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Tuesday, 10 March 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Middle East war live: Oil slides and stocks rebound
 
Crude back below $90 after surging to nearly $120 on Monday
 
 
Donald Trump says Iran war will end ‘very soon’
 
Oil tumbles as president seeks to calm market but gives conflicting signals on plans to end conflict
 
 
The rise of Mojtaba Khamenei
 
Iran’s new supreme leader has been shaped by decades-long ties with the powerful and hardline Revolutionary Guards
 
 
British aircraft carrier will not be sent to Middle East, say officials
 
Move follows Trump’s criticism of Starmer for supposedly wanting to join Iran war after it had already been ‘won’
 
 
Gulf desalination plants emerge as new flashpoint in Iran war
 
Tit-for-tat strikes have hit critical infrastructure in Bahrain and Iran
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
China’s exports surge 21.8% in first 2 months of this year
 
Trade surplus hits record ahead of crucial summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping
 
 
Europe and Asia battle for LNG as Iran war chokes supply
 
Ship tracking data shows gas carriers switch course as prices rise
 
 
Donald Trump’s Russian oil waiver offers little relief for India
 
US permission to buy ‘on-water’ crude leaves Indian refiners still facing Middle East supply shock
 
 
Trump family-linked financial group probed by congressional committee over Chinese stock scams
 
Republican-led House committee on China demands information from Dominari Securities and two other firms
 
 
Goldman pitches hedge funds on strategies to bet against corporate loans
 
Fears that AI advances will upend the software industry have driven demand for new ways to place wagers
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Mongolia presses Rio Tinto to rewrite ‘unfair’ terms of $18bn Oyu Tolgoi mine
 
Talks over copper project would be latest renegotiation as global sector grapples with wave of resource nationalism
 
 
G7 ‘stands ready’ to release emergency oil reserves
 
Finance ministers pledge ‘necessary measures’ to tackle surging crude prices with deal expected as soon as Tuesday
 
 
Odey executive ‘felt physically threatened’ by former financier, court told
 
Hedge fund founder says he was acting in the interests of company and investors as he challenges fine and ban by watchdog
 
 
Japan’s playbook on raw materials security is worth taking global
 
The country has been ahead of others in heeding the danger of China’s stranglehold on critical minerals
 
 
The déjà vu of Europe’s energy shock
 
The UK and EU must raise their game on power security
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
CATL shares soar 10% as AI boom boosts demand for batteries
 
World’s largest manufacturer rides surge in data centres as focus moves beyond electric vehicles
 
 
Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages
 
Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’
 
 
White males will have ‘fewer board seats’ in future, says UK diversity chair
 
Head of Parker Review says changing social demographics will boost ethnic diversity in top tier of business
 
 
Concert promoter Live Nation settles US monopoly case over ticket sales
 
Justice department alleged company illegally dominates market and uses ‘exclusionary conduct’ to control venues
 
 
Anthropic sues Pentagon claiming supply chain risk label could cost billions in revenue
 
Start-up launches legal challenge against the decision to designate it a risk to US military supply chains
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
SoftBank’s bet on OpenAI is starting to weigh
 
Japanese group has suffered from recent share falls and a negative outlook from rating agency S&P
 
 
The new food fad sweeping Korea
 
Purchase limits had to be imposed on Dubai chewy cookies
 
 
The UK’s public leadership pipeline has fallen into disrepair
 
Institutions are failing to deliver basic commitments because of failures of leadership
 
 
Trump’s Venezuela strategy has failed in Iran
 
The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei has dashed the US president’s hope of picking Iran’s new leader
 
 
Stagflationary forces are building
 
A weakening US labour market and financial strains come as the Iran war and surging oil prices spark concerns about inflation pressures
 
 
 

Work & Careers

 
 
 
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