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أعلن المجلس العسكري الحاكم في <a href="https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6663430/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85/%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A3%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A9">بوركينا فاسو</a> الجمعة، قطع العلاقات الدبلوماسية مع فرنسا، متهما باريس بالعمل المستمر ضد مصالح <a href="https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6649587/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-30-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88">واغادوغو</a>.<br /><br />ويتبع النظام العسكري بقيادة<a href="https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6567246/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9"> إبراهيم تراوري </a>الذي تولى السلطة إثر انقلاب عسكري في سبتمبر 2022، سياسة مناهضة للغرب وخاصة فرنسا، إضافة الى التشدد حيال المعارضة في الداخل.<h2>قطع العلاقات مع فرنسا</h2>وأفاد بيان بثه التلفزيون الرسمي للدولة الواقعة في غرب إفريقيا "تحيط حكومة بوركينا فاسو المجتمعين الوطني والدولي علما بأنها قررت قطع العلاقات الدبلوماسية مع فرنسا، وذلك اعتبارا من اليوم، 26 يونيو 2026".<br /> <br />واتهم المجلس فرنسا أيضا بأنها تضمر "طموحات استعمارية جديدة تتجلى بوضوح في دعمها النشط للشبكات التخريبية والإرهابيين الذين يغرقون بلادنا ومنطقة الساحل في الحداد".<h2>أعمال عنف دامية</h2>وتعاني بوركينا فاسو مثل العديد من جاراتها، من أعمال عنف دامية يرتكبها جهاديون مرتبطون بتنظيمي القاعدة وداعش.<br /><br />ووفقا للبيان، فإن هذا القرار "يتعلق حصرا بالإطار المؤسسي للعلاقات بين الدولتين على المستوى الدبلوماسي".<br /><br />وشدد المجلس على أن ذلك "لا يشكك بأي حال من الأحوال في الروابط التاريخية والإنسانية والثقافية والاجتماعية التي تجمع بين الشعبين".<br /><br />وتتزايد المشاعر المناهضة لفرنسا في بعض المستعمرات الإفريقية السابقة في ظل تحول القارة السمراء مجددا إلى ساحة للصراع الدبلوماسي وتنامي النفوذين الروسي والصيني.<br /><br /><br /><br />
كيف أصبح مشهد محاكمة "مفتي البراميل" أحد أقوى المشاهد في سوريا ما بعد الأسد؟ صدر الصورة، Syrian Ministry of Justice التعليق على الصورة، مُفتي سوريا السابق أحمد بدر الدين حسون، في أولى جلسات محاكمته بالقصر العدلي في دمشق، الخميس 25 يونيو/حزيران 2026. Published قبل 3 دقيقة مدة القراءة: 6 دقائق "هُوْن ما خُطبة، بدّك تجاوب على الأسئلة" بهذه العبارة، قاطع القاضي المتهم الماثل بقفص الاتهام حينما شرع الأخير في تلاوة آية من القرآن الكريم. لينتشر على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي في سوريا، هذا المقطع بين صُور ومقاطع أخرى من محاكمة مُفتي البلاد السابق أحمد بدر الدين حسون، والتي انعقدت أولى جلساتها، الخميس، في القصر العدلي بدمشق. بعض رواد مواقع التواصل علّقوا بدايةً على اختيار حسّون للآية القرآنية، قائلين إن "هابيل عندما قالها لقابيل كان ذا مقدرة، وأنتَ في قفص صغير لا تستطيع أن تقتل به نملة!". أهمل X مشاركة, 1 هل تسمح بعرض المحتوى من X؟ تحتوي هذه الصفحة على محتوى من موقع X. موافقتكم مطلوبة قبل عرض أي مواد لأنها قد تتضمن ملفات ارتباط (كوكيز) وغيرها من الأدوات التقنية. قد تفضلون الاطلاع على سياسة ملفات الارتباط الخاصة بموقع X وسياسة الخصوصية قبل الموافقة. لعرض المحتوى، اختر "موافقة وإكمال" Accept and continue تحذير: بي بي سي غير مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية نهاية X مشاركة, 1 المحتوى غير متاح X اطلع على المزيد في بي بي سي ليست مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية. وقال آخرون إن حسّون، "لم يتذكر هذه الآية عندما كان يفتي بذبح السوريين وإهلاكهم"، على حدّ تعبيرهم. صدر الصورة، Facebook ولم تخلُ تعليقات السوريين من الصبغة الطائفية؛ فكتب البعض يقول إن "المسلمين السُنّة يحاكمون مُفتياً سُنياً"، داعينَ "كل الأقليات والإثنيات والمكونات السورية الأخرى إلى التحلّي بنفس القدر من الشجاعة ومحاكمة وجهائم ومشايخهم المتهمّين بتُهم مشابهة"، على حدّ قولهم. أهمل Facebook مشاركة, 1 هل تسمح بعرض المحتوى من Facebook؟ تحتوي هذه الصفحة على محتوى من موقع Facebook. موافقتكم مطلوبة قبل عرض أي مواد لأنها قد تتضمن ملفات ارتباط (كوكيز) وغيرها من الأدوات التقنية. قد تفضلون الاطلاع على سياسة ملفات الارتباط الخاصة بموقع Facebook وسياسة الخصوصية قبل الموافقة. لعرض المحتوى، اختر "موافقة وإكمال" Accept and continue تحذير: بي بي سي غير مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية نهاية Facebook مشاركة, 1 المحتوى غير متاح Facebook اطلع على المزيد في بي بي سي ليست مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية. ولفت البعض إلى تزامُن محاكمة حسون مع ذكرى يوم عاشوراء- مستدلاً بذلك على أن الشيخ "على الصراط المستقيم". أهمل X مشاركة, 2 هل تسمح بعرض المحتوى من X؟ تحتوي هذه الصفحة على محتوى من موقع X. موافقتكم مطلوبة قبل عرض أي مواد لأنها قد تتضمن ملفات ارتباط (كوكيز) وغيرها من الأدوات التقنية. قد تفضلون الاطلاع على سياسة ملفات الارتباط الخاصة بموقع X وسياسة الخصوصية قبل الموافقة. لعرض المحتوى، اختر "موافقة وإكمال" Accept and continue تحذير: بي بي سي غير مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية نهاية X مشاركة, 2 المحتوى غير متاح X اطلع على المزيد في بي بي سي ليست مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية. لكن آخرين "رفضوا أن يكونوا صدىً أو بُوقاً لطائفة" على حدّ تعبيرهم، قائلين إن هدفهم هو "وضْع الطائفي وحيداً أمام مرآته"! وتساءل أصحاب هذا الرأي: "هل تكون محاكمة حسّون 'السُنّي المذهب' بدايةً لمرحلة جديدة تُحسَب للقيادة الجديدة [السُنية] على أنها انفتاح يحميها من الاتهام بالطائفية؟" ونوّه هؤلاء إلى أنه "لو تمّ اعتقال دُرزي أو قامة دينية علوية أو خوري يمثل كنيسة، لقامت الدنيا ولم تقعد"، على حدّ تعبيرهم. أهمل X مشاركة, 3 هل تسمح بعرض المحتوى من X؟ تحتوي هذه الصفحة على محتوى من موقع X. موافقتكم مطلوبة قبل عرض أي مواد لأنها قد تتضمن ملفات ارتباط (كوكيز) وغيرها من الأدوات التقنية. قد تفضلون الاطلاع على سياسة ملفات الارتباط الخاصة بموقع X وسياسة الخصوصية قبل الموافقة. لعرض المحتوى، اختر "موافقة وإكمال" Accept and continue تحذير: بي بي سي غير مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية نهاية X مشاركة, 3 المحتوى غير متاح X اطلع على المزيد في بي بي سي ليست مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية. وإلى ذلك، توجّه روّادٌ آخرون بالاعتذار لحسّون، "الذي لم ينصره رجل دين سُني بكلمة أو فتوى"، على حدّ تعبيرهم. وتساءل أنصار هذا الرأي المعتذر في المقابل عن ترك المحيسني "الذي حرّض انتحاريين على تفجير أنفسهم بأبرياء"- على حدّ زعمهم- حُراّ طليقاً! أهمل X مشاركة, 4 هل تسمح بعرض المحتوى من X؟ تحتوي هذه الصفحة على محتوى من موقع X. موافقتكم مطلوبة قبل عرض أي مواد لأنها قد تتضمن ملفات ارتباط (كوكيز) وغيرها من الأدوات التقنية. قد تفضلون الاطلاع على سياسة ملفات الارتباط الخاصة بموقع X وسياسة الخصوصية قبل الموافقة. لعرض المحتوى، اختر "موافقة وإكمال" Accept and continue تحذير: بي بي سي غير مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية نهاية X مشاركة, 4 المحتوى غير متاح X اطلع على المزيد في بي بي سي ليست مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية. ورأى البعض ذلك "من سخريات القدر"؛ أنْ يحاكَم حسّون "الذي دعا للتعايش السلمي ورعى المصالح الوطنية وناشد بإيقاف الحرب الأهلية" كمُجرم حرب، بينما عبد الله المحيسني "الذي حضّر الانتحاريين والمفخخات والمطلوب لأغلب دول العالم بتهمة الإرهاب يستثمر وتُفتح له الآفاق كرجل أعمال يملأ السمع والبصر..!!"، على حدّ وصفهم. أهمل X مشاركة, 5 هل تسمح بعرض المحتوى من X؟ تحتوي هذه الصفحة على محتوى من موقع X. موافقتكم مطلوبة قبل عرض أي مواد لأنها قد تتضمن ملفات ارتباط (كوكيز) وغيرها من الأدوات التقنية. قد تفضلون الاطلاع على سياسة ملفات الارتباط الخاصة بموقع X وسياسة الخصوصية قبل الموافقة. لعرض المحتوى، اختر "موافقة وإكمال" Accept and continue تحذير: بي بي سي غير مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية نهاية X مشاركة, 5 المحتوى غير متاح X اطلع على المزيد في بي بي سي ليست مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية. ليطالبوا "بتطبيق معيار واحد على الجميع ... لأنّ سيادة القانون لا تعني محاكمة شخص واحد وإغفال آخرين ارتكبوا أفعالاً مماثلة أو أشدّ". أهمل X مشاركة, 6 هل تسمح بعرض المحتوى من X؟ تحتوي هذه الصفحة على محتوى من موقع X. موافقتكم مطلوبة قبل عرض أي مواد لأنها قد تتضمن ملفات ارتباط (كوكيز) وغيرها من الأدوات التقنية. قد تفضلون الاطلاع على سياسة ملفات الارتباط الخاصة بموقع X وسياسة الخصوصية قبل الموافقة. لعرض المحتوى، اختر "موافقة وإكمال" Accept and continue تحذير: بي بي سي غير مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية نهاية X مشاركة, 6 المحتوى غير متاح X اطلع على المزيد في بي بي سي ليست مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية. آخرون، رأوا في حسّون "رجل دين وطنيّ يدعوا للمحبة والسلام"، معتبرين أن التُّهم الموجهة له هي "في خانة المدح وليس الذمّ". أهمل X مشاركة, 7 هل تسمح بعرض المحتوى من X؟ تحتوي هذه الصفحة على محتوى من موقع X. موافقتكم مطلوبة قبل عرض أي مواد لأنها قد تتضمن ملفات ارتباط (كوكيز) وغيرها من الأدوات التقنية. قد تفضلون الاطلاع على سياسة ملفات الارتباط الخاصة بموقع X وسياسة الخصوصية قبل الموافقة. لعرض المحتوى، اختر "موافقة وإكمال" Accept and continue تحذير: بي بي سي غير مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية نهاية X مشاركة, 7 المحتوى غير متاح X اطلع على المزيد في بي بي سي ليست مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية. وانتقد البعض مشاهِد اعتقال حسّون، "الطاعن في السِن" (77 عاماً)، من عصْب عينيه ودفْعه بعُنف أمام المارّة، حيث رأوا أن ذلك "يُظهر حجم الوحشية والحقد الدفين في قلوب سُلطة الأمر الواقع" في البلاد، على حدّ قولهم. أهمل X مشاركة, 8 هل تسمح بعرض المحتوى من X؟ تحتوي هذه الصفحة على محتوى من موقع X. موافقتكم مطلوبة قبل عرض أي مواد لأنها قد تتضمن ملفات ارتباط (كوكيز) وغيرها من الأدوات التقنية. قد تفضلون الاطلاع على سياسة ملفات الارتباط الخاصة بموقع X وسياسة الخصوصية قبل الموافقة. لعرض المحتوى، اختر "موافقة وإكمال" Accept and continue تحذير: بي بي سي غير مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية نهاية X مشاركة, 8 المحتوى غير متاح X اطلع على المزيد في بي بي سي ليست مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية. ليرُدّ عليهم آخرون متهمِين إياهم بـ"اللعب على وتر العاطفة" وبـ"الانتقائية"، مشيرين إلى آخرين في نفس الفئة العمرية تمّت تصفيتهم في محاكمات ميدانية، دون أن يتمكنوا من توكيل محامين للدفاع عنهم في محاكمة ليس بها ضرب ولا شتْم، على حدّ تعبيرهم. أهمل Facebook مشاركة, 2 هل تسمح بعرض المحتوى من Facebook؟ تحتوي هذه الصفحة على محتوى من موقع Facebook. موافقتكم مطلوبة قبل عرض أي مواد لأنها قد تتضمن ملفات ارتباط (كوكيز) وغيرها من الأدوات التقنية. قد تفضلون الاطلاع على سياسة ملفات الارتباط الخاصة بموقع Facebook وسياسة الخصوصية قبل الموافقة. لعرض المحتوى، اختر "موافقة وإكمال" Accept and continue تحذير: بي بي سي غير مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية نهاية Facebook مشاركة, 2 المحتوى غير متاح Facebook اطلع على المزيد في بي بي سي ليست مسؤولة عن محتوى المواقع الخارجية. وانعقدت أولى جلسات محاكمة مفتي سوريا السابق أحمد بدر الدين حسون في القصر العدلي بالعاصمة دمشق- أحد أبرز الصروح القضائية في البلاد. وشهدتْ الجلسة حضور النائب العام السوري، وممثلين عن منظمات حقوقية محلية ودولية، وخُصّصت للنظر في التُهم الموجهة إلى حسّون ومن بينها: الاشتراك في جرائم حرب وجرائم ضد الإنسانية، والتحريض على القتل وغير ذلك. قرار الاتهام أكد أنّ "تصريحات حسون الصادرة بصفته الرسمية كمفتي للجمهورية شكّلت غطاء شرعياً ومعنوياً للضباط والجنود في سياق نزاع مسلح، ما برّر لهم ارتكاب جرائم وانتهاكات واسعة النطاق بحق المدنيين". والتصق لقب "مُفتي البراميل" باسم حسّون؛ وذلك بسبب موقفه الداعم لاستخدام البراميل المتفجرة في قصف مناطق سورية، ولا سيما مدينة حلب، واصفاً ذلك بأنه "تحرير". من هو "مفتي البراميل"؟ تخطى البودكاست وواصل القراءة يستحق الانتباه شرح معمق لأبرز الأحداث والموضوعات، لمساعدتك على فهم أهم المتغيرات حولك وأثرها على حياتك الحلقات البودكاست نهاية في 25 أبريل/نيسان 1949 بمدينة حلب شمال غربي سوريا، وُلد أحمد بدر الدين حسون لأحد مشايخ الصوفية في المدينة وهو الشيخ أديب حسون. وفي عام 1967، اتجه الشاب أحمد حسون إلى مصر، قاصداً الالتحاق بجامعة الأزهر ليحصل فيما بعد على درجة البكالوريوس ثم على الدكتوراة في الفقه الشافعي. وفي عدد من مساجد حلب، عمل أحمد حسون إماماً وخطيباً، كما تولى رئاسة جمعية رفع المستوى الصحي والاجتماعي- هذه الجمعية التي ساهمت في افتتاح عدد من المستشفيات والمراكز الصحية في حلب. وفي عام 1990، ترشّح أحمد حسون لعضوية مجلس الشعب السوري وفاز بها لدورتين متتاليتين حتى عام 1998. وفي عام 2005، شغل حسّون منصب مفتي سوريا، حتى صدر مرسوم رئاسي بإلغاء هذا المنصب في عام 2021. في هذه الأثناء، تولى حسون رئاسة الهيئة الاستشارية الشرعية لمجلس النقد والتسليف في مصرف سوريا المركزي، والجمعية العمومية للمجمع العالمي للتقريب بين المذاهب الإسلامية، وعضوية المجمع العالمي للتقريب بين المذاهب الإسلامية في إيران. واشتُهر حسون بقدرته على جمع مختلف المذاهب، وميله إلى رفض فكرة الصراع السُني- الشيعي، معتبراً ذلك بمثابة "صراع سياسي"، وقد نسج حسّون علاقات واسعة مع ممثلي الطوائف الدينية والمذاهب الإسلامية في سوريا. وكان حسّون يرفض إنشاء أحزاب دينية في سوريا، داعياً إلى الانضمام لأحزاب سياسية بدلاً من الانتماء لأحزاب تحمل أسماء دينية، مؤكداً أن الأمة كلها مسلمة، وأن الدين هو الرقابة على الأخلاق والقيم والإنسان وليس "السُلّم الذي نستخدمه لتحقيق أهدافنا السي
Economic data released on Wednesday showed that U.S. new home sales unexpectedly fell -7.3% m/m to a 4-month low of 580K in May, weaker than expectations of 638K. Also, U.S. May building permits fell -0.9% m/m to 1.410 million, weaker than expectations of 1.413 million. In yesterday's trading session, Wall Street's three main equity benchmarks closed mixed. Chip and AI infrastructure stocks dropped, with Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) falling over -4% and Qualcomm (QCOM) sliding more than -3%. Also, mining stocks slumped as gold and silver prices sank, with AngloGold Ashanti (AU) dropping over -6% and Coeur Mining (CDE) falling more than -5%. In addition, Cerebras Systems (CBRS) tumbled over -19% as the chipmaker's full-year revenue guidance failed to impress investors. On the bullish side, shares of homebuilders and building suppliers rallied after Congress passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, with KB Home (KBH) jumping more than +16% and Builders FirstSource (BLDR) surging over +11% to lead gainers in the S&P 500. Attention now turns to the release of the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge as well as remarks from Fed officials. Sentiment drew further support from oil prices returning to near prewar levels as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picked up. The price of WTI crude fell over -1% to below $70 a barrel. According to ship-tracking firm Kpler, a total of 14 oil tankers transited the maritime chokepoint on Tuesday and 27 on Monday, marking an uptick from 37 tanker transits over the weekend. Micron Technology (MU) jumped over +16% in pre-market trading after the largest U.S. maker of computer memory chips posted upbeat FQ3 results, issued FQ4 sales guidance that far exceeded Wall Street estimates, and said the chip shortage would extend beyond 2027. Also aiding sentiment was Qualcomm (QCOM), whose shares surged more than +11% in pre-market trading after the chipmaker raised its long-term non-handset revenue target and disclosed that two Big Tech companies were among its customers. September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU26) are up +0.78%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU26) are up +2.15% this morning as upbeat quarterly results and guidance from memory chipmaker Micron Technology boosted sentiment. Story Continues "Good luck raising interest rates with housing rolling over. Markets are a little offside on their hike predictions right now, so investors might want to pick up tech stocks during this little swoon," said Jamie Cox at Harris Financial Group. Meanwhile, U.S. rate futures have priced in a 65.8% chance of no rate change and a 34.2% chance of a 25 basis point rate hike at next month's monetary policy meeting. Today, all eyes are on the U.S. core personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, which is set to be released in a couple of hours. The PCE report will cap off a month of disappointing inflation data, with earlier releases showing the effects of the energy shock spreading throughout the economy. Economists, on average, forecast that the core PCE price index will rise +0.3% m/m and +3.4% y/y in May, compared to +0.2% m/m and +3.3% y/y in April. The U.S. Commerce Department's final estimate of first-quarter gross domestic product will also be closely monitored today. Economists expect the U.S. economy to expand at an annual rate of 1.6% in the first quarter, in line with a second estimate. U.S. Personal Spending and Personal Income data will be released today. Economists project May Personal Spending to rise +0.6% m/m and Personal Income to grow +0.4% m/m, compared to the April figures of +0.5% m/m and unchanged m/m, respectively. U.S. Durable Goods Orders and Core Durable Goods Orders data will come in today. Economists expect May Durable Goods Orders to drop -5.0% m/m and Core Durable Goods Orders to rise +0.5% m/m, compared to the prior numbers of +7.9% m/m and +1.1% m/m, respectively. U.S. Initial Jobless Claims data will be released today as well. Economists expect this figure to be 225K, compared to last week's number of 226K. In addition, market participants will parse comments today from New York Fed President John Williams, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman, and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee. On the earnings front, notable companies such as Darden Restaurants (DRI), FedEx Freight Holding Company (FDXF), and McCormick (MKC) are set to report their quarterly figures today. In the bond market, the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note is at 4.41%, up +0.50%. The Euro Stoxx 50 Index is up +0.65% this morning, led by gains in technology stocks as Micron's blockbuster quarterly results and guidance revived investor confidence in the AI trade. Sentiment received an additional boost from oil prices returning to near prewar levels. A survey released on Thursday showed that German consumer sentiment improved slightly heading into July, with U.S.-Iran peace negotiations helping stabilize confidence, albeit at subdued levels. "The consumer climate is currently stabilizing at a low level," said Rolf Buerkl, head of consumer climate at NIM. A separate survey showed that France's consumer confidence indicator rebounded slightly in June as households grew less pessimistic about their financial situation. Meanwhile, oil prices continued to decline, nearly returning to levels seen before the Iran war and easing concerns about inflationary pressures. Still, European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said in an interview that the central bank would need to continue raising interest rates to rein in inflation, which surged on higher energy prices driven by the Middle East conflict. "However, the extent and timing of further measures will depend on how the conflict, the economy and inflation evolve," Schnabel added. In corporate news, H&M (HMB.S.DX) fell over -2% after the Swedish fashion retailer posted weaker-than-expected Q2 operating profit. Germany's GfK Consumer Climate Index, France's Consumer Confidence, and Spain's GDP data were released today. The German July GfK Consumer Climate Index came in at -29.2, weaker than expectations of -27.8. The French June Consumer Confidence stood at 84, stronger than expectations of 83. The Spanish GDP rose +0.6% q/q and +2.7% y/y in the first quarter, in line with expectations. Asian stock markets today settled in the green. China's Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP) closed up +0.23%, and Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Index (NIK) closed up +4.61%. China's Shanghai Composite Index closed higher today, led by gains in the tech sector. Semiconductor and other AI-related stocks climbed on Thursday after U.S. memory chipmaker Micron delivered blockbuster quarterly results and guidance, reinforcing the bull case for the AI trade. "We remain positive on China's AI tech hardware names for the rest of the year, given strong earnings momentum, fervent retail participation, and fresh capital from new IPOs, which would add further fuel for the AI build-out," said James Wang at UBS Investment Bank Research. Brokerage and liquor stocks also advanced. Meanwhile, the People's Bank of China said on Thursday that it will conduct overnight reverse repurchase agreement operations on Monday and Tuesday, marking a key step toward reshaping how it manages short-term borrowing costs. The move follows comments from PBOC Governor Pan Gongsheng last week that the central bank would broaden its short-term liquidity toolkit. Elsewhere, China launched the marketing of up to 5 billion euros ($5.7 billion) in sovereign bonds in what could become its largest-ever euro-denominated bond offering. In corporate news, JCET Group jumped +10% after China's largest semiconductor packaging and testing company announced plans to invest more than $1 billion to expand its advanced chip-packaging capacity. Investor attention is now squarely on China's industrial profit data for May, scheduled for release over the weekend. Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Index closed sharply higher and hit a new record high today after Micron's blowout sales forecast reignited investor enthusiasm for the AI trade. Chip and other AI-related stocks rallied on Thursday. Micron's earnings "prompted investors to come back in and buy again, and that explains today's rebound," said Hiroyuki Ueno at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co. Chip-testing equipment maker Advantest jumped over +15% and memory maker Kioxia Holdings surged more than +12%, providing the biggest lift to the Nikkei. The latter also got a boost after announcing plans to offer U.S. depositary shares in the spring of 2027 and to conduct a stock split. Also buoying sentiment, oil prices fell toward prewar levels as flows through the Strait of Hormuz ramped up. Data released on Thursday showed that Japan's April leading economic indicators index, which gauges the economic outlook for a few months ahead based on data such as job offers and consumer sentiment, was revised higher. Meanwhile, hawkish Bank of Japan board member Naoki Tamura said on Thursday that the central bank should raise interest rates every few months and consider accelerating the pace of tightening if inflation risks intensify. Tamura noted that underlying inflation had already reached the bank's 2% target and that upside risks to prices merit close attention regardless of developments in the Middle East. In other news, foreign investors bought a net 479.4 billion yen ($2.96 billion) worth of Japanese stocks in the week ended June 20th, marking their first weekly net buying since May 23rd, according to Ministry of Finance data. Investor focus is now squarely on Japan's Tokyo Core CPI for June, scheduled for release on Friday, which is expected to reflect the impact of rising energy prices, although the underlying inflation trend may be clouded by the effects of subsidies. The Nikkei Volatility Index, which takes into account the implied volatility of Nikkei
Artificial intelligence is creating a new class of infrastructure giants virtually overnight, and one innovative Bitcoin miner that made an early leap into the global power business, feeding the voracious appetite of AI data centers, is now being rewarded for years spent securing massive amounts of low-cost electrical power around the world. Years before artificial intelligence triggered a global race for power capacity, Bitzero Holdings (NASDAQ: AIBZ) was using cash flow from Bitcoin mining operations to secure large amounts of low-cost electrical power across Norway, Finland, and the United States. The company continues mining Bitcoin because the business generates strong cash flow at some of the lowest power costs in the industry. But Bitzero’s sights are now set on a much larger prize: the AI data-center buildout that McKinsey estimates could require nearly $7 trillion in global infrastructure spending by 2030, including roughly $5.2 trillion tied directly to AI workloads alone. That prize started becoming reality on May 5, when Bitzero signed a binding letter of intent with OneQode Networks covering the full 110 MW capacity of its Namsskogan, Norway data center site under a 15-year lease tied to GPU-based AI workloads. The agreement carries an implied value of roughly $2.6 billion over the lease term, and marks Bitzero’s formal entry into the large-scale AI data-center infrastructure market. That’s exactly why Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary was one of Bitzero’s earliest, and biggest backers. O’Leary has taken on a strategic investor role in the company since its formation because he sees Bitzero as a fundamentally different kind of crypto enterprise—one rooted in energy infrastructure, not just speculation, and the data-center boom. “If I want exposure to crypto, I only need three positions now … I own Bitzero because they mine Bitcoin and they’re actually a power company.” The Nordic Advantage in the AI Energy Race If cheap power built Bitcoin’s first fortune in China, clean power is building the next one in the North Atlantic. Norway and Finland, home to immense hydroelectric and nuclear baseloads, have quietly become the new gravity centers for digital infrastructure. This is the place to be for the AI infrastructure boom. Power prices across parts of the Nordic region are significantly below many major European markets. And, crucially, hydroelectric- and nuclear-heavy grids provide the kind of stable long-duration electricity AI workloads demand. Cold climates also drastically reduce cooling costs for data centers. That’s the geography of Bitzero’s expansion strategy. In Norway, the company’s flagship Namsskogan operation already supports active Bitcoin mining and is now becoming the foundation for its AI infrastructure business following the OneQode agreement earlier this month. Bitzero also controls additional Norwegian expansion capacity tied to a broader development pipeline that management says could eventually scale well beyond 300 MW as grid upgrades continue. In Finland, Bitzero has secured a massive one-gigawatt development campus in Kokemäki tied directly into low-cost Nordic power infrastructure. The site gives the company room to scale both Bitcoin mining and AI compute operations over time as demand for energized capacity continues accelerating across Europe. In the United States, Bitzero’s (NASDAQ: AIBZ) North Dakota footprint gives the company exposure to a completely different energy and regulatory market. The site includes a 225,000-square-foot complex spread across roughly 184 acres, with additional staged power delivery planned through future expansion agreements. What the May 5th Lease Deal Means for Bitzero McKinsey estimates AI infrastructure spending could approach $7 trillion globally by 2030, including more than $5 trillion tied directly to AI workloads. But that spending wave could hit a power wall as the industry discovers that building AI infrastructure isn’t just a money problem—it’s a power access problem. The OneQode agreement officially ushers Bitzero into the lucrative world of data center power. Now, instead of relying on Bitcoin-related mining economics, the company is moving toward a much bigger piece of the digital world. And it’s a double win for the company. In Bitcoin mining, Bitzero uses its own electricity to generate revenue from the Bitcoin it produces. Under the AI agreement, Bitzero will generate revenue by leasing the site’s power capacity and infrastructure to OneQode the lease is to be backed by an IG counterparty as per the conditions of the binding letter. But at the same time, OneQode pays the electricity bill tied to running the AI systems inside the facility. That means Bitzero captures the recurring infrastructure revenue from the site without directly absorbing the massive ongoing power costs associated with operating large-scale AI workloads. That places Bitzero at an advantage to its peers, based on internal company research. According to management, the OneQode agreement is structured at roughly $135 per kilowatt per month with a 3% annual escalator. At full utilization, the 110 MW Namsskogan site could generate roughly $176 million to $178 million in annual revenue. A recent shareholder analysis modeling the agreement estimated potential annual NOI of roughly $151 million based on an 85% margin profile tied to the contemplated lease structure. The Bigger Game At the Margins of the Data Center Boom Across Europe and North America, AI infrastructure developers are running into transformer shortages, interconnection delays, grid congestion, and multi-year energization timelines. Many competing campuses are still years away from delivery because securing large-scale power infrastructure has become harder than securing capital. That shift is one reason public markets have started aggressively rerating companies capable of converting mining infrastructure into AI compute capacity. Most recently, Hut 8 moved into AI infrastructure through its Fluidstack agreement, while Core Scientific secured multi-billion-dollar HPC contracts tied to CoreWeave. Investors are increasingly valuing these companies around contracted compute infrastructure and energized capacity rather than hash rate growth alone. The capital is simply following the soaring demand. The market has already begun rewarding companies positioned to benefit from the power demands of artificial intelligence. Investors have poured capital into names such as NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE), whose vast renewable generation portfolio is increasingly viewed as critical to supporting future data-center growth, Brookfield Corporation (NYSE: BN), which has built a global infrastructure empire spanning energy, transmission, and digital assets, and Edison International (NYSE: EIX), whose utility network stands to benefit from the enormous grid upgrades required to accommodate AI-driven electricity demand. The common thread is simple: as AI accelerates, access to reliable power is becoming one of the most valuable assets in the digital economy. Commercial real estate giant JLL estimates global data-center capacity will nearly double by 2030, requiring almost 100 GW of new supply. Now, the single most important factor driving data-center expansion is “speed to power”, says JLL. And with grid connection wait times in major markets already stretching beyond four years, Bitzero is ahead of its time, and the May 5th lease deal locks in a new era for this Bitcoin innovator, backed by O’Leary and charging out of the AI power gate. By. Michael Kern IMPORTANT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER Neither the author nor the publisher, Oilprice.com, was paid to publish this communication concerning Bitzero Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIBZ). The owner of Oilprice.com owns shares and/or stock options of the featured company and therefore has an incentive to see the featured company’s stock perform well. The owner of Oilprice.com may buy or sell shares of the featured company at any time including at or near the time you receive this communication. 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WhatsApp, a Meta subsidiary, boasts 500 million users in India but has struggled to popularize its payment tool, WhatsApp Pay, in the country's competitive digital payments space. Meanwhile, in May, Meta launched consumer-facing subscriptions under "Plus" plans across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, indicating a strategic shift towards a subscription-based model. Meta's investment in CRED and Shah's move to WhatsApp come at a time when Meta is expanding its footprint in India. Earlier in June, Meta announced a partnership with Reliance to build a 168-megawatt facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat, to support Meta's global infrastructure and AI computing requirements. Following Shah's departure, Miten Sampat , previously responsible for strategy and finance at CRED, will serve as interim CEO. The board is also working on "constituting the right leadership structure towards eventual IPO," according to the company. It's been a minute. 2015–2018 – Exited FreeCharge. Spent time learning and investing. – Pondered about: Why can't trust be rewarded? Started with $1M of personal capital. – Launched CRED to reward people for paying credit card bills on time. 2019–2025 – Built a system run by a… "Meta comes in as a minority investor in CRED. No access to member data. While it's come very far, the delta between WhatsApp today and its full potential is massive," wrote Shah on X. Still Learning the Market? These 50 Must-Know Terms Can Help You Catch Up Fast With a valuation exceeding $4 billion in its latest funding round, CRED plans to use the funds to "accelerate growth, build institutional muscle, and extend its leadership across categories." CRED, a platform that rewards users for timely credit card bill payments, now handles more than 40% of India's credit card bill payment volume. Notably, Meta's investment does not include access to CRED's user data; instead, the company gains Shah's expertise as he joins WhatsApp, succeeding Will Cathcart . Meta Platforms Inc. has committed $900 million through a Series H funding round in Indian fintech startup CRED on Monday. In a parallel move, CRED founder and CEO Kunal Shah is set to lead WhatsApp globally, strengthening Meta's push into digital payments and financial services. Story Continues Analyst Sees A Disguised Pattern Author and independent analyst Shanaka Anslem Perera called the Meta's latest move "an acqui-hire wearing a minority stake as a disguise." See Also: Skip the Regrets: The Essential Retirement Tips Experts Wish Everyone Knew Earlier. Perera highlighted that Meta used a similar playbook with Scale AI, investing over $14 billion and recruiting founder Alexandr Wang to lead a new AI lab. The strategy signals a broader shift: rather than acquiring entire companies and facing regulatory hurdles, Big Tech is increasingly taking minority stakes while hiring founders. In markets like India, where data-localization and foreign-ownership rules complicate takeovers, this approach allows companies like Meta to gain talent and strategic influence without acquiring control. "Two deals, one pattern, and the pattern is the headline nobody is printing," he wrote on X Meta just paid 900 million dollars to hire one man. The 20 percent of an Indian fintech that came attached was almost beside the point. Here is how you know. Meta gets no board seat and no access to the company's data. None. A check that size with no control and no data is not… pic.twitter.com/0yaLFPUJXc — Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) June 22, 2026 Image via Shutterstock Read Next: Think you're saving enough for your kids? You might be dangerously off — see why Building Wealth Across More Than Just the Market Building a resilient portfolio means thinking beyond a single asset or market trend. 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Killing time playing pool at the West Rhyl youth club, friends Sienna, 19, and Jake, 26, are unanimous when asked what a tour of the north Wales seaside town should look like. “The first place I’d show anyone is ‘Crackhead Circle’,” Sienna says. The small public garden behind the town hall and a paved area by the closed home bargain store Wilko in the adjacent high street host several strung-out characters on a cold February afternoon. Police cars crawl through the area every 15 minutes or so as part of Project Renew, a year-long crackdown on gang activity and drugs. On the seafront, a row of Victorian hotels look out over the milky-green Irish Sea, but their glamour has long faded; the dilapidated buildings now serve as emergency accommodation for the council. Sienna waves at a group of people gathered on the steps of the Westminster hotel as she walks past. Her family moved around a lot before coming to Rhyl a few years ago. They lived at the hotel when they arrived. View image in fullscreen Sienna and Jake in one of Rhyl’s amusement arcades. ‘My mates who have jobs are all working part-time,’ she says She is a gifted athlete, but a basketball injury that required major surgery on her leg interfered with her education, pursuing sports and entering the world of work. Q&A What is the Against the tide series? Show Over the next year, the Against the Tide project from the Guardian’s Seascape team will be reporting on the lives of young people in coastal communities across England and Wales. Young people in many of England's coastal towns are disproportionately likely to face poverty, poor housing, lower educational attainment and employment opportunities than their peers in equivalent inland areas. In the most deprived coastal towns they can be left to struggle with crumbling and stripped-back public services and transport that limit their life choices. For the next 12 months, accompanied by the documentary photographer Polly Braden, we will travel up and down the country to port towns, seaside resorts and former fishing villages to ask 16- to 25-year-olds to tell us about their lives and how they feel about the places they live. By putting their voices at the front and centre of our reporting, we want to examine what kind of changes they need to build the futures they want for themselves. Was this helpful? Thank you for your feedback. “It has been difficult to settle down here,” she says. “I don’t think it’s that dangerous, but you have to be careful by the bus station.” Rhyl West has topped deprivation tables in Wales for decades. Drugs and violence are significant problems in the once elegant holiday town; the ward has a crime rate of 197 for every 1,000 people – about 2.5 times the average for Wales. The violent crime rate is 88 for every 1,000, or more than double Wales’ average. View image in fullscreen Donna and Chris, both youth workers, talking to young people in the town centre about what opportunities exist in the resort The town’s young people, like so many others in coastal communities in England and Wales, leave school and often find themselves faced with few opportunities for work and little chance of finding somewhere affordable to live. “My mates who have jobs are all working part-time in shops or deliveries or tourism,” says Sienna. “Almost no one can afford to move out from their parents and get their own place. They can’t afford to leave either.” double quotation mark Our issue in Rhyl is getting people into work. Many young people lack the basics Melanie Evans, Working Denbighshire Sienna has a fiance in Northern Ireland but she does not have the money to see him very often. “We haven’t figured out how we can be together yet.” But there are tentative signs that the tide may finally be turning for Rhyl. Project Renew is working – in January, North Wales police said crime was down 14% on a year ago – and everyone the Guardian met agreed there is less drug use on the street. Years of construction work on the promenade finally finished last summer, the nearby Queen’s Market food hall, waterpark and cinema have all been recently revamped, and a neighbourhood board has been put together to decide how to spend millions allocated through the government’s Pride in Place funding. View image in fullscreen The Westminster hotel, where Sienna and her family lived for more than a year after moving to Rhyl. Several of the town’s old hotels now serve as temporary council accommodation Pride in Place, Labour’s answer to the Conservatives’ levelling up strategy, has awarded hundreds of places, many of them coastal, with £20m. The proviso is that local people, the MP, the council, businesses and community organisations must all work together on how best to spend it. Gill German, MP for Clwyd North, is keen that young people in Rhyl are involved in that process. “The youth service consulted 600 young people about what they need,” she says. “They [the young people] still don’t think the beach belongs to them – they think it’s for tourists – so we need to try to make sure they start feeling the benefits of living by the sea and those wellbeing factors [associated with that].” double quotation mark If you keep doing the same thing, you’ll keep getting the same results. We needed to do something different Melanie Evans, Working Denbighshire Researchers from University College London recently travelled up and down the English coast talking to local people for their Coastal Youth Life Chances project and concluded that one of the things that would make a difference to young people in seaside communities would be to include them in planning and decision-making. “We’ve managed to get more young people on Our Rhyl [the Pride in Place board],” says German. “Hopefully that will start connecting them to the growing opportunities [in Rhyl].” Rhyl is unusual in that it is youthful in comparison to most UK coastal towns. It is also an outlier in that the unemployment rate in Denbighshire is 4.8%, lower than the UK average of 5.2%, even though coastal areas tend to have more people out of work. “Our issue in Rhyl is getting people into work,” says Melanie Evans, of Working Denbighshire. “Many young people lack the basics, such as knowing how to talk to people in a workplace or an office, or how to dress. Those are skills we are teaching.” In 2017, Working Denbighshire consolidated more than a dozen funding streams from the Welsh government and Westminster into one pool, making it simpler to coordinate services and channel money to where it is needed most. View image in fullscreen Old photographs of Rhyl in its heyday, when it was a thriving resort for visitors from Merseyside The results are clear. In 2021, Project Barod was launched – Barod means “ready” in Welsh – offering one-to-one mentoring support in helping find work or training, workshops to help build confidence and skills, such as cooking classes and beach clean-ups, as well as classes in reading, writing and maths. When participants are ready, they can access subsidised work experience, and the project also supports people struggling to hold down a job, and those who want to retrain. double quotation mark It’s tough working with short-term funding … That lack of certainty makes it harder because young people can’t rely on us Jay McGuinness “Our thinking was: if you’re going to keep doing the same thing, you’re going to keep getting the same results,” says Evans. “We needed to do something different to break the cycle of poverty.” The number of people in education or training after support from Working Denbighshire in the first half of the 2025-26 financial year was 163, up 233% on the department’s target of 70, with 38% of those helped aged 16 to 24, by far the biggest demographic group. By his own admission, Luke, 19, did not enjoy school, and had no idea what he wanted to do when he left. After quitting a job he hated at a clothes shop, he was referred to Barod by the jobcentre. Over the past year the programme has helped him study for a roofing qualification and find work as an apprentice. View image in fullscreen Florence and another trainee flanking Steve Baxendale. The baker was teaching them how to make pizzas in a scheme run by Project Barod View image in fullscreen ‘Learning something new gives me a sense of accomplishment,’ says 25-year-old Florence “I’m still very shy. Talking to people and paperwork and exams and stuff can be overwhelming,” he says. “I never imagined I would be doing this though. Eventually, I want to run my own business and work for myself.” At a Barod pizza-making class at Use Your Loaf, a community bakery, the small group are being shown different ways to stretch and toss dough by the baker, Steve Baxendale. Florence, 25, cracks a shy smile as she throws the thin circle in the air, specks of flour spotting her glasses and apron. Health issues have prevented her from applying to university yet, although a degree in cognitive science is still the goal. “I’ve been going to workshops like these for a couple of years now,” she says. “They help with confidence. View image in fullscreen Sienna and Jake are regulars at Rhyl’s boxing club. She says it’s a highlight of her week and is now thinking of training to becoming a youth or social worker “Making something or learning something new gives me a sense of accomplishment, and it’s sometimes easier to tackle the things I need to do when I feel I’ve already done something right.” For all of Rhyl’s recent successes, some teenagers and young people are still falling through the cracks. Jay McGuinness, a social worker who trains Sienna and Jake at the Rhyl Youth Boxing Club, says one part of the job is walking around the town centre in the early evening and getting to know the young people hanging out there. The aim is to build enough trust that they might then engage with the youth centre. “We’re a non-profit, we’re not run by the council, and it’s real
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