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September was a rotten month for America’s would-be allies. In Washington Donald Trump welcomed China’s Xi Jinping with a pomp seldom accorded to former friends of the US. He delivered a brutal “America First” speech to the United Nations, and attacked Mark Carney’s talk of possible “associate membe

Ethiopian forces seized control of the airport and other parts of Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region, as leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front retreated from the city, a major turning point in the renewed conflict.

Major OPEC+ nations have an agreement in principle to keep oil production quotas unchanged next month, as conflict in the Middle East continues to shutter swaths of the group’s output.

Recriminations among various governments have escalated after the attempted hijacking of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week

Flotations have stalled and returns from new listings have been weak

Chancellor Healey can still make a low-key fiscal event a constructive one

Iraq’s state tanker company arranged a very large crude carrier to transport 2 million barrels beyond the Strait of Hormuz, marking a move toward offering oil outside the Persian Gulf.

Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

The rich world is flirting with fiscal disaster