Economy
The World’s Economic Map Is Splitting
One global economy, strikingly different growth trajectories. IMF projections reveal the widening contrast between regional economic performances.
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Economy
The Oil Shock Is Becoming an Economic Shock
Global oil demand is falling, yet supply pressures persist. The latest IEA data explain why diesel shortages and declining inventories matter.
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India–US trade deal: first tranche reaches legal drafting, but it is not signed yet
The story India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on 15 October that the first tranche of the India–United States trade agreement was moving through its final…
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Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize: a life built around law and accountability
The story The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on 9 October for her efforts to promote peace…
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National Space Day & India’s Global Space Ambition
India observed its third National Space Day on 23 August 2026, completing three years since the Chandrayaan-3 mission placed the Vikram lander safely on the Moon. National Space…
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Economy
Strait of Hormuz Near Standstill: Oil Rises as the World’s Critical Energy Chokepoint Tightens Again
The latest shipping numbers from the Strait of Hormuz show why the passage remains one of the central variables for the global economy. Only two vessels were visibly recorded crossing the…
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UK GDP grows 0.4% in Q2: services keep economy expanding despite global shocks
The British economy expanded by 0.4% in the second quarter of 2026, slowing from 0.6% in the first quarter but extending growth despite energy-market and geopolitical disruption. The figure…
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Oil drops below $87 as a 17.4-million-barrel US stock build meets the Hormuz crisis
Oil markets are confronting an unusual contradiction: physical supply remains severely disrupted, but the economic shock created by that disruption is itself weakening demand. Brent crude was down 2.47% at…
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Economy
Strait of Hormuz crisis in numbers: oil flows plunge as Iran-US talks stall
The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the most consequential fault lines in the global economy. Talks aimed at reviving an interim US-Iran peace arrangement have made no…
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Geopolitics
Drone War Moves Deeper into Russia and Ukraine as Civilian Toll Rises
The Russia–Ukraine war produced another concentrated cycle of long-range attacks. Ukrainian drones struck industrial and warehouse sites around Moscow, St Petersburg and Tver, while Russian bombs, missiles and…
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Strait of Hormuz Deal Hopes Rise, but New Ship Attack Keeps Global Oil Risk Elevated
Diplomatic movement around the Strait of Hormuz produced another sharp swing in energy markets on 4 August. Qatar said mediation had reached an advanced stage, while senior American…
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US–Iran Hormuz Signals Trigger a 5% Oil-Price Fall—but No Deal Exists Yet
A sudden change in the language coming from Washington caused crude oil prices to reverse sharply on 3 August. US President Donald Trump said a planned strike against…
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