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China announces $1T push to become 'sports powerhouse'

Beijing is betting that more outdoor sporting events can stimulate sluggish domestic consumption.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Iran says oil industry circumventing US blockade

Iran says oil industry circumventing US blockade Iran’s oil industry continues to find ways around a US military blockad...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
US Stocks and Treasuries Steady Before Jobs Data: Markets Wrap

US stocks and Treasuries held steady as traders waited to see whether Friday’s payrolls report will offer the Federal Re...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Latest Oil Market News and Analysis for Sept. 4

Oil headed for its biggest weekly gain since July as renewed US-Iran hostilities heightened concerns about prolonged dis...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion in major AI expansion

Nvidia said Thursday it will buy AI developer platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, its latest major investment to e...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Uber ceases operations in Nigeria, catching drivers and riders by surprise

The abrupt announcement, amid operating challenges and high oil prices, leaves the ride-hailing app with a diminished pr...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Copper at Risk of Rare Supply Decline as Mine Setbacks Mount

Copper has been on a record-breaking tear in the past year, driven largely by tariff-related trade flows. Bullish invest...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
A Gold Rush in Venezuela?

The curious case of a job posting and how global firms are tentatively exploring Trump's call to pursue mining opportuni...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Automakers urge Congress to permanently ban Chinese connected vehicles in U.S.

Major automakers in the U.S. are urging Congress to ban the domestic sale, import and manufacturing of Chinese connected...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
US military says 87 vessels diverted so far in Strait of Hormuz

US military says 87 vessels diverted so far in Strait of Hormuz US Central Command (Centcom) said it has redirected a to...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Oman rejects deal with Iran on joint fee collection for Hormuz passage — media

A senior regional official told The New York Post that in order to avoid potential quarrels with US President Donald Tru...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Carney claps back at Lutnick, says Canada will resume trade talks 'when the Americans are ready'

Canada has retaliated against President Donald Trump's 50% tariffs with "dollar for dollar" duties on U.S. goods, which ...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Dutch Central Bank Cuts Gold Reserves in U.S., Citing ‘Geopolitical Unrest’

The Netherlands moved some 90 tons of gold out of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, the second European nation this ...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Dear Brits, please save more

The UK, like many countries, faces a major pensions shortfall

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Baltic Dry Index Breaks Out as a “Perfect Storm” Hits Shipping

The daily benchmark measuring the cost of shipping raw materials across major global maritime routes is breaking out to ...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
El Niño weather phenomenon set to deliver massive blow to global economy

The UN warns El Niño is a "supersized" phenomenon that will hit the global economy. Meanwhile, UK cider producers are fe...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Trump wants Europe to retroactively pay U.S. for past Ukraine aid

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would ask European nations to pay back the United States for military ai...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
The big August jobs report is due out Friday. Here's what to expect for what has been a jobless summer

August nonfarm payrolls are expected to rise by 53,000 as a subdued labor market keeps Fed attention focused on inflatio...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Saudi Arabia taps China’s MiniMax for Arabic AI model

The development signals that the kingdom continues deepening AI ties with China while simultaneously pursuing major US t...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Africa: Senegal Secures $2.2b IMF Deal As Debt Restructuring Looms

[Daba Finance] Senegal reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a $2.2 billion, 3-year l...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Oil prices little changed after Iran fires missiles at Kuwait

U.S. oil prices have gained more than 9% this week as Washington and Tehran have traded military strikes for the first t...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Investments in Russia’s defense industry complex to continue — Medvedev

The politician stressed that those investments were yielding tangible benefits in the course of the special military ope...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
A Subdued Asian Summit Sharpens the Contrast Between Xi and Trump

It was a relatively subdued Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit for Chinese leader Xi Jinping. He departed the host...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
EU enters winter with lowest gas stocks on record

Situation could become ‘problematic’, warns gas storage group head

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Faraday drilling boosts Arizona copper cathode case

The results support the potential “to expand near-surface mineralization at Copper Creek,” CEO said.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Star Citadel trader to step down amid tumult in energy markets

Chris Foster to leave role at Ken Griffin’s hedge fund after making billions of dollars trading natural gas in Europe

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
'Anti-fast-fashion' law: France rejects China's discrimination claims

China has claimed that the new "anti-fast-fashion" law which came into force in France on Tuesday amounts to "discrimina...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Loopholes fuel crime wave as illegal SIMs drive banking fraud, NA panel told

ISLAMABAD: Loopholes in the system continue to fuel a crime wave, with illegally issued SIMs being used in a large numbe...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
G20 discusses conditions for innovation, personnel training at meeting — Russian minister

The meeting was devoted to the technological agenda of the Group of Twenty and covered a wide range of issues, Maksut Sh...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Brazil Hands Government Control Over Mining Deals

Brazil's Congress passed a bill Wednesday letting the government block foreign takeovers of mining companies and scrutin...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Nigeria: Kenyan President Orders Shutdown of Foreign-Owned Small Business

[Premium Times] "We have made efforts to improve the economy; we have not improved investor confidence for hawkers to co...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Companies confront ‘trade down’ economy

Consumer companies like Nespresso say they’ve had to try harder to convince shoppers to pony up hundreds of dollars for ...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Hugging Face approached Nvidia’s Huang weeks ahead of $12.9B acquisition, CEO tells CNBC

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that with Hugging Face, the chipmaker will "expand access to AI for developers and institut...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Colombia scraps 10 mining restrictions to lure investors

New government dismantles environmental restrictions as it seeks billions in mining investment through 2030.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Kenya: Why I Ordered Tata Chemicals Out of Kenya - Ruto

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has ordered Tata Chemicals to leave Kenya, accusing the Indian-owned comp...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Two Arctic agreements, each worth over 1 trillion rubles, signed at EEF

Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexey Chekunkov stressed that the projects would not be implemente...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
US energy firms dominate Venezuela deals worth billions

US energy firms on Wednesday signed a raft of multi-billion-dollar deals with Venezuela, days after the South American c...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Inside the booming ‘shadow fleet’ industry keeping rogue states afloat

Countries like North Korea and Russia are developing ever-more sophisticated tactics to dodge sanctions enforcement. Lis...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
UK Borrowing Costs Surge as Oil Shock Rattles Global Markets

The global rise in borrowing costs is a “particular concern,” the International Monetary Fund has said, as UK bond yield...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Securing Navigation for Trans-Caspian Trade 

Since 2022, but particularly in 2026, hard maritime security issues on the Caspian Sea have started moving to the forefr...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail

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