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THE MOAT as it stood at 24 October 2026, 05:01 Brussels time · Archive · Today’s page

Trump to cut Canadian tariffs after pressure from Republicans

Financial Times /

In other languages: Handelsblatt +++ US-Zollpolitik +++: USA heben offenbar Zölle auf bestimmte kanadische Waren auf (de), Svenska Dagbladet USA lättar på Kanada-tullar – höjning på kanoter (sv), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 가성비 전기차의 반란…후발주자 리프모터의 역습 (ko), Asahi Shimbun 対カナダ50%関税、一部撤廃 トランプ氏、中間選挙で候補者後押し (ja), Dagens industri Uppgifter: USA slopar vissa tullar (sv) · see all

  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, 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: Al-Monitor Exclusive-US has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine, Middle East, sources say

    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 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. 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)

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

    BBC /

  7. Instacart in talks with DoorDash and Uber for sale: report

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Instacart Considers a Potential Sale, Sparking Share Rally

  8. Inside the cyber flaw scramble that brought the AI threat to life

    Sam Clark / POLITICO Europe /

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

    Financial Times /

  10. Eight in ten Argentines barely make it or fall short by the end of the month, survey finds

    MercoPress /

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

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Mátyás Farkas / CEPR /

  14. ‘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

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

    The Guardian /

  16. ‘Interceptors Still Not Coming’ – Zelensky Says US Has Yet to Authorize Patriot Deliveries

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Lu Wang / Bloomberg /

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

    Mark Buckton / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /

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

    Zahra Tayeb / Bloomberg /

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

    Benoit Faucon / The Wall Street Journal /

  22. SpaceX-Tesla merger could face antitrust scrutiny

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /

    Also: Bloomberg SpaceX-Tesla Merger? | Zuckerberg's Deal | The Rundown

  23. 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)

  24. How surveillance crept up on us

    Planet Money /

Earlier today

  1. Big Paydays Ahead for Anthropic's Early Backers

    Bloomberg /

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

    Kyiv Post /

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

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

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

    Yulu Ao / South China Morning Post /

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

    Kyiv Post /