FOLLOWING a circuitous route around Cyprus and multiple U-turns over the weekend, the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, formerly Grace 1, had slowed to a 1.3 knots less than 50 nautical miles off the coast of Tartus Sunday night amid strong indications that its cargo of 2m barrels of Iranian crude will finally be discharged in Syria. Source Llyods List
The Bank of Italy said Italy’s public debt hit a new high of 2,560.5 billion euros in July, up 29.9 billion with respect to June. Source Ansa
Austria has said it still supports the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, despite growing reservations about the project in parts of Europe following the poisoning of Russian opposition figure Aleksei Navalny. Source Radio Free Europe
The U.S. budget deficit hit an all-time high of $3 trillion for the first 11 months of this budget year, the Treasury Department said Friday.
The deficit from October through August is more than double the previous 11-month record of $1.37 billion set in 2009. At that time the government was spending large sums to get out of the Great Recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis. Source CBS
