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Geopolitics, Volatility, and the Case for a Strong Trading Fortress
Published on 23/02/2026
» In a world connected at the speed of a fingertip, a troop movement on the other side of the globe or the signing of a trade agreement by major powers is no longer just foreign news buried in a newspaper column. It has become a trading signal, one that can impact your investment portfolio within seconds.
EU 'expects' US to honour trade deal as Trump hikes tariffs
AFP, Published on 23/02/2026
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - The European Commission called Sunday for Washington to abide by the terms of the trade deal struck last year with the EU, as President Donald Trump announced new global tariff hikes a day after an adverse Supreme Court ruling.
Minilateralism's necessary rise
News, Published on 23/02/2026
» If there was any doubt remaining about the return of great-power politics, it has been dispelled by US President Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela, threats to annex Greenland, and refusal to extend the New Start treaty limiting the nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia. Such geopolitical upheavals are driven by "the will to power", as Adam Tooze has pointed out -- including "power over resources, purchasing power, the ability to resist the influence of others."
Russian missile barrage hits energy, railways across Ukraine
AFP, Published on 22/02/2026
» KYIV - Russia fired scores of missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine on Sunday, crashing into energy and rail infrastructure and residential buildings, just two days before the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion.
Trump boosts new tariff rate to 15% a day after announcing 10%
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/02/2026
» President Donald Trump said he will increase the global 10% tariff he announced one day earlier to 15%, stirring up more economic turbulence as he lashed out at the US Supreme Court over its ruling that his preferred mechanism for applying tariffs was illegal.
‘Little reprieve’ for Thailand after US tariff ruling
Published on 21/02/2026
» The issue of US tariffs is expected to intensify now that the US Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to impose them, Thai exporters and economists say.
Anxious Venezuelans seek clarity on new amnesty law
AFP, Published on 21/02/2026
» CARACAS - Families in Venezuela continued to wait anxiously outside prisons Friday, as questions swirled about a newly passed mass amnesty law pushed through by interim authorities following the US toppling of Nicolas Maduro.
Zelensky tells AFP that Ukraine is not losing the war
AFP, Published on 21/02/2026
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told AFP on Friday that his country is not losing its war against Russia, has taken hundreds of square kilometres in a new counteroffensive, and that European troops should deploy right on the front line after any ceasefire.
Andrew crisis haunts monarchy
News, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Published on 21/02/2026
» For centuries, the British monarchy has survived by carefully weaving a narrative of moral leadership and national service. That meticulously constructed image has been deeply undermined by the persistent shadow of the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Ignored security concerns fuel Ukraine conflict
News, Published on 21/02/2026
» Difficult negotiations on how to settle the conflict in and around Ukraine are continuing in Geneva, Switzerland, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. While the conditions of a long-term settlement are under discussion, it is timely to revisit a question that remains central for the international community: why, despite repeated declarations of commitment to peace, has the conflict yet to be resolved?