Trump halts the bombing, oil drops 9%, and nobody on either side believes it will hold
The US suspended its air campaign against Iran over the weekend, halting two weeks of near-daily strikes. Trump said Monday the two sides were having "good talks" and that a deal was possible, but warned strikes would resume "if the negotiations failed to deliver." Within hours Saudi Arabia shot dow…
Brent crude fell 9.3% Monday to $87.77 a barrel on the pause in US-Iran strikes. WTI dropped 8.2% to $81.98, unwinding most of last week's spike above $100. "Donald Trump is showing his ability to control sentiment despite investors really not having a viable off-ramp or an end to the war," said Jef…
CXMT shares rose 472% on their Shanghai debut Monday, valuing China's largest DRAM maker at $489bn. The company raised 66.6bn yuan ($9.8bn) in China's second-largest IPO ever, and the pop makes it potentially the country's largest listed firm outright. Silicon Valley's response has split cleanly: so…
China demanded the US scrap new forced-labour tariffs, calling them unilateral protectionism. The ministry noted the new rate stays within the 20% ceiling both sides pledged during earlier trade talks, and it urged the US to "continuously reduce the problem list and lengthen the cooperation list." B…
The Pentagon told Congress it will not finish spending $400m in authorized Ukraine aid until fiscal year 2029. The May letter, first reported Monday, showed the funds still unobligated two months after being sent, even as Kyiv runs critically low on air-defense stock. Senator Mitch McConnell has alr…
The Fed holds rates Wednesday, and Chairman Kevin Warsh is navigating the least clear read of inflation the committee has faced this year. Cooler June data argued for a hold; the oil spike then the sudden reversal have whipsawed the case in both directions within a week. Trump renewed his call Monda…
Israel released 60 more Palestinian detainees into central Gaza Monday, the largest single release since the October ceasefire. Detainees arrived via the Red Cross showing visible injuries; Anadolu documented accounts of abuse and isolation during months in Israeli custody. Separately, drone strikes…
A Ukrainian soldier has spent a year living in a dugout beneath the front line near Kramatorsk. Serhii Krynitskyi, 42, has held the same position through a year of the war's static grind, the trench barely moving while missile strikes and mobilization drives reshape the fighting elsewhere. Russia is…
US GDP grew at an annualized 1.4% in the fourth quarter, below Wall Street's forecast. The deceleration traced to weaker government spending and exports alongside slower consumer growth, extending eighteen months of what one assessment called "shocks, resilience, and signs of stalled progress" under…
China's industrial profits slowed again in June as falling oil prices ate into the earnings rebound. Corporate profits had swung from barely positive in 2025 to double-digit growth this year, one of the sharpest turnarounds in the economy; the retreat in energy prices is now sapping that lift just a…
Houthis attacked Türkiye's pipeline to Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port Monday. Saudi Arabia said it shot down separate drones over Riyadh launched from Iraq by Iran-backed armed groups, and reserved the right to respond militarily. The strikes landed within hours of Washington's ceasefire announcement, un…
Gaza's multinational stabilization force is drawing scepticism from the population it is meant to protect. Palestinians in Gaza are questioning the force's mandate and limits after two and a half years of war, according to reporting from the strip; the Board of Peace says "important developments" ar…
India's economy is expected to slow to 6.6% growth in FY2027, down from 7.7% this year, as private investment weakens. Wages have risen and jobs have grown across many industries, yet a parallel debate is opening over whether India's middle class is paying more while saving less — the same affordabi…
Reuters' Alessandra Galloni outlined the wire service's AI licensing strategy in a Sydney lecture. No new licensing terms were disclosed Monday, but the debate over how wire services price their archives against AI training demand remains unresolved industry-wide.
Fed funds futures now price a 38% chance of a Wednesday rate move, up sharply from near-zero odds a week ago. The repricing followed the oil-driven inflation scare that has now partly reversed with Brent's 9% Monday drop. About a third of S&P 500 companies report earnings this week, adding another v…
Spain's wildfire emergency faded from headlines with no new developments Monday. The government has not issued fresh containment figures since the weekend, leaving the binational crisis with France in a holding pattern pending updated numbers.
Canada's August byelections will test Liberal strength against new US tariffs. No new campaign developments were reported Monday; the three ridings in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia still stand as the earliest electoral read on how tariff pain is landing with voters.
Puerto Rico's news cycle stayed quiet Monday with no new developments. The beat is thin enough now to warrant folding into a broader item if nothing fresh surfaces this week.
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