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THE MOAT as it stood at 15 October 2026, 19:19 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. Seven sailors missing after drones strike tankers near Romania’s Black Sea coast

    Jennifer Rankin / The Guardian /

    Also: POLITICO Europe NATO allies to meet over Black Sea drone attacks on shipping

  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. 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)

  5. 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

  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. Ukraine to Resume Russia Refinery Strikes, Zelenskyy Tells FT

    Stephen Stapczynski / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery After Moscow Breaks Trump’s Energy Ceasefire, Financial Times Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, Zelenskyy says, bne IntelliNews Ukraine strikes Ryazan refinery as Zelenskiy ends three-day pause, Kyiv Post ‘We’re Done’: Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Resume Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries, The Guardian Russia and Ukraine resume energy strikes despite Trump warnings, Semafor Ukraine to restart strikes on Russian refineries · see all

    In other languages: Rzeczpospolita Ostateczny koniec energetycznego rozejmu. Rosyjska rafineria stanęła w płomieniach po nalocie ukraińskich dronów (pl), Valor Econômico Rússia acusa Ucrânia de contrariar esforços de paz dos EUA após ataques a refinarias (pt)

  8. 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

  9. 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

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

    Liz Hoffman / Semafor /

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

    Council of the EU /

  12. EU leaders’ summit descends into 3-hour argument over taxing car emissions

    Ben Makuch / POLITICO Europe /

  13. Indonesia cuts extreme poverty rate to 3.7%

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Al-Monitor /

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

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

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

    Euronews /

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

    Emele Onu / Bloomberg /

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

    Le Monde /

  20. The Tiny Robot Designed to Solve a Massive Underground Crisis

    Conor Finnegan / The Wall Street Journal /

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

    The Economist /

  22. Frozen Russian Assets: Europe Rejects US Control Plan – FT

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: bne IntelliNews US asks Europe to unfreeze Russian central bank assets

  23. China, North Korea open long-delayed trade bridge

    Charlotte Lam / France 24 /

    Also: Bloomberg China, North Korea Open Long-Stalled Bridge, Boosting Trade, Semafor China and North Korea open new bridge as ties improve

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

    Ryan Mac and Ivan Nechepurenko / The New York Times /

Earlier today

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

    The Guardian /

  2. Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO

    Financial Times /

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

    Financial Times /

  4. EU Eyes Starlink Alternative for Ukraine in Early 2027

    Kyiv Post /

  5. Why Ukrainian strikes on data centers are a real problem for Russia — and beyond

    Antoaneta Roussi / POLITICO Europe /