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THE MOAT as it stood at 24 October 2026, 00:32 Brussels time · Archive · Today’s page

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  1. Moody’s Keeps France’s Credit Rating Unchanged

    Don Nico Forbes / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Financial Times France avoids downgrade from Moody’s in boost for Macron’s government, Bloomberg France Avoids Moody’s Downgrade in Reprieve After Week of Crisis

    In other languages: El País Moody’s mantiene la calificación de la deuda soberana de Francia en medio de la crisis política y el malestar social (es), Handelsblatt Staatsfinanzen: Frankreichs Schuldenkrise verschärft sich – Moody’s hält Kreditrating trotzdem stabil (de), Jornal de Negócios Apesar da instabilidade social e política, Moody's segura rating de França (pt)

  2. Russian Diesel Tanker Heads to New York After Trump-Putin Deal

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: Al-Monitor Exclusive-First Russian diesel from Putin-Trump deal heading for US, data shows, The Kyiv Independent First tanker with Russian diesel under Trump deal heads to US, Reuters reports, Bloomberg Ship With Russian Diesel Signals US Port After Trump-Putin Deal, Euronews First Russian diesel shipment is heading to US under Trump-Putin deal · see all

    In other languages: Dagens industri Efter Trumps avtal: Rysk diesel på väg mot USA (sv), Der Spiegel Donald Trump: Erster Tanker mit Diesel aus Russland offenbar auf dem Weg in die USA (de)

  3. Oil price rises above $117 a barrel amid fears US will renew strikes on Iran

    Lauren Almeida / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg Oil Climbs on Threats of a Widening War in Middle East, The Wall Street Journal Oil Prices Rise on Fears of Middle East Conflict Escalation

    In other languages: Het Financieele Dagblad Dreigende escalatie rond de Perzische Golf drijft olie- en gasprijs verder op (nl), Valor Econômico Petróleo sobe com riscos geopolíticos; Brent se aproxima de US$ 115 por barril (pt), Diario Financiero El Brent alcanza los US$ 117 por barril por primera vez desde abril por los temores a una escalada bélica en Medio Oriente (es)

  4. Trilateral peace talks with Russia, US negotiators to begin in November, Zelensky says

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Al-Monitor Zelenskiy says Ukrainian, Russian and US negotiators to meet in early November in Abu Dhabi, Kyiv Post Abu Dhabi Considered for Ukraine-Russia-US Talks in November

  5. OpenAI Resumes Training AI, But Without Internet Access

    Rachel Metz / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: Nach Hacks: OpenAI will Spitzen-KI ohne Internet trainieren (de)

  6. ‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking

    Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg AI Ushers In Era of Rapid-Fire Software Vulnerabilities

  7. SpaceX-Tesla merger could face antitrust scrutiny

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /

    Also: The Japan Times Musk wants to merge SpaceX and Tesla: Here’s what to know, Bloomberg SpaceX-Tesla Merger? | Zuckerberg's Deal | The Rundown

    In other languages: Cinco Días SpaceX hará a Tesla una oferta difícil de rechazar (es)

  8. Kremlin-seized German company Metro AG transfers 1 billion rubles to Russian military without approval

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /

  9. Data Centers Face Downgrade Risk Amid Local Pushback, S&P Says

    Zahra Tayeb / Bloomberg /

  10. Video: Big Paydays Ahead for Anthropic's Early Backers

    Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico FT: Anthropic fecha acordo com private equity Hg para abrir consultoria de IA na Europa (pt)

  11. France's bond drama takes centre stage ahead of ECB rate decision

    Euronews /

    Also: MarketWatch France is getting its credit rating reviewed. The French debt turmoil has helped turn U.S. Treasury yields around. What comes next?, Bloomberg French Bond Risk Gauge Rises Another Week as Crisis Deepens

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Euro-Zone: Anleiheinvestoren erhöhen Druck auf Frankreich – jetzt schmiert auch noch die Wirtschaft ab (de)

  12. Podcast: How surveillance crept up on us

    Planet Money /

  13. Ukraine’s Battlefield Lessons Reshape How Bundeswehr Trains Its Combat Medics

    Kyiv Post /

  14. Why Anger About Data Centers and Energy Prices May Not Swing Votes

    Rebecca F. Elliott and Maddie McGarvey / The New York Times /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Investimento em data centers deve mais que dobrar e chegar a US$ 2,1 tri até 2028 (pt)

  15. Iran puts army on highest alert as Hormuz tanker strikes mount

    bne IntelliNews /

    Also: Al-Monitor Ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz hit record high in October

  16. Investors piled a record sum into a leveraged semiconductor ETF last week. Things didn’t work out.

    Christine Idzelis / MarketWatch /

  17. Civilian cargo ship sinks off coast of Romania after Russian drone strike, authorities say

    Francis Farrell / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Kyiv Post Romania Blames Russia for Drone Strike That Sank Black Sea Ship

  18. Tory gamblers stood to make nearly £50,000 from insider information, court told

    Financial Times /

  19. The real test for Moderna’s cancer vaccine isn’t about beating Keytruda. It’s keeping cancer from coming back in the long term.

    Jaimy Lee / MarketWatch /

  20. Xi gathers China’s top cadres with focus on discipline

    Financial Times /

  21. Whoever wins Brazil's runoff inherits an economic impasse

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  22. Ukraine Expands Satellite Cooperation With Finland as Starlink Doubts Linger

    Kyiv Post /

    In other languages: Rzeczpospolita ICEYE i Nokia zbudują Ukrainie nową łączność satelitarną. Czy Kijów odstawi Starlinki (pl), Le Temps En Europe, le mouvement pour contrer le monopole de Starlink s’organise (fr), Rzeczpospolita Nowe informacje z Kijowa. Starlink nie odzyskał sprawności. Ukraina czeka na decyzję USA (pl), Handelsblatt Video: Trump: Musk hat Starlink-Zugang für Ukraine wiederhergestellt (de) · see all

  23. Video: NASA confirms Artemis III is now on track for summer 2027 launch

    Sky News /

  24. Iran has detailed plans to hit Gulf undersea cables if war resumes, officials say

    Al-Monitor /

Earlier today

  1. US and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on Iran

    The Guardian /