Copper prices soared to an all-time high on Tuesday due to worries about metal supply shortfalls outside of the U.S. Three-month copper futures on the London Metal Exchange (LME) increased to $14,617 per tonne, exceeding the prior record established only the day earlier. Futures have increased by...

Oil markets are showing why a major physical supply disruption does not automatically translate into a sustained move above $100 a barrel. Even after months of conflict and repeated threats to shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, the global benchmark has struggled to remain decisively above that...

The United States has significantly expanded pressure on Iran’s aviation sector by sanctioning 36 targets, including 27 Iranian airlines and foreign companies accused of helping carriers obtain aircraft, cargo services and aviation technology. The move is broader than earlier measures against...

According to the Financial Times, citing trade statistics from the Chinese special administrative region (SAR), Russia exported almost 100 tonnes of gold to Hong Kong during the first seven months of 2026. The newspaper highlights that this is a record number, nearly three times greater than the...

The strongest support for US stocks in 2026 has come from corporate earnings, but that cushion is becoming less powerful as the latest reporting season moves into the background. Investors are now paying closer attention to the bond market, where the rise in Treasury yields is creating a more...

For decades, military satellites were largely treated as infrastructure: platforms that carried communications, navigation, surveillance and early-warning functions while remaining on relatively predictable orbital paths. That assumption is changing. The United States and China are increasingly...

Olli Rehn, head of the Finnish central bank and ECB Governing Council member, stated that the European Central Bank (ECB) must brace for a lengthy "conflict of attrition" in the Middle East, which will lead to ongoing high inflation in the eurozone. "We cannot afford to be complacent in light of...

Estimates from Verisk Analytics, a risk modeling firm, suggest that the global insurance industry needs to be ready to cover average annual losses of $171 billion due to natural disasters. This potential insured loss assessment is the most substantial that Verisk has ever computed for such losses....

China's top three airlines, Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and China Southern Airlines, concluded the first half of the year with losses stemming from low domestic airfare and elevated fuel prices caused by the Middle Eastern conflict. Their total loss reached around 8.17 billion yuan ($1.2...