News – Eric Reguly

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Italy’s Leonardo sells advanced military trainer aircraft to ITPS Canada as demand for combat pilots rises

The purchase of a dozen M-346 planes could be worth more than US$350-million...

Published on: 27 May 2026

U.S. warplanes renew strikes on Iran even as Trump says peace talks continue

Latest attacks reverse the course of oil prices, sending the Brent benchmark higher...

Published on: 26 May 2026

The oil price shock is far from over even if the U.S.-Iran ceasefire holds

Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens, vanishing stockpiles and damaged refineries mean there is more pain ahead...

Published on: 22 May 2026

Trump warns ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran to make peace deal as oil climbs and bonds sell off

Some economists predict a global recession unless Strait of Hormuz opens soon...

Published on: 18 May 2026

With Italian planes and Canadian VR, this elite flight school trains pilots in the art of combat

In Sardinia, Canada’s CAE and Italy’s Leonardo build a model for advanced teaching that they hope to export globally...

By Eric Reguly, Photography and video by Fabrizio Troccoli

Published on: 16 May 2026

Carney’s Canada Strong Fund is an idea that does not disguise lack of a strategy

The new sovereign wealth fund won’t move the needle on domestic investments for many years...

Published on: 15 May 2026

In an age of upheaval, these nine exhibits make sense of a world turned upside down

A collection of moments, places and objects to define and make sense of an uncertain time – and understand what may lie ahead...

By Janice Dickson, James Griffiths, Mark MacKinnon, Adrian Morrow, Eric Reguly, Nathan VanderKlippe, Paul Waldie, Patrick White, Geoffrey York

Published on: 14 May 2026

Trump says peace proposal response ‘unacceptable,’ raising fears Hormuz will stay closed

Ceasefire on verge of unravelling, sending oil prices higher...

Published on: 11 May 2026

Honda is giving up its Ontario EV plant. It may be time to court the Chinese

There is no reason to think the worst is over for Canadian auto industry as long as Trump is U.S. President...

Published on: 08 May 2026

Can sending Marco Rubio to Rome end Trump’s feud with Pope and Giorgia Meloni? Maybe not

Rupture came when U.S. President went on social media rampage in response to criticism of Iran war...

Published on: 06 May 2026

Global food crisis? Not just yet, but food inflation is coming as Strait of Hormuz stays closed

Voters in the U.S. midterms may retaliate against rising grocery costs...

Published on: 01 May 2026

Oil hits wartime high of $125 a barrel on reports U.S. considering new attacks on Iran

Surge in prices diminishes hope Strait of Hormuz would reopen soon...

Published on: 30 Apr 2026

The UAE’s exit marks a blow to OPEC’s power. Could Venezuela be next?

You can bet if Donald Trump wants Venezuela to bolt from OPEC, it will happen...

Published on: 28 Apr 2026

Jet fuel shortages are hitting the European travel market and the worst is yet to come if Hormuz stays blocked

Agencies warn the fuel shortage is imminent and ‘existential’ in Europe...

Published on: 27 Apr 2026

The EU is overhauling its competition policies, but a big-is-best credo is no gift to consumers

Despite its wealth, superb universities and sheer size, the world’s biggest trading bloc is an innovation and creativity backwater...

Published on: 25 Apr 2026

Gaza’s destroyed universities pivot to online teaching as they wait to rebuild

Thousands of students continue their studies from tents or the ruins of homes: ‘It is our message of defiance and resilience’...

Published on: 22 Apr 2026

Egypt is the canary in the coal mine for a global debt crisis

Egypt, highly indebted and suffering from double-digit inflation, is fully exposed to price shockwaves unleashed by the Iran war...

Published on: 10 Apr 2026

Energy crisis reaches Cairo as Egyptians ration power and brace for a potential food crisis

Egypt seemed entirely insulated from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, but rising energy prices indicate otherwise...

Published on: 30 Mar 2026

Iran threatens to lay mines along entire Persian Gulf ahead of Trump’s Hormuz deadline

Tehran said targets would include desalination plants, whose destruction could cripple the river-free Gulf economies...

Published on: 23 Mar 2026

Hezbollah, Israel and the battle for Lebanon’s future

As war shatters Lebanon yet again, the country fights for its future on two fronts...

Published on: 20 Mar 2026

The Hormuz crisis instantly exposed the risks of rolling back green and cleantech agendas

Countries with plenty of renewable and nuclear sources are navigating the energy crisis much better...

Published on: 20 Mar 2026

Expanded Israeli evacuation order creating ghost towns in southern Lebanon

Hundreds of thousands are internally displaced, with evacuation zone now covering almost 15 per cent of the country...

Published on: 18 Mar 2026