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US-Venezuela Oil Pact Links 65bn Barrels to $100bn Investment Push

A sweeping US-Venezuela oil pact links American access to projects containing more than 65 billion barrels of proven reserves...

The AI Memory Squeeze Tests Nvidia’s Pricing Power

The artificial-intelligence infrastructure boom is pushing up the cost of the computing systems sustaining it, as tightening supplies of...

U.S.-Canada Tariff Escalation Puts USMCA Trade Rules Under Strain

The Peace Arch straddling the U.S.-Canada border carries an inscription intended to capture more than a century of peaceful...

The Global Price of America’s $40tn Debt

Washington would benefit from cheaper financing as federal debt rises, but persistent inflation is limiting the Federal Reserve's room...

Trump Faces Economic Fallout at Home as Middle East Deadlocks Deepen

Washington’s Gaza diplomacy is moving towards mechanisms for reciprocal implementation just as the Iran track moves in the opposite...

Behind Washington’s Yen Intervention: Why Currency Support Cannot Fix the Rate Gap

The yen's renewed slide towards ¥160 to the dollar, less than two weeks after an extraordinary US-Japan intervention pulled...

Can America Become the World’s Energy Shock Absorber?

As vulnerable choke points reshape global energy trade, US oil and gas are becoming more important. But America’s ability...

Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan Upset Sets Up High-Stakes Senate Battle

Progressive physician secures a surprise victory over establishment-backed Haley Stevens, setting up a November Senate contest with national implications...

How China-US Competition Is Rewriting the Rules of Globalisation

China's latest export controls, technology security reviews and certification restrictions offer one of the clearest indications yet that strategic...

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