Russia could use nuclear weapons as “last option” in face of expanding Ukraine war, warns Turkish foreign minister
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Sun, 9 August 2026
4 reports- Polsat News (Poland)07:32first to report
Szef MSZ Turcji Hakan Fidan ostrzegł przed możliwością wykonania przez Rosję ostatecznego kroku. - W sytuacji, w której nikt nie idzie na ustępstwa, konflikt i ciągła przemoc trwają dalej, dopóki jedna ze stron nie stworzy sobie przewagi. Niestety, właśnie tego jesteśmy świadkami - przyznał. Komentatorzy i media jasno wskazują, że politykowi chodzi o możliwe użycie taktycznej broni jądrowej.
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West knows of these concerns, says Hakan Fidan.
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Greek energy company DEPA Commercial has completed the shipment of an LNG cargo to Bulgaria’s state-run energy firm Bulgartransgaz.
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Regulator urges relatively tight rates and avoidance of any sudden spending splurges by government.
Mon, 10 August 2026
12 reports- bne IntelliNews05:51
On the surface, China remains Pakistan’s most important strategic partner. Yet at the same time, Islamabad has maintained exceptionally close relations with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, even functioning relationships with the US and Iran.
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Africa’s largest private investment inches closer to making a financing decision.
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Ukrainian fintech company Activitis, a partner of Piraeus Bank, plans to raise $85mn to expand its WEAGRO and eDilo digital financial ecosystems, ...
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Rome produced no breakthrough. The latest round of talks between Lebanon and Israel in the Italian capital ended without decisive results, with the negotiating process moving at an exceptionally slow pace.
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Display of regional statecraft hits stumbling block as minister baulks at putting pen to Development Road contract.
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Iran's oil exports have fallen close to nothing under a renewed US blockade, Capital Economics estimates, as households cut dairy consumption by two-thirds since 2010 and patients skip medical treatment they can no longer afford.
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Turkey's first offshore wind tender could reshape its power mix, GlobalData says, though the analytics firm expects only around 1.3GW of the government's 5GW 2035 target to actually be built.
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Chinese container line Sea Legend has launched a weekly Arctic shipping service between China and the UK, branded the "Ice Silk Road," as shippers increasingly look to bypass Red Sea chokepoints threatened by Houthi attacks.
- bne IntelliNews14:46
G7-linked tankers carried a one-year-high 36.2% share of Russia's crude exports in July, driven by Greek operators, even as Athens pushes back against EU sanctions rules and the shadow fleet faces tightening scrutiny.
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Underground gas storage facilities across the European Union are 57.9% full - the lowest level ever recorded for early August since comparable data began around 2009-11 - leaving Europe with a badly depleted buffer heading into winter, RBC...
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Colombia's new hardline president De la Espriella vows war on cartels and locks in $1bn US backing, only to face his first real test three days later: a deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Choco
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Three days into office, Colombia's new president faces a national disaster that has already killed more than 70 people, with the toll from the country's worst earthquake in a decade still climbing.
Tue, 11 August 2026
17 reports- bne IntelliNews01:07
AboitizPower Corporation, one of the Philippines’ leading energy companies, has signed a landmark memorandum of understanding with state-owned South Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to explore nuclear energy deployment.
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Meridian Energy has secured the final major resource consent needed to repower its 172-MW Te Rere Hau Wind Farm in Manawatū, New Zealand.
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British energy trader Centrica has delivered its first LNG cargo to Honduras.
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The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has received a first-time long-term credit rating of 'Ag' from Hong Kong-based China Chengxin Credit Ratings Company (CCXAP), with a stable outlook, the EDB said in a statement on August 10.
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Wide margin between de facto policy rate of 40% and 60% interest paid by SMEs for loans is under fire. At the same time, lenders face a shrinking cake.
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America's retreat from research funding and openness to skilled immigration has handed Europe an unexpected strategic advantage. If Brussels can remove visa barriers and back scientists, it has a rare chance to narrow the innovation gap.
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Hormuz shipping traffic fell to six vessels on August 10, half the 10-day average, as fading US-Iran deal hopes and fresh refinery attacks pushed diesel prices sharply higher.
- bne IntelliNews09:05
Ghana's cocoa regulator has moved towards domestic and alternative financing as part of broader reforms that aim to improve the sector's financial sustainability.
- bne IntelliNews09:12
US military munitions stockpiles have shrunk sharply since the war with Iran began, with the five-month-old conflict now the main driver of depletion even for weapon systems the US had previously donated heavily to Ukraine.
- bne IntelliNews09:22
Russia's e-commerce turnover reached RUB7.2 trillion ($90.8bn) in the first half of 2026, up 18.7% year on year, Vedomosti reported on August 11, citing the Association of Internet Trade Companies (AKIT).
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The move comes against the backdrop of the unresolved Kosovo-Serbia conflict, with tensions over northern Kosovo, the status of the Serb community and competing claims over sovereignty continuing to shape the region’s security environment.
- bne IntelliNews09:51
Tanzania and Uganda have signed a non-binding agreement with Vitol Bahrain to develop a regional energy hub at Tanzania’s Port of Tanga, in a project that could attract more than $20bn in investment
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Import disruptions from war-hit Russia leave ministers scrambling to arrange supplies from China, Korea and Kazakhstan.
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Ukraine's power generation capacity has fallen from 60GW before the war to 12GW today, and a renewed Russian bombing campaign this winter could push the shortfall toward 10GW, even as European gas storage sits near a 15-year low.
- bne IntelliNews20:08
Attempt to steer economy toward sustainable growth running into increasingly difficult terrain with economic policy facing sharp trade-off between fighting stubborn inflation and fixing external imbalances.
- bne IntelliNews20:42
Calculations show 43 CHP mayors have been detained so far in crushing of opponents by ruling regime.
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A day after, the politician's office launched a new account.
Wed, 12 August 2026
10 reports- bne IntelliNews04:14
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has approved a capital budget of about $29.44bn for expansion as demand for artificial intelligence chips continues to grow.
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In a report published August 10, HANA said deported children could face family separation, disrupted education, lack of legal identity, exploitation and unsafe living conditions.
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Sony Group will invest JPY465bn in the venture, while Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest contract semiconductor maker, will invest JPY282bn.
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Cellcom reported its most profitable quarter in 11 years in Q2 of 2026, with net profit jumping 44% y/y to $25.3mn as terminal equipment sales surged and debt reduction persisted.
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South Korea’s major petrochemical companies returned to profit in the second quarter, but the recovery is expected to prove short-lived as margins deteriorate and global oversupply intensifies.
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Eleven months. One letter to Perúpetro. Zero wells drilled. Chevron's Peru bet folded before it ever got its boots wet.
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Ukraine's central bank has announced a broad package of currency liberalisation measures aimed at easing financial restrictions for individuals, ...
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High borrowing costs from foreign lenders remain a key constraint on investment by Ukrainian businesses, particularly for companies seeking to expand ...
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Africa’s pipeline is expanding rapidly at a time when officially measured Chinese investment across the wider BRI is declining.
- Al Jazeera English15:36
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A widening deficit and Ukrainian strikes are testing Russia's economy, even as war in the Middle East lifts oil revenue.
Thu, 13 August 2026
18 reports- bne IntelliNews00:33
International Energy Agency data shows that Myanmar and China together account for about 83% of global mined supply of heavy magnet rare earth elements.
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Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, woke up on August 12 to an unusual rush for bottled water. Rumours had spread overnight that the capital’s tap water was contaminated.
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China-Central Asia Monitor: July 31 – August 6.
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The Caspian Sea has fallen to its lowest level in about 200 years and is still declining, a Tehran official said, blaming higher temperatures, evaporation, weaker inflows and lower rainfall for a drop of up to 20 centimetres a year.
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Service to Kazakh city may start next year. For now, UAE's national airline sees Uzbek capital as the better option.
- bne IntelliNews15:20
A gold ring set with 321 diamonds, handed to Donald Trump by Antwerp's diamond traders, has drawn accusations of a cartoonish bribe weeks after their gems slipped free of his tariffs.
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Russia is stitching together a web of new railway corridors from the South Caucasus to the Indian Ocean, redirecting freight away from Europe towards Asia and the Global South.
- bne IntelliNews15:32
Russia is rebuilding its drone war around the jet-powered Geran-4, a faster machine built to slip past the cheap interceptors now knocking down its slow Shaheds.
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Ukraine, a country with no navy, has driven Russia's Black Sea Fleet out of Crimea to Novorossiysk, and has now struck its warships in that last refuge, damaging four.
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Russia's economy bounced back to 1.3% growth in the second quarter, beating official forecasts after a rare contraction at the start of the year.
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The planet has just endured its joint-hottest month in 176 years of record-keeping, as searing July heat handed North America, Africa and Asia their warmest month ever.
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Cholera is racing along west and central Africa's rivers and trade routes, with active outbreaks in six countries and millions of children at risk, UNICEF has warned.
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Grants from the European Union and other partners now cover more than a fifth of Ukraine’s budget revenue, masking a wartime financing gap that widened to $20bn in the first half of 2026.
- bne IntelliNews16:21
Ukraine's foreign reserves jumped back above $51bn in June after more than $15bn in delayed Western financing finally landed, ending four months of steady decline.
- Al Jazeera English16:40
A widening deficit and Ukrainian strikes are testing Russia's economy, even as war in the Middle East lifts oil revenue.
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The vote doubles as a referendum on Hichilema's handling of an economy hauled back from crisis.
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Kazakh billionaire Timur Turlov did not set out to run world chess. But after the current president of FIDE Arkady Dvorkovich was sanctioned last month, he is now the leading contender to take over. He wants to make chess a digital Olympic sport.
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Central bank governor says the thinking is that worst is behind the country when it comes to Iran War impacts.
Fri, 14 August 2026
18 reports- bne IntelliNews02:11
The situation was already severe in July 2025, as high production costs, ageing plants and a surge in global capacity led by China were forcing European producers to shut facilities or reconsider their presence on the continent.
- Google News - Europe query07:02
Putin gets unlikely ally as Europe’s heat disrupts Ukraine’s supply routes AzerNews
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Kenyan crypto startups are considering moving operations as new regulations impose minimum paid-up capital requirements difficult for early-stage businesses to raise.
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A senior Iranian cleric has used a Tehran Friday sermon to claim the country's missile force humiliated the United States, defiant remarks delivered more than 160 days into a war that has already killed Iran's former supreme leader.
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NRF, led by son of legendary Mujaheddin commander known as “Lion of Panjshir”, claims responsibility.
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The US military strategy has run into a dead end. Alternating strikes and ceasefires have done nothing to shift Iran's stated resolve, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has given Tehran the leverage to press its terms.
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Ukraine has begun combat-testing jet-powered interceptor drones fast enough to run down Russia's new jet Shaheds.
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Ukraine could run out of room to store 8mn-11mn tonnes of its own grain by November, with the ports shut and the new crop still coming in.
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Europe's gas tanks are emptier than at any point on record for the time of year, and the cargoes that should be filling them are sailing to Asia instead.
- bne IntelliNews13:31
Russia's defence ministry has put its winter plan for Ukraine on Telegram: a photograph of attack drones in flight, captioned "just like snow on your head".
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The PR surge which heralded that the “tide is turning” in the Ukrainian conflict is ending up in a debacle. Ukraine can inflict tangible damage on the Russian economy but Russia can take it and give it back in spades.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)16:04
War has diminished economic prospects of both countries, with medium-term outlook appearing relatively gloomy. What commenced as rapid offensive in February 2022 has metamorphosed into military and economic war of attrition
- bne IntelliNews16:08
Petrol rationing is back across Russia, and this time a governor has admitted his region's refinery will be out of action for six months.
- bne IntelliNews16:11
Russia has begun tearing into Ukraine's power grid weeks earlier than last winter, hitting substations and fuel depots as Kyiv braces for the blow meant to plunge it into the dark.
- bne IntelliNews16:13
The US Department of Agriculture has cut its forecasts for Russian and Ukrainian grain exports because of the Black Sea shipping war. The prices of every rival exporter have gone up.
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Extreme heat has killed more than 25,000 people across Europe this year, according to data compiled from government agencies and research institutions in Germany, Spain, France, the UK, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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Just over half of the Ukrainians living abroad still intend to come home, down from more than two-thirds a year ago, as new lives in the EU take root.
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Kazakh utility points finger at hydropower failure in Kyrgyzstan. Claims made by Kyrgyz officials about Kazakh power line disruption denied by Kazakhstan.
Sat, 15 August 2026
7 reports- bne IntelliNews11:15
Russia's banks are earning more than ever, yet beneath the record profits lie mounting bad debts, a flight to cash and a corporate-loan pile that few in Moscow can measure.
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The EU bought €809mn of Russian liquefied natural gas in June, 57% more than a year earlier, with Belgium the single biggest buyer.
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Two Russian pollsters put trust in Vladimir Putin at 69% and 73.3% this week, steady readings a month before September's State Duma election.
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Russia's meat and feed exporters face a choice between two very different markets: Iran, slow and bureaucratic but predictable, and the Philippines, fast-growing but brutal on price.
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Ukraine's banks made almost a third less profit in the first half of 2026 than a year earlier, as the wartime windfall that fattened their margins begins to fade.
- bne IntelliNews18:34
Turkey wants to hand Ukraine a stockpile of American cluster bombs that has been sitting in its depots since the 1980s. Moscow has asked Washington and Ankara to explain themselves.
- bne IntelliNews18:36
Even in the country most alarmed by it, defence is a top national concern for fewer than one person in three, a Statista survey of 32 countries has found.
Sun, 16 August 2026
6 reports- tportal (Croatia)09:29
Nakon četiri i pol godine rata protiv Ukrajine, rusko gospodarstvo sve je izraženije podijeljeno na dva svijeta: vojni sektor, koji i dalje obilno financira država, i civilni dio ekonomije, koji osjeća posljedice inflacije, visokih kamata i slabije potrošnje
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Albania's plans to use an artificial intelligence avatar to help combat corruption are facing fresh scrutiny after prosecutors opened an investigation into the government agency that developed the system.
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Flights at Iran's Qeshm International Airport are set to resume on August 19 after a wartime suspension, marking a partial return of civil aviation to the Persian Gulf free-trade and tourism island.
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Baghdad sold around 42mn barrels in July, made up of about 35mn from southern ports and 7mn from Turkey's Ceyhan terminal on the Mediterranean.
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Anyone who wants to contest presidency is free to do so, he adds.
- El Mundo (Spain)22:58
La inversión necesaria durante la próxima década asciende a más de medio billón de euros para crear una 'nueva frontera' frente a la Rusia de Putin Leer
Mon, 17 August 2026
31 reports- Google News - Europe query02:09
Russia Hits Indian Billionaire's Factory In Ukraine As War Spills In Europe NDTV
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Any attempt to reject the 97.7% vote risks dismantling twenty-five years of delicate peacebuilding, making the August 27 session one of the most consequential moments in modern Pacific history.
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The MARCOS are Indian Navy’s elite operators and as such the equivalents of the US Navy Seals and the UK Special Boat Service.
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Vietnam is pushing its banks to lend as never before to power the government's double-digit growth drive, even as the wreckage of the country's biggest-ever bank fraud sits unresolved.
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Thailand's biggest banks are still minting money, yet a mountain of household debt has all but frozen new lending, leaving the sector richer and more cautious than at any time in a decade.
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Hungary’s commercial real estate market recorded its strongest first-half performance since 2021, according to international property adviser Colliers.
- bne IntelliNews05:26
Taiwan's financial holding companies have posted their biggest first-half profit on record, riding a semiconductor export boom that has driven the local stock market to fresh peaks.
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Sri Lanka's banks are lending again, pushing out credit at the fastest pace in years as bad loans melt away and record profits pile up.
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Russia's foreign trade surplus grew 14% to $73.4bn in the first half of 2026, with Asia now taking three quarters of everything the country buys and sells abroad.
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Green financing now accounts for nearly 8% of total corporate and municipal lending.
- bne IntelliNews05:41
The plastic that fuelled a decade of Filipino spending is starting to bite, just as the cost of money turns against the country's borrowers.
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Cash-strapped depositors, a collapsing currency and lenders shut out of the global financial system: Myanmar's banks are being ground down by more than five years of military rule.
- bne IntelliNews05:58
Poland showcased its rapidly expanding armed forces on August 15, the Polish Army Day, parading tanks, artillery, missile launchers and combat aircraft through Warsaw in a display intended to deter Russia.
- bne IntelliNews06:05
For years, the Leshnica Valley in North Macedonia’s Sar Mountain National Park has been caught between plans to harness its mountain rivers for electricity and efforts to preserve one of the country’s most valuable natural areas.
- bne IntelliNews10:23
Two explosive drones launched from Iran struck the office of Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the security council chief's residence in Erbil, the KRG's counter-terrorism directorate said.
- bne IntelliNews12:04
Iran's Saman Bank has been authorised to provide gold and silver treasury services to online precious-metals trading platforms, channelling their transactions through a police-approved vault.
- bne IntelliNews12:50
The African Energy Chamber and South African wine estate Lothian Vineyards have created “Drill Baby Drill”, an exclusive wine brand celebrating Africa’s energy industry ambitions.
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Armenian banks must now identify and freeze payments designed to slip past Western sanctions on Russia, under central bank rules that took effect on August 12.
- bne IntelliNews13:31
Peter Thiel has taken a $76mn stake in Argentina's top shale producer, Vista Energy, deepening his ties to President Javier Milei's government and betting oil-rich Vaca Muerta will help power the next wave of AI.
- bne IntelliNews13:58
Serbia's banks booked record profit of €1.4bn in 2025 and their fastest credit growth in a decade, even as home-grown AIK Banka buys up rivals across the Balkans.
- bne IntelliNews14:52
Anxiety in Russia has climbed back to the level it reached when Vladimir Putin ordered mobilisation four years ago.
- bne IntelliNews14:57
Russia's main state development bank has sacked its chief economist over a speech he gave three months ago, in which he said the Russian economy would survive.
- bne IntelliNews14:59
Ukraine has begun putting parts of its electricity grid underground, betting that concrete and depth will do what air defence has not.
- bne IntelliNews15:12
The war in the Gulf was supposed to give the West leverage over China. It has mostly accelerated China's escape from the oil market altogether.
- bne IntelliNews15:17
A widely shared analysis says the planet is now warming at 0.48C a decade - almost three times the rate measured from 1970 to 2010.
- bne IntelliNews15:18
Two of Iran's hardline newspapers gave their front pages to an army commander's offer of cash rewards for killing or capturing American soldiers.
- bne IntelliNews15:32
Jordan's King Abdullah II has arrived in China for his first visit since 2015, seeking Chinese investment as the Iran war strains the kingdom's economy
- bne IntelliNews17:19
A ruble-backed stablecoin built by a sanctioned Russian defence bank has handled nearly $140bn of turnover since it was created 18 months ago.
- bne IntelliNews17:20
Russia has begun its campaign against Ukraine's energy system weeks earlier than in either of the past two winters, and this time the aim is to stop the repairs before they finish.
- bne IntelliNews18:26
Prosecutors can breathe more easily as pressure on them to make their case is eased.
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Brazil’s biggest listed banks are tightening credit standards and shifting towards secured loans and wealthier customers as household debt remains ...
Tue, 18 August 2026
23 reports- bne IntelliNews01:32
The Indian renewable energy sector offers significant opportunities for Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) to deepen capital mobilisation in the space despite the limited existence of InvITs at present, according to a recent report.
- bne IntelliNews02:58
Deal to accelerate T-Mobile Polska's growth by adding Inea's 300,000 customers and Fiberhost's fibre network passing over 1.4mn homes.
- bne IntelliNews03:47
Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan, has ended its seven-year prohibition on serving cryptocurrency businesses, issuing a circular permitting financial institutions to open accounts for virtual asset firms.
- bne IntelliNews03:52
Bangladesh's Sammilito Islami Bank has established a dedicated “Collection & Recovery War-Room” to intensify investment collection and recovery efforts and improve their effectiveness.
- bne IntelliNews03:57
Retail digital payments in the Philippines reached 64.7% of total transaction volume in 2025, meeting the official target set by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank announced.
- bne IntelliNews04:00
The Export-Import Bank of Korea has agreed to extend $1bn in funding to the Switzerland-based resource manager Glencore.
- bne IntelliNews04:03
India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has moved forward the expiration of its foreign exchange swap incentive mechanism by 30 days to August 31, 2026.
- bne IntelliNews04:07
According to Sri Lanka CERT, complaints have been received from people who were contacted by scammers through mobile phones and social media.
- bne IntelliNews04:10
Singapore’s domestic lenders are insulating overall earnings from global interest rate cuts by expanding their regional wealth management franchises.
- bne IntelliNews04:13
Seeking to enhance the country’s financial infrastructure and lower transaction overheads across domestic commercial networks, Indonesia's central bank has launched its national retail credit card framework.
- bne IntelliNews05:20
Government’s intervention aims to secure cooling water supplies after an exceptionally severe drought and heatwave pushed the Danube to historic lows.
- bne IntelliNews05:40
Peter Magyar's government is reviewing 4iG’s ownership, financing and contractual ties with the state, putting the telecoms and defence group’s rapid expansion under the previous Orbán governments under scrutiny.
- bne IntelliNews05:40
Russia is one of the few major countries to have maintained close ties with Myanmar’s military rulers since the 2021 coup. Much of the West has instead isolated the government.
- bne IntelliNews05:43
Asked about leaked draft letter, Trump official says partners “can’t have it both ways”.
- bne IntelliNews07:12
KPC has recorded a resilient operational performance for the 2025-2026 financial year, maintaining steady production and refining throughput despite severe regional geopolitical disruptions
- bne IntelliNews09:16
Venezuela's Bank of England gold reserves would be channelled through US Treasury accounts to fund reconstruction after June's earthquakes, a National Assembly deputy said.
- Index.hr (Croatia)13:32
NOVAC iz banaka odlazi rekordnom brzinom zbog sve intenzivnijih ukrajinskih napada dronovima i rastućeg straha da bi Kremlj mogao početi oduzimati depozite kako bi financirao rat.
- bne IntelliNews17:09
Nataša Pirc Musar's office strongly denied claims she could be connected to a Russian spy network.
- bne IntelliNews18:55
Iranian mobile operators' roaming has reportedly been cut in the UAE, leaving Iranian residents and travellers unable to receive calls.
- bne IntelliNews19:08
The EBRD is providing up to $75mn in trade finance to Iraq's Al Mansour Bank for Investment, covering payment risks on cross-border deals and widening access to financing for Iraqi businesses and MSMEs.
- bne IntelliNews20:36
Mounting pollution on northern Cypriot beaches show spillover costs of Ankara’s ambition to dominate Europe’s waste-processing trade.
- bne IntelliNews21:43
The UAE has halted all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice, citing regional escalation, in a sharp deterioration of ties between Tehran and one of its most important trading partners.
- bne IntelliNews22:41
Petronet is sounding the alarm as QatarEnergy examines its force majeure status on a month-to-month basis.
Wed, 19 August 2026
24 reports- bne IntelliNews00:22
Russia’s second domestically-built Arc-7 ice class tanker has begun transiting the Northern Sea Route.
- bne IntelliNews01:57
Tucked away in an appendix alongside severe global and domestic hazards such as international terrorism, illicit trafficking, environmental plunder, and radicalism, the provision went largely unnoticed for over eight months.
- bne IntelliNews02:14
Authorities have yet to release detailed information about the size, reserves or development potential of the newly identified areas.
- bne IntelliNews02:48
India’s banking sector has emerged from a prolonged asset-quality clean-up in a much stronger position, with non-performing assets at their lowest level on record, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman says.
- bne IntelliNews02:52
Bangladesh Bank has set a BDT600bn target for agricultural and rural loan disbursements in fiscal year 2026-27, an increase of nearly 54% from the previous target.
- bne IntelliNews02:56
The Bank of Thailand revealed that bank lending increased 2.0% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, accelerating from a 0.2% rise recorded in the previous quarter.
- bne IntelliNews03:00
India's Regional Rural Banks recorded gross loans outstanding rising 10.3% y/y in 2025-26, climbing from approximately INR524bn to more than INR578bn, India's Ministry of Finance said.
- bne IntelliNews03:45
The agreement expands a partnership spanning nearly two decades. Landbank previously arranged syndicated term loans of PHP110bn in 2024 and PHP100bn in 2025 for the energy entity.
- bne IntelliNews05:31
Finance ministry cut its 2026 forecast for non-oil, non-gas GDP growth to 3.1% from 3.7%, while leaving the overall economic growth forecast unchanged at 1.7%.
- bne IntelliNews05:43
Worst case scenario assumes the failure of at least two key reforms alongside delays in major investments.
- bne IntelliNews05:52
Major South Korean financial groups expanded total assets across their main Southeast Asian banking subsidiaries by 7.1% to KRW52.26 trillion in the first half of the year.
- bne IntelliNews06:53
First Nations group Kino Aski and Marinvest Energy Canada are reviving plans to build a major LNG project in Quebec.
- bne IntelliNews07:37
This week The Telegraph reported that “Russians withdraw billions from banks amid fears Putin could seize deposits.” What actually happened is Russian bank deposits have doubled since the start of the war in Ukraine and are still rising.
- bne IntelliNews11:45
Renewable sources accounted for 105.2% of Albania's gross electricity consumption in 2025, Eurostat data shows, with only Norway and Iceland performing better across Europe.
- bne IntelliNews11:58
Solar panels generated more electricity in the European Union than dams did in 2025, the first time that has happened.
- bne IntelliNews11:59
Central bankers do not usually forecast the weather. The European Central Bank's chief economist has just put one into his.
- bne IntelliNews12:02
Russia and Myanmar signed ten documents in the Kremlin on August 18, including a joint declaration on countering Western sanctions.
- bne IntelliNews12:03
Six years after its first barrel, Guyana has the fastest-growing income per head in the world - and has overtaken the United States on the measure.
- bne IntelliNews12:06
Ukrainians trade more cryptocurrency per head than anyone else on earth. What they mostly do not do is trade it under Ukrainian law.
- bne IntelliNews13:10
Everything that has kept the Russian economy growing since 2020 has now been used up, a think tank the Kremlin created itself has told Vladimir Putin.
- bne IntelliNews13:10
The money that bought a former Ukrainian energy minister his freedom was itself dirty, anti-corruption detectives say, and the trail runs straight back into the president's own office.
- bne IntelliNews14:11
Arabian Drilling Company has signed a contract with Masirah Oil Limited and Northern Offshore Ltd to drill two firm wells and two optional wells offshore Oman, the Saudi-listed drilling contractor announced on August 19.
- bne IntelliNews16:37
Ukraine's government went looking for warehouse space to hand to companies bombed out of their own. On its own experts' best case, it can cover about a fifth of what business needs.
- bne IntelliNews18:57
Croatia's banks, almost all owned from Milan, Vienna or Budapest, are among the most profitable in Europe, and a new 50% tax on excess profit is aimed squarely at them.
Thu, 20 August 2026
30 reports- bne IntelliNews03:51
South Korea's Jeonbuk Bank partnered with blockchain firm Ripple to deploy Ripple Payments for international remittances, the enterprise technology firm said.
- bne IntelliNews03:52
South Korea’s Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) will officially launch its wholly foreign-owned bank in Vietnam on September 25, expanding competition in the country’s banking sector.
- bne IntelliNews03:54
India’s ICICI Bank (NSE: ICICIBANK) has raised $750mn through a five-year US dollar bond at a spread tighter than its initial guidance.
- bne IntelliNews04:06
Philippine bank deposits rose 8.3% year-on-year to PHP22.4 trillion at end-June 2026, as central bank data published on June 30 showed sustained liquidity despite quarterly momentum cooling off.
- bne IntelliNews04:09
Bangladesh’s central bank granted formal approval for National Credit and Commerce Bank to convert 20 conventional branches into fully Shariah compliant outlets.
- bne IntelliNews04:36
The central bank's decision to hold key borrowing costs reflects a deliberate pivot towards fiscal deployment rather than monetary easing.
- bne IntelliNews04:43
Accelerating the expansion of sovereign payment infrastructure across retail banking and fintech sectors, Indonesia's central bank is expanding participation in its national credit card framework.
- bne IntelliNews05:05
Acting Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare says crossing the 60% debt threshold means Bucharest has a "very clear limit" on new budget commitments.
- bne IntelliNews05:09Istanbul-listed cement maker Cimsa to build Ireland’s largest rooftop solar plant at Mannok facility
The company has already commenced construction of the 6-MW project, which will cover approximately 38,800 square metres, equivalent to around 5.5 football pitches, and will comprise approximately 10,000 solar panels.
- bne IntelliNews05:16
Poland plans to lower personal income tax for middle earners and make large companies pay more from 2027, unveiling a broadly budget-neutral package a year before the next parliamentary election.
- bne IntelliNews05:19
Journalists and editors document more than a decade of political interference at Hungarian news agency MTI by former Fidesz government.
- bne IntelliNews05:26
The Qazaq AI Research University in Astana aims to train engineers capable of developing AI systems.
- bne IntelliNews05:26
Saudi Arabia has admitted Riyadh Air to its unified government travel framework, opening public sector bookings through the Etimad platform to a carrier that serves 11 destinations and is targeting 100 by 2030.
- bne IntelliNews05:27
Romania stopped operations at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant due to low Danube water levels.
- bne IntelliNews08:20
King’s College London researcher warns rapid lithium expansion in Mali, Nigeria and the wider Sahel risks creating new revenue streams for jihadist and criminal groups through informal mining, extortion and smuggling.
- bne IntelliNews08:22
Dubai Chambers has signed an agreement with India's Nasscom to draw Indian agentic AI and deeptech firms to the emirate, opening a channel to an industry worth $315bn across 3,500 companies.
- bne IntelliNews10:32
Iran Zamin Bank is to be restructured through the recovery of central bank claims and the transfer of some of its assets, in a departure from covering shortfalls with overdrafts.
- bne IntelliNews10:46
Iraq and the World Bank have discussed priorities for a new electricity sector loan, covering transmission bottlenecks, grid efficiency, gas supply and the delayed Gulf interconnection. No loan size was disclosed.
- bne IntelliNews10:52
Brazil's biggest lenders are minting record profits off some of the world's highest real interest rates, even as Nubank and Pix tear at their retail franchise.
- bne IntelliNews11:18
Zain Bahrain announced that it signed a deal with service technology firm Text, integrating the company's platform into its OneCX system.
- bne IntelliNews11:18
Iran says banking obstacles with Iraq have been removed and funds could be drawn within weeks, hours after Trump threatened consequences for any country giving Tehran a financial lifeline.
- bne IntelliNews11:42
China has told Japan not to test its patience over nuclear weapons, in an exchange that has moved an Asian arms race from something strategists war-game to something foreign ministries now argue about in public. Beijing's warning followed months...
- bne IntelliNews13:47
A sense of fatigue is hanging over August 23 election, with analysts pointing to voter disengagement, the absence of a genuine opposition and growing self-censorship as evidence of a widening gap between society and the political system.
- bne IntelliNews15:21
CK Hutchison opens a second legal front against Panama City, taking its total claims past $3.5bn, as Washington, Beijing and the Mulino government each add fuel to a dispute none of them can fully control.
- Ukrinform (Ukraine)15:45
Russia may continue the war “for some time yet,” as sanctions have not brought its economy to a halt, and oil revenues and aid from other countries allow it to circumvent the restrictions.
- bne IntelliNews15:57
Russia's structural transformation plan has hit 12 of its 14 targets for the first half of this year, eight of them ahead of schedule, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told a meeting of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development
- bne IntelliNews16:17
Nepal has completed its first IMF-supported programme in almost two decades, ending it with inflation down to 1.7%, more than a year's worth of import cover in reserve and a fiscal deficit it can defend.
- bne IntelliNews16:53
Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies have accused a sitting MP, a former MP and senior officials in the Presidential Office of running an organised scheme to seize companies and property with forged documents.
- bne IntelliNews16:53
Every close US ally that builds drones got a discount on Donald Trump's new tariff wall. The one fighting a drone war did not.
- bne IntelliNews18:23
Failure to agree on a successor to Bosnia & Herzegovina's international high representative exposes differences over the future of the country's postwar political order, says Atlantic Council commentary.
Fri, 21 August 2026
25 reports- bne IntelliNews01:18
The test was announced on August 20 amid an intensifying row following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the disputed area the previous week.
- bne IntelliNews01:26
North Korea launched around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles eastwards from an area near Pyongyang on August 20, South Korea’s military said.
- bne IntelliNews01:57
The Mumbai-listed private sector lender, through its GIFT City branch, raised $500mn via three-year senior unsecured notes and a further $1.25bn through five-year notes.
- bne IntelliNews02:02
South Korea’s retail bank loyalty market will grow to $2.6bn by 2035, Spherical Insights & Consulting reported.
- bne IntelliNews02:21
Pakistan's banks are earning record profits by lending to their own government rather than to the economy, parking almost two-thirds of their assets in state debt.
- bne IntelliNews02:37
The Bank of Japan's slow climb back to a 1% policy rate is finally handing Japan's banks fat lending margins again - and the biggest of them record profits - after three lost decades of near-zero interest rates.
- bne IntelliNews03:20
Non-performing loans reached 32.26% of total bank advances by late March 2026, totalling BDT588.7bn ($4.81bn), up from BDT557.2bn in December 2025.
- bne IntelliNews03:25
The cross-border crisis follows a rapid surge in satellite-detected hotspots and burnt territory across Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo.
- bne IntelliNews03:49
India's banks are earning more than ever and carrying the fewest bad loans in decades, just as falling interest rates begin to squeeze the margins behind the boom.
- bne IntelliNews04:05
South Korea's four biggest banking groups booked a record KRW11.34 trillion net profit in the first half of 2026 even as regulators forced them to choke off lending to the country's heavily indebted households.
- bne IntelliNews04:21
Malaysia's five digital banks have signed up almost 2mn customers in barely two years, a fast start that has yet to loosen the grip of the country's entrenched lenders.
- bne IntelliNews04:36
India's market regulator has barred a Mauritius-registered arm of JPMorgan Chase from the country's capital markets, accusing it of rigging the closing price of the Sensex on options expiry day.
- bne IntelliNews05:09
In the first half of 2026, construction work volume increased by 13.9% y/y, making the sector one of the main positive contributors to economic activity amid a contraction in Romanian GDP.
- bne IntelliNews05:10
Foreign Minister Oana Țoiu directly linked the incident to the broader security threat posed by Russia's war against Ukraine, but did not explicitly state that Russia had launched the drone.
- bne IntelliNews05:23
Freedom Holding operates through more than 200 offices in over 20 countries across North America, Europe and Asia.
- bne IntelliNews05:25
HPPs are expected to generate 620mn kWh of electricity annually, supply around 350,000 households, save 187mn cubic metres of natural gas and prevent 311,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
- bne IntelliNews05:31
The Philippines recorded a balance of payments deficit of $1.5bn in July, swinging from a $3.4bn surplus in June, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported.
- bne IntelliNews10:23
For three decades, the Balkans exported workers. Now countries across the region are increasingly importing them from Nepal, the Philippines, Vietnam and elsewhere.
- bne IntelliNews10:38
A fresh corruption scandal broke out in Ukraine – this time, it was racketeering by relative junior members of the Zelenskiy administration. Corruption is not a problem of the system in Ukraine; corruption is the system.
- bne IntelliNews13:44
Egypt's forex reserves have never been higher. Nor has the tension been clearer between its stronger external buffer and the central bank's rising exposure to a government the IMF wants to rely less heavily on domestic sources for financing.
- bne IntelliNews13:44
Moldova is carrying out one of the fastest energy market reforms in Europe, but concerns have been raised over both transparency and the grid's ability to absorb additional electricity.
- bne IntelliNews13:50
Under Ukrainian law they are deserters and face up to 12 years in prison if they go home.
- bne IntelliNews13:51
Slovenia's biggest bank has lost its year-long fight for Austria's Addiko, but the defeat has done nothing to dim its appetite for deals across the former Yugoslavia.
- bne IntelliNews13:53
North Korea fired about 10 ballistic missiles hours after Seoul put its nuclear arsenal at up to 120 warheads, twice the number Donald Trump cites.
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European reliance on Russian nuclear fuel increased in 2025 despite efforts to diversify its uranium supply after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sprott Asset Management said in a new report this...
Sat, 22 August 2026
4 reports- bne IntelliNews01:59
In a major change to the budget process, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government has not imposed caps on ministries’ requests for growth-strategy spending.
- bne IntelliNews09:09
The Croatian National Bank warned the high level of household borrowing poses a risk to financial stability.
- bne IntelliNews22:53
The report, carrying the somewhat dramatic title of ‘The Great Transshipment Scam’ and headed by an image of a Trojan horse style graphic, says Chinese exporters increasingly routed goods through third countries
- bne IntelliNews23:13
Indonesia is abolishing the rule that let a listed company's shares stop trading altogether, after MSCI threatened to demote the market to frontier status.
Sun, 23 August 2026
11 reports- bne IntelliNews09:28
Tanzania's 2,115 MW Julius Nyerere hydropower plant has helped create an electricity surplus credited with boosting industry and GDP growth while opening the way for regional power exports.
- bne IntelliNews11:02
On the eve of the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, I find myself wondering whether my country will still exist in another 35 years.
- bne IntelliNews17:08
Thailand's fertility rate fell from six children per woman to two in twenty years - as fast as China's - and it did it while the country was still poor.
- bne IntelliNews17:11
The July figure widened the year-to-date gap by around RUB0.7 trillion.
- bne IntelliNews17:12
Russia's happiness index fell nine points in July to 50, its lowest level since 2011 and the sharpest one-month drop the state pollster has recorded during the war.
- bne IntelliNews18:19
Iran has discovered a new onshore gas field in the southern province of Fars holding 7.5 trillion cubic feet (212bn cubic metres) of natural gas in place, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said.
- bne IntelliNews18:21
Bangladesh’s gas shortage has eased following supply of LNG from two floating LNG terminals in Cox’s Bazar in the southwest of the country.
- bne IntelliNews18:46
Two Chinese-flagged vessels reported transiting Iranian side of Strait of Hormuz, days after major Chinese shippers said to have halted use of the route.
- bne IntelliNews19:54
The Dominican Republic’s Manzanillo LNG-to-power project has selected global law firm White & Case to advise lead arrangers and joint structuring agents Citibank and JPMorgan Chase on the $900 mn project.
- bne IntelliNews20:47
As any sharp PR practitioner in Turkey will tell you, Mr President’s head nearly bumped up against the ceiling of the old one.
- bne IntelliNews20:52
Taliban officials say 8mn Afghan migrants have returned from Iran and Pakistan in five years, as daily deportations of 2,000 to 3,000 people continue.
Mon, 24 August 2026
19 reports- bne IntelliNews01:42
China's economic hold over Africa has stopped running through loans and started running through container ships.
- bne IntelliNews03:12
South Korea is set to wave off a commercial container ship bound for Europe via the Arctic Ocean some time in late August, in the process testing the commercial viability of a northern sea corridor.
- bne IntelliNews03:40
Southern Taiwan is preparing for further flooding and landslides as heavy rain persists, while a strengthening typhoon is forecast to enter the Philippines’ area of responsibility.
- bne IntelliNews04:05
Cheaper transaction fees and easier access to services remain critical to pulling more citizens into the formal financial system, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas says.
- bne IntelliNews05:33
S&P Dow Jones Indices reclassified Poland as a developed market from an emerging market, with the change due to take effect during its September 2027 index reconstitution.
- bne IntelliNews06:12
Four years after the exit of Hollywood majors following the invasion of Ukraine, Russians still want to watch the latest Hollywood blockbusters
- bne IntelliNews09:46
US Central Command says it has diverted 70 commercial vessels and disabled three since resuming its naval blockade of Iran, which Tehran says has halted its oil exports.
- bne IntelliNews10:00
A tanker was struck by an unknown projectile and set alight off Saudi Arabia's Yanbu, UKMTO says, in the latest attack on Saudi-linked shipping in the Red Sea.
- bne IntelliNews10:08
Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi mocks US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, calling his sanctions campaign an admission of American defeat rather than a victory.
- bne IntelliNews12:29
Iraq plans to strip three zeros from the dinar and issue new banknotes, a lawmaker says, in a redenomination aimed at rebranding the currency and curbing cash outside the banking system.
- bne IntelliNews12:33
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi announced in a public statement that international coalition forces will withdraw from Iraq on September 30, signalling a notable shift in the United States' Middle East strategy.
- bne IntelliNews12:56
Iran's rial has slid past IRR2,031,000 to the dollar on the open market, roughly halving in under a year as war, sanctions and a naval blockade drain the supply of hard currency.
- bne IntelliNews13:07
Humanity has probably already fallen below the fertility rate it needs to replace itself, and nobody noticed it happening.
- bne IntelliNews13:08
Russia has sold gold out of its reserves in every month of 2026, and the price it is getting has started to climb again.
- bne IntelliNews13:08
The share of Russians who say the political situation in their country is tense or critical has climbed to 70%, the highest in a quarter of a century.
- bne IntelliNews13:14
Outcome will consolidate power of president of seven years Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
- bne IntelliNews15:22
Move has brought effective policy rate to 37% from 40% at overnight window.
- Ukrinform (Ukraine)16:15
European Council President António Costa said that the European Union has taken Ukraine’s current financial needs into account and remains focused on disbursing funds under the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan.
- bne IntelliNews17:08
The agreement stands out against Niger’s broader push for greater state control over its uranium industry and gives Atomic Eagle a second advanced African uranium project alongside its flagship project in Zambia
Tue, 25 August 2026
16 reports- bne IntelliNews00:19
The government had initially set a bank-borrowing target of BDT1.04 trillion for FY26 to help finance the budget deficit. However, the target was raised to BDT1.18 trillion midway through the fiscal year.
- bne IntelliNews02:44
China rejected an estimated 360 terawatt-hours of clean power in the six months through June, enough to supply Mexico for a year.
- bne IntelliNews03:11
Gladstone LNG joint venture partners have agreed to acquire the Greater Meridian Coal Seam Gas project from from Westside Corporation and Mitsui E&P Australia.
- bne IntelliNews04:21
The fraud originated at IBK's Chinese subsidiary, which partnered with a local non-bank institution for online loans.
- bne IntelliNews04:35
Papua New Guinea’s Papua LNG project is on schedule for a final investment decision to be taken before the end of 2026.
- bne IntelliNews05:30
Higher-than-expected deficit could increase the risk of Hungary being moved to the next stage of the EU excessive deficit procedure.
- bne IntelliNews05:46
China's Xi Jinping and Jordan's King Abdullah II have urged a return to normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and called for the Iran-US ceasefire to be preserved.
- bne IntelliNews06:01
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is poised to raise interest rates by a further 25 basis points (bps) to 5% to tame rampant consumer prices, Deutsche Bank warned ahead of the monetary board meeting on August 27.
- bne IntelliNews07:12
El Niño is squeezing Panama Canal capacity as shipping costs rise. A long-delayed reservoir could strengthen water security, but Panama still faces difficult choices over displacement, costs and the canal’s future.
- bne IntelliNews10:33
Iran will find ways to deal with new US measures targeting its economy and oil industry, National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) chief Hamid Bovard said, as Washington ramps up pressure on Tehran in what US officials have called an “Economic D-Day”.
- bne IntelliNews11:39
Suleymanci case stirs ghost of Gulen. And yet again companies are being placed in the hands of state administrators.
- bne IntelliNews12:12
Reconstruction spending after the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela and Colombia this year could provide a modest lift to both economies in 2027, according to ECLAC Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
- bne IntelliNews13:31
The paper currently offers an 83% yield.
- bne IntelliNews19:25
OSCE report says elections set to take place in a "highly polarised environment marked by increasing challenges to the constitutional order".
- bne IntelliNews19:33
Three drone incidents in 36 hours last week highlighted the growing security challenge facing Nato's Black Sea flank.
- bne IntelliNews20:23
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), the largest independent producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, has resumed Shaikan output after a second precautionary halt over regional security
Wed, 26 August 2026
9 reports- bne IntelliNews03:53
India's regional rural banks reported record consolidated net profit of INR101.76bn in FY2025-26, up sharply from INR68.2bn in FY2024-25, as asset quality strengthened and lending expanded.
- bne IntelliNews03:58
Facing unexpected pressure from fuel price spikes and travel costs, Australia’s consumer price dynamics have complicated the Reserve Bank of Australia’s monetary policy outlook.
- bne IntelliNews04:01
Credit growth in India’s banking system accelerated to about 20% year-on-year in the June 2026 quarter, its strongest pace in more than four years, while deposit mobilisation remained weaker.
- bne IntelliNews05:09
Politicians warn of risk €770mn payment could "unintentionally contribute to the undermining of the undermining of Romanian democracy".
- bne IntelliNews05:58
Hungarian households remain financially constrained despite a strong recovery in real wages, with nearly three in ten reporting having no money left at the end of the month.
- bne IntelliNews07:50
Ukraine is losing the war slowly and has months, not years, to change course, according to the defence minister sacked in July.
- bne IntelliNews08:25
MTN is assessing licences in African markets where it has large customer bases and significant balances held in mobile money wallets.
- bne IntelliNews15:40
The new agency is being established to complement rather than replace global ratings firms Moody’s, S&P, Fitch, all of which have been accused of bias against African sovereigns and firms.
- Google News - Top Stories20:34
Exclusive: Swedish EU letter reopens debate over frozen Russian assets The Kyiv Independent EU states revive plan to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, FT reports Reuters Sweden revives frozen Russian assets row euractiv.com Baltic States may be short more than €35 billion in military spending News.by EU states revive plan to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine Financial Times
Fri, 28 August 2026
1 report- Kyiv Post (Ukraine)08:45
Zubrin contends that Russia should bear the financial burden of the security and economic costs its invasion of Ukraine has imposed on Europe. A proposed 25% RVAT on all goods entering or would weaken Russia’s war economy, generate revenue to support Ukraine and European defense spending, and reduce Moscow’s ability to finance future military aggression.
Sun, 30 August 2026
2 reports- Novinky (Czechia)03:31
Státy a jejich vlády standardně usilují o to, aby jejich peněžní měna byla pevná. Napomáhá to k prosperitě, když tím mimo jiné získají více z vlastního vývozu zboží a služeb, zatímco dovoz je levnější. Jinak se teď chová válečné Rusko, které už více než čtyři roky útočí na Ukrajinu. Moskva tento měsíc vlastní měnu rubl značně oslabuje.
- strategypage.com04:15
The war in Ukraine is expected to cost Russia a trillion dollars, nearly half its annual GDP Russia has already spent $866 billion so far, and one of the major victims of that spending is ROSCOSMOS, the Russian space agency Russian efforts
Wed, 2 September 2026
1 report- Euronews08:34
The October increase follows a January rise and is the first double tariff hike in four years. The central bank warned it would push annual inflation further above its 4% target in an economy already squeezed by the costs of its war, sanctions and a 21% key interest rate.
Thu, 3 September 2026
3 reports- winnipegfreepress.com04:07
There were long lines at gas pumps, turning each fill-up into an ordeal. Flights to vacation destinations were canceled, delayed or rerouted. Online orders were disrupted as e-commerce hubs were set ablaze by buzzing drones.
- Libération (France)12:48
Après des mois d’impasse, les besoins financiers de l’Ukraine poussent les Européens à chercher de nouvelles solutions autour des actifs russes gelés. Réunis en Irlande, les Vingt-Sept ont rouvert le dossier, sans parvenir à s’accorder sur la marche à suivre.
- Google News - Europe query17:48
Poland sent Ukraine 350 tanks—Europe just agreed to refund it half a billion dollars Euromaidan Press
Fri, 4 September 2026
1 report- Politico Europe10:42
Kyiv is looking for new ways to get cash as it faces a significant budget shortfall.