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Oil Frozen in Anticipation of Talks, Gas Falls, Physical Market Hits Records — Review
LONDON (Realist English). Over the past 24 hours, global oil prices have shown sluggish dynamics amid mixed signals about the prospects...
Read more13 million barrels per day taken off the market due to conflict and Hormuz blockade: IEA
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Oil prices have not yet reflected the full severity of the unprecedented supply crisis caused by the war...
Read moreFears over Hormuz blockade push oil above $110 per barrel
NEW YORK (Realist English). Oil market experts warn that the collapse of peace talks between the United States and Iran, combined...
Read moreWhy Trump is threatening to blockade a strait that Iran is already blockading
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump made another sharp statement on the situation in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday,...
Read more“Ceasefire is temporary and conditional”: why reopening the Strait of Hormuz won’t solve shipping woes and high oil prices
NEW YORK (Realist English). The fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, announced on April 8, is not giving...
Read moreUS gasoline prices jumped 21.2% in a month — biggest spike since 1967
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US inflation accelerated to 3.3% year-on-year in March, the highest since May 2024, according to Bureau of Labor...
Read moreIran war has exposed the weakness of the dollar: America’s weapon is cracking
LONDON (Realist English). The standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, writes the Financial Times, may become the moment when one of...
Read moreCentral bank sold $20 billion in gold: Turkey crashed the precious metals market
ANKARA (Realist English). As the Financial Times reports, citing data from consultancy Metals Focus, the Central Bank of the Republic of...
Read moreChinese semiconductor firms surge on AI boom and export restrictions
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese semiconductor companies reported record revenues in 2025, driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, global...
Read moreIran says it can sustain Hormuz disruption for years amid standoff with US
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran could maintain the current disruption in the Strait of Hormuz for years, a senior Iranian security...
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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...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
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...
Baku hysteria: Aliyev demands Russia remove Nagorno-Karabakh from Channel One map
BAKU (Realist English). Another bout of political allergy has struck Baku. Ilham Aliyev's dictatorial regime demanded "clear explanations" from Russia after...
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