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Moody’s Keeps France’s Credit Rating Unchanged

Don Nico Forbes / The Wall Street Journal /

Also: Financial Times France avoids downgrade from Moody’s in boost for Macron’s government, 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, The Guardian Trump drops some Canada tariffs in bid to boost embattled Susan Collins in Maine

    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. 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: Rzeczpospolita Starlink znów działa na Ukrainie. Ministerstwo Obrony potwierdza stabilną łączność (pl), Svenska Dagbladet Europa är Elon Musks gisslan (sv), Dagens industri Ukraina har stabil Starlink-uppkoppling igen (sv)

  3. 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

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

    The Business Times /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt KI: Moonshot bremst Hacking-Fähigkeiten des neuesten Modells (de)

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

    The Economic Times /

  6. Aboard USS George Washington as It Rearms for Possible Iran Strikes

    Eve Hartley / The Wall Street Journal /

  7. Ukraine Confirms Hits on Proton Plant, Tolyatti and Yeysk Airfield

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Taiga Uranaka / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Japan Times GMO asks government to take active cyber defense measures

  9. French government and corporate bond yields are converging

    Financial Times /

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

    Dominic Culverwell / The Kyiv Independent /

  11. 5 Takeaways From Our Investigation of Trump’s Waivers for Polluters

    Maxine Joselow and Eric Lipton / The New York Times /

  12. Zoom Versus The Hague: Anatomy of a Russian Sleight of Hand

    Oleksandr Antonyuk / Kyiv Post /

  13. How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass

    Eric Lipton / The New York Times /

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

    The Kyiv Independent /

  15. 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, POLITICO Europe Inside the cyber flaw scramble that brought the AI threat to life

    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)

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

    Kyiv Post /

  17. Kim Jong-un crosses over newly opened bridge into China

    Raphael Rashid / The Guardian /

  18. Mauritius Carrier Looks at Narrow-Body Jets in Fleet Overhaul

    Kamlesh Bhuckory / Bloomberg /

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

    The Business Times /

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

  20. 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)

  21. Margin Call

    Doomberg /

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

    The Economic Times /

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

    bne IntelliNews /

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

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

Earlier today

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

    Kyiv Post /

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

    BBC /

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

    Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian /

  4. Mass blackouts reported across occupied Crimea

    Rebecka Pieder / The Kyiv Independent /

  5. SpaceX-Tesla merger could face antitrust scrutiny

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /