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Algeria on Thursday severed diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates after what it described as the “exhaustion of all means to preserve bilateral ties,” Algerian state media said.

Brent oil spiked to $107 a barrel, before paring some gains, as rising tensions in the Middle East heightened concerns over global supplies.

Elon Musk’s tunneling company, The Boring Company, has raised a $3 billion Series D funding round that pushes its valuation to $23 billion. The round was led by the United Arab Emirates.

Google has agreed to buy 1 million carbon credits from Indian climate-tech startup Mitti Labs through 2030, in what the companies say is the largest publicly announced deal to date for credits generated

Automated network utility service TronZap has announced the official launch of combined Energy and Bandwidth packages designed to optimize TRON network transactions.

Kenyan electric mobility company Arc Ride has raised $33.3m in a funding round led by Novastar Ventures and Norrsken22, capital it will use to expand its battery-swapping network across sub-Saharan Africa and enter the South African market.

French AI lab Mistral AI on Tuesday said it has raised €3 billion (about $3.58 billion) at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion (about $24.39 billion), confirming earlier rumors.

Ugandan artificial intelligence (AI) startup SANDI AI Technologies has emerged Grand Prize winner of the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize 2026, receiving US$50,000 in growth funding for its innovative approach to improving access to finance for farmers across Africa.

Applications are now open for the Harvard Environmental Fellows Program 2027, a two-year fellowship for recent doctorate recipients interested in advancing environmental research in collaboration with Harvard faculty.

Nigerian startups Trade Lenda and AirSmat have raised a combined US$450,000 from the Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility, a US$4 million pilot investment facility aimed at identifying founders often overlooked by traditional investors

President Donald Trump on Monday said Bombardier, a Canadian airplane manufacturer, must build its products in the U.S. in order to keep selling in the American market.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday announced a fresh funding boost for Greenland, seeking to shore up Arctic ties with the self-governing Danish territory