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Geopolitics news covers conflicts, sanctions, trade disputes and elections where they affect markets.
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US Asks Russia to Formally Propose a New European Security Deal as Part of Ukraine Peace Push
The United States has asked Russia to submit a formal new proposal for a future security agreement with Europe, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter cited by Axios. The…
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Saudi-Led Coalition Intercepts 3 Houthi Cruise Missiles Targeting Riyadh, Shoots Down 2 Drones Near Mecca
The Saudi-led coalition intercepted three Houthi cruise missiles launched toward Riyadh on November 11, marking a fresh escalation in the ongoing conflict with the Yemen-based group. Later…
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Congress Moves to Subpoena Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Over Alleged Chinese Spy Affair as Cabinet Officials Clash on Chip Restrictions
House Republican Representative John Moolenaar, chair of the House China committee, said Congress is prepared to subpoena Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Wednesday unless he responds to an…
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David Cameron Warns PM Andy Burnham Against Seeking to Rejoin the EU
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has publicly warned Andy Burnham, the current UK Prime Minister, against pursuing membership in the European Union, saying that reopening the…
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Germany Bans Chinese-Made Drones and Vehicles From Military Bases Over Espionage Risk
Germany's military has banned Chinese-made drones used for training purposes and prohibited certain Chinese-manufactured vehicles from its bases after a counterintelligence assessment…
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House Republicans Block Hegseth Impeachment and Elect Jim Jordan as New Minority Leader
House Republicans on Tuesday handed President Donald Trump a narrow political victory by blocking an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, days after the party suffered a…
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US Mortgage Applications Jump 6.2% as 30-Year Rate Slides to 7.21%
US mortgage applications surged 6.2% in the week ending November 6, a sharp reversal from the prior week's 1.2% decline, according to data released by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The…
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China Pledges Unconditional Support for Cuba Against Sanctions and External Interference
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Cuban counterpart in Beijing on November 11, 2026 that China will firmly support Cuba in safeguarding its national sovereignty and opposing…
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Kennedy Family Sues to Block Trump's 250-Foot Triumphal Arch Near Arlington Cemetery
The Kennedy family has joined a lawsuit seeking to halt construction of President Trump's proposed 250-foot triumphal arch, which would be built between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington…
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Trump Gives Qatar Two Weeks to Broker US-Iran Deal Before Military Strike Threat Returns
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani made an unscheduled appearance at the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Paris on Tuesday after flying directly from the White…
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Jim Jordan Elected House Republican Minority Leader, Defeating Steve Scalise 106 to 73
House Republicans elected Jim Jordan of Ohio as their minority leader for the next Congress on November 10, defeating current Majority Leader Steve Scalise by a vote of 106 to 73. The race…
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House Republicans Block Hegseth Impeachment by 211-204 Margin, Sending Articles to Committee
House Republicans on Monday defeated an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, voting 211 to 204 to refer eight articles of impeachment to the Judiciary Committee rather than…
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Rubio Says AI and Nuclear Weapons Must Be on the Agenda for the Upcoming Trump-Xi Summit
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on November 10 that artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons should both be central topics when President Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping…
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Microsoft lobbies Trump White House to block ban on Chinese optical transceivers used in AI data centers
Microsoft is pressing the Trump administration to abandon a planned ban on Chinese data center technology, specifically optical transceivers that move data across fiber-optic cables within…
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China's Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion for Second Straight Year Fueled by AI-Driven Export Boom
China's goods trade surplus surpassed $1 trillion for the second consecutive year, hitting $1.04 trillion in the first ten months of 2026, as a global race to build artificial intelligence…
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China and Canada Sign Financial Cooperation Deals as Beijing Pursues High-Tech Shipping Dominance
China and Canada signed a set of financial agreements and pledged closer economic ties following the second Canada-China Economic and Financial Strategic Dialogue, co-chaired by Chinese…
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Australia Mandates AI Safeguards and New Regulator After OpenAI Agent Breached Government Website
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced mandatory AI safety and security measures, citing an incident in which an OpenAI agent breached an Australian government website as the…
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US and China Clash Over Format of Proposed Trump-Xi-Putin Trilateral Summit
A proposed trilateral summit between Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, and Vladimir Putin is in jeopardy after Washington and Beijing clashed over how the meeting should be structured. China is…
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Trump Says Iran Conflict Is Militarily Effectively Over After Meeting Qatari PM, Calls Further Strikes Unlikely
President Donald Trump declared that Iran is militarily "effectively over" and said he sees "positive momentum" toward ending the conflict, speaking to reporters after an impromptu briefing…
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Elizabeth Warren to Chair Senate Banking Committee and Investigate Trump Family Crypto Businesses
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is set to take the chair of the Senate Banking Committee in January, following a Democratic sweep of the midterm elections that shifted Senate control. As chair…
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US Markets Post Best Day Since April as Nvidia Slides on Jensen Huang Scandal
US stocks surged on November 9 to their best single-day performance since April, with the S&P 500 climbing 2.35%, the Nasdaq Composite rising 2.74%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
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Supreme Court Lifts Injunction Blocking Trump Border Wall Construction in Texas Big Bend Region
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume construction of border wall barriers in the remote Big Bend region of southwest Texas, lifting a lower…
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US Holds Daily Talks With Russia and Ukraine Ahead of Abu Dhabi Negotiations, Eyes NATO-Like Security Guarantees for Kyiv
US officials disclosed on November 9 that American envoys are conducting daily conversations with both Russian and Ukrainian counterparts as multilateral peace talks approach in Abu Dhabi…
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US Treasury Sells $58 Billion in 3-Year Notes at 4.627% Yield, Well Below Prior Auction
The U.S. Treasury sold $58 billion in 3-year notes Monday at a high yield of 4.627%, a sharp drop from the 4.932% recorded at the previous auction. The result came in 0.5 basis points above…
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Trump Signals Iran War De-escalation After Qatar Mediation Meeting as Oil Crashes and Hegseth Faces Impeachment
President Donald Trump declared fresh US strikes on Iran "highly unlikely" and cited "positive momentum" toward ending the conflict after a closed-door, 45-minute meeting at the White House…
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China October Passenger Car Sales Plunge 27.3% as Domestic Demand Weakens
China's passenger vehicle market deteriorated sharply in October 2026, with sales falling 27.3% year over year to 1.65 million units, according to the China Passenger Car Association…
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China October PPI Surges to 5.7% as Consumer Inflation Cools Further
China's producer price index rose 5.7% year on year in October, beating the 5.3% forecast and accelerating from 5.0% in September, reaching its highest level since June 2022. The…
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Trump Says Fresh Iran Strikes Highly Unlikely as Rubio Calls Tehran's Demands Outrageous and Qatar Pushes New Proposals
President Donald Trump declared Sunday that it is "highly unlikely" he will order the United States back to war with Iran as long as nuclear talks continue to progress, repeating the phrase…
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Israel's President Herzog formally hands Eisenkot the mandate to form a national emergency government
Israeli President Isaac Herzog officially tasked Gadi Eisenkot, the retired military chief and leader of the centrist Yashar party, with forming Israel's next government at a…
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US Stock Market Loses $3 Trillion After Democrats Sweep 2026 Midterms and Win Both Chambers
Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress in the November 2026 midterm elections, a result President Trump attributed to a single-day $3 trillion loss in the US stock market…
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US Fighter Jet Strikes Iranian Missile Sites at Jask and Qeshm After Anti-Ship Missile Launches
A US fighter jet struck Iranian surface-to-air missile launchers at Jask and on Qeshm Island on the evening of November 7, after Iran fired several missiles at the US aircraft. Four…
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Israeli President Herzog Taps Eisenkot to Form New Government as Netanyahu Calls for Unity Coalition
Israeli President Isaac Herzog granted the mandate to form a new government to Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the opposition and Netanyahu's main political rival, on November 7. Eisenkot now has…
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Trump Orders DOJ to Probe Democrats Over Alleged Extortion Threats and Offers Press Secretary Job to UFC CEO Dana White
President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate Democratic leaders he accused of extorting his administration officials, allies, and Republican donors following the…
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New Zealand Election Too Close to Call as PM Luxon Claims Pathway to Government
New Zealand's general election has produced an uncertain result, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon saying the outcome remains too close to call but asserting that his National Party has…
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US Launches Strikes on Iran After Missile Attack on Navy Jet and Downed Drone Near Strait of Hormuz
The United States carried out what President Trump called "minor strikes" on Iran after Iranian forces fired surface-to-air missiles at a U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet over the Strait of Hormuz…
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US Consumer Credit Surged to $27.84 Billion in September, More Than Doubling Forecasts
American consumers took on far more debt than expected in September, with consumer credit expanding by $27.84 billion, more than double the consensus forecast of around $13.80 billion and…
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US Treasury Bans Crypto Exchange MEXC Over $16 Billion in Illicit Transactions While Dropping Crypto Surveillance Proposal
The US Treasury Department delivered two major and opposing signals to the crypto market on November 6, acting through its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to sever crypto exchange MEXC…
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Trump Confirms US Strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island as Diplomacy and Military Pressure Run in Parallel
President Donald Trump confirmed that U.S. forces carried out strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island, describing them as limited in scope. "We do minor strikes, but they built a little bit of an…
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Trump Replaces Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as White House Chief of Staff After Midterm Losses
President Donald Trump announced Friday that Stephen Miller, currently serving as deputy chief of staff and the chief architect of the administration's immigration policies, will become…
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European Nations Refuse to Discuss Russia Security Demands Until Ukraine War Ends
European nations are insisting that Russia halt its war against Ukraine before any discussion of the Kremlin's concerns about Europe's broader security architecture can take place. The…
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US Issues Formal Warning to China Over Failure to Meet Busan Trade Deal Rare Earth Commitments
The United States has formally warned China that it must immediately fulfill its obligations under the Busan trade deal, saying Beijing is not living up to commitments to increase the…
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Crypto 401(k) Rule Clears White House Review Ahead of Final Approval
A Department of Labor rule that would allow Americans to hold cryptocurrency in their 401(k) retirement plans has reached the White House for final review, marking the last regulatory step…
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Apple Predictive Text Quietly Blocks Political Phrases Including Dictator Trump and Sleepy Joe
A researcher has found that Apple restricts its predictive text system from suggesting certain politically sensitive phrases, including "Dictator Trump" and "Sleepy Joe," according to a…
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Democratic Midterm Sweep Triggers $3.2 Trillion AI Selloff, Worst Tech Rout Since 2020
A Democratic Party sweep in the US midterm elections sparked one of the most violent selloffs in technology stocks in years, with investors fearing that newly empowered Democrats would…
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Macau Jails Pro-Democracy Lawmaker for 12.5 Years in City's First National Security Trial
Au Kam San, a prominent pro-democracy former lawmaker in Macau, has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison on charges of subversion, making his case the first known national…
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Trump Names Stephen Miller Chief of Staff as US-Iran Talks Collapse and Strikes Loom
President Donald Trump announced Friday that Stephen Miller, currently deputy chief of staff and a key architect of the administration's immigration crackdown, will become White House chief…
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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump's 250-Foot Washington Triumphal Arch Hours After Key Panel Approves It
The National Capital Planning Commission voted late Thursday to approve final site and building plans for President Trump's proposed 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, clearing what had…
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China 10-Year Government Bond Yield Hits All-Time Intraday Low of 1.581%
China's benchmark 10-year sovereign bond yield fell to an all-time intraday low of 1.581% in early trade on November 6, dropping roughly one basis point to mark the lowest level ever…
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US Stocks Suffer Worst Single-Day Crash Since April 2025 as Democrat Midterm Sweep Triggers AI Selloff
US equities collapsed on November 5, 2026, the day after Democrats swept the midterm elections and took control of Congress, with investors rapidly reversing their post-election optimism on…
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Democrats' Midterm Sweep Triggers Historic AI Stock Rout, Wiping $3 Trillion From US Markets
Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, delivering a sweeping rebuke to the Trump administration and setting off one of the worst single-day…