Oil markets remain tight as the Strait of Hormuz (SoH) continues to be constrained. Things could become much tighter if it is fully closed. However, the outlook could change rapidly if flows normalise in early 2027.
The EU pushed back Friday at renewed trade pressure from the United States, as Washington said the bloc was enabling Chinese evasion of US tariffs and stepped up calls for it to roll back flagship green rules on business…
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi was received by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard in Stockholm on Saturday – marking the first visit by a Chinese foreign minister to Sweden in 2…
MEPs have adopted their first report on the EU’s flagship strategic investment initiative, demanding an investigation into the alleged involvement of Chinese companies in projects.Committee on Foreign AffairsCommittee on…
Swedish battery company Northvolt gambled on bringing in untested machines from China and ended up losing at least 10 months as a result, the Dagens Nyheter newspaper has reported on the basis of documents held by the ba…
China rejected on Thursday any "interference" in its judicial sovereignty after a United Nations working group called for the immediate release of jailed Chinese-Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai..
Sweden's foreign minister said Friday during a trip to China that she had urged Beijing to release Chinese-Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2020 on espionage charges..
During and after the US market close on Friday, cryptocurrency markets experienced their largest liquidation event on record, with an estimated USD 19 billion in leveraged positions unwound across futures and perpetual s…
The civil rights lawyer who became a pastor and founded the Early Rain Covenant Church irritates the rulers of the Communist Party in China • The number of Christians in the country is increasing despite persecution agai…
The number of Russian, Iranian and Chinese citizens who have had their permanent residency applications rejected or withdrawn has more than doubled over the past four years, new figures obtained by The Local reveal..
After a sharp selloff in late April and early May, Brent crude prices bottomed out at USD 58.5 per barrel on Monday, May 5th – the lowest level since April 9th. This was a natural reaction to higher-than-expected OPEC+ s…
Muted sideways trading. Brent crude traded mostly sideways last week, but due to a relatively strong close on the Friday before, it ended the week down 1.6% at USD 66.