Record Shipping Costs Force Oil Producers to Slash Prices
Freight is reshaping global oil trade and the prices producers can command for their crude. Soaring shipping costs are pushing delivered prices…
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A Fragile Calm Before the Fiscal Storm
Inside the glass walls of Bangkok’s Queen Sirikit conference centre, the mood among policymakers from over 100 nations felt strangely serene. Despite…
IMF Sounds Alarm Over AI’s Threat to Government Tax Bases
The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned financial ministers that widespread AI adoption could erode tax bases across the world…
Texas Researchers Say Permian Wastewater Could Cool AI Data Centers
The artificial intelligence boom is placing a dangerous strain on the world’s water and energy resources. As hyperscalers build up resource-hungry data…
Oil Prices Stay High as War Keeps Supply Tight Into 2027
During the first three months or so of the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran, the dominant mood on oil markets was…
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