Geopolitics

BRICS 2026: India's chairship and Global South's push for "endless war to end of war" - indiagazette.com

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India takes the BRICS chair in 2026 while the Strait of Hormuz sits 93% closed, oil inventories drain at 3 million barrels per day, and Russia grinds forward in Ukraine. The "Global South" slogan is a diplomatic nicety — the actual agenda is which bloc controls energy chokepoints and who finances reconstruction when the shooting stops.

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Current price of silver as of Tuesday, October 27, 2026 - Fortune

Ras Tanura Fire Follows Attacks on Aramco Offices and Near Shaybah Field

A fire broke out near Saudi Arabia’s key oil export hub of Ras Tanura on the Persian Gulf following an attack early on Tuesday, but the Kingdom quickly contained the fire, an unnamed source familiar with the events told Bloomberg. The extent of the damage was not clear, nor whether the hub was affec

Gold hits ‘the floor’, buyers come to the fore, but at a loss to score - Kitco

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UTXO’s Duke Waldrop: Bank of Japan “Liquidity Shock” Could Impact Bitcoin

Current price of silver as of Tuesday, October 27, 2026 - Fortune

Ras Tanura Fire Follows Attacks on Aramco Offices and Near Shaybah Field

Gold hits ‘the floor’, buyers come to the fore, but at a loss to score - Kitco