Bolivia Wins IMF Backing for $1.9 Billion Loan as Paz Moves to Reverse Slump
Congress cleared the program and scrapped diesel subsidies days before the president's UN debut; the first $214 million tranche is already approved.
Oct 3, 20261 views
G7 Agrees to Release Up to 100 Million Barrels of Oil and Diesel to Tame Soaring Prices
The coordinated drawdown, spread across four months, follows mounting pressure from the Trump administration, which threatened to restrict diesel exports.
Oct 2, 20262 views
Middle East Oil Risk Now Outweighs US-China Tensions, Economist Warns as Tanker Rates Hit Records
Dwindling inventories near the Strait of Hormuz, record shipping costs and crude holding above $80 are stoking cost-push inflation fears and talk of $100 oil.
Sep 30, 20261 views
Eni Caps Italian Pump Prices at €2.19 for Diesel as Meloni Moves to Tame Fuel Costs
The state-backed energy major freezes prices for at least a month while Rome presses refiners to lift domestic output ahead of elections
Sep 25, 20260 views
Qatar's LNG Exports Collapse 96% as Hormuz Crisis Rewrites Global Gas Trade
Force majeure extended, $24 billion lost, and ship-to-ship transfers running at 3% of prewar flow — Doha warns the strait has no substitute.
Sep 25, 20263 views
Global Bond Rout Deepens as Oil Surge on Renewed Iran Strikes Stokes Inflation Fears
Treasury yields hit multi-decade highs, equities slip, and investors weigh rebalancing as markets brace for ADP jobs data and Broadcom earnings.
Sep 25, 20263 views
Milei threatens to take Falklands 'into our own hands' in fiery UN address
Argentina's president brands the UN ineffective and threatens sanctions on oil firms off the disputed islands, escalating a long row with Britain.
Sep 24, 20263 views
Oil Nears $100 on U.S.-Iran Tensions as Energy Stocks Hit 52-Week Highs
Brent's six-week surge lifts Phillips 66 and Diamondback while the S&P trades near records — and revives memories of 2006's Middle East oil shocks.
Sep 22, 20262 views
Oil Slides Toward $99 as Hormuz Diplomacy Erodes War-Risk Premium
Brent's four-session rout deepens on reports Iran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Trump's UN address and a possible Pezeshkian meeting in focus.
Sep 22, 20262 views
Pakistan Deepens Mediation Push as Iran Sets Terms and Denies Direct US Talks
Army chief Asim Munir returns to Tehran amid claims of 'significant progress,' stalled negotiations, and warnings over Trump's sanctions and the Strait of Hormuz
Sep 22, 20261 views