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The Kremlin says Beijing is preparing a first-ever Trump-Xi-Putin meeting around the Nov. 18-19 APEC summit in Shenzhen, but China has yet to confirm it.

Arsenic has a dark reputation - but inside modern semiconductors it's indispensable. A short walkthrough of why arsenic is recovered as a copper-mining byproduct rather than mined directly, how gallium arsenide chips outperform silicon in high-frequency and aerospace applications, why there are no listed futures contracts, and what Western dependence on Chinese supply means for semiconductor supply chains.

Warp Sciences, founded by ex-OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil, emerged from stealth with $215M led by Lightspeed. It is building an AI- and robotics-driven US chemistry lab for drug research, work now often outsourced to China.

When nearby futures cost more than contracts months out, the market is in backwardation - and it's telling you something important about supply. A short walkthrough of why a downward-sloping futures curve signals physical scarcity, how backwardation differs from contango, what events like the 1973 oil embargo and 2022 Ukraine invasion did to the curve, and why ETF investors pay a hidden cost called roll drag in deep backwardation.

DeepSeek is reportedly raising about $15B at roughly a $75B pre-money valuation. The round isn't closed, and CATL, Tencent, Meituan and Geely are among the reported investors.

Beryllium is one of the lightest structural metals on Earth - four times stiffer than aluminium at a fraction of the weight - yet most investors have never heard of it. A short walkthrough of why aerospace and defence dominate demand, why only 200–300 tonnes are produced globally each year, how pricing works without a futures market, and why the US has designated it a critical strategic material.

Bitcoin slipped to about $81,500 as spot ETFs shed $635 million, ending a three-day inflow run and triggering $431 million in leveraged long liquidations.

Beyond Vision, a Portuguese drone maker, raised €28M+ to scale production and expand globally.

Brent Crude prices roughly 70% of the world's oil trade - yet the North Sea fields it's named after now produce under a million barrels a day. A short walkthrough of how a shrinking physical market became the planet's dominant oil benchmark, why Brent trades at a $1–5 premium to WTI, what 60% financial positioning means for price formation, and whether declining North Sea reserves threaten the benchmark's long-term credibility.

Oxford quantum spinout QuantrolOx raised €12M.

Moscow has agreed in principle to restart trilateral Ukraine peace talks with Washington and Kyiv on or after November 10, with Abu Dhabi the proposed venue.

Cadmium powered the world's rechargeable batteries for decades - then regulators stepped in. A short walkthrough of how this toxic byproduct of zinc and copper refining became essential to Ni-Cd batteries, why the EU ban pushed the market into a slow structural decline, where aerospace and defence electroplating keep demand alive, and why cadmium is rarely a standalone investment despite trading on the LME.