Container traffic is edging back through the Bab al-Mandab corridor. But the insurance market, not the shipping lines, is setting […]
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Late-December adjustments to production baselines and compliance logic reveal a deeper shift inside OPEC+: the cartel is managing not only
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A Gaza ceasefire has lowered the temperature in the Bab al-Mandab corridor, prompting a cautious reassessment by carriers and Egypt’s
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US and UK sanctions on Russia’s Lukoil forced Baghdad to freeze payments and crude entitlements at one of Iraq’s biggest
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Economy
The Fund’s message in Washington is blunt: inflation is easing, but growth is drifting lower and the risks are piling