geopolitics

EU leaders fear cheap Chinese exports when they should be worrying about embedded spyware and rare earths dependency

A lot is riding on whether inflation from the Iran war can stay manageable.

Government in fresh bid to persuade likes of Guernsey as well as overseas territories to go further in tackling illicit finance

FT analysis shows economists more optimistic now than 3 months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

US says it struck Iranian military sites, Tehran responds with air base attack Reuters

Emerging Asian equities rose to a record, propelled by continuing enthusiasm for the artificial intelligence trade that’s bolstered global stocks despite the Iran war.

Washington and Tehran are still trying to formalise a ceasefire

Trump says Iran really wants to make a deal with the US Reuters

Oil rose from a six-week low as uncertainty continues over the outlook for a peace deal to end the US war in Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz. Bloomberg's Anthony di Paola reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Russia banned exports of jet fuel through end-November to avoid shortages at home after Ukraine intensified attacks on the nation’s refineries.