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European Stocks Slip as Middle East Tensions Push Oil Prices Higher and Weigh on Market Sentiment
European stock markets opened the week on a weaker note as renewed military tensions in the Middle East dampened hopes for a near term...
AI Boom Overshadows Oil Supply Concerns as Global Markets Rally on Tech Optimism
Global financial markets began the week focused more on artificial intelligence driven growth than rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East. Despite ongoing uncertainty...
APEC Suzhou Meeting Highlights Global South Role and Multipolarity After Iran War
The significance of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers' meeting, held on May 22-23, 2026, in Suzhou, eastern China, lay in the issuance...
Yemen’s Economic Crisis Deepens as Regional Tensions Escalate
Yemen's economy is struggling, having contracted again in 2025 and likely to decline further in 2026 due to ongoing conflict and structural issues, according...
Energy Investments Shift as Middle East Tensions Rise
Countries are increasing energy spending driven by a need for electricity and diversification in response to recent energy crises, including the ongoing situation in...
Hegseth Warns of China Threat, Urges Allies to Ramp Up Defense Spending
U. S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called on Asian allies to increase military spending to counter China's rising influence during his speech at the...
Why an Open Economy is Crucial for China
Authors: Kung Chan and Xia Ri*
The current era of de-globalization, marked by restructured supply chains and intensifying geopolitical conflicts, has forced major economies inward....
Russia’s Bridge Awards Initiative Attracts Foreign Candidates From More Than 40 CountriesÂ
Under the presidential decree, authorizing an initiative to tap the best brains and professionals from abroad to integrate into Russian society, the Agency for...
Hungary Nears EU Funding Deal as Peter Magyar Holds High Stakes Brussels Talks
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said he expects to finalize a political agreement with Ursula von der Leyen over the release of billions of...
China’s Limited Role at Shangri La Dialogue Seen as Missed Opportunity
China’s decision to send a largely academic delegation instead of senior defence leadership to the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore has been described by...