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For DBS CEO Tan Hsu Xiang, the biggest risk that keeps him up at night is not just market volatility or geopolitical shocks, but cyber-attacks.”Cybersecurity. I think the new war is cyber. So what keeps me up at night is cyber: who attacks whom and how it happens and how people are affected,” the DBS chief executive told CNBC on the sidelines of the annual CONVERGE LIVE event in Singapore. Her warning highlights a broader shift in how financial institutions think about risk, as cyber threats become increasingly intertwined with geopolitics and rapid advances in artificial intelligence.Mr Tan said banks…

Rangers captain James Tavanier has announced that he will be leaving the club at the end of this season after 11 years at Ibrox. The 34-year-old joined the Ibrox team in 2015 and has been in charge of the side for the past eight years, winning the Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and League Cup. He also captained Rangers to the 2022 Europa League final, but Rangers lost to Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties. image: Tavernier wins premiership with Rangers in 2021 The right-back has scored 144 goals in 562 appearances for Rangers, making him England’s highest-scoring defender.In a social media post,…

Mike Gitlin, CEO of Capital Group, wants Gen Z investors who have balked at war-driven commodity trading to start thinking long-term as the wealth management industry races to win over a generation with fundamentally different investment rules. Responding to questions from viewers at CNBC’s Converge Live conference in Singapore on Wednesday, Gitlin said young investors should approach the market with a long-term wealth-building mindset, rather than “hobby investing” that adds personal gain to a portfolio.The question came from a father in the audience who said his teenage children opposed the gold-to-oil scheme and accused it of “war profiteering.” She added…

Jonathan Ra | Null Photo | Getty ImagesPalantir announced a $300 million contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to use the software company’s technology for farmland management as geopolitical risks threaten global supply chains. The agreement builds on an ongoing project with the Department of Agriculture and underscores Palantir’s growing role within the U.S. government beyond basic defense contracts to support the modernization of the U.S. military. American farmers are suffering from rising supply costs and are being squeezed by the ongoing trade war between the United States and its major trading partners. That includes China, a major soybean…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s Federal Reserve Chairman nominee Kevin Warsh at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, April 21, 2026.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesIn a letter first shared with CNBC, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from the commander of the U.S. Transportation Command about its role in evacuating American citizens from the Middle East following the outbreak of the Iran war.The Massachusetts Democrat has generally criticized the Trump administration’s response to Americans stranded in the region since the U.S. and Israel launched…

There’s something unusual and far-reaching lurking in the waters off the coast of California, stretching more than 800 miles southwest from the Baja Peninsula. This widespread region is experiencing a large-scale, long-lasting, and record-breaking marine heatwave that is predicted to continue to intensify, altering weather conditions on the West Coast and negatively impacting the marine food chain. This heatwave is comparable to a heatwave on land and could have widespread effects on marine life. That’s because warm-water species, such as hammerhead sharks and bluefin tuna, move into areas where they aren’t normally found, while cold-water species move deeper north. Marine…

The scenes at full-time after Chelsea lost 3-0 to Brighton shattered the image of a completely broken club.Liam Rossenia had apologized to the fans who were asking for his head throughout the second half. And Enzo Fernandes wore the captain’s armband and shrugged his shoulders to his fellow fans, despite his comments about moving to another team. image: Enzo Fernandes shrugged off Chelsea’s away end at full-time “We think Rosenior can be successful in the long term,” he said a week after co-owner Behadad Egbali was in the crowd and a “We want Bruko out” flag was hoisted at the…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the NCAA Collegiate National Champions Day event at the White House on April 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s announcement that the ceasefire would continue for talks with Iran eased fears that the United States was about to resume attacks, but investors largely reacted with a shrug.Asian stocks were mixed overnight, but European markets edged higher and US stock futures edged higher.International benchmark Brent crude oil futures and U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures were trading at $99.81 and $90.86 per barrel, respectively, as of 4:52 a.m. ET,…

31 March 2026 Diesel price is almost £2.00 per liter in Long Stratton, UK. Martin Pope | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesInflation in the UK rose to 3.3% in March as fuel prices soared due to the Iran war, according to provisional data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday.Economists polled by Reuters had expected inflation to accelerate to 3.3% from 3% in the 12 months to February. Latest data provides first hard evidence of the impact of the Iran war on UK consumer pricesONS chief economist Grant Pitzner said on Wednesday that the rise in…

The Revolutionary Guards claim the attack was carried out in response to the seizure of an Iranian merchant ship by the United States.Published April 22, 2026April 22, 2026An Iranian gunboat opened fire on a container ship near the coast of Oman, hours after US President Donald Trump announced an extension to the ceasefire with Iran, Britain’s maritime watchdog said.The UK Maritime Trade Operations Center (UKMTO) said on Wednesday that the ship’s captain had reported that an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) ship was approaching before the shots were fired.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”Significant damage was caused…