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THE MOAT as it stood at 25 October 2026, 08:32 Brussels time · Archive · Today’s page

Audi to Build Factory in Georgia, Trump Says

Jack Ewing / The New York Times /

In other languages: Frankfurter Allgemeine Deutsche AutoIndustrie: Audi baut für vier Milliarden Dollar ein eigenes Werk in den USA (de), Handelsblatt Autobauer: Trump bestätigt Handelsblatt-Bericht: Audi baut neues Werk in den USA (de), Dagens industri Audi planerar fabrik i USA (sv), Valor Econômico Trump anuncia primeira fábrica da Audi nos EUA, com foco em grandes SUVs (pt), Der Spiegel Audi baut für vier Milliarden Dollar eigenes Werk in den USA (de) · see all

  1. Brazil chooses between Lula and Bolsonaro in its tightest runoff in recent history

    MercoPress /

    Also: bne IntelliNews Brazil’s Lula and Bolsonaro court undecided voters in final debate before knife-edge vote, Financial Times Bolsonaro and Lula face off in knife-edge Brazil election

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Präsidentenwahl: Vor Stichwahl: Lula und Bolsonaro kämpfen um letzte Stimmen (de)

  2. Musk Claims Ukraine Breached Starlink Terms, Kyiv Rebuts

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent US lawmakers demand answers from Elon Musk over Ukraine Starlink restrictions, Al-Monitor Exclusive-US has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine, Middle East, sources say

    In other languages: Handelsblatt +++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Satellitenverbindung von SpaceX laut Ukraine wieder stabil (de), Rzeczpospolita Starlink znów działa na Ukrainie. Ministerstwo Obrony potwierdza stabilną łączność (pl), Valor Econômico Ucrânia diz que rede da Starlink voltou ao normal após restrições de velocidade (pt)

  3. Gold market and central banks: Russia, Kazakhstan sell as Poland, China buy

    Euronews /

  4. Sinking Profits Turn China’s $3.5 Trillion Stock Rout Into Trap

    Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Business Times China’s US$3.5 trillion stock rout deepens as profits sink, major stimulus stays elusive, The Japan Times Sinking profits turn China’s $3.5 trillion stock rout into trap

  5. The internet breaks

    Noah Smith / Noahpinion /

  6. Gas Supply may pursue remedies if contract breached following Indonesia’s export cuts: Tan See Leng

    The Business Times /

  7. Unrest Erupts Again in France, but This Time, With Less Property Damage

    Mark Landler / The New York Times /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Hundreds of Thousands Protest Across France as Clashes Erupt in Paris, The Telegraph Protests erupt across French cities, The Guardian Hundreds of thousands march in France as protests take place across Europe – as it happened · see all

    In other languages: Frankfurter Allgemeine Schulden, Streit, Proteste: Frankreich steht am Kipppunkt – nicht nur wegen der Proteste (de)

  8. Mercuria challenging the ‘Dow Jones of shipping’ in court after Hormuz losses

    Financial Times /

  9. The Black Sea is now the world’s deadliest shipping route

    Financial Times /

  10. Healey’s first budget to include big devolution package to boost growth

    Heather Stewart / The Guardian /

    Also: BBC Budget to include £1bn for social and affordable housing

  11. Heating oil costs 'more than double' ahead of winter

    BBC /

  12. Why is it getting harder to raise taxes in the UK?

    Financial Times /

  13. Squeezing the clouds: Aboard the small plane making it rain in drought-stricken Honduras

    Noor Mahtani Mahtani / El País /

  14. ‘They should leave us alone and go away’: Indigenous leaders protest against nature conservation projects that are forcing them off their land

    Diego Menjíbar / El País /

  15. Sanctioned Russian energy giant secretly funded US gas project, NYT reports

    Abbey Fenbert / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Bloomberg US LNG Project Developer Funded by Russia’s Novatek, FT Says

  16. What’s next for Hong Kong developers in mainland China?

    Peggy Ye / South China Morning Post /

  17. Why Netflix is struggling to find its audience

    The Business Times /

  18. ‘Tech debt coming due’: AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead

    The Japan Times /

  19. Why the AI boom may pose more peril to US markets than meets the eye

    The Business Times /

  20. Kim Jong Un Makes Surprise Trip to China, Crosses New Bridge

    Austin Ramzy / The Wall Street Journal /

  21. ‘That’s the way the city works’: how the UAE changed the face of Andy Burnham’s Manchester

    Josh Halliday / The Guardian /

  22. Budget 2026: No more fat to trim for 'squeezed middle'

    BBC /

  23. Luxury groups’ value drops by €250bn as Chinese consumer demand fades

    Financial Times /

  24. Emirati-linked firms’ ownership of Manchester land ‘up 39%’ in ten years

    Carmen Aguilar García / The Guardian /

Earlier today

  1. Israeli central bank rejects Netanyahu’s plan to use crypto to evade sanctions

    Financial Times /

  2. Oil shocks no longer hit the US economy as they used to

    Diego Känzig / CEPR /

  3. Rosebank: Life on the oil field at the centre of a political storm

    BBC /

  4. Putin puts Trump ahead of Iran in bid to mediate war

    Week and Andrew Parasiliti / Al-Monitor /

  5. Power Outages Leave Kyiv Dreading Its Worst Winter of the War

    Anastasiia Malenko / The Wall Street Journal /