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Moody’s Keeps France’s Credit Rating Unchanged

Don Nico Forbes / The Wall Street Journal /

Also: Bloomberg France Avoids Moody’s Downgrade in Reprieve After Week of Crisis, The New York Times France’s Avoids a Debt Downgrade From Moody’s, but Is Given a Warning, Le Monde Moody's holds France's credit rating steady despite budget and political uncertainty · see all

In other languages: Neue Zürcher Zeitung INTERVIEW - Frankreich wird zu einer Gefahr für die Finanzmärkte: «Es macht den Anschein, als habe die Regierung teilweise die Kontrolle über das Land verloren» (de), El País Moody’s mantiene la calificación de la deuda soberana de Francia en medio de la crisis política y el malestar social (es), Handelsblatt Staatsfinanzen: Frankreichs Schuldenkrise verschärft sich – Moody’s hält Kreditrating trotzdem stabil (de), Jornal de Negócios Apesar da instabilidade social e política, Moody's segura rating de França (pt) · see all

  1. Trump to cut Canadian tariffs after pressure from Republicans

    Financial Times /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt +++ US-Zollpolitik +++: USA heben offenbar Zölle auf bestimmte kanadische Waren auf (de), Svenska Dagbladet USA lättar på Kanada-tullar – höjning på kanoter (sv), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 가성비 전기차의 반란…후발주자 리프모터의 역습 (ko), Asahi Shimbun 対カナダ50%関税、一部撤廃 トランプ氏、中間選挙で候補者後押し (ja), Dagens industri Uppgifter: USA slopar vissa tullar (sv) · see all

  2. Trilateral peace talks with Russia, US negotiators to begin in November, Zelensky says

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Kyiv Post Carney Warns Starlink Manipulation Puts Ukrainian Lives at Risk, Al-Monitor Zelenskiy says Ukrainian, Russian and US negotiators to meet in early November in Abu Dhabi

    In other languages: Le Temps En Europe, le mouvement pour contrer le monopole de Starlink s’organise (fr), Svenska Dagbladet Europa är Elon Musks gisslan (sv)

  3. Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans, Officials Say

    Edward Wong / The New York Times /

  4. Oil price rises above $117 a barrel amid fears US will renew strikes on Iran

    Lauren Almeida / The Guardian /

    Also: The New York Times Global Oil Price Hits $116 a Barrel, Highest Since April

    In other languages: Het Financieele Dagblad Dreigende escalatie rond de Perzische Golf drijft olie- en gasprijs verder op (nl), Diario Financiero Dólar salta $ 10 este viernes y cierra la semana en máximos desde abril de 2025 por el incansable rally del petróleo (es), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 美 중간선거 후 이란 공습설에…유가 117달러 뚫었다 (ko)

  5. Zelensky Ready to Freeze Front Line to Halt War, Rejects Land Cession

    Kyiv Post /

  6. Mass blackouts reported across occupied Crimea

    Rebecka Pieder / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Kyiv Post Massive Blackout Hits Russian-Occupied Crimea After Drone Attacks

  7. Moonshot curbs hacking ability in new Kimi model as fears grow over AI-powered cyberattacks

    The Business Times /

  8. Instacart in talks with DoorDash and Uber for sale: report

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Instacart Considers a Potential Sale, Sparking Share Rally

  9. India is not living in isolation, says Piyush Goyal, as India-EU FTA and several trade pacts pave the way for German R&D

    The Economic Times /

  10. South Korea's central bank signals shift to high-rate era

    bne IntelliNews /

  11. Japan’s GMO Internet Requests Government Cyber Defense Measures

    Taiga Uranaka / Bloomberg /

  12. China pays Russia less for gas than it pays Turkmenistan, Carnegie finds

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  13. US LNG Project Developer Funded by Russia’s Novatek, FT Says

    David Stringer / Bloomberg /

  14. China’s luxury brands are ready to elbow western rivals aside

    Financial Times /

  15. Can a £5.8bn scheme help revive Grimsby and other town centres?

    Sarah Butler / The Guardian /

  16. UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab

    BBC /

    Also: Bloomberg UK Vows £100 Million for Biosecurity Lab With OpenAI, Anthropic

  17. Russian Diesel Tanker Heads to New York After Trump-Putin Deal

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: Al-Monitor Exclusive-First Russian diesel from Putin-Trump deal heading for US, data shows, Bloomberg Ship With Russian Diesel Signals US Port After Trump-Putin Deal, The Kyiv Independent First tanker with Russian diesel under Trump deal heads to US, Reuters reports, Euronews First Russian diesel shipment is heading to US under Trump-Putin deal · see all

  18. HSBC to open new wealth centre in Abu Dhabi despite regional conflict

    Enoch Yiu / South China Morning Post /

  19. ‘Disrupter’ exchanges battle for ETFs in challenge to NYSE and Nasdaq

    Financial Times /

  20. Can the world still trust America? | Martin Wolf on the US midterms | FT

    Financial Times /

  21. Zelensky Lays Out Ukraine’s Conditions for Lasting Peace

    Sevinj Osmanqizi / Kyiv Post /

  22. OpenAI Resumes Training AI, But Without Internet Access

    Rachel Metz / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Business Times OpenAI resumes frontier AI training after security overhaul, discloses flaw in widely used software

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: Nach Hacks: OpenAI will Spitzen-KI ohne Internet trainieren (de)

  23. Sodium, the new white gold?

    Elena Horrillo / El País /

  24. John Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s security

    The Guardian /

    Also: Financial Times Healey to give £20bn boost to UK’s business lender and infrastructure bank

Earlier today

  1. ‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking

    Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian /

  2. SpaceX-Tesla merger could face antitrust scrutiny

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /

  3. Historic monetary tightening, benign output dynamics: Rising R-stars across the Atlantic

    Mátyás Farkas / CEPR /

  4. Big Paydays Ahead for Anthropic's Early Backers

    Bloomberg /

  5. Kremlin-seized German company Metro AG transfers 1 billion rubles to Russian military without approval

    Lachlan Hyatt / The Kyiv Independent /