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Saudi wealth fund cuts $8bn from value of domestic gigaprojects as costs rise and oil prices fall
RIYADH (Realist English). Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has reduced the book value of its domestic gigaproject holdings by...
Read moreFrance, Germany and UK warn of UN sanctions “snapback” on Iran without renewed nuclear talks
NEW YORK (Realist English). France, Germany and the UK have formally warned the United Nations that they are ready to...
Read moreTrump rules out tariffs on gold imports, calming global bullion markets
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States would not impose tariffs on imported...
Read moreEast African Crude Oil Pipeline nears completion despite years of delays, investor exits, and mounting opposition
KAMPALA (Realist English). The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), more than a decade in the making, is entering its...
Read moreAI boom mints record number of billionaires, reshaping global wealth
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). The artificial intelligence surge has created dozens of new billionaires in 2025, marking one of the...
Read moreWhite House to clarify gold bar tariff policy after market upheaval
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The White House plans to issue an executive order “clarifying” US policy on tariffs for gold bars,...
Read moreCosco moves to reshape $23bn global ports deal with demand for major stake
HONG KONG (Realist English). Cosco, China’s state-owned shipping giant, is seeking a 20–30% stake in a proposed $23bn ports acquisition,...
Read moreTrump claims JPMorgan and Bank of America denied him service, fueling conservative backlash against big banks
NEW YORK (Realist English). Donald Trump has accused JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America of refusing to do business with...
Read moreGermany condemns Trump’s Fed interference and data chief firing as transatlantic rift widens
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany’s finance minister Lars Klingbeil has publicly criticized Donald Trump’s intervention in U.S. monetary policy and the...
Read moreTrump’s tomato tariffs ignite cross-border dispute as Florida growers cheer and Mexico pushes back
MIAMI (Realist English). The United States has imposed a 17% anti-dumping duty on Mexican tomato imports, rekindling long-standing trade tensions...
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Bolton: Putin “clearly won” Alaska summit while Trump left with little to show
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former US national security adviser John Bolton said Russian President Vladimir Putin “clearly won” last week’s Alaska...
Putin: Ukraine settlement must address root causes, Russia ready to work with Trump
ANCHORAGE (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin described his summit with US President Donald Trump in Alaska as “constructive and...
Trump and Putin summit ends without Ukraine breakthrough
ANCHORAGE (Realist English). The long-awaited summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded Friday without an...
Iran warns US-backed Zangezur corridor deal between Baku and Yerevan could destabilize South Caucasus
TEHRAN (Realist English). The political deputy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Yadollah Javani, sharply criticized the recent US-brokered agreement...
Peace with Baku–Turkish occupiers is an illusion
YEREVAN (Realist English). No piece of paper and no external guarantees will ensure peace between Armenia and the Baku–Turkish occupiers,...
“Russia is with you”: Moscow sends humanitarian aid to refugees from Artsakh
STEPANAKERT (Realist English). As part of the “Russia is with you” initiative, a decision has been made to deliver humanitarian...
More than protection: Inside the hidden power of Russia’s FSO
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Federal Protective Service of Russia (FSO) is surrounded by even more legends than the Federal Security...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
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