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Kuwait’s $16bn Pipeline Deal Turns Oil Infrastructure into Investable Income
Kuwait has agreed a $16bn lease-and-leaseback transaction for 13 oil pipelines while retaining ownership and operational control. The structure raises capital without privatisation, but commits future tariff income for two decades.
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West Bank Mosque Arson Turns Settler Violence into an Israeli Security Test
The burning of two mosques after a clash that killed six people is not only another episode in the West Bank’s accelerating violence. It tests whether Israeli institutions can enforce the law against settlers while an election rewards demands for annexation.
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AfDB: A ‘Super’ El Niño Could Turn Africa’s Climate Shock into a Balance-Sheet Crisis
The African Development Bank’s estimate of a $10–20 billion economic loss is less a forecast of one continental disaster than a warning about how crop failure, damaged infrastructure and expensive debt can reinforce one another.
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Mark Galeotti’s Warning on Russia Deserves to Be Taken Seriously
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Makerfield: The Right’s Civil War Could Deliver Another Dreadful Labour Prime Minister
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Kuwait’s $16bn Pipeline Deal Turns Oil Infrastructure into Investable Income
Kuwait has agreed a $16bn lease-and-leaseback transaction for 13 oil pipelines while retaining ownership and operational control. The structure raises capital without privatisation, but commits future tariff income for two decades.
AfDB: A ‘Super’ El Niño Could Turn Africa’s Climate Shock into a Balance-Sheet Crisis
The African Development Bank’s estimate of a $10–20 billion economic loss is less a forecast of one continental disaster than a warning about how crop failure, damaged infrastructure and expensive debt can reinforce one another.
Russian Rate Cut Exposes Economic Pressure From Ukraine’s Refinery Campaign
The Bank of Russia cut its key rate to 14% while acknowledging fuel-driven inflation and weaker demand, exposing the policy conflict created by refinery disruption, slow growth and pressure for cheaper credit.
Physical Oil Nears $110 as Red Sea, Hormuz and Black Sea Disruption Converge
Rising physical cargo prices show that conflict is affecting immediate oil availability and freight rather than merely futures-market sentiment, with European and Asian refiners competing for replacement supply.
Scotch Whisky Wins Back Its American Advantage as Tariffs Fall Away
The return of zero-tariff access to the United States...
Saudi Oil Diversions Add Weeks and Millions to Tanker Voyages
Avoiding both Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb turns a regional...
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Opposition to Volker Turk’s New Term Exposes Divisions Over UN Human-Rights Leadership
The dispute over the UN rights chief's extension reflects deeper resistance to scrutiny over Gaza, Ukraine and abuses by powerful states.
Oniel Spence: Public Safety Must Come First in Britain’s immigration system
Few immigration cases illustrate the tension between individual rights...
Trump’s Generic-Drug Tariff Plan Exposes European Pharmaceutical Supply Chains
The tariff threat targets a low-margin industry that supplies most US prescriptions, creating a localisation test that could raise costs before it rebuilds capacity.
Cuban Dissident Artist Reaches United States After Five Years in Prison
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s arrival in the United States changes his personal status, but it also highlights how exile often becomes the endpoint of political-prisoner cases.
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AfDB: A ‘Super’ El Niño Could Turn Africa’s Climate Shock into a Balance-Sheet Crisis
The African Development Bank’s estimate of a $10–20 billion economic loss is less a forecast of one continental disaster than a warning about how crop failure, damaged infrastructure and expensive debt can reinforce one another.
Venezuela Earthquake Response Exposes Limits of a Militarised State
Reuters’ reporting suggests that delayed orders, confused authority and basic equipment shortages slowed the military response during the hours when organised rescue mattered most.
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Sanctioned Russian-Fuel Tanker Linked to Oil Spill in Protected Omani Waters
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Typhoon Bavi shows why climate resilience has become an economic imperative
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Cheap solar panels show Europe’s energy-security debate has reached household level
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Skyroot: India’s First Private Orbital Launch Puts New Pressure on Europe’s Space Market
Skyroot’s Vikram-1 flight is not another launch promise. It is a demonstrated private orbital capability in a market where Europe is still trying to secure reliable access to space.
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An Indian court effort to expose operators of fraudulent...
Alibaba Lawsuit Turns US-China Security Blacklist Into Legal Fight
Alibaba's lawsuit against the Pentagon shifts Washington's China security designations from political pressure into a courtroom test of evidence, reputation and market access.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is once again at...
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The European Union and South Korea have signed a...
