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Revolut wins provisional US banking licence

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approval is a milestone for UK-based fintech seeking American expansion

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
US pressure on Iran starting to tell, as sanctions and blockade bite

By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowallDUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. campaign to throttle Iran's economy by blockading it...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Norway Seizes Russian Cruise Ship to Enforce Naftogaz's $4.22 Billion Claim

Norway has seized a Russian commercial cruise ship off the Svalbard archipelago at the request of Ukrainian oil and gas ...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Norway Seizes Russian Cruise Ship to Enforce Naftogaz's $4.22 Billion Claim

Norway has seized a Russian commercial cruise ship off the Svalbard archipelago at the request of Ukrainian oil and gas ...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Norway seizes Russian ship in Svalbard to compensate Ukraine

Authorities in Norway have seized a Russian ship, the Professor Molchanov, on a court order sought and obtained by Nafto...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
IN BRIEF: Key statements by Russian Deputy PM Trutnev at EEF

Yury Trutnev noted that Norwegian authorities have no choice but to release the passengers of the Russian research vesse...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
U.S. Diesel Prices Surge Toward All-Time High

The average price of diesel in the United States hit $5.7832 per gallon on Thursday, which is just three cents lower tha...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Arctic, Trans-Arctic corridor development project needs $11.5 bln in investments

Specific projects for the development of the Russian Arctic zone and the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor will be impleme...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
EU suspension of Brazilian meat comes into force, despite ongoing talks with Brasília

Brazil has yet to provide the necessary guarantees to allow an audit of its beef exports’ compliance with EU food safety...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Hawala networks increasingly use virtual assets, fintech to conceal illicit wealth: FATF, OECD

ISLAMABAD: Traditional underground financial networks, including hawala and other similar service providers (HOSSPs), ha...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russia-Mongolia-China economic corridor to boost trade turnover — Mongolian PM

Nyam-Osor Uchral highlighted that advancing the project would reduce transportation times and costs and enhance reliabil...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Defense firms soar on ample military spending, testing manufacturing schemes

For the many billions of dollars governments spend on defense, companies are on the hook to get their production pipelin...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Yen soars as Bank of Japan tipped to raise interest rates

Jump lifts currency to highest level against dollar in a month, while global markets remain jitteryBusiness live – lates...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Number of Chinese companies carrying out shipments via NSR up six-fold in three years

Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic Alexey Chekunkov pointed out that three years ago only o...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
The economics of economic security

Comparative advantage can’t explain why Australia’s largest aluminium smelter is worth saving – geoeconomics can.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Thailand’s semiconductor plan has a Washington problem

The Thai government’s “Siam Silica” strategy is well-designed but needs better alignment with the US.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Trump invoked a zombie statute to justify tariffs on Canada

The world is used to American tariff news daily. A new target is chosen, a new reason is put forward, another legal auth...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Blackstone stands firm with cap on private credit outflows

Flagship $43bn fund said it was hit with notices from investors to pull 10% of the vehicle’s value in the third quarter

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
New Black Sea blockade fuels fears of food crisis and migration wave

The escalation in the Black Sea has reignited fears among Europeans that Russia will seek to weaponise food supply chain...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Saudi AI firm HUMAIN to launch giant global VC fund this year

The kingdom’s AI champion is also “hardening” data center defenses as the Iran war threatens infrastructure.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion

Hugging Face has exploded in popularity, providing an open-source hub for collaborative machine learning.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Nvidia to buy open-source AI hub Hugging Face for $12.9bn

Nvidia is buying Hugging Face, the platform millions of developers use to build AI, for $12.9bn (€11.1bn) — its second-b...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
New U.S. tariffs on drones take effect

Drones with a takeoff weight exceeding 25 kilograms, as well as those with thermal imaging capabilities and docking stat...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Yen surges as traders bet on Japan interest rate rises

Currency moves past ¥156 to the dollar after sudden jump overnight

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
US-China economic rivalry transforming into a battle for leverage

Several Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent, have reportedly accessed compute power from GB...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
World Bank reaffirms support for Solomon Islands energy reforms

PACIFIC Island countries need to work together to reduce transport, freight, and insurance costs for fuel imported from ...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Fiji and UAE to explore new trade and investment opportunities

FIJI will welcome United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi on an...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Gem Diamonds rebounds as big stones lift prices, profit

Letšeng’s high-value diamonds and lower costs help the miner recover despite persistent weakness across the broader mark...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Prabowo offers Indonesia as Russia’s gateway to ASEAN

Indonesian President calls for deeper trade, investment and transport links with Russia.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
An Agentic WTO: Thoughts on WTO reform in the face of a divided WTO membership and China’s role

Abstract The multilateral trading system was a vision of post-World War II Allied planners for all nations living in har...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
'Breeze Comet' Tears Into Brazilian & Global Financial Systems

Brazil's most sophisticated threat group is making light work of the country's financial systems, putting money directly...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Iran bets on shadow networks to evade US sanctions

To circumvent US sanctions, Iran has spent decades building a complex network of businesspeople and companies. A billion...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Japan remains on high alert over forex moves: top currency diplomat

Japan remains on high alert over foreign exchange movements, its top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said Thursday, fol...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Ukrainian ex-defense minister launches Palantir-backed military tech firm

The move risks angering Ukraine’s European supporters, as defense expertise is likely to be shared with US firms instead...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
US President Donald Trump imposes 100% tariff on drones

Chinese drone firm DJI alone accounts for more than 70% of the global market.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russian Government Seizes Control of Industrial Fan Producer Ventprom

Ventprom supplies ventilation systems to underground metro networks across Russia, as well as to companies like Lukoil a...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
OPEC’s new threat comes from within

Saudi Aramco’s widening oil discount suggests that Riyadh — which normally bears the cost of supporting prices — isn’t w...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russia Can Manage Its Growing Deficit, Putin Says

The federal budget deficit grew by 40% in the first half of this year to reach 2.8% of gross domestic product.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Albemarle taps BHP veteran Udd as next CEO

Lithium giant picks a resources veteran to steer the company as battery-metal demand accelerates worldwide.

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Diesel premium in Europe jumps to record high

So-called crack spread rises above $100 a barrel on continent for first time, leaving diesel at more than twice the cost...

No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail

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