When the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, energy analysts braced for catastrophe. With roughly one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil and 20% of global LNG passing through the Strait of Hormuz, forecasts of $200-per-barrel crude flooded trading desks within days. A hundred days into the Israel-Iran war,…
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Beijing has mastered the art of saying little and gaining much and nowhere is that strategy more visible right now than in how China is navigating the collision between Donald Trump and Iran, a war that has upended global energy markets and handed Xi Jinping a rare card to play. Since US and Israeli forces…
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By Staff Reporter | May 4, 2026 European markets opened broadly in positive territory on Monday, shrugging off the weekend’s geopolitical noise but the automotive sector told a different story, tumbling sharply after President Donald Trump announced he would raise tariffs on European cars and trucks to 25%, escalating a trade dispute that analysts warn…
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The ink on the US-Iran ceasefire was barely dry when the bombs started falling on Beirut. Within hours of Trump’s April 7 Truth Social post declaring a two-week truce, Israeli Air Force jets launched what the Israeli military described as its largest coordinated strike of the war hitting more than 100 Hezbollah targets within 10…