India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund

India has cleared a $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital program that will channel government money into startups through private investors, doubling down on its effort to finance high-risk areas such as artificial intelligence,...

What a Speech Reveals About Trump’s Plans for Nuclear Weapons

Within hours of the expiration last week of the final arms control treaty between Moscow and Washington, the State Department sent...

UN accuses paramilitary RSF of committing war crimes in Sudan’s el-Fasher | Crimes Against Humanity News

Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoThe Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out war crimes and a possible crime against humanity in its...

South Africa’s Ramaphosa says troops will deploy to tackle crime gangs | Crime News

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the military will work with the country’s police force to counter ‘gang wars’ that threaten ‘our democracy’.Listen to this...

‘Colonial-era classism’: Residents decry demolitions in Nigeria’s Makoko | Poverty and Development News

Lagos, Nigeria – Tunde Agando was paddling his way back to Makoko floating settlement in his canoe on a January afternoon, after taking...
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From UMG’s approved Downtown deal to Spotify’s AI ambitions… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines...

We’ve probably already seen ‘peak Trump,’ says Pimco

Markets had a lot to contend with over the past 12 months: tariffs, White House attacks on the U.S. Federal Reserve, and rising...

The CEO of Google DeepMind juggles another job as the founder of a multibillion-dollar startup by starting a second workday at 10 p.m.

While many CEOs set their alarm clocks for a 5 a.m. wake-up time, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has just hit the pillow...

Olivier Chastan’s Iconoclast in sale talks at price tag of around $500 million

MBW understands that Olivier Chastan’s music rights acquisition vehicle, Iconoclast, is in discussions over a potential sale, with a price tag of approximately...

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