South Korea Summons Acting Ukrainian Ambassador Over North Korean Prisoner Transfer Revelation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected for the second time a 15-point disarmament plan for Hamas that was announced by President Trump and the so-called “Board of Peace” on July 30. “Israel does not accept the 15-point document,” Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting, according to Reuters. Last week, the […]

According to Oxford Economics, an independent economic advisory firm, in late March the price of the two main fertilizer ingredients, ammonia and urea, spiked 20% and 50% respectively in response to disruptions in the Persian Gulf. Now that Iran has established a blockade and tolling system in the Strait of Hormuz in response to the United States […]

"De-Globalization Endgame": Deutsche Bank Warns Historic Copper Squeeze Could Ignite 50% Rally London copper prices are near record highs at the start of the week, reinforcing the supercycle commodity bull-cycle thesis former Goldman Sachs commodities chief Jeff Currie outlined in August: "get long and buckle up." The convergence of tight physical markets, currency debasement and policy intervention is creating conditions for a sustained repricing of scarce resources. From refined petroleum products and rare earths to industrial metals and certain agricultural commodities, tightening physical markets underpin our "own the bottlenecks" theme. Deutsche Bank's...