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THE MOAT as it stood at 15 October 2026, 19:01 Brussels time · Archive · Today’s page

Thames Water’s senior creditors near deal with rivals to avoid court challenge

Financial Times /

Also: The Guardian Thames Water asks for £2.4bn more to avoid going bust this year or early 2027

  1. EU Eyes Starlink Alternative for Ukraine in Early 2027

    Kyiv Post /

  2. New ‘zero-click’ spyware hacked phones using targeted ads

    Financial Times /

    Also: POLITICO Europe Millions of phones exposed to Israeli spyware operation through online ads, researchers say, The Guardian Israeli firm’s digital ads enabling installation of ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say · see all

  3. EU Will Need to Increase Ukraine Funding to Plug Gap: Merz

    Kyiv Post /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt EU-Gipfel: Unterstützung für Merz und Macron: Europa bereitet „Zweitschlagskapazität“ gegen China vor (de)

  4. COP17: Tracking progress towards the UN’s 2030 nature targets

    Carbon Brief /

    Also: Carbon Brief COP17: Developed countries ‘fall far short’ of UN targets for nature finance

  5. Prolonged war, renewed disruptions pose biggest risk to Middle East region, IMF says

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Euronews IMF warns attacks on Saudi Arabia could hurt global economy after strike on Aramco headquarters, Mint India to overtake Japan as 4th-largest economy in 2027 with $4.52 trillion GDP: IMF, Bloomberg IMF Sees Asia’s Growth Slowing Despite AI-Fueled Resilience, The Wall Street Journal Asia’s Uneven Economic Resilience Faces Stress Tests, IMF Says, bne IntelliNews IMF sees Bolivia as South America’s only economy shrinking through 2027 · see all

    In other languages: Le Temps L'Inde devrait devenir la quatrième puissance économique mondiale en 2027 (fr), Valor Econômico Resiliência econômica desigual da Ásia enfrenta testes de estresse, diz FMI (pt), Le Figaro L’Inde devrait supplanter le Japon comme quatrième économie mondiale en 2027, selon le FMI (fr)

  6. TSMC profits surge amid relentless AI demand

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg TSMC’s Profit Surpasses Expectations After AI Orders Rush In, MarketWatch TSMC CEO sees no sign of a slowdown as chip foundry reports record profit, Euronews Taiwan chip giant TSMC says net profit hit record in third quarter

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Demanda por IA prolonga sequência de resultados recordes da TSMC (pt), Handelsblatt Technologie: Chipfertiger TSMC mit Rekordgewinne dank KI-Nachfrage (de), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 파운드리 2위 TSMC, 영업익 75% 증가…첨단 반도체 '싹쓸이' [종합] (ko), Le Temps TSMC, le géant taïwanais des puces électroniques, présente un bénéfice net trimestriel record (fr) · see all

  7. G7 Pledges €2.5 Billion for Fertilizers, Food as War Hits Supply

    Yash Roy and Nayla Razzouk / Bloomberg /

    Also: Le Monde G7 countries pledge $2.5 billion to fight food insecurity

  8. IMF raises sub-Saharan Africa growth forecast to 4.5% but warns of rising inflation

    bne IntelliNews /

    Also: Semafor IMF raises sub-Saharan Africa growth outlook

  9. The AI boom's next bottleneck is money, not chips

    Liz Hoffman / Semafor /

  10. China, North Korea Open Long-Stalled Bridge, Boosting Trade

    Soobin Kim / Bloomberg /

    Also: France 24 China, North Korea open long-delayed trade bridge, Semafor China and North Korea open new bridge as ties improve

    In other languages: Valor Econômico China e Coreia do Norte inauguram ponte fronteiriça para impulsionar o comércio (pt)

  11. Brussels Drops Urgency Language on Ukraine’s Next Accession Steps

    Kyiv Post /

  12. Closing loopholes: Council lists individuals and entities for circumventing EU sanctions

    Council of the EU /

  13. IEA oil supply pledge to exceed target as it boosts release of remaining stocks

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

  14. How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point

    Al-Monitor /

  15. Norway may open €2 trillion wealth fund to nuclear weapons makers

    Euronews /

  16. Nigeria Tycoon Sees $15 Billion Project Pipeline for West Africa

    Emele Onu / Bloomberg /

  17. French warship shoots drone threatening CMA CGM container ship at Bab el-Mandeb

    Le Monde /

  18. SpaceX’s Starlink expansion is a bold gamble on the future

    The Economist /

  19. US asks Europe to unfreeze Russian central bank assets

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

    Also: Kyiv Post Frozen Russian Assets: Europe Rejects US Control Plan – FT

  20. Data Centers Become Targets in Wars in Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East

    Ryan Mac and Ivan Nechepurenko / The New York Times /

  21. 🚨 Anthropic: The agony and the ecstasy

    Azeem Azhar / Exponential View /

    Also: Bloomberg Anthropic Urged to Pause IPO for AI Safety by NYC Comptroller, Financial Times Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO, Euronews Anthropic revenue jumps 46% to $16.8bn as AI firm eyes record $2 trillion IPO valuation, BBC Anthropic revenue surges to $16.8bn ahead of stock market listing, MarketWatch Anthropic’s slowing growth could be the AI trade’s latest red flag · see all

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Receitas da Anthropic disparam em trimestre antes do IPO (pt), Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: Anthropic erzielt vor Börsengang 16,8 Milliarden Dollar Quartalsumsatz (de), Het Financieele Dagblad Anthropic rapporteert rappe groei en positieve kasstroom, AI-koersen blijven dalen (nl)

  22. India's merchandise trade deficit widens to $30.21 billion in September

    Mint /

    Also: Bloomberg India Trade Deficit Widened in September on Higher Import Bill

  23. Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day

    The Guardian /

  24. Independent AI Auditing Now

    Angela Huyue Zhang / Project Syndicate /

Earlier today

  1. Container ship sinks near strait of Hormuz amid surge in Iranian attacks

    The Guardian /

  2. Brazil abolishes six-day workweek in win for Lula

    Financial Times /

  3. Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit

    Dara Kerr and Blake Montgomery / The Guardian /

  4. UAE-backed GlobalFoundries to run two chip plants under $21bn US-Japan deal

    Kyle Fitzgerald / The National /

  5. US Treasuries Slump as Hot Inflation Lifts Fed Rate-Hike Bets

    Michael MacKenzie / Bloomberg /