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China’s exports surge 36% as AI-related shipments boom

Financial Times /

Also: The New York Times China’s Exports Soar, Putting Its Trade Surplus on Track for a Record, The Wall Street Journal Chinese Exports Accelerated in September

In other languages: Handelsblatt Exporte: China erreicht beim Handelsüberschuss bald die Billionen-Dollar-Marke (de), Jornal de Negócios Excedente comercial da China volta a crescer em setembro. Exportações sobem 36% (pt)

  1. Asia is world's largest producer of ‘zombie' firms, IMF warns

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

    Also: Bloomberg UK Needs to Slash Spending to Fund Defense Buildup, IMF Warns, The Guardian IMF sounds alarm on rising government borrowing costs – business live, South China Morning Post IMF warns higher borrowing costs are straining public finances worldwide, Financial Times Asia has become the largest producer of zombie companies, IMF warns · see all

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 아시아 기업부채 21.4%가 좀비기업에…IMF 금융위험 경고 (ko)

  2. Bank of America fined $1.2bn over money laundering failures

    Financial Times /

    Also: BBC Bank of America hit with $1.2bn fine for money laundering failings, The National Bank of America fined $1.2bn over claimed sanctions breaches, Bloomberg Bank of America Fined More Than $1.2 Billion for Money-Laundering, Euronews Money laundering failures land Bank of America with a $1.2 billion fine, The New York Times Bank of America Pays $1.8 Billion Fine for Lax Money-Laundering Oversight · see all

    In other languages: Expansión (México) Sanciona Departamento del Tesoro a Bank of America con 1,210 mdd por permitir lavado de dinero de China (es), Expansión Bank of America, multado con 1.210 millones de dólares por violar las leyes de blanqueo y sanciones (es), Der Spiegel Bank of America: Finanzministerium ahndet laxe Geldwäschekontrollen mit Milliardenstrafe (de), Handelsblatt US-Großbank: Über 1,2 Milliarden Dollar Strafe für Bank of Amerika (de), Estadão EUA aplicam multa de US$ 1,2 bi ao Bank of America e alegam falha em combate à lavagem de dinheiro (pt), Le Temps Etats-Unis: Bank of America sanctionnée de 1,2 milliard de dollars pour manquement à ses obligations anti-blanchiment (fr), Frankfurter Allgemeine Finanzkriminalität: Über 1,2 Milliarden Dollar Strafe für Bank of America (de), Jornal de Negócios Reguladores dos EUA multam Bank of America em 1,2 mil milhões de dólares (pt), Dagens industri Bank of America bötfälls för penningtvätt (sv) · see all

  3. Saudi Arabia strikes strategic oil depots near Yemen capital

    Patrick Wintour / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg Saudi Aramco’s New China Refinery Venture Gets First Crude Cargo, Financial Times Military briefing: Houthis expose limits of Saudi Arabia’s vast arsenal

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Ataque atingiu sede da petrolífera saudita Aramco e provocou incêndio (pt), Valor Econômico Arábia Saudita ataca capital do Iêmen, e houthis prometem retaliar (pt)

  4. ASML Raises Full-Year Sales Outlook as AI Boom Drives Demand

    Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Technologie: Europas wertvollster Konzern ASML rechnet mit jahrelangem Boom (de)

  5. U.K. Spy Agency Confronts Escalating Hybrid War With Russia and Iran

    Max Colchester / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Al-Monitor Iran and Russia are stepping up hybrid campaigns in Britain, UK spy chief says, Semafor MI5 chief warns of escalating hybrid threats from Russia, Iran, The Guardian Far-right and Iran add to mix of terror threats UK faces – not to mention AI

  6. Fed’s Lisa Cook Puts Off White House Hearing Over Trump’s Allegations

    Catarina Saraiva / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Le Temps La gouverneure de la Fed, Lisa Cook, repousse la convocation de Donald Trump, éloignant une possible révocation (fr)

  7. Can Gene-Edited Mosquitoes Beat Malaria?

    Bloomberg /

  8. Kamala Harris warns window closing for AI safeguards, urges US-China cooperation

    Al-Monitor /

  9. The rollout of 24-hour* trading

    Financial Times /

  10. Russia Detains Japanese Journalist for Alleged Espionage

    Valerie Hopkins and Ivan Nechepurenko / The New York Times /

    Also: Financial Times Russia arrests Japanese journalist on espionage charges, The Guardian Russia detains Japanese journalist, accusing him of alleged spying

  11. Global financial system is failing developing countries, says Ed Miliband

    Heather Stewart / The Guardian /

  12. Musk Blames Tycoon for Stalling Satellite Internet Access in India

    Alex Travelli / The New York Times /

  13. Oil prices rise after reported attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz

    Euronews /

  14. Taxes, housing and tuition fees: 2027 budget measures impact family budgets in Portugal

    Euronews /

  15. Ukraine is littered with landmines on a scale last seen in Vietnam. How can they be removed?

    Amy Hawkins in Kharkiv region. Photographs by Julia Kochetova / The Guardian /

  16. FTC, States Ask Federal Court to Hold Martin Shkreli in Contempt for Allegedly Violating Lifetime Ban from Pharmaceutical Industry

    US FTC /

    Also: Sky News Ex-OpenAI and Anthropic staff face MPs' questions, The Guardian AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices, Bloomberg Anthropic Asks Appeals Court to Rehear Fight Over Security Risk, POLITICO Europe OpenAI employee arrested and charged over hidden recording, Semafor Anthropic issues warning on self-replicating AI, Al-Monitor Saudi employee arrested for allegedly bugging OpenAI office, MarketWatch ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli is in trouble with regulators again, this time for influencing biopharma stocks, BBC Saudi national charged with secretly planting recording device in OpenAI office · see all

    In other languages: Le Figaro Vers informatiques, «moisissure numérique», auto-amélioration : vers des modèles d’IA capables de se répliquer sur nos objets connectés ? (fr), Handelsblatt Brisanter Fund: Wanze in OpenAI-Konferenzraum - Mitarbeiter festgenommen (de), Valor Econômico FT: EUA prendem funcionário saudita da OpenAI por supostamente instalar escutas (pt), La Nación OpenAI descubrió un dispositivo espía en sus oficinas, usó su IA para identificar al responsable y el FBI lo detuvo (es), Expansión (México) OpenAI descubre dispositivo de ‘espionaje’ en sus oficinas y denuncia a empleado ante el FBI (es), Frankfurter Allgemeine Künstliche Intelligenz: Spionagefall erschüttert OpenAI (de), Svenska Dagbladet Anthropic varnar för AI-maskar (sv) · see all

  17. Nvidia to announce $2B in European investments

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

    In other languages: Le Figaro « L’IA est une formidable nouvelle pour l’Europe parce qu’elle remet les compteurs à zéro » : le message optimiste du PDG de Nvidia Jensen Huang à Paris (fr)

  18. ‘Fundraising is uncapped here’: Why Europe’s quantum founders are bullish about building homegrown champions

    Sifted /

  19. Geeing up for 6G: What the next mobile standard promises and challenges it faces

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

  20. Wale Tinubu has the oil. Now Oando needs the cash

    ‘Femi AsuNicholas Norbrook / The Africa Report /

  21. Legacy carmakers risk losing mass market to Chinese rivals

    The Japan Times /

  22. Going Global 100: China’s overseas growth champions

    Haining Gao / South China Morning Post /

  23. SoftBank junk bond sale raises stakes for CEO Son’s all-in AI bet

    The Japan Times /

  24. Sluggish Chinese demand weighs on LVMH, as Louis Vuitton’s Molly Tea case casts a shadow

    Zhu Wenqian / South China Morning Post /

Earlier today

  1. Televisa, Fintech Holdings to Buy AT&T Mexico for $2 Billion

    Andrea Navarro / Bloomberg /

  2. Enlargement: EU opens accession negotiations with Ukraine on internal market, competitiveness and inclusive growth

    Council of the EU /

  3. Apple unveils new smart home devices that showcase upgraded Siri AI

    Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian /

  4. Trump revives effort to halt construction of Ørsted’s offshore wind farm

    Financial Times /

  5. DP World Sees Higher Costs With Trade Partners Losing Trust

    Linus Chua / Bloomberg /