A China-Africa liner carrying 23800 tons of mechanical equipment and engineering vehicles set sail from Yantai Port to Ghana, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China on September 3, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a…
Goodbye, summer. With Labor Day marking the unofficial end of summer, traders and portfolio managers will return from vacations and be back at their desks in full force. Portfolios tend to see some house-cleaning adjustments. Trading volumes pick up. Midterm elections are also on the horizon this year, which can add volatility in the run-up…
An Amazon cargo plane crashed after overshooting the runway at Miami International Airport (MIA) in Miami, Florida, on Sept. 6, 2026. The Boeing 767-300, operated by 21 Air as Prime Air Flight 7598, overshot the runway and burst into flames on Sunday, killing at least five people and shutting down the airport’s runways. Eva Marie…
An Air Canada Bombardier CRJ-900LR aircraft is seen at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington Virginia, on Oct. 5, 2025. Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday said Bombardier, a Canadian airplane manufacturer, must build its products in the U.S. in order to keep selling in the American…
In the dim morning light, Tim Millard sat up in bed and checked his phone. “It’s 12:38 in the morning, and I just got an email about one of my job applications,” he said. He opened his inbox. “Ah! Rejected, yet again.” The audience murmured sympathetically, then erupted with laughter as Millard described the “three-step…
Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, Aug. 31, 2026. Stringer | Reuters Oil prices rose to a six-week high on Monday as the U.S. and Iran traded strikes over the weekend, ratcheting up tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude oil futures, the international oil benchmark, rose 1.3% to $97.52…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel industry executives in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 2, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump posted a stream of AI-generated images and a series of sweeping and unverified claims on Truth Social on…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R), Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (L) and Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen visit Qoornoq, an abandoned settlement on the island of Qaarusuup Nunaa, also called ‘Bear Island’, Greenland on September 6, 2026. Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…
German rocket maker Isar Aerospace successfully reached orbit for the first time over the weekend, marking a milestone for Europe’s commercial space industry as the company looks to ramp up launches to meet what it says is booming demand. The Munich-based company’s Spectrum rocket reached orbit on Saturday and successfully deployed its payloads in low…
Alternative for Germany (AfD) party members and candidates celebrate at the party headquarters following an exit poll release during Saxony-Anhalt regional elections, in Magdeburg, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. The far-right Alternative for Germany decisively won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt amid growing public discontent with the political establishment. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty…
