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Open Cosmos Raises €300 Million as Investors Back Europe’s Space Push

UK-based satellite maker Open Cosmos announced on 14 September that it had closed a €300 million funding round. The comp...

Can oil deals reset US-Iraqi relations? 

Iraq has a short window of time to rein in its militias and create favorable commercial conditions to improve ties with ...

De-reservification, Not De-dollarization

The world isn’t moving away from the dollar. It is shifting its dollars from traditional reserves to state banks, pensio...

In Turkmenistan’s Data Desert, the Golden Age Is a Mirage

The IMF says Turkmenistan, in failing to provide key economic data, is in breach of its obligations.

U.S. Seeks Release of Belarusian Funds as Trump Envoy Meets Lukashenko in Minsk

Alexander Lukashenko said last week that up to $44 million belonging to Belarus was “stuck at Citibank” and called for i...

China's weak economic figures stoke calls for fiscal stimulus

Overall retail sales grew less than expected, while fixed-asset investment declined more than the year-to-date average.

White House makes closing argument on crypto bill

Multiple Republican lawmakers, including Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, have indicated they could take the banks’ side by vo...

North Korea, Iran ordered to pay $487 million to US victims of terrorism

A U.S. federal court has ordered North Korea and Iran to pay roughly $487 million in damages to 47 Americans and their f...

India-hosted BRICS Summit Steers Clear of Contentious Moves

The Delhi Declaration made no mention of de-dollarization. But it did back trade in national currencies.

Indonesia Replaces Finance Minister Amid Growing Investor Skepticism

The appointment of Suahasil Nazara, who has served as deputy finance minister since 2019, is intended to calm investors ...

WTO Public Forum 2026 spotlights role of services in driving world trade

The 2026 edition of the WTO's Public Forum kicked off on 15 September in Geneva under the theme Powering the Future. Ove...

World Trade Report: Trade reform to boost growth; inaction can cost 10% global GDP

The 2026 edition of the World Trade Report – issued on 15 September - finds that a strengthened multilateral trading sys...

US 10-year Treasury yields top 5% as energy outlook darkens

The 10-year US Treasury yield topped 5% Monday for the first time since 2023 as the widening Middle East conflict pushed...

AI slowdown calls prompt chip selloff

Global AI stocks fell Monday after top AI leaders endorsed slowing down the development of frontier models.

Why Some of Southeast Asia’s Digital Banks are Starting to Scale

Can these institutions threaten the entrenched conventional mega-banks that dominate the region’s financial landscape?

Banking scandal rocks Brazil’s politics and the country’s presidential election in October

After ten months of investigation, the Banco Master case points to banker Daniel Vorcaro managing to take the country’s ...

Christine Lagarde: A new age of capital: growth, sovereignty and AI

Kremlin-Linked Businessman Helped Pay for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding – ProPublica

The payments reportedly included around $100,000 to rent a private island and $70,000 for a fireworks display.

South Africa loses $4.7B on oil refinery closures

Refining capacity in Africa’s largest economy has halved over the past decade.

Kalimantan railway: After Whoosh, Indonesia can’t afford another rush job

China built Indonesia’s last railway on a loan Jakarta still repays – so the next deal should spread the risk further.

Red Book confident on uranium resources to meet future growth

The global uranium sector is responding to growing interest in nuclear capacity expansion, according to the latest asses...

Friends with few trade benefits

Free trade agreements were supposed to protect US trading partners. But the Trump administration’s tariffs are putting t...

DP World expands Africa network with new industrial park in Kenya

The Dubai port operator formalized plans for a 222-hectare industrial park at Mombasa.

Piero Cipollone: The future of euro cash: trusted today, designed for tomorrow

Dangote launches Africa’s largest ever IPO

The company looks set to raise more than $4 billion at about a $50 billion valuation.

Can the newest sovereign wealth fund avoid others’ mistakes?

Indonesia’s Danantara manages $1 trillion of state-owned businesses and money and wants economic, not just financial, re...

Trump needs to listen to Africa to shape AGOA’s future

As Washington rethinks its engagement with Africa, the lesson from AGOA’s origins is clear: A durable commercial relatio...

Three African economies show how China’s slowdown is reshaping trade

From Angolan oil to Congolese copper, China's economic slowdown is creating new winners and losers across Africa. The po...

Isabel Schnabel: Macroeconomic, fiscal and financial stability in a shock-prone world

Citi raised more than $40 billion for Saudi clients this year

US bank says it increased direct exposure to Saudi Arabia since the US-Iran war began.

Unchecked, Joe Wilson's Serbia crusade may blow up in our faces

On August 27, Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Bill Keating (D-Mass.) introduced the SRBIJA Act, which would impose sanctio...

Europe’s Hidden Trade Advantage

Slow and steady wins the negotiation.

Inside the US Treasury secretary’s tense relationship with financial media

Scott Bessent’s blacklist starts with Bloomberg.

World Trade & Tech Day: AI and trade increasingly intertwined

Hundreds of participants gathered at the WTO for World Trade & Tech Day on 14 September, a sign of how AI is fundamental...

Russian Federation notifies launch of safeguard investigation on certain flat steel products

On 9 September 2026, the Russian Federation notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards regarding the initiation on 7 Sep...

WTO study explores the role of stablecoins in international trade

The WTO Secretariat launched a new publication on the role of stablecoins in supporting cross-border trade on 14 Septemb...

Trump says US interest rates should be lowest in the world

Trump’s call piles pressure on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh days before the bank is expected to raise rates amid an...

BRICS highlights opposition to tariffs

Opposition to US tariffs formed a point of consensus among the otherwise divergent interests at the BRICS summit, as Ind...

Against the odds, BRICS overcomes sharp divisions in New Delhi

The 18th summit of BRICS, a grouping with ten members including Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and South Afric...

When geopolitics outruns the economics of supply chains

Diversification away from China is real – but for most firms, wholesale exit remains commercially irrational.