Markets now bet on a rate rise, not a cut, as oil and yields both climb.
The Federal Reserve is now expected to raise rates on Wednesday, its first increase since 2023. Markets price a quarter-point move to a 3.75%-4.00% range, a full reversal from a week ago when economists still expected a cut. Fed Governor Christopher Waller had urged colleagues to "give disinflation …
Brent crude jumped over 4% to $109.29 a barrel Monday, a 16-week high, after fresh strikes hit Saudi energy infrastructure. The attacks compounded pressure from the Strait of Hormuz standoff and Houthi advances near Bab el-Mandeb; Brent averaged $67 in the days before the Iran war began. Saudi Arabi…
Ukraine's forces have achieved a major breakthrough after months of static fighting near Donetsk. Newsweek's mapped analysis shows Kyiv disrupting Russian territorial goals in the region, while Kyiv Post reports Russian units are "fully surrounded" in parts of the Donbas following what it calls a ma…
AI safety warnings have started moving markets, not just headlines. Sam Altman and Dario Amodei both called for slower AI development this week, echoed by Elon Musk; the Philadelphia semiconductor index dropped 5.9% Monday on the news, dragging tech and industrial stocks across Wall Street and Europ…
A pregnant woman died Saturday after Israeli gunfire hit her in a tent near Khan Younis. Iman Shalouf, 27, was eight months pregnant and had already named her unborn son Ayoub, due in November; both died at Nasser hospital hours after the shooting. "Where is the ceasefire they keep talking about? Th…
The Houthis' seizure of Mocha has reshaped the Red Sea's security map, Chatham House argues. The port sits near Perim Island, which the group now reportedly controls, and Djibouti — home to major foreign naval bases — lies just 20 kilometres away across the Bab al-Mandab strait. The analysis places …
Global exports grew 18% in the year to September, more than triple last year's pace, McKinsey's trade tracker finds. Semiconductors, electronics and electric vehicles led the surge, evidence that supply chains are re-routing around tariff and security friction rather than shrinking with it. The figu…
The Gulf monarchies are building collective security architecture because the Iran war left them no alternative, Time reports. Four months into the conflict, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar are coordinating air-defense and intelligence-sharing arrangements none would have accepted before the war exp…
Iran's nuclear chief will skip this year's IAEA General Conference in Vienna, an official confirmed. The absence lands as Tehran and Washington remain deadlocked over the disputed Islamabad MOU, with Iran's foreign minister insisting the Strait of Hormuz stays closed until the US honors the ceasefir…
Germany's economy remains the world's third-largest at €4.47 trillion in 2025, behind only the US and China. KPMG's fact sheet lands the same week Bundesbank data shows German firms shifting capital sharply toward China and away from the US, giving fresh context to how that scale of economy is now b…
Malaysia's economy grew 6% year-on-year in the second quarter, its fastest pace in years, yet residents report no improvement in living standards. The disconnect between headline GDP growth and household experience is the story's core puzzle, per The Edge Malaysia's reporting. The gap illustrates a …
Prepping is moving from the American fringe into mainstream household planning, Impakter reports. Rising fears of crisis, conflict and institutional failure are driving demand for emergency supplies, home generators and off-grid skills across the US and Europe, according to the outlet's survey of th…
Transport systems built for a stable climate now face a baseline that no longer holds, engineers argue in a new analysis. Roads, rail and shipping infrastructure were designed around historical weather patterns that extreme heat, flooding and storm intensity are increasingly breaking. The piece call…
Twelve outlets framed Jared Kushner's Gaza ceasefire disclosure differently, an aggregator's comparison shows. Kushner said the US used Israel's diplomatic isolation after the botched Doha strike — which failed as a military operation and left Israel isolated — to force Hamas and Israel into the dea…
The odds of a September Fed hike jumped to 85% Monday, up from 72% a day earlier and roughly 50% a month ago. Morningstar attributes the shift directly to Friday's inflation data showing price pressures still running well above the Fed's target. The swing has been unusually sharp for a single week: …
Spain faces the same $100-oil inflation squeeze as the rest of the eurozone, with no standalone domestic development in today's corpus. Petrol and diesel prices across Europe have hit their highest level since 2022, per the RAC's own price tracking cited in UK reporting, and Spanish households are e…
Canada's EU-association exploration has no new movement in today's corpus, following last week's disclosure that Ottawa is weighing associate EU membership. Carney's government continues weighing the option as a hedge against the collapsed US trade talks, with no fresh statement from either Ottawa o…
Puerto Rico's news cycle stayed quiet again today, with no dated developments in today's corpus beyond stories already covered in prior editions. The island continues to sit outside the current run of global stories dominating the wires.
Prepping has moved from American fringe subculture into mainstream household planning, according to a new survey of the trend. Rising fears of crisis, conflict and institutional failure are driving ordinary households — not just doomsday hobbyists — toward emergency food stockpiles, generators and o…