On June 2, 2019, the Shanghai Stock Exchange announced that the state-owned China Baowu Iron and Steel Group would acquire a controlling 51% stake in its domestic rival, Magang Group Holding Co., Ltd. Following the merger, Baowu will increase its total production capacity from 67.4 million tons...

On Sunday May 26, 2019, roughly 7.2 million Belgians went to the polls to votes in three elections: the European Parliament election, the Belgian federal election, and the Belgian regional elections. Voter turnout is commonly high, as voting is mandatory in the country. Despite this...

As the world is racing for alternative energy sources, many are turning towards wind and solar power. Some companies and scientists, however, have directed their attention at fusion energy. Promising enormous volumes of zero-carbon energy, fusion may become a viable option in the long run...

The global price of coffee fell to historic lows in 2018, with the price of Arabica beans decreasing by as much as 25% from October 2018 to February 2019. Several factors are affecting this volatility in global coffee prices. One particularly salient one is Brazil, which is...

2018 was a critical year for the development of hypersonic weapons. Russia conducted two tests, one in March and one in December, that accelerated the race among a small group of states to attain hypersonic weapons. Aside from Russia, these countries are the United States, China, Australia, Japan, India, and France...

Retail giants like Amazon or the Walmart-owned Flipkart increasingly dictate the Indian e-commerce market, frustrating local businesses and offline sellers. A few months before the 2019 general election, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion stepped in and drafted a new e-commerce policy...

Highly dependent on its oil industry, Venezuela’s economy is increasingly corroded by a weak state infrastructure and international sanctions affecting oil exports. Since the onset of the country’s presidential crisis in January 2019...

By 2050, roughly 40% of Japan's population will be over the age of 65 years. This has serious implications for the country’s economy and labor market...

The Syrian Civil War has been ongoing since 2011 and is now entering a new phase. Kurdish military forces in the country's northeast face an impending assault from either Turkish or Syrian forces...

While it was clear that the African National Congress would win the general election in 2019, the extent of the party’s victory was critical. On May 8, 2019, approximately 27 million South Africans...