Everything Mike Dolan and the ROI team are excited to read, watch and listen to over the weekend. From the Editor Hello Morning Bid readers!
April 17, 2026
Orestes Chamizo points at a scrubby patch of sand on Cuba's Bay of Pigs, showing the spot where a brigade of U.S.-trained Cuban exiles landed
April 17, 2026
One-way attack drones have changed the face of the Russia-Ukraine war and give Iran a boost in countering US and Israeli forces.
April 16, 2026
The Senate approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies
April 17, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is encouraging young people in Cameroon to resist corruption and work for the common good
April 17, 2026
A controversy has erupted over prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi
April 17, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has started a two-day visit to Spain on Friday when he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez met a day before they will gather with other leaders who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right
April 17, 2026
The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk wants a judge to ban cameras from the courtroom and says live broadcasts of the prosecution are violating his right to a fair trial
April 17, 2026
The small Balkan nation of Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because it appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own security since the 1998-99 war with Serbia
April 17, 2026
By Lili Bayer and Feras Dalatey BRUSSELS/DAMASCUS, April 17 - The European Union plans to deepen its engagement with Syria by relaunching formal political contacts and paving the way for closer
April 17, 2026
A sweetened 20.35 billion euro ($24 billion) joint bid by Bouygues Telecom, Iliad-owned Free and Orange for France's second-largest
October 17, 2025
Firefighters continued extinguishing a blaze at Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse on Friday, more than 24 hours after Ukrainian drone attacks, local authorities said.
April 17, 2026
China's regular military activities around Taiwan are "entirely justified and reasonable" and any tensions are the fault of the government in Taipei, the Chinese defence
April 17, 2026
Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal in 2025, making it the deadliest year on record for
April 17, 2026
Large crowds gathered outside a stadium in Douala, Cameroon's biggest city and economic hub, for a Mass with Pope Leo on
April 17, 2026
Kenya has requested rapid financial support from the World Bank to help it manage the economic shocks triggered by the Iran war, its
April 16, 2026
The South Korean internet as erupted in celebration as a 2-year-old wolf that escaped from a zoo in South Korea was safely captured Friday after a nine-day search that drew national attention
April 17, 2026
A Russian overnight drone attack damaged port infrastructure in Ukraine's largest Danube river port Izmail and one drone strayed into Romanian territory, Ukrainian and Romanian
April 17, 2026
Apple's iPhone shipments surged 20% in China in the first quarter, for the strongest growth among major vendors, despite an overall decline as
April 17, 2026
Financial markets are in a buoyant mood as U.S. President Donald Trump signals confidence that the war in Iran will end soon, with talks probably on the cards again this weekend.
April 17, 2026
A subdued STOXX 600 was on track to notch its fourth straight weekly gain on Friday, as cautious investors waited for a potentially pivotal weekend that could
April 17, 2026
Myanmar's former President Win Myint has been freed as part of a broad prisoner amnesty by newly inaugurated President Min Aung Hlaing
April 17, 2026
How the first American pope is reclaiming Christian values from the Trump administration
April 17, 2026
NATO member Estonia has no doubt that the United States would help defend it if Russia attacks, its defence minister told Reuters, while warning that
April 17, 2026
The European Central Bank should lift its key interest rate twice this year to combat an energy-driven inflation surge, but should then reverse
April 17, 2026
As Chinese warships and fighter jets staged massive drills around Taiwan in December, a parallel action was unfolding on smartphone screens.
April 17, 2026
Deutsche Bank expects the U.S.
April 17, 2026
Uber has reached an agreement to acquire an additional 4.5% stake in rival Delivery Hero and will buy around 270 million euros ($318.1 million) of Delivery Hero shares at 20 euros
April 17, 2026
China offered to boost ties with Vietnam on rail infrastructure, from loans and technology to training, as its neighbour's top leader, To Lam, wound up a visit
April 17, 2026
JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and other Wall Street banks have started trading credit default swaps linked to flagship private credit funds run by Blackstone, Apollo Global and Ares
April 17, 2026
Romania's broad ruling coalition of four pro-European Union parties has no choice but to continue to govern, President Nicusor Dan said, even if its biggest party will
April 17, 2026
Spain's Pedro Sanchez and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will spearhead gatherings of the global left in Barcelona on Friday and
April 17, 2026
The U.S.
April 17, 2026
Japan's core consumer inflation probably picked up slightly in March from the previous month due to higher energy costs, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, in a sign of the
April 17, 2026
China is expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged for an 11th consecutive month in April, a Reuters survey showed, as robust first-quarter growth and a pick-
April 17, 2026
Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on Friday met survivors of December's Bondi Beach shooting that left 15 dead, on the final day
April 17, 2026
Myanmar has reduced the sentence of imprisoned ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer told Reuters on Friday, as part of an amnesty by a new president who ousted her government
April 17, 2026
Australia’s most decorated living veteran has walked free on bail from a Sydney prison 10 days after he was charged with committing war crimes in Afghanistan
April 17, 2026
Shao Haixia's plastics factory in China has seen raw material costs jump 20% since the Iran war started and has not
April 17, 2026
Malaysia's economy grew 5.3% in the first quarter from a year earlier, official advance estimates showed on Friday, moderating from its pace at the end of 2025 as
April 17, 2026
China is accelerating its efforts to end the Iran war, walking a diplomatic tightrope as it prepares for a
April 17, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Markets slipped into TGIF mood as the possibility of a deal between the U.S. and Iran lifted hopes and kept oil below $100 a
April 17, 2026
An Australian court ordered bail with travel restrictions on Friday for the country's most decorated soldier, following his arrest on accusations of war crimes while
April 17, 2026
The war in the Middle East is the latest reminder of how commodities are reshaping the geopolitical landscape, leaving currencies
April 17, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday
April 17, 2026
Myanmar's new President Min Aung Hlaing has approved an amnesty for 4,335 prisoners, state television reported on Friday, the third such move in the past six months.
April 17, 2026
Prosecutors in Minnesota's Hennepin County have charged a U.S.
April 17, 2026
South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Friday it was not aware of any U.S. protest or curbs on intelligence sharing following a report that Washington
April 17, 2026
The United States and the Philippines will build a 4,000-acre (1,620 hectares) industrial hub after Manila joined a Washington-led initiative to secure AI and
April 17, 2026
South Korea's capital markets are luring back foreign buyers after a brutal March, as hopes of stability in the Middle East, a red-hot AI memory
April 17, 2026
More than four months after a deadly fire engulfed her apartment block in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district, Fanny Mok is preparing to
April 17, 2026
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April 16, 2026
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko left the United States on Thursday buoyed by what she called positive talks with top U.S. officials,
April 17, 2026
The government-owned corporation that delivers mail in Canada is taking steps to stop home delivery
April 17, 2026
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to step down from agency
April 17, 2026
The Panama Canal Authority on Thursday downplayed a report that an LPG vessel paid $4 million to jump the transit queue, saying the result reflected temporary market
April 17, 2026
The acting head of the U.S.
April 17, 2026
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda steered clear of signalling a rate hike was on the cards this month, instead highlighting the country's low real
April 17, 2026
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank said on Thursday they had resumed dealings with Venezuela, which had been paused since 2019.
April 17, 2026
The Japanese government will provide subsidies of up to 60 billion yen ($380 million) to Sony for an image sensor plant in the western Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto,
April 17, 2026
China's Shenzhou-21 astronaut crew will stay in space for an extra month, after careful consideration from China's Manned Space Engineering Office, the country's state
April 17, 2026
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Friday he had the full support of his party's lawmakers, responding to media reports that some members will push for a
April 17, 2026
All eight people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, authorities said on Friday as search teams tried to retrieve
April 17, 2026
Erin Burnett talks to the crew of Artemis II in their first interview with CNN after their history making trip around the moon.
April 17, 2026
Less than a year after being fired, former FEMA chief is set to be reinstalled by Trump
April 17, 2026
A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump has offered Cameron Hamilton the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's permanent administrator
April 17, 2026
A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started
April 16, 2026
More dangerous storms loom for the central US as parts of the region also grapple with historic flooding
April 15, 2026
Democrat Analilia Mejia will win House special election in New Jersey, further narrowing GOP majority
April 16, 2026
Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy exit plan is under renewed pressure after a sharp rise in jet fuel
April 17, 2026
A 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect on Thursday and President Donald Trump said the next meeting
April 16, 2026
Britain's top foreign ministry official will leave his post after Prime Minister Keir Starmer and
April 16, 2026
Nearly 6 million people in Haiti are expected to face acute food insecurity in the coming months, underscoring how gang violence, mass displacement and economic
April 17, 2026
A U.S. judge said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot construct his planned $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's
April 01, 2026
Public health veteran is Trump’s pick to lead CDC as administration shifts tone on vaccines
April 17, 2026
The Trump administration has agreed to resume funding a key Manhattan subway project after New York officials sued
April 17, 2026
Brazil's central bank is cautious amid uncertainties over the potential duration and consequences of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, and the final size of its interest rate
April 17, 2026
Bangladesh Finance Minister Amir Khosru said on Thursday his country needs to erase a capital deficit in its banks and private sector for any reforms to take
April 17, 2026
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April 17, 2026
Senegal's president has approved a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual acts to 10 years and criminalising any efforts to promote homosexuality,
March 31, 2026
Euro zone inflation soared past the European Central Bank's 2% target this month as surging oil and gas costs drove up headline
March 31, 2026
Mongolia's parliament on Monday confirmed Uchral Nyam-Osor as the nation's third prime minister in nine months, following his predecessor's resignation last week over
March 31, 2026
The Canadian economy eked out modest growth in January, with monthly gross domestic product rising slightly as strength in most goods-producing
March 31, 2026
Spanish police have discovered a drug-smuggling tunnel in the North African exclave of Ceuta, complete with a rail system and underground cranes to transport hashish from
March 31, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Tuesday, as markets welcomed a report signaling potential de-escalation in the Middle East conflict that has set the S&P 500 and the
March 31, 2026
The United States has done the lion's share of the work in making Iran less of a threat and other countries now need to step up to reopen the critical
March 31, 2026
Romanian state institutions are facing more than 10,000 cyberattacks daily, Defence Minister Radu Miruta said on Tuesday.
March 31, 2026
Unilever said on Tuesday it will merge its food business with spice maker McCormick in the second-largest food transaction in history, a deal that will
March 19, 2026
U.S. single-family house prices increased moderately in January, but rising mortgage rates as the war in the Middle East drags on could sideline potential first-time
March 31, 2026
More than two dozen ships sanctioned for being part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet have passed through UK waters since Prime Minister
March 31, 2026
President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged countries that did not help in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to buy American oil and go to the Strait of Hormuz and "just
March 31, 2026
Ukrainian drones on Tuesday struck Russia's Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth time in 10 days, and industry sources told Reuters an oil loading terminal was hit,
March 31, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed migration and closer cooperation on returns, border security and tackling people smuggling networks in a meeting with Syrian
March 31, 2026
The Canadian economy grew by 0.1% in January as gains in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction more than offset a contraction in manufacturing, Statistics Canada
March 31, 2026
The start to the year has have left investors with a serious case of whiplash with the eruption of war in Iran triggering a record jump in oil prices, major
March 27, 2026
Taiwan should look at what happened to Hong Kong and not be naive about China's
March 31, 2026
Bangladesh is considering introducing partial online classes in schools as part of austerity measures to ease pressure from the global energy crisis and domestic
March 31, 2026
Unilever has agreed to separate its food unit, home to Knorr and Hellmann's, and merge it with spice maker McCormick in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the British firm's food
March 31, 2026
K9 helps take down armed suspect at mall
Exclusive: Justice Department removes lead prosecutor from probe of Trump critic John Brennan
Trump says blockade on Iran 'in full force' until deal is reached
Iran war presents risk to euro zone growth and inflation outlook, Lagarde says
Wall St climbs at open after Iran says Strait of Hormuz open
France's Macron sympathises with authors who quit Bollore-owned publisher
Tunisian comedian Abdelli sentenced in absentia, says ruling targets free speech
Italy saw modest growth in Q1, supported by Olympics, central bank estimates