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Evening Analysis – The Gist Good evening, G7 foreign ministers gathering today in Niagara-on-the-Lake confront an uncomfortable arithmetic: their countries represent barely 10 % of world population yet 43 % of global GDP and over half of Ukraine’s military aid. Canada’s Anita Anand is urging “ambitious goals for lasting peace,” but Washington’s Marco Rubio arrives…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Global markets exhaled after the U-S Senate voted 60-40 to end the 41-day federal shutdown—the longest in U.S. history. Relief buying sent the Nasdaq up 2.3 %, the S&P 500 1.5 %, and pushed gold above $4,100, its biggest one-day jump since May. The bill now faces a Wednesday House…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Forty days of fiscal brinkmanship finally cracked last night as the U.S. Senate advanced a stop-gap bill to reopen the federal government until 30 January, triggering a 1.2 % jump in Nasdaq futures and lifting Asian and European markets(reuters.com). The record shutdown had stranded 800,000 workers without pay and snarled…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist The U.S. Senate’s 60-40 procedural vote edges the 40-day federal shutdown toward an end, but the relief rallies in global equity futures mask a deeper fragility. White House economists warn Q4 GDP could slip into negative territory, a stark reminder that a supposedly “domestic” budget fight can torque worldwide growth…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Air-traffic is becoming the most visible casualty of Washington’s 38-day shutdown. FAA orders have already cut 4 % of departures at 40 major U.S. airports, pushing cancellations beyond 1,000 and delays past 4,000 in a single day; officials warn the cap will reach 10 % by next week (transcripts.cnn.com). History…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Russia’s overnight launch of more than 450 drones and 45 missiles punched fresh holes in Ukraine’s grid, knocking Tsentrenergo’s output to “zero” and plunging Kyiv, Poltava and Kharkiv into rotating black-outs just as temperatures dip toward freezing. Three civilians died—two in Dnipro, one in Kharkiv—while water pumps now run on…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Europe’s vaunted AI Act is already bending. Internal commission drafts leaked yesterday propose a one-year “grace” on high-risk systems and a delay of transparency fines to 2027, after sustained lobbying from Apple, Meta and a letter signed by 40-plus EU industrial champions. Brussels insists the retreat will “improve competitiveness”, yet…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington’s quick waiver for Hungary—74 % dependent on Russian gas and 86 % on its oil, per IMF data—carves a $600 million LNG side-deal even as the White House tries to starve Moscow of petrodollars. By granting a one-year escape clause just weeks after unveiling “crushing” energy sanctions, Trump signals…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Wall Street’s sugar-high on artificial-intelligence just curdled: tech-heavy indices are staring at their steepest weekly drop in seven months as roughly $1 trillion in market value evaporated from the “Magnificent Seven.” The Nasdaq slid 2 percent today, while the S&P 500 lost 1.2 percent, mirroring falls from Shanghai to Frankfurt.…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Brazil’s Amazon-hosted COP30 opened with an unmistakable shot across Washington’s bow. UN chief António Guterres branded the world’s drift toward 2.3 °C of warming a “moral failure,” while Colombia and Pacific leaders openly blamed US fossil-fuel lobbying for the stalemate. Brazil counter-programmed with its $125 billion “Tropical Forest Forever Facility,”…