Cathie Wood's ARK Invest has made its first major investment in a startup called Lucra, which focuses on transforming corporate loyalty programs into engaging esports experiences. Unlike many investments today that center around artificial intelligence, Lu

Russia says it has handed over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers' bodiesMedinski Instagram postThe peace talks have not produced any results, but prisoners and bodies have been exchangedRussia has handed over the remains of 1,000 soldiers to Ukraine and has received the bodies of 35 Russian soldiers in return, Russia's top negotiator has said.It comes as Ukraine's chief negotiator was preparing to meet...

Are you cut out for living and working in Antarctica?MaryLou CostaBusiness reporterDan McKenzieDan McKenzie says his love of "finding the most wild places" took him to AntarcticaBoth the UK and US's research facilities in Antarctica are on the hunt for the next batch of workers to "go south".You don't need to be a scientist, as vacancies are available for everything from carpenters, to...

Iran's new leader has never been tested. He now faces an existential battleLyse DoucetChief international correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesMojtaba Khamenei, 56, succeeds his father, who was assassinated in the first wave of US-Israeli strikes A leader who has never been fully tested takes the helm in Iran when its theocracy faces its greatest test in five decades.Continuity and connections have...

Iran war: Doubts creep in for Iranians who had supported war'What if we're left with ruins?': Doubts creep in for Iranians who supported warSoroush NegahdariIran specialist, BBC MonitoringReuters"We thought they'd kill all the senior figures and the regime would collapse in days, but we are in the second week now and every night I wake to explosions," a Tehran resident told the BBC.She...

The Iran war is causing a global energy crisis - can China withstand it?Osmond ChiaBusiness reporterGetty ImagesChina has long braced for a Gulf oil supply shock - but the Iran war's disruption of a key global shipping route is now putting its resilience to the test.Energy shipments from the Middle East have been at a standstill following Iran's threats to attack vessels that pass through a...