Trump Downplays Ratcliffe’s Trip to Russia, Says Putin Won’t Attack NATO

Brazil Braces For Election Volatility As Bolsonaro Gains On Lula, Bullish Options Bets Explode The big election focus this weekend will be on Sunday, with the latest polling data showing right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are statistically tied. Polymarket, meanwhile, shows Bolsonaro with a wide lead. Bloomberg reports that neither Bolsonaro nor Lula is expected to secure an outright victory in Sunday's first round of voting. This suggests that a second round on October 25 is highly possible. For weeks, we've outlined that high...

Dubai's Shipping Hub Status Under Pressure As Some Industry Veterans Eye Greece Via Middle East Eye Some shipping industry workers based in Dubai are looking to relocate from the UAE as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran, one ship-owner and two industry sources familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye. Western expats working in the maritime industry are eyeing the Greek capital, Athens , and Cyprus as potential alternatives to Dubai, given those countries' dominant positions in shipping and the favorable tax policies they offer the industry, the sources said. via AFP The search for alternatives...

GM Delivers Patriot Missile Parts To Lockheed As Rearmament Supercycle Nears A congressional report recently found that the US has "probably used" one-half to two-thirds of its missile-defense interceptors during its Iran conflict so far, intensifying new concerns about readiness for another major conflict. The US industrial response is already taking shape to ramp up missile and bomb production to replenish depleted stockpiles as the West enters the early innings of a massive rearmament supercycle. A Wall Street Journal report said Thursday that General Motors has begun supplying components for Lockheed Martin's...