China
China's Q2 Slowdown Deepens the Export-Imbalance Puzzle
Growth slowed to 4.3 percent in Q2 2026 as investment and consumption weakened, while exports remained the main support for activity.
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Russia
Mini-Refineries Reveal the Limits of Russia's Fuel Response
The debate over small refineries points less to a viable fuel solution than to the strain on Russia's wartime economic management.
Middle East
Hormuz Has Become the Test of Mideast Energy Resilience
Q2 developments showed that alternate routes, storage, sanctions policy and OPEC+ cohesion all depend on the future of the Strait of Hormuz.
China
China expands strategic pressure across the Pacific as global attention shifts
Undersea devices, missile tests, naval drills, cyber activity and technology controls form a widening pattern of pressure as regional states balance cooperation with stronger defenses.
India
India sets refinery targets to secure cooking gas supplies during Middle East war
A government order caps the nationwide daily LPG target at 63,810 metric tons and requires storage and transport capacity as India builds buffers against disrupted Middle East imports.
Oceania
Penny Wong frames Australia's multicultural cohesion as a national-security asset
The foreign minister's planned speech links domestic cohesion to Indo-Pacific partnerships, trade and resilience as One Nation's support rises and Pauline Hanson calls for a monoculture.
Africa
North Kordofan fighting kills 23 children as Sudan's humanitarian crisis deepens
At least 23 children were killed and 25 injured after fighting intensified around Al Obeid, while UNICEF urged all parties to protect civilians and essential services.
Europe
Black Sea strikes threaten Egypt's food supplies as maritime attacks intensify
Kyiv warned that attacks on cargo shipping are reducing food deliveries and raising prices, while Moscow rejected a proposed halt to strikes on civilian vessels in the Black Sea.
Brazil
Brazil's Rare Earth Strategy Moves Into Policy Design
A new final report prepared to support Brazil's National Rare Earth Strategy places the country's mineral agenda within the contest for higher value-added supply chains.
China
Taiwan tests communications resilience with its first simulated internet blackout
Authorities sharply reduced network speeds during air-raid drills covering most of Taiwan's population, testing daily disruption and backup links as concern grows over vulnerable undersea cables.
Russia
Putin's first Kuril Islands visit triggers a sharp Japanese protest
The Russian president travelled to Iturup in the Moscow-controlled chain claimed by Japan, reinforcing rival sovereignty positions and further narrowing space for a postwar peace treaty.
Latin America
Argentina's Resource Boom Puts Provinces at the Center
Rising hydrocarbon and lithium output gives Argentina's provinces a chance to turn royalties into long-term assets, but past funds show how easily windfalls can disappear.