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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
For the world, and the world economy, this is the most dangerous moment in decades
It’s hard to assess what impact the Hamas atrocities will have on the world economy. Depending on how events pan out, it could prove the final nail in the coffin.
- by Jeremy Warner
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Trade wars
America takes dead aim at China’s plan for global AI domination
Xi Jinping’s plan for global mastery of artificial intelligence and supercomputing is about to collide with the hard reality of American power as the US escalates its semiconductor war against China.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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Sharemarket
Healthcare, energy stocks buoy ASX despite weaker Wall Street
The Australian sharemarket has overcome a lacklustre lead from Wall Street, where tech stocks weighed on the sharemarket and bond yields climbed on interest rates fears.
- by Millie Muroi
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Oil
The $93b deal that could redefine the future of oil
ExxonMobil is buying Pioneer Natural Resources, a major US shale oil and gas producer. Will that add to global emissions or could it, perhaps, even lower them?
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Sharemarket
ASX steps up amid RBA’s hawkish minutes
The Australian sharemarket traded stronger after US stocks rose and bonds fell amid efforts to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from becoming a regional conflict.
- by Millie Muroi
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Inside China
Another Chinese property giant is teetering on the brink
Country Garden, China’s largest property developer with four times as many projects under way as embattled Evergrande, faces its moment of reckoning this week.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
China bet it all on real estate. Now its economy is paying the price
Economists, investors and central banks around the world are warning of the risks to China’s financial stability, calling on Beijing to act to stabilise the housing crisis.
- by Alexandra Stevenson
US to tighten curbs on China’s access to advanced chip tech
The US plans to tighten measures to restrict China’s access to advanced semiconductors and chipmaking gear to prevent it access to cutting-edge technologies.
- by Jenny Leonard, Mackenzie Hawkins, Ian King and Debby Wu
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World markets
Markets aren’t (yet) being moved by the threat of a broader Middle East conflict
With the conflict between Israel and Hamas about to escalate, investors appear more preoccupied with domestic issues than the prospect that the conflict could draw in other parties.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
ASX drops as war fuels demand for safe assets
The Australian sharemarket traded lower on Monday as conflict in the Middle East remains the biggest wildcard for investors to digest.
- by Millie Muroi
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Renewables
The world’s EV battery revolution through the eyes of Goldman Sachs
The race is on with a creative explosion in battery technology – and the world is divided.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard