Economy

Donald Trump greets Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, in October 2025 — the summit that produced the truce now extended.

US-China trade

The US and China push their tariff truce to January 10, and Xi leaves Washington without a broader deal

Libya

Armed group shuts valve at Libya's largest oil field, and the state producer threatens force majeure

Official portrait of Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno, released by the Cancillería in 2025. Quirno signed the Andes-Atlantic Corridor memorandum in New York.

Investment

Argentina and the US launch the Andes-Atlantic Corridor, with up to $7 billion for energy and mining

The Berlaymont building in Brussels' European quarter, headquarters of the European Commission, in 2019.

European Union

Brussels ties €20 billion for Ukraine to the pace of reform and is already holding back €3.9 billion

The Ministério da Fazenda building on the Esplanada dos Ministérios in Brasília, in 2023.

Budget

Brazil trims its 2026 budget freeze to R$16.1 billion — and starts forecasting a primary deficit

Climate and technology

Report finds Nvidia's indirect emissions up 725% and accuses the company of greenwashing

Euro area

The ECB switches on Pontes and starts settling tokenised assets in central bank money

The entrance to Google's Dublin office in Ireland in 2019.

Data protection

Ireland fines Google €403 million over its handling of location data

The FAA's Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Herndon, Virginia, the facility whose software backbone the new system is replacing.

Aviation

The FAA switches on its AI traffic manager over Washington, first stop in an $875 million rollout

The Berlaymont building, seat of the European Commission, in Brussels in 2019.

European Union

Brussels keeps its moratorium on Arctic oil and gas drilling, despite pressure from Norway

Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett gives up the Berkshire Hathaway chairmanship at 96: "Father Time always wins"

Russia

Putin places Nestlé's Russian assets and those of three French companies under state administration

The Bank of Japan head office in Tokyo, designed by Kingo Tatsuno and opened in 1896.

Monetary policy

Bank of Japan lifts rates to 1.25%, a 31-year high, over two dissenting votes

Public finances

Senate watchdog projects a R$ 86.1 billion deficit for Brazil in 2027

The Frances Perkins Building in Washington, headquarters of the US Department of Labor, which publishes the weekly jobless claims report, in 2017.

Labor market

Jobless claims fall to 196,000, the lowest since July, a day after the Fed raised rates

The Manifa oil field on Saudi Arabia's east coast, photographed from the International Space Station in August 2023.

Energy

Aramco tells European refiners they will get no crude in October

The HostDime data centre in João Pessoa, in the state of Paraíba, in 2017.

Data centers

Brazil suspends four taxes on data center equipment — and demands 100% renewable power in return

The Peace Arch on the border between Blaine, Washington, and Surrey, British Columbia, in 2009.

Trade

Trump orders agencies to start pulling Canadian products out of federal purchasing

Indonesia

Indonesia's Prabowo fires finance minister and turns to a technocrat; stocks jump over 3%

The headquarters of the Banco Central do Brasil in Brasília, in a file photo.

Interest rates

The US and China push their tariff truce to January 10, and Xi leaves Washington without a broader deal

Armed group shuts valve at Libya's largest oil field, and the state producer threatens force majeure

Argentina and the US launch the Andes-Atlantic Corridor, with up to $7 billion for energy and mining

Brussels ties €20 billion for Ukraine to the pace of reform and is already holding back €3.9 billion

Brazil trims its 2026 budget freeze to R$16.1 billion — and starts forecasting a primary deficit

Report finds Nvidia's indirect emissions up 725% and accuses the company of greenwashing

The ECB switches on Pontes and starts settling tokenised assets in central bank money

Ireland fines Google €403 million over its handling of location data

The FAA switches on its AI traffic manager over Washington, first stop in an $875 million rollout

Brussels keeps its moratorium on Arctic oil and gas drilling, despite pressure from Norway

Warren Buffett gives up the Berkshire Hathaway chairmanship at 96: "Father Time always wins"

Putin places Nestlé's Russian assets and those of three French companies under state administration

Bank of Japan lifts rates to 1.25%, a 31-year high, over two dissenting votes

Senate watchdog projects a R$ 86.1 billion deficit for Brazil in 2027

Jobless claims fall to 196,000, the lowest since July, a day after the Fed raised rates

Aramco tells European refiners they will get no crude in October

Brazil suspends four taxes on data center equipment — and demands 100% renewable power in return

Trump orders agencies to start pulling Canadian products out of federal purchasing

Indonesia's Prabowo fires finance minister and turns to a technocrat; stocks jump over 3%

Brazil's central bank cuts the Selic for a fifth straight time, to 13.75%