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Europe’s bond markets are suffering a post-holiday shock automated-news
Europe’s bond markets are suffering a post-holiday shock

Reasons for rising yields differ somewhat from those in America, but are no less problematic

02 Sep 2026
Stocks Steady, Bonds Rise as Oil Halts Advance: Markets Wrap automated-news
Stocks Steady, Bonds Rise as Oil Halts Advance: Markets Wrap

US stock futures trimmed losses and Treasuries rose as oil paused a dayslong advance, offering some relief from concerns about the inflationary impact of high energy prices.

02 Sep 2026
Can Israel End Its Forever Wars? automated-news
Can Israel End Its Forever Wars?

The Netanyahu doctrine could outlast Netanyahu.

02 Sep 2026
Tactical Nukes Are a Gateway Drug to Armageddon automated-news
Tactical Nukes Are a Gateway Drug to Armageddon

The US is quietly — and largely with a view to a potential war against China — tweaking its nuclear strategy, contemplating a bigger role for so-called tactical nukes. To the uninitiated, the shift may seem arcane. To those in the know, the stakes are nothing less than the risk of atomic Armageddon.

02 Sep 2026
European and UK Bond Selloff Continues as Gas Prices Climb automated-news
European and UK Bond Selloff Continues as Gas Prices Climb

A slide in Europe and UK government bond markets continued on Wednesday, as natural gas prices rose further and kept investors worried about inflation.

02 Sep 2026
US Shouldn't Cut Off Asia Allies to Make Peace With North Korea automated-news
US Shouldn't Cut Off Asia Allies to Make Peace With North Korea

With typical bombast, the White House seems to be shifting strategy on the long-frozen conflict on the Korean Peninsula. Unfortunately, it’s moving in the wrong direction.

02 Sep 2026
Hugging Face Hack: Don't Let Dwarkesh Patel's AI Language Fool You automated-news
Hugging Face Hack: Don't Let Dwarkesh Patel's AI Language Fool You

The attacks on Hugging Face ran from May to late July, yet the details of what actually happened when OpenAI’s artificial-intelligence agents deceived their human overseers and breached the online repository of AI models and datasets are still trickling out.

02 Sep 2026
Chevron pledges $7bn to double its Venezuela oil production automated-news
Chevron pledges $7bn to double its Venezuela oil production

US major commits to expand its joint ventures as White House pushes for huge increase in production in the country

02 Sep 2026
CoinShares Completes Acquisition of Bastion Asset Management automated-news
CoinShares Completes Acquisition of Bastion Asset Management

Bastion's team and strategies join CoinShares as the Company's Active Alternative Strategies business

02 Sep 2026
Growth is a life-and-death matter for Europe automated-news
Growth is a life-and-death matter for Europe

It is the only way of funding the defence of a continent with mortal enemies

02 Sep 2026
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