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By Rhod Mackenzie

Brent crude prices have rebounded to $90 per barrel, while WTI has soared over $86 per barrel due to the alarming deterioration of the Middle East situation, an area that produces almost a third of the world's oil.

Gold predictably rose on fear of risk. The yellow metal, whose...

By Rhod Mackenzie

There is some intrigue going on among analysts in the Oil and Gas sector as last week Brent oil prices were nearing £100 per barrel, with some global oil brands exceeding this figure. However, today Brent is trading at £84 per barrel, and analysts have connected this decrease in...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The US is attempting to overcome the disruption it has caused by sanctions on innovations as a severe oil market crisis looms. The developed world's storage facilities for oil and refined fuel are depleted. A fuel crisis is emerging in both the US and Europe, which could swiftly...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On Friday, Chinese observers commented that the US-led West's defamation of China-Russia cooperation is a deliberate tactic in its public opinion war, and that China and Russia are the true defenders of the world order based on international law. They made the comments following...

By Rhod Mackenzie

As updated rules restricting the export of US chip-making equipment to China is reportedly in the final stages of review, Chinese analyst said on Friday that the US should show some sincerity if it desires the improving of relations with China and abandon its two-faced approach a...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Yields on US debt, specifically the 10-year and 30-year US government bonds, reached a 16-year high on 3 October. Beijing may be one of the contributing factors behind this surge, according to Business Insider. One advocate for the "China footprint" is Thorsten Slok, the chief ec...