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Ray Dalio urges investors to hold up to 15% of portfolios in gold as prices hit record highs
NEW YORK (Realist English). Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, has advised investors to allocate as much as 15% of...
Read moreWTO raises 2025 global trade growth forecast but warns of sharp slowdown next year
GENEVA (Realist English). The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday revised upward its forecast for global trade growth in 2025...
Read moreBrookfield raises $20bn for record energy transition fund amid AI-driven power boom
TORONTO (Realist English). Brookfield Asset Management has closed a $20bn fund dedicated to energy transition projects, one of the largest...
Read moreOpenAI to take 10% stake in AMD under landmark $1 trillion AI chip partnership
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). OpenAI has struck a sweeping deal with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) that could see the ChatGPT...
Read moreOpec+ agrees modest output hike after market jitters over larger increase
VIENNA (Realist English). Opec+ has agreed to raise oil production by a modest 137,000 barrels per day starting in November,...
Read moreJBS co-founder warns US beef supply can’t keep pace with rising protein demand
LONDON (Realist English). Wesley Batista, one of the billionaire brothers behind Brazilian meat giant JBS, has warned that the United...
Read moreEU plans new strategy to boost homegrown AI and cut reliance on US and China
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union is preparing to launch a sweeping plan to accelerate the development and adoption of...
Read morePakistan offers US role in building new Arabian Sea port near China-backed Gwadar
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Advisers to Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir have privately proposed that U.S. investors help develop...
Read moreGoogle cuts over 100 design roles as focus shifts to AI investment
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). Google has laid off more than 100 employees in design-related roles, including teams in its cloud...
Read moreOil prices extend losses on OPEC+ output outlook and Kurdistan export restart
SINGAPORE (Realist English). Oil prices fell for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, pressured by expectations of a fresh OPEC+...
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Xi Jinping Warns U.S. About the Threat of War Between Great Powers
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese President Xi Jinping raised the central question of the current U.S.-China rivalry during talks with U.S....
Metropolitan Shio Moudjiri elected Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
TBILISI (Realist English). On 11 May, Georgia saw the succession of the head of its Orthodox Church for the first time...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
From War to Cooperation: How Iraq Became Iran’s Main Partner but Maintained Neutrality
ERBIL (Realist English). Amid the escalating Middle East crisis, with Iran and the United States standing on the brink of...
Lula and Trump Find “Chemistry” as China Is Pushed Out of Latin America
BRASILIA (Realist English). Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s popular left‑wing president, recently visited the United States. Contrary to sceptical forecasts,...
Can Trump Get a New Nuclear Deal With Iran?
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Since the US and Israeli war against Iran began in late February 2026, President Donald Trump has struggled...
Oil Shock Worsens the Plight of the Poor in Asia and Africa
MOSCOW (Realist English). The conflict in the Middle East, triggered by a joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, has led to...
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