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Trump’s new head of monetary policy, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, recently announced the U.S. central bank doesn’t yet know how artificial intelligence will impact the economy, but he believes it “will leave us much better prepared for tomorrow.” Warsh, a...

The United States has imposed sanctions on a Turkish investment bank and two subsidiaries, accusing them of helping Iran move oil revenue and providing access to the international financial system as Washington intensifies its campaign to squeeze Tehran. The US...

China, Russia and Kazakhstan are mulling the development of a new northern trade route which would use the Irtysh and Ob rivers to open access for the export of Chinese goods from Russian Arctic ports at the base of the...

Chevron plans to double the number of drilling rigs it operates in Venezuela under a five-year expansion that targets roughly 600,000 barrels per day of production. CFO Eimear Bonner said Tuesday that Chevron will add rigs under new contract terms...

Source: Jonathon Evans and Polychronis Xekalakis, “NVIDIA Vera CPU,” Hot Chips 2026 . Performance figures are NVIDIA claims, and several results were based on preproduction or unofficial testing. NVIDIA’s Vera CPU is a server processor designed specifically for agentic AI, where...

A planned nuclear cooperation deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia won't include the toughest inspection regime the U.N.'s atomic watchdog has to offer, but it's going to come close on the activities that matter most. That's the picture...

Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline hit full capacity for the first time in June, and the company running it already has another 300,000 barrels per day of capacity planned. Most of those new barrels are expected to head across the Pacific....

The global list of crude oil exporters will expand with Uganda early next year as the African country is moving closer to first oil from a project whose crude will flow through a new pipeline to Tanzania's coast. Landlocked Uganda,...

Oil prices surge toward $100 as Houthi attacks, U.S. strikes on Iranian tankers and renewed Middle East tensions rattle markets. Europe’s Gas Prices Surge as Storage Fears Return - European natural gas prices have jumped to €75 per MWh ($25.5...

Gold used to spike on every Gulf war headline because the same buyers set both its price and its ownership. In 2026 those are two different groups — central banks accumulating on a multi-year de-dollarization logic, and Western speculators trading...

One of the reasons why the price of oil failed to soar during the "actively kinetic" phase of the Iran war, when shipments through Hormuz were effectively halted and the world faced a shortage of about 10-15 million barrels of...

The Chinese perspective intersects with and complements the vision of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to establish a waterway linking the Mediterranean Sea to Lake Victoria. This would facilitate maritime traffic for buying, selling, and trade, which would benefit China’s...

As vehicles evolve into software-defined, increasingly autonomous platforms, video processing is becoming part of the safety-critical computing chain. Camera feeds support functions ranging from surround-view monitoring and driver assistance to object detection and automated driving. If the hardware processing those…...

Suez Canal's revenue jumped by 42% in July from the same month last year as the number of oil tankers passing through the Egyptian gateway to the Mediterranean surged amid threats to shipping in the southern Red Sea and the...

China has been increasing its emphasis on science and technology research as a key priority, including by directly integrating the strategy for international scientific engagement into its broader framework for national power and technological self-reliance. The post China’s Evolving Strategy for...

“What do you want for your mahr?” is a question that piques dread in some, glee in others. Mothers advise their daughters to hide money from their husbands. Men wonder if it’s really true that “her money is her money,...

Global fuel markets are very tight and inflexible, despite the higher flows out of the Persian Gulf in recent weeks, Russell Hardy, chief executive of the world's biggest independent oil trader, Vitol Group, said on Tuesday. "It's pretty, pretty tight...

Muslims and Islam are increasingly becoming subjects of political campaigning ahead of the November 3, 2026 US midterm elections, as Republican candidates in several states use issues surrounding extremism, national security and Islamic law to attack Democratic opponents. In Michigan,...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said U.S. peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner presented several “decent” and potentially worthwhile ideas during weekend discussions aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. The U.S. envoys travelled to both Russia and Ukraine, holding...

China’s crude oil imports rose for the second consecutive month in August as refiners turned to additional non-Middle Eastern supply and boosted overseas fuel shipments amid eased export restrictions. China imported 37.93 million tons, or 8.93 million barrels per day...

At 25, Michael Walters had already endured unsuccessful lymphoma treatments in New Zealand. A Melbourne hospital quoted up to US$600,000 for CAR-T therapy. He paid less than half that in Shanghai and learned on August 18 that his cancer was...

Russia has rejected the idea that it is pursuing formal de-dollarisation, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saying Moscow remains open to any acceptable payment method. His comments came ahead of the BRICS leaders’ summit in New Delhi on September 12...

Two Myanmars appeared on the world stage this month. In Geneva, the United Nations’ human rights chief, its Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, and the European Union told the Human Rights Council of a country whose civilians are bombed, tortured,...

Britain is set to announce a trade ban on goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, marking a significant shift in London’s policy toward Israel and an effort to reinforce support for a two state solution. Foreign...

Saudi Arabia has temporarily halted some operations at energy facilities in its southern region bordering Yemen, following attacks on energy sites on Tuesday morning local time, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. “Several energy sector facilities and installations in the...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sent a personally signed letter of thanks to a high school in central Türkiye after receiving a literary magazine prepared by its students and teachers, in a gesture inspired by the school community’s appreciation...

The Strait of Hormuz ultimately places Trump in a dilemma of choosing between only two ways to lose: to forgo it and bury his career, or to go through with it and bury the hegemony he claims to be preserving....

Global diesel fuel supply will remain tight into next year for lack of enough refining capacity to pick up the slack from Middle Eastern and Russian facilities, Reuters has reported, citing refining and commodity trading industry executives. “There's really a...

China’s marine scientific research ships are expanding their operations around Taiwan, and they are not just there to advance the frontiers of human knowledge. Their operations serve to undermine Taiwan’s independent political status and to force international acceptance of Beijing’s...

Iceland summoned U.S. Ambassador Billy Long after President Donald Trump shared a social media map depicting Iceland, Greenland, Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean under the American flag and labelled as part of the “United States of America.” Iceland’s...

The first institution Nicaragua’s National Assembly called to testify on the constitutional reform ending competitive elections was the army. On July 29, 2026, Gen. Julio César Avilés appeared before the Special Constitutional Commission and pledged the firm support of the...

Germany is risking gas shortages this winter if it turns out to be colder than previous years, the country’s gas storage association has warned. With current gas storage levels at 54.52%, the industry association, INES, said the best it could...

Europe is heading toward another difficult winter for its energy system, but this time the problem comes at a particularly sensitive moment. European natural gas prices have more than doubled over the past year, driven by disruptions linked to the...