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THE MOAT as it stood at 25 October 2026, 11:18 Brussels time · Archive · Today’s page

Audi to Build Factory in Georgia, Trump Says

Jack Ewing / The New York Times /

Also: Euronews Audi heads to US: Trump hopes carmaker boosts election bid

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: 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. French Bond Rout Puts Crisis at Heart of ECB Succession Endgame

    Mark Schroers and Craig Stirling / Bloomberg /

  3. Israel Election 2026: War-Focused Campaign Masks Underlying Economic Schism

    Galit Altstein / Bloomberg /

    Also: Al-Monitor Disenchanted Netanyahu supporters are prize of Israel election campaign

  4. How France Became the Poster Child for Debt Woes

    James Mackintosh / The Wall Street Journal /

  5. North Korea Expands Missiles and Drones With Russian Help

    Kyiv Post /

  6. Musk Claims Ukraine Breached Starlink Terms, Kyiv Rebuts

    Kyiv Post /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt +++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Satellitenverbindung von SpaceX laut Ukraine wieder stabil (de), Dagens industri Ukraina har stabil Starlink-uppkoppling igen (sv), Valor Econômico Ucrânia diz que rede da Starlink voltou ao normal após restrições de velocidade (pt)

  7. Bust companies revived in ‘phoenix’ deals more likely to fail again, study finds

    Simon Goodley / The Guardian /

  8. Sikorski Says Russia Running Out of Resources if Ukraine Survives Winter

    Tvp World / Kyiv Post /

  9. Looming rate hike raises the question: Is it better to battle inflation or win the trade war?

    John Turley-Ewart / The Globe and Mail /

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

    Heather Stewart / The Guardian /

    Also: BBC Budget 2026: No more fat to trim for 'squeezed middle'

  11. SoftBank’s Son Plans $50 Billion Malaysia Tech Outlay, PM Says

    Anuradha Raghu / Bloomberg /

  12. Renewables' share of world electricity rises to 34% as nuclear slips to 9%

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  13. India's private capex pipeline surges 39% to Rs 99.7 lakh crore, risks rise: Report

    The Economic Times /

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

    Euronews /

  15. BYD to build new factories in Europe to combat strict trade barriers targeting Chinese EVs

    Themis Qi / South China Morning Post /

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

    Mark Landler / The New York Times /

    Also: Sky News Over 400,000 take part in nationwide protests, says French government, 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)

  17. SGX’s new ETFs offer Asia, global exposure, but broad baskets can hide risk

    Chloe Lim / The Business Times /

  18. China’s US$3.5 trillion stock rout deepens as profits sink, major stimulus stays elusive

    The Business Times /

    Also: The Japan Times Sinking profits turn China’s $3.5 trillion stock rout into trap, Bloomberg Sinking Profits Turn China’s $3.5 Trillion Stock Rout Into Trap

  19. The internet breaks

    Noah Smith / Noahpinion /

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

    The Business Times /

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

    Financial Times /

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

    Financial Times /

  23. Trump wants 'business with both' Ukraine, Russia after war ends

    Kateryna Hodunova / The Kyiv Independent /

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

    BBC /

Earlier today

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

    Abbey Fenbert / The Kyiv Independent /

  2. US lawmakers demand answers from Elon Musk over Ukraine Starlink restrictions

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /

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

    Financial Times /

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

    Diego Känzig / CEPR /

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

    BBC /