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THE MOAT as it stood at 24 October 2026, 03:47 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: Bloomberg France Avoids Moody’s Downgrade in Reprieve After Week of Crisis, The New York Times France’s Avoids a Debt Downgrade From Moody’s, but Is Given a Warning, Le Monde Moody's holds France's credit rating steady despite budget and political uncertainty · see all

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

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: POLITICO Europe Starlink still restricted for Ukraine despite Trump saying Musk lifted speed limits, Kyiv Post Abu Dhabi Considered for Ukraine-Russia-US Talks in November

    In other languages: Le Temps En Europe, le mouvement pour contrer le monopole de Starlink s’organise (fr), Svenska Dagbladet Europa är Elon Musks gisslan (sv)

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

    Lauren Almeida / The Guardian /

    Also: The Business Times Oil prices jump US$3 on Houthi attacks, oil spill, highest settlement since April, Financial Times Oil hits $117 for first time since April on fears of flare-up in Iran hostilities, The New York Times Global Oil Price Hits $116 a Barrel, Highest Since April

    In other languages: Het Financieele Dagblad Dreigende escalatie rond de Perzische Golf drijft olie- en gasprijs verder op (nl), Diario Financiero Dólar salta $ 10 este viernes y cierra la semana en máximos desde abril de 2025 por el incansable rally del petróleo (es), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 美 중간선거 후 이란 공습설에…유가 117달러 뚫었다 (ko)

  4. OpenAI Resumes Training AI, But Without Internet Access

    Rachel Metz / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Business Times OpenAI resumes frontier AI training after security overhaul, discloses flaw in widely used software

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

  5. UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab

    BBC /

    Also: Bloomberg UK Vows £100 Million for Biosecurity Lab With OpenAI, Anthropic

  6. 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)

  7. US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control

    Financial Times /

  8. Massive Blackout Hits Russian-Occupied Crimea After Drone Attacks

    Kyiv Post /

  9. Historic monetary tightening, benign output dynamics: Rising R-stars across the Atlantic

    Mátyás Farkas / CEPR /

  10. ‘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

  11. Pentagon designates China-backed campus cultural centers a threat to US national security

    The Guardian /

  12. Fast-fashion group Shein agrees to pay US$100 million to settle US FTC probe

    The Business Times /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Shein concorda em pagar US$ 100 milhões para encerrar investigação da FTC nos EUA (pt)

  13. Growth, Value Stocks Set for Reshuffle as S&P Adopts New Rules

    Lu Wang / Bloomberg /

  14. Asia’s spending bill keeps growing but who is going to pay it?

    Mark Buckton / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /

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

    Zahra Tayeb / Bloomberg /

  17. Iran Is Now Losing Overland Trade Routes to U.S. Pressure

    Benoit Faucon / The Wall Street Journal /

  18. SpaceX-Tesla merger could face antitrust scrutiny

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /

  19. 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)

  20. Podcast: How surveillance crept up on us

    Planet Money /

  21. John Healey to give £20bn boost to UK’s business lender and infrastructure bank

    Financial Times /

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

    Kyiv Post /

  23. Good morning Vietnam: Chinese brokers eye neighbouring springboard for overseas expansion

    Yulu Ao / South China Morning Post /

  24. 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)

Earlier today

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

    Bloomberg /

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

    Kyiv Post /

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

    bne IntelliNews /

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

    Christine Idzelis / MarketWatch /

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

    Francis Farrell / The Kyiv Independent /