Picks & shovels, commodity diversifiers

European stocks are set for a downbeat end to the week amid continued concerns about the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. It follows a negative session for Wall Street, which bled into Asia , although Taiwan’s TAIEX outperformed, boosted by TSMC shares hitting a record high. U.S. futures were tentatively higher on Friday, with a rebound in tech…

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AI traders are already testing prediction markets—and losing money

A new study of frontier models on Kalshi and Polymarket finds consistent losses, even as early signs suggest more autonomous systems could eventually outperform human bettors. Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket have roared into the public consciousness, drawing scrutiny from regulators and politicians. They’ve also captured the imagination of social media users, some of whom…

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Negotiations that enable Israel’s land-grabs | Israel-Palestine conflict

From Oslo onwards, talks have unfolded alongside illegal settlement expansion, turning diplomacy into a process that manages, rather than ends, occupation. Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and political analyst. Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 ListenListen (5 mins) Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Back in the early 2000s,…

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