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Briefing: Europe must prepare for ‘long-lasting’ energy shock, EU warns

Strategic angle: Energy commissioner says bloc is assessing ‘all possibilities’ including fuel rationing and releasing more oil from strategic reserves

Editorial Staff Apr 3

Money

Briefing: What’s going on with dollar debt?

Strategic angle: ‘Swap’ trades by hedge funds have exploded recently

Editorial Staff Apr 3

Money

Briefing: Credit investors flee to safety, pulling $11bn from junk bonds this year

Strategic angle: AI disruption and war in the Middle East send market towards Treasuries and investment-grade debt

Editorial Staff Apr 3

Money

Briefing: Easter eggs stay pricey even as cocoa prices plunge

Strategic angle: Manufacturers try to recoup some losses after margins were squeezed by spike in cocoa prices

Editorial Staff Apr 3

Money

Briefing: In Tehran, neighbours wonder where the next bombs will land

Strategic angle: Residents are left guessing which regime target might live alongside them as strikes rain down on Iran’s capital

Editorial Staff Apr 3

Money

Briefing: Fund managers snap up bonds on growth threat from Iran war

Strategic angle: After sharp market sell-off, debt investors shift focus from inflation fears to likely damage to economies.

Editorial Staff Apr 3

Money

Briefing: Prediction markets: the hunt for the new ‘dumb money’

Strategic angle: As new bettors flock to platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, some make easy prey for trading firms and professional gamblers.

Editorial Staff Apr 3

Life

Briefing: Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice

Strategic angle: Patches of open water in the region contributed to low sea ice extent across the Arctic in March 2026.

Editorial Staff Apr 3

Tech

When Verification Hurts: Asymmetric Effects of Multi-Agent Feedback in Logic Proof Tutoring

Exploring the impact of multi-agent feedback in automated tutoring with large language models.

Editorial Staff Apr 3

Politics

Briefing: Canadian woman held with daughter by ICE is released after nearly three weeks of detention

Strategic angle: Tania Warner is fitted with ankle monitor and released along with seven-year-old daughter Ayla Luca after being deemed not a flight risk.

Editorial Staff Apr 3