Diplomatic efforts seek to avert Trump split with UN refugee agency, sources say

Item 1: Welcome Co-chair Sarah Breeden opened the session by welcoming attendees to the AI Consortium’s (AIC) third quarterly meeting held virtually. Sarah welcomed new Co-chair David Geale, the FCA’s Executive Director for Payments and Digital Finance & Managing Director for the PSR, and congratulated member Harriet Rees on her recent appointment by the Government…

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. launched a fresh round of strikes on Iran early Wednesday morning, hours after President Donald Trump…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he may no longer be interested in even trying to reach a deal with Iran, hours after declaring their recent ceasefire agreement “over” in light of renewed hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz. “I’m not sure I want to make a deal with them,” Trump said of Tehran during a…

For years, income investors didn’t have much of a choice. Bonds paid next to nothing, so anyone wanting a decent yield had to buy dividend-paying stocks. That has changed. With interest rates far higher than they were a few years ago, bonds are paying real income again, which sets up a genuine debate for 2026:…

“I would rather have something small, on a huge piece of land in a more rural area.”

Everyone deals with some form of temptation. Even companies with energy and mining outfits are prime examples, so with oil prices high today, mostly due to the war in Iran, it’s a good time to discuss corporate temptation as it relates to energy stocks, including Occidental Petroleum (OXY +2.25%). When it reported first-quarter results in…