SINGAPORE / RankWire.AI / – Oil prices moved higher on Tuesday after both major crude benchmarks posted losses of more than 2% a day earlier. Brent crude rose 27 cents to $92.44 a barrel by 0330 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate gained 37 cents to…

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA / RankWire.AI / – A South Korean container ship has left Busan for Europe on the country’s first Arctic trial involving commercial container cargo. PanStar Acro departed Busan New Port on August 22 for a planned 45-day round trip. The 2,758-TEU vessel…

HONG KONG / RankWire.AI / – Alibaba Group has priced a HK$80 billion share placement as it increases spending on artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure. The Chinese technology company will issue 710 million new ordinary shares at HK$112.70 each. The offering is worth about US$10.2…

TOKYO, JAPAN / RankWire.AI / – Japan posted record monthly values for both imports and exports in July 2026, as higher energy costs and strong technology demand lifted total trade. Imports climbed 27.8% from a year earlier to about 12.15 trillion yen. Exports rose 23.2%…

NEW YORK / RankWire.AI / – U.S. stocks finished higher Wednesday as a sharp decline in long-term Treasury yields supported Wall Street. The S&P 500 gained 16.22 points, or 0.21%, to close at 7,707.98. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 119.65 points, or 0.22%, to…

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA / RankWire.AI / – South Korea’s automobile exports climbed 7.0% from a year earlier to US$6.24 billion in July 2026. The figure set a record for the month of July and exceeded the previous July high of US$5.90 billion in 2023. The…

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM / RankWire.AI / – Global electric vehicle sales rose 9% year on year in July 2026 to 1.85 million units. The increase lifted worldwide sales for the first seven months to 11.5 million vehicles, up 4% from 2025. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence reported…

NEW YORK / RankWire.AI / – Diesel prices stayed elevated across the United States and Europe as tight inventories and refinery disruptions limited supplies of finished fuel. U.S. ultra-low sulfur diesel futures rose 7.4% on Monday to $4.19 a gallon. The move was the largest…

NETHERLANDS / RankWire.AI / – Extreme heat and drought across Europe could remove about 1% from European Union economic output in 2026, according to an assessment by Triodos Bank. The estimated loss equals roughly €180 billion and comes during an already weak growth year. The…

DENMARK / RankWire.AI / – Denmark’s annual inflation rate slowed to 1.7% in July from 1.9% in June, official figures showed. Statistics Denmark said consumer prices rose 1.3% from the previous month. Core inflation held at 2.3%, matching the June reading. Price increases in restaurants…