Morning Edition · Sunday, October 11, 2026
Markets
Washington Suspends Russian Diesel Sanctions Until April Under a Trump-Putin Supply Deal
Russia is to deliver up to 4.8 million tonnes of diesel in stages, and President Trump answered Ukraine's objections by saying the country needs a new president.
Macro
US Long-Term Yields Stay Near Two-Decade Highs as Pre-Election Spending Adds to Fiscal Worries
The 30-year Treasury yield ended Friday at about 5.60%, and finance ministers gathering in Bangkok this week face elevated public debt and oil above $100 a barrel.
Markets
Supertanker Rates Topped $1 Million a Day as the Iran War Lengthened Oil Voyages
Brent crude ended Friday near $104 a barrel, and governments have begun a further 100-million-barrel emergency stock release that critics say uses up the world's last supply buffer.
Geopolitics
Houthi Strike on Riyadh's Main Airport Kills 12 and Wounds 309
It was the third Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in a week, and the Saudi-led coalition has promised a "decisive" response while Pakistan restated its defense commitment to the kingdom.
Crypto
Gold Rises 1.8% to About $4,183 While Bitcoin Slips Toward $82,800
Bitcoin fell to about $80,000 on Thursday as bonds and oil came under pressure, and the US Treasury says it has seized about $1 billion in Iranian crypto.
Macro
Indian Economists Expect the Reserve Bank to Raise Rates by Up to a Full Percentage Point as Oil Keeps Inflation Up
SBI Capital Markets says a larger move in December cannot be ruled out, after the Reserve Bank of India, which had last raised rates in 2023, lifted the repo rate to 5.50%.
Tech
Drone Strikes Shut a Third Yandex Data Center, Disrupting Russian Taxi, Delivery and Cloud Services
Yandex has added drone and missile attacks to the force majeure clause of its user agreement, and a Russian procurement channel says the company cannot replace damaged servers before 2028 because of a global memory shortage.
Macro
Flávio Bolsonaro Pledges Only Inflation-Linked Minimum Wage Rises Before Brazil's Oct. 25 Runoff
Investors treat the senator as the more fiscally restrictive candidate after he finished ahead of President Lula in the first round, and the two are in a close race.
Geopolitics
Washington Sanctions the International Criminal Court Hours After a Former Judge Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The measures could restrict access to dollar banking for the court's roughly 900 staff, and South African commentators present Navi Pillay's prize as a defense of a legal order under pressure.
Macro
Argentina Has Approved More Than $56 Billion in Projects Under Its Investment Incentive Regime, Yet Investment Keeps Falling
Capital formation has declined since early 2025, and economist Alberto Ades, who once backed the government's course, says the peso is too strong.
World
Pakistan's Government Weighs Emergency Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as Its Feud With Imran Khan's Party Deepens
President Asif Ali Zardari approved emergency rule and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, dissolving the province's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, after the federal cabinet recommended the move and police had already put districts on alert for violent protests.
World
Justice Department Opens Antitrust Inquiry Into Five Networks That Suspended White House Pool Coverage
ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News face questions over whether their joint protest amounted to an illegal group boycott.