Geopolitics

European stocks erased earlier losses as hopes of renewed negotiations between the US and Iran to end their war offset disappointing earnings from benchmark heavyweight HSBC Holdings Plc.

Anthropic’s IPO filing warns that dependence on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and limited capacity for advanced chips could constrain its computing supply

Smelters in Quebec run on cheap hydroelectric power. The Trump administration’s 50% tariff has pushed up prices for American industry.

Australians are paying six times the global average in extra fuel costs per person, according to research from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. Nationally, the additional spending on fuel totals $10.5 billion.

The first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States has set sail under a new Trump-Putin deal. The shipment comes amid sanctions controversy and Ukraine's concerns over Russian oil revenue.

Diplomatic has significantly intensified as regional and international states attempt to stem off a return to conflict between the United States and Iran.

Germany has signed an AI partnership with Nvidia as Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged manufacturers to embrace the technology and put their industrial data to work, warning that the country risks falling behind foreign competitors if it fails to adapt. The agreement was announced at the opening of the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin yesterday.

By Jan WolfeOct 11 (Reuters) - Republican US Senator Thom Tillis on Sunday said President Donald Trump's diesel supply ​deal with Russia may be illegal and will put American lives at risk, adding to bipartisan criticism of the arrangement announced by the president on Friday.Trump saidthat Russia had agreed to supply ​diesel to global markets, and his administration temporarily lifted US sanctions on Russian fuel that were designed to deprive Moscow of revenue for its ‌war on Ukraine.

Iran and the United States are enforcing separate blockades in the Strait of Hormuz, cutting tanker transits to a daily average of just 10 in October from 125 before the war. To draw crews into the risky passage, shipping companies have raised captains' monthly pay from about $22,000 to as much as $143,000. Some companies are adding double-pay bonuses. The increases reflect sharply higher transport risk on the key waterway, with crude shipping costs under significant upward pressure.