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bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 8h

ICYMI: The Norwegian Nobel Committee honoured Venezuelan democracy activist and opposition firebrand Maria Corina Machado with the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, recognising her unwavering commitment to democratic rights and peaceful resistance. Bne IntelliNews

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee honoured Venezuelan democracy activist and opposition firebrand Maria Corina Machado with the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, recognising her unwavering commitment to democratic rights and peaceful resistance.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 8h

ICYMI: Maria Kolesnikova’s letter shared on Instagram as the Belarusian government seeks to re-establish limited diplomatic channels with Western countries. Bne IntelliNews

Belarusian dissident Kolesnikova sends first letter from prison in more than two years

Maria Kolesnikova’s letter shared on Instagram as the Belarusian government seeks to re-establish limited diplomatic channels with Western countries.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 9h

ICYMI: South African authorities have launched an investigation after electronic components manufactured domestically were discovered in Russian drones used ... Bne IntelliNews

South Africa probes locally made LightWare components found in Russian drones used in Ukraine

South African authorities have launched an investigation after electronic components manufactured domestically were discovered in Russian drones used ...

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 9h

ICYMI: Iron ore underpins almost all modern industrial economies; it is the raw material from which steel is forged, and China remains its dominant consumer. Bne IntelliNews

Ore wars – and the US dollar’s waning influence

Iron ore underpins almost all modern industrial economies; it is the raw material from which steel is forged, and China remains its dominant consumer.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 9h

ICYMI: Peru’s Congress ousted President Dina Boluarte on October 10 in a swift, orchestrated move that revealed more about politicians’ instinct for self-preservation than any real constitutional remedy. Bne IntelliNews

Peru removes President Boluarte as crime crisis fuels political upheaval

Peru’s Congress ousted President Dina Boluarte on October 10 in a swift, orchestrated move that revealed more about politicians’ instinct for self-preservation than any real constitutional remedy.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 10h

ICYMI: Saudi Arabia's Saudia launches Riyadh-Moscow flights on October 10, joining budget carrier Flynas as Russia welcomed 52,400 Saudi tourists in 2024, five times previous year's level. Bne IntelliNews

Saudia launches flights from Riyadh to Moscow in boost for Russian tourism

Saudi Arabia's Saudia launches Riyadh-Moscow flights on October 10, joining budget carrier Flynas as Russia welcomed 52,400 Saudi tourists in 2024, five times previous year's level.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 11h

ICYMI: Nigeria’s House of Representatives has ordered a multi-committee inquiry into roughly $18bn spent on rehabilitating the Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries, which remain largely non-functional Bne IntelliNews

Nigeria lawmakers probe $18bn refinery rehabilitation spending as plants stay idle

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has ordered a multi-committee inquiry into roughly $18bn spent on rehabilitating the Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries, which remain largely non-functional

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 11h

ICYMI: Russian president detailed causes of Azerbaijan Airlines plane downing over Russian airspace at one-on-one meeting. Bne IntelliNews

Baku touts reset in ties after Azerbaijan’s president Aliyev meets Putin in Dushanbe

Russian president detailed causes of Azerbaijan Airlines plane downing over Russian airspace at one-on-one meeting.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 11h

ICYMI: Gatwick investment positions Azerbaijan’s sovereign wealth fund as an increasingly active global investor in strategic infrastructure assets. Bne IntelliNews

Azerbaijan’s SOFAZ invests in London’s Gatwick Airport in major European infrastructure deal

Gatwick investment positions Azerbaijan’s sovereign wealth fund as an increasingly active global investor in strategic infrastructure assets.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 11h

ICYMI: Eco Buildings Group (LSE: ECOB.L) has signed a shareholders’ agreement with Dakar-based G2 Invest to develop a 900,000m² 5,000-home modular ... Bne IntelliNews

Eco Buildings forms Senegal joint venture for 5,000-home first phase as factory mobilisation begins

Eco Buildings Group (LSE: ECOB.L) has signed a shareholders’ agreement with Dakar-based G2 Invest to develop a 900,000m² 5,000-home modular ...

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 12h

ICYMI: With Moscow preoccupied by Ukraine, China has raced ahead in building up commerce and investment with the region. Other powers are also looking for bigger pieces of the pie. Bne IntelliNews

Putin calls for Central Asia to boost trade with Russia

With Moscow preoccupied by Ukraine, China has raced ahead in building up commerce and investment with the region. Other powers are also looking for bigger pieces of the pie.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 15h

ICYMI: Authorities in The Philippines and Indonesia have issued tsunami warnings after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao in the southern Philippines early on October 10. Bne IntelliNews

UPDATE: Tsunami warning issued by Philippines, Indonesia following M7.6 quake

Authorities in The Philippines and Indonesia have issued tsunami warnings after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao in the southern Philippines early on October 10.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 16h

ICYMI: Authorities in The Philippines and Indonesia have issued tsunami warnings after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao in the southern Philippines early on October 10. Bne IntelliNews

BREAKING: Tsunami warning issued by Philippines, Indonesia following M7.6 quake

Authorities in The Philippines and Indonesia have issued tsunami warnings after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao in the southern Philippines early on October 10.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 16h

ICYMI: Authorities in The Philippines and Indonesia have issued tsunami warnings after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao in the southern Philippines early on October 10. Bne IntelliNews

BREAKING: Tsunami warning issued by Philippines, Indonesia following M7.4 quake

Authorities in The Philippines and Indonesia have issued tsunami warnings after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao in the southern Philippines early on October 10.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 18h

"Some very strange things are happening in China!" Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social account on October 10, adding "They are becoming very hostile." Bne IntelliNews

Trump shocked by China’s move on rare earths, threatens more 100% tariffs

"Some very strange things are happening in China!" Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social account on October 10, adding "They are becoming very hostile."

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 22h

ICYMI: Indonesia’s tighter control on private fuel imports has sparked debate over how far the government should go to protect its domestic energy market and ensure national energy sovereignty. Bne IntelliNews

State control rattles Indonesia’s fuel market

Indonesia’s tighter control on private fuel imports has sparked debate over how far the government should go to protect its domestic energy market and ensure national energy sovereignty.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 22h

ICYMI: The surplus nevertheless remained in positive territory for the seventh consecutive month and was the second-highest on record for August. Bne IntelliNews

Japan’s current account surplus dips as overseas earnings weaken

The surplus nevertheless remained in positive territory for the seventh consecutive month and was the second-highest on record for August.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 22h

ICYMI: Takaichi, known for her right of centre leanings on historical and territorial matters, has long taken a hardline stance on Japan’s wartime past and the disputed Dokdo islets as they are known in Korean – Takeshima in Japanese. Bne IntelliNews

Japan - Korea links under pressure

Takaichi, known for her right of centre leanings on historical and territorial matters, has long taken a hardline stance on Japan’s wartime past and the disputed Dokdo islets as they are known in Korean – Takeshima in Japanese.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 1d

ICYMI: Sanctions imposed by the United States on Serbia’s sole oil refiner, NIS, took effect on October 9, ending months of postponements and raising fears of fuel shortages and wider economic disruption. Bne IntelliNews

US sanctions on Serbian oil company NIS take effect

Sanctions imposed by the United States on Serbia’s sole oil refiner, NIS, took effect on October 9, ending months of postponements and raising fears of fuel shortages and wider economic disruption.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 1d

ICYMI: The World Bank has called on Kenya to increase consumption-based taxes and streamline public spending to strengthen fiscal sustainability and support ... Bne IntelliNews

World Bank urges Kenya to lift VAT, widen tax base to bolster fiscal stability

The World Bank has called on Kenya to increase consumption-based taxes and streamline public spending to strengthen fiscal sustainability and support ...

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 1d

ICYMI: After his ANO party won Czechia's general election, Babis told journalists he won’t give Ukraine a single crown for weapons. Bne IntelliNews

Babiš says he will axe state military aid for Ukraine if ANO forms next Czech cabinet

After his ANO party won Czechia's general election, Babis told journalists he won’t give Ukraine a single crown for weapons.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 1d

ICYMI: Estonian authorities are considering whether to extradite two residents accused of helping Russian military intelligence (GRU) operatives send parcel ... Bne IntelliNews

Russian GRU parcel bomb plot traced to Estonia

Estonian authorities are considering whether to extradite two residents accused of helping Russian military intelligence (GRU) operatives send parcel ...

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 1d

ICYMI: Turkey’s CDS hover above 250-level. Yield on Turkish government’s 10-year eurobonds steady below 7%-level. Bne IntelliNews

Garanti sells Tier II eurobond as Turks persist in tapping international debt markets

Turkey’s CDS hover above 250-level. Yield on Turkish government’s 10-year eurobonds steady below 7%-level.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 1d

ICYMI: Iran's interbank interest rate holds steady at 24% for third consecutive week on October 7, with regular borrowing rate at 24% and deposit rate at 17% as Central Bank maintains liquidity discipline. Bne IntelliNews

Iran's interbank rate holds steady at 24% for third consecutive week

Iran's interbank interest rate holds steady at 24% for third consecutive week on October 7, with regular borrowing rate at 24% and deposit rate at 17% as Central Bank maintains liquidity discipline.

bne IntelliNews @intellinews.com · 1d

ICYMI: A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is scheduled to take effect on the evening of October 9, pending Israeli government ratification. Bne IntelliNews

Israel-Hamas ceasefire set to begin on the evening of October 9

A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is scheduled to take effect on the evening of October 9, pending Israeli government ratification.