The Rio Times — Asia Pulse Covering: SK Hynix · Samsung · KOSPI · China · PBoC · Yuan · SoftBank · OpenAI · BOJ · Nikkei · Sensex · Reliance · Modi · Hormuz · UAE OPEC Exit · ASX · Vietnam · Philippines What Matters Today 1 Korea — SK Hynix Posts ₩37.61T […]

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Key Points — The UAE announced Tuesday April 28 that it will leave OPEC and OPEC+ effective May 1, ending a 59-year membership that began with Abu Dhabi’s accession in 1967. The UAE leaves OPEC as the cartel’s third-largest producer behind Saudi Arabia and Iraq, with 4.8 million barrels per day of capacity and an […]

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Key Points — The First International Conference for the Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels opened April 24 and runs through April 29 in Santa Marta, Colombia — co-hosted by Colombia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Santa Marta conference brings together 56 confirmed countries and over 2,600 organizations representing approximately one-fifth of global fossil-fuel production […]

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Key Points — Shell announced Monday April 27 it has agreed to acquire Canadian gas producer ARC Resources for US$13.6 billion in equity value, US$16.4 billion enterprise value including US$2.8 billion in net debt and leases. The Shell ARC Resources transaction is Shell’s largest acquisition in more than a decade and the first major deal […]

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The Rio Times — Europe Pulse Covering: Germany · GfK · Ifo · Consumer Crash · France · INSEE · UniCredit · Commerzbank · Banks · Earnings · Barclays · UBS · Deutsche Bank · BNP · Fed · ECB · BoE What Matters Today 1 German Consumer Confidence Crashes to Three-Year Low — “Income […]

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The Rio Times — Asia Pulse Covering: Nikkei · KOSPI · SK Hynix · China · Industrial Profits · Iran · Tehran Flights · Samsung · Strike · US Sanctions · China Refinery · BOJ · Hormuz What Matters Today 1 Nikkei Closes at New Record 60,537 — KOSPI Closes at New Record 6,615 — […]

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Key Points —The European Union is now formally reviewing four Brazil critical mineral projects across lithium, rare earths and nickel, following the Hannover Messe bilateral cooperation agreement signed by President Lula and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on April 20. —The projects under review include Serra Verde in Goiás, Viridis Mining’s Poços de Caldas rare earths […]

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The Rio Times — Europe Pulse Covering: France · Poland · Nuclear Deterrence · NATO · Germany · Visa/Mastercard · ICC · Austria · Bulgaria · Ceasefire What Matters Today 1 Macron and Tusk Agree on Joint Nuclear Deterrence Exercises at Gdansk Summit — Seven-Nation Framework Emerging — “Our Cooperation Knows No Bounds” — Airbus-Thales-Radmor […]

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The Rio Times — Asia Pulse Covering: Japan · China · South China Sea · US Defence · Pakistan · PBOC · KOSPI · Taiwan · IMF · Medical Supply · Ceasefire What Matters Today 1 Japan Deploys $10 Billion Energy Security Framework for Asian Neighbours — JBIC, NEXI, and Government Institutions Building the Post-Hormuz […]

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The Rio Times — Europe Pulse Covering: Hungary · EU Funds · NATO · Ukraine · Markets · Bulgaria · UK · IMF · Russia · Ceasefire · Energy What Matters Today 1 Hungary’s New Course: Magyar Unlocks €18-19B in Frozen EU Funds, Pledges NATO 5% GDP by 2035, Reviews Russian-Built Paks Nuclear Plant, and […]

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The Rio Times — Asia Pulse Covering: Japan · China · Qatar · LNG · South Korea · Nuclear Energy · Ceasefire · IMF · Oil · Capital Markets What Matters Today 1 Nikkei 225 Hits All-Time Record at 59,500+ — Surpassing the February 26 Pre-War Peak as Tech, Consumer Cyclicals, and M&A Drive the […]

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Key Points — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave El País a wide-ranging pre-trip interview published Wednesday ahead of the April 17 bilateral summit with Spain’s Pedro Sánchez in Barcelona. “Trump has no right to wake up in the morning and threaten a country,” he said, calling for reform of the UN Security […]

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