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Taiwanese shares buoyed by US tech rally and trade talks

EU envoys to continue talks on deal to lift sanctions on Russia's Usmanov, Fridman

No final decision has been reached yet.

‘Stop the bleeding’: Republicans tell Trump to ban US diesel exports

Fuel price crisis triggered by president’s Iran war rattles legislators from rural America’s heartlands

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Five things to watch for the Trump-Xi summit

Many in China sound far more optimistic than those in the U.S. about the bilateral relationship, ahead of a highly antic...

New U.S. Sanctions Law Threatens India’s Huge Russian Oil Trade

India’s imports of cheaper Russian crude oil have come under scrutiny in recent days after U.S. lawmakers passed a new s...

Vietnam Leader Says US Deal Close, Denies Re-Routing China Goods

Vietnamese President To Lam said his nation is “very close” to a trade deal with the US as he pledged to buy more high-t...

Síkela Says Europe Looks to Expand Development Financing

Jozef Síkela, EU International Partnership Commissioner, says Europe is already the largest contributor to development a...

Markets risk underpricing the scale of rate hikes, analysts say

Increased hawkishness amongst central bankers suggests rate hikes will come faster and more frequently, Deutsche Bank an...

Rep. Issa Warns Oil Companies Against Profiting From US Shortage

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Vice Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says he opposes a diesel export ban, but...

Trump, Xi seek trade stability and deals, but AI, tariffs and Iran loom large. What to watch

Trump, facing low approval on the economy ahead of the midterm election, has an added incentive to emerge from the summi...

Stocks Extend Rally on AI Boost, Oil Edges Up: Markets Wrap

Global stocks climbed as the latest developments in artificial intelligence pointed to continued investment in the techn...

Rare earths force Trump to be less hostile before Xi summit

The U.S. has so far not threatened to slap steep tariffs on Chinese imports or to ban exports of U.S. technology, in con...

EU fails to finalize Russia sanctions deal, ambassadors to reconvene hours before deadline

Coreper II, the EU ambassadors’ body, said talks would resume at 8 a.m. Brussels time on Sept. 22 "with the aim of final...

Africa: Corporate Council on Africa Announces Côte d'Ivoire as Host of 2027 U.S.-Africa Business Summit

[Corporate Council on Africa] New York -- Côte d'Ivoire will take center stage in the U.S.-Africa business relationship ...

Trump seeks fertilizer deal with Russia ally Belarus amid Canadian tensions

The proposed potash purchases would expand trade with a country that helped Moscow launch its invasion of Ukraine.

Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks

FT finds thousands of Russian payments received by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast ...

Dar meets EU foreign policy chief, stresses importance of GSP+ for Pakistan's trade ties with the bloc

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar stressed the significance of GSP+ for Pakistan’s trade relations wi...

Trump says U.S. working on deal to buy potash from Belarus instead of Canada

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Washington is working on a deal to purchase potash from Belarus for less...

Putin's party wins record Duma majority in Kremlin-controlled elections as EU vows sanctions

Five Western nations and Kyiv condemned the voting in occupied Ukraine as illegal, while a Ukrainian drone strike on Mos...

How Much Does the U.S. Fund the United Nations?

The United States has historically been the largest donor to the United Nations. However, during his second term, Presid...

PhosAgro boosts domestic supplies by nearly 30%, triples exports to Africa in 1H 2026

According to the company's financial report, total agrochemical sales declined by 1.9% to 6.1 million tonnes

Output at Libya's largest oil field drops by 200,000 bpd — Reuters

National Oil Corporation Chairman Massoud Suleman did not provide a reason for the decrease

US-China rivalry is reshaping global trade — and Europe is caught in the middle.

China's Xi Jinping is traveling to Washington this week. Regardless of what comes from his talks with US President Trump...

US Treasury chief says Iran airlines to be 'shut down' 23 September

US Treasury chief says Iran airlines to be 'shut down' 23 September US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday t...

Ukraine war latest: Russia's oil refining capacity falls as damage from Moscow strikes sets in

Key developments on Sept. 21:Russia's total oil refining capacity down 45% after mass attack on MoscowExclusive: EU read...

Canada and the U.K. consider merging financial initiatives to rearm against Russia

Canadian and British officials are considering merging two multinational defence initiatives to help a broader network o...

Copper prices bounce as US runs out of warehouse space

US warehouses close to full with another 100,000 tonnes expected within weeks, Shanghai premiums rise to four-year high ...

Trade Tensions Tear at Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union

While the Russian army is on its heels in Ukraine, the Kremlin is engaging in trade wars with fellow members of the Eura...

Russian government zeroes out grain export duties through end of 2026

The Russian Agriculture Ministry noted that the decision aims to support domestic producers and exporters of grain and o...

Maldives unveils $20 billion UAE investment

"Over its lifetime, the project could create more than 54,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities," says govern...

Prague Caps Fuel Prices, Taxes Orlen's ‘Windfall’ Refining Margins

The Czech government will reinstate price caps on gasoline and diesel from October 1 and tax refiners on 50% of any marg...

ICC did not revoke arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Galant despite US sanctions

According to ICC acting prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan, the prosecutor's office is guided by "the law and the evidence" ...

US preparing 'massive' potash deal with Belarus, Trump says

Trump said that the deal would be more advantageous than buying the fertilizer from Canada.

Kiev to lose much of its foreign currency revenue without steel industry — expert

Vasily Prozorov noted that claims regarding the total collapse of the Ukraine's steel industry could be exaggerated

Hormuz Blockage Puts Qatar's $83 Billion LNG Bet at Risk

QatarEnergy CEO and Qatar Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi says the Strait of Hormuz crisis could delay the company's LNG e...

Hormuz Blockage Puts Qatar's $83 Billion LNG Bet at Risk

QatarEnergy CEO and Qatar Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi says the Strait of Hormuz crisis could delay the company's LNG e...

Bank of Russia lowers dollar exchange rate for September 22 to 84.1 rubles

The official yuan exchange rate declined by 2.22 kopecks to 12.5448 rubles

Trump promotes 'massive' Belarus potash deal to undercut Canada

The US president says fertilizer from Lukashenko's Russia-allied regime will cost far less than Canadian supplies, the l...

Record Diesel Prices Raise Fears of Local Fuel Shortages

Even as U.S. diesel and gasoline prices soared in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, both fuels remained widely...

Hungary Asks U.S. to Waive Tariffs Over Russian Oil Purchases

Hungary is asking U.S. officials not to levy tariffs on the central European country which still buys Russian oil, in wh...