Maersk, a major container shipping company, announced that severe weather, specifically heavy storms and snowfall, is causing significant disruption to its cargo operations across a large area of Europe. The impact is being felt across south-west and western Europe, affecting the seamless flow of goods, according to a Reuters report. Furthermore, the…
Shell and BP are actively pursuing US licenses to begin extracting natural gas from shared fields in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Caribbean country’s energy minister Roodal Moonilal announced on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report.As Latin America’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas and a major global supplier…
Europe is recalibrating fast.From London embedding open-source AI inside the state, to Brussels and New Delhi redrawing trade lines, to Nordic leaders openly questioning US reliability, the continent is hedging for a fractured global order.China looms in the background as both leverage and risk, while sovereignty, digital, economic, and territorial…
SovEcon, a prominent agricultural consultancy, has substantially increased its forecast for Russian wheat exports for the 2025-26 marketing season. The projection has been raised by a significant 1.1 million metric tons (mmt), bringing the total expected exports to 45.7 mmt.This revised figure represents a notable acceleration in Russia’s position as a…
Markets are closing the day caught between optimism and unease. Tech firms are trimming headcount to fund aggressive AI bets, governments are scrambling to head off fresh trade shocks, and regulators are chasing a fast-evolving underworld of crypto crime. Meanwhile, Bitcoin traders are bracing for a critical test that could…
Bitcoin is stuck in a tight band ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve decision, with several analysts flagging a potential Wyckoff “spring” that could push prices below $80,000 before momentum rebuilds.Flows and positioning remain skewed by US institutions, while safe-haven assets surge and macro uncertainty rises.Bitcoin holds range as event…
Amazon employees were left unsettled on Tuesday after an internal email referencing “organizational changes” and “impacted colleagues” was sent prematurely, fueling concerns that another round of corporate layoffs is imminent.The message, which appears to have been recalled shortly after being sent, comes as the company prepares to report fourth-quarter earnings…
Gold’s blistering run is likely to continue as prices breached the $5,200 per ounce mark on Wednesday for the first time in history. Meanwhile, silver prices on COMEX also climbed above $116 per ounce for the first time earlier on Wednesday as the white metal continued its record-shattering run. Experts believe that…
China has approved its first imports of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, in a sign Beijing is recalibrating its stance as it weighs rising AI demand against efforts to boost domestic development.The approvals cover several hundred thousand H200 chips and were…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing on Tuesday on the first visit by a British leader to China since 2018, signalling a tentative reset in relations at a time of growing flux in the global political and economic order. Starmer is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping…