“Despite a very positive market narrative about 2026, geopolitical crisis and US tariffs can fuel volatility spikes at any time”

...it also about the Fed's status as a power center, not in the traditional sense of “independent monetary policy” but as an institution that Trump has yet to dominate... determined to flatten all obstacles to his exercise of power...

"This could turn out to be a survival test, given about €1b of debt is due in 2027 and 2028."

"They have done this before, after World War II, and they are going to do it again as soon as this year..."

Squeeze risk remains real...

Would give the order...

The deal is similar to the United Kingdom’s bases in Cyprus, which are regarded as British territory...

“I wish the United Nations could do more. I wish we didn’t need a Board of Peace,”

“The attorney general is enraged at the magistrate’s decision...”

Demand is deteriorating: European cocoa grindings fell to the lowest quarterly level since 2013, Asia also... 

Developers are increasingly targeting unconventional sites, from abandoned hotels to former coal mines and landfills, to secure planning approval...

The effort comes as the Trump administration has already taken aggressive steps to weaken China’s control over materials vital to high-tech products, electric vehicles, and advanced weapons systems.

...the municipality has rejected calls to shutter the facility early and plans to run the project until its scheduled end in April 2028.

The reduction follows CEO Elon Musk’s April 2024 announcement that Tesla would cut more than 10% of its global workforce to curb costs and boost productivity.

Pakistan’s reported indirect arming of Ukraine through Poland might expand into direct military cooperation between them that could then also elicit concern from Russia...