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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, Euronews Debt: Moody's spares France, "a brief respite", not a "vote of confidence", 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), Le Figaro Dette : à la surprise générale, Moody’s ne dégrade pas la France (fr) · see all

  1. Trump to cut Canadian tariffs after pressure from Republicans

    Financial Times /

    Also: BBC White House lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods as midterm elections loom

    In other languages: Børsen USA fjerner toldsatser på flere canadiske varer (da), 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. Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans, Officials Say

    Edward Wong / The New York Times /

    Also: The Guardian US and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on Iran, Financial Times Intelligence memo warns Iran plotting to kill Americans in Middle East

  3. 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, The Wall Street Journal Ukraine’s Military Starlink Is Working Again, Kyiv Says

    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)

  4. India, Russia aim for $100 billion trade by 2030 as Modi, Putin push cooperation

    The Economic Times /

    Also: Mint India’s commerce and industry ministry working to identify AI proof sectors: Piyush Goyal

  5. Ukraine's Sine Engineering launches joint defense tech initiative with Finland

    Dominic Culverwell / The Kyiv Independent /

  6. General Staff: Russia has lost 1,576,600 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

    The Kyiv Independent /

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

    Kyiv Post /

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

    The Business Times /

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

    The Business Times /

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

  10. 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), Frankfurter Allgemeine Business-Ticker: Nach Hacks: Open AI will Spitzen-KI ohne Internet trainieren (de)

  11. 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: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 美 중간선거 후 이란 공습설에…유가 117달러 뚫었다 (ko)

  12. German businesses now see India as manufacturing, R&D and innovation hub: Piyush Goyal

    The Economic Times /

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

    bne IntelliNews /

  14. Indonesia Begins Trimming Pipeline Gas Exports to Singapore

    Ben Otto / Bloomberg /

  15. Swiss Stocks Are Becoming a Haven From AI Fears Roiling Markets

    Levin Stamm / Bloomberg /

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

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Financial Times /

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

    Sarah Butler / The Guardian /

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

    BBC /

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

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

    Enoch Yiu / South China Morning Post /

  21. Trump Weighs 200% Tariffs on Ukraine and Russia, Doubts Impact

    Kyiv Post /

  22. Healey to give £20bn boost to UK’s business lender and infrastructure bank

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Guardian John Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s security

  23. 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, The Kyiv Independent How EU ships are still able to carry Trump's Russian diesel despite so many sanctions, Euronews First Russian diesel shipment is heading to US under Trump-Putin deal

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Análise: Medidas de Trump para conter preço do diesel ficam mais caras às vésperas das eleições (pt)

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

    Financial Times /

Earlier today

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

    Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian /

  2. Mass blackouts reported across occupied Crimea

    Rebecka Pieder / The Kyiv Independent /

  3. SpaceX-Tesla merger could face antitrust scrutiny

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /

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

    Mátyás Farkas / CEPR /

  5. Big Paydays Ahead for Anthropic's Early Backers

    Bloomberg /