives were concerned with the Trump administration's optimistic messaging and said price gyrations and the uncertainty hanging over the conflict make it all but impossible to plan investments. Asia and Europe will face fuel shortages if the war drags on, and oil prices likely will remain high even if the conflict ends as countries restock depleted reserves, they said. " You can't just take 8M-10M bbl/day of oil and 20% or so of the [liquefied natural gas] market off the world stage without having some significant repercussions," ConocoPhillips ( COP ) CEO Ryan Lance told CERAWeek attendees. Conoco ( COP ), which owns a 30% stake in QatarEnergy's Ras Laffan LNG facility—the world's largest—that was closed after suffering substantial damage in an Iranian attack, is " pleading " with the Trump administration for military "protection around the U.S.-owned assets in Qatar and hundreds of millions of dollars of investment," Lance said. The physical supplysupply of oil is much tighter than prices in the futures market suggest, Chevron ( CVX ) CEO Mike Wirth said. "There are very real, physical manifestations of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz that are working their way around the world and through the system that I don't think are fully priced into the futures curves on oil." Trump officials have asked oil companies including Chevron ( CVX ), ConocoPhillips ( COP ), and ExxonMobil ( XOM ) what more they can do to push up Western Hemisphere production of oil and natural gas, and some executives reportedly have said they face several constraints to boosting U.S. outp...