EU Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšienė joins Bloomberg This Weekend and discusses with hosts Christina Ruffini and Jeff Mason that Europe must keep supporting Ukraine while applying "maximum pressure" on Moscow because Russia has not changed its war aims. The comments come as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visit Moscow before heading to Kyiv in an effort to revive stalled peace negotiations.
US oil executives say they were blindsided by the Trump administration's Venezuela deal, which gives North American Blue Energy Partners access to fields that other companies had been pursuing. Bloomberg News White House Reporter Jennifer Dlouhy and Wall Street Journal National Security Reporter Vera Bergengruen are on Bloomberg This Weekend and say industry figures are also questioning whether the company can quickly develop new production and whether the arrangement can deliver lower gasoline prices before the midterm elections.
Researchers are using AI to analyze vast collections of animal vocalizations, looking for patterns that could help humans better understand how species such as crows communicate. Bloomberg Weekend Senior Writer Morgan Meaker is on Bloomberg This Weekend and says the technology could reshape humans' relationship with animals, but researchers warn it also raises ethical questions about privacy, exploitation and how those discoveries might be used.
Apple CEO John Ternus is preparing for his first major product event since succeeding Tim Cook, with a foldable iPhone expected to headline the September 9 launch. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Hardware Analyst Woo Jin Ho joins Christina Ruffini and Jeff Mason on Bloomberg This Weekend and says Ternus' engineering background could bring renewed focus to hardware and expanding Apple's ecosystem as smartphone upgrades become increasingly incremental.
Renewed US-Iran fighting and uncertainty over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz are adding pressure to global energy markets, while the threat of mines continues to deter some traffic. Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries are compounding tight diesel supplies, creating what Bloomberg News Oil Products Reporter Will Kubzansky describes as a distillates crisis heading into peak demand season. Also joining Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the situation is Bloomberg News Middle East Correspondent Abeer Abu Omar.
Ripple has signed a multi-year partnership with Florida Athletics that will bring XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) branding to the University of Florida during the 2026 football season.
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has introduced a three-phase roadmap for tokenised securities ahead of a planned 4 February 2027 launch.
Trezor said another 67,000 US customers were affected by a data breach at shipping provider ShipMonk, bringing the identified total to nearly 81,000.
Revolut and OpenReserve have received preliminary approval to establish national banks in the US.
Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) faced a major whale sale after 167,855 ETH worth about $408 million hit exchanges.
The National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) has changed its position on the CLARITY Act from opposition to neutral.
QuFi Network has launched a post-quantum verification platform for digital asset transactions.
