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Joint Statement: The European Union and Canada building together an Alliance for the future

European Commission /

Also: Kyiv Post Canada and EU Launch New Alliance Covering Ukraine, Critical Minerals and AI, The Wall Street Journal EU, Canada Leaders Set Out Path to ‘Associate Membership’ Arrangement, The Guardian Canada and EU announce new alliance open to like-minded countries, The Kyiv Independent EU lays out 45 billion euro spending plan for Ukraine in 2027, The Globe and Mail Europe is desperate for energy but may not buy into Carney’s costly vision of Canada as an export ‘energy superpower’ · see all

In other languages: NRC De ‘alliantie voor de toekomst’ tussen Canada en de EU krijgt vorm in Montreal: afspraken over handel, onderzoek en grondstoffen (nl), Le Temps L’UE ouvre grand les bras au Canada en se vantant de sceller l’alliance «la plus étroite, la plus profonde et la plus solide jamais conclue» avec un pays non européen (fr)

  1. US: Wall Street closes sharply lower as AI cash burn fears spark tech sell-off

    The Business Times /

    Also: MarketWatch Has the tech bubble burst? Why the Nasdaq’s rough ride looks eerily like 2000., Financial Times US tech stocks tumble as concerns over AI spending intensify, Le Monde Markets lashed by tech rout as earnings fan AI fears, Kyiv Post Dnipro Station Hit Again as Russian Strikes Spark Fire, The Guardian Wall Street closes sharply lower as AI cash burn fears spark tech selloff – as it happened · see all

    In other languages: E24 Kraftig AI-knekk på Wall Street: – Det markedet har fryktet (no), Dagens industri AI-frossan tilltar på Wall Street (sv)

  2. France Gets Budget Warning as Fitch Turns Negative on Rating

    William Horobin / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Fitch Cuts France’s Outlook to Negative on Weaker Growth, Widening Deficit, Le Monde Fitch maintains France's credit rating at A+ but downgrades its outlook from stable to negative

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Fitch coloca França a caminho do corte de rating. Altera "outlook" para negativo (pt)

  3. Washington approves $2.1-billion Patriot missile sale to Ukraine

    Ryan Patrick Jones and Christian Martinez / The Globe and Mail /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent US approves $2.1 billion Patriot missile sale to Ukraine as NATO commander dismisses delivery concerns, Financial Times US greenlights $2.1bn sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine

  4. Anthropic may not secure investment-grade rating after IPO, Blackstone says

    Financial Times /

    In other languages: Expansión Anthropic podría no obtener el grado de inversión tras su OPV, según Blackstone (es), Le Figaro Pertes colossales, clients criminels, modèles toujours incontrôlables… Ces petits secrets honteux qu’Anthropic révèle dans 335 pages à destination des investisseurs (fr), Jornal de Negócios Anthropic pode ter um “rating” de “lixo” após o IPO, diz Blackstone (pt), Diario Financiero Anthropic: las siete preguntas clave de la IPO más grande de la historia (es), Valor Econômico FT: Anthropic pode não ter ‘grau de investimento’ após IPO, diz Blackstone a investidores (pt) · see all

  5. China Economic Activity Loses Steam Sharply in October

    The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg China Factory Activity Eases Into Decline as Growth Wobbles

  6. Iran hits Hormuz tanker with limpet mines in apparent tactical shift

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Rare Speedboat Attack in Hormuz Ignites Tanker’s Engine Room, Al-Monitor Limpet mine attack in Hormuz suggests Iran may be shifting tactics

  7. Meta’s rating outlook cut to negative by S&P on AI spending

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Meta’s Rating Outlook Cut to Negative by S&P on AI Spending

  8. Binance pledges to cover losses after US$6 billion crypto hack

    Daisy Wu and Tim Yuen Lingk / South China Morning Post /

    Also: Bloomberg Binance Suffers $6.3 Billion Hack in Crypto’s Biggest Heist, The National How a $6 billion hack became the world's biggest crypto theft, The Globe and Mail Hackers steal $6.3-billion from Binance in record heist blamed on North Korea, The New York Times Binance Lost Over $6 Billion in Crypto Hack. Here’s What to Know., BBC Binance's $6.3bn crypto hack biggest in history, MercoPress Hackers steal US$6.3 billion in crypto from Binance in the sector’s biggest-ever heist, The Guardian How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme, Sky News How an engineer's laptop may have led to $6.3bn crypto heist, The Business Times Crypto exchanges call for quick moves to bolster defences after Binance heist, The Atlantic A Very Bad 24 Hours for Crypto · see all

    In other languages: Brazil Journal O maior roubo cibernético da história: Binance perde US$ 6,3 bi (em 20 minutos) (pt), Valor Econômico Hackers levam US$ 6,3 bilhões da Binance, no maior roubo de criptomoedas do mundo (pt), Le Temps Plus de 6 milliards de dollars volés, des hackers professionnels, une course contre la montre: le piratage du géant des cryptomonnaies Binance crée un choc mondial (fr), Expansión (México) El hackeo a Binance por 6,300 mdd apunta a atacantes de Corea del Norte (es), Het Financieele Dagblad Miljardendiefstal bij marktleider Binance schokt cryptowereld (nl), Le Figaro Cyberattaque contre Binance : la plateforme peut-elle survivre financièrement au plus grand piratage de l’histoire des cryptomonnaies ? (fr), Süddeutsche Zeitung Binance-Hack: Der womöglich größte Diebstahl der Geschichte (de), La Nación Qué dijo Binance tras el robo de US$6300 millones en criptomonedas en su plataforma (es), Cinco Días Robo histórico de 6.300 millones de dólares en 20 minutos: jaque a Binance, la mayor plataforma cripto del mundo (es), Estadão Binance: hackers roubam US$ 6,3 bi em ativos da empresa no maior ataque da história das criptomoedas (pt) · see all

  9. Christine Lagarde’s Lonely Next Act: Defender of a Fading Globalist Order

    Chelsey Dulaney / The Wall Street Journal /

    In other languages: Het Financieele Dagblad Lagarde stapt op, het gevecht om de opvolging kan beginnen (nl)

  10. Binance hack exposes unsolvable crypto risk: disappearing money

    The Japan Times /

  11. EAM Jaishankar slams sanctions, chokepoints disrupting global energy trade, holding prices hostage

    The Economic Times /

  12. OpenAI slashes funding target by $10bn as tech anxieties mount

    Financial Times /

  13. Stablecoins as a vehicle for dollarisation: Evidence from capital controls and currency crises

    Marco Reuter / CEPR /

  14. Myanmar gives ASEAN the cold shoulder then bombs a Buddhist ceremony

    bne IntelliNews /

  15. Scary deals? What makes Hong Kong shun death-linked homes while France embraces the risk

    Cheryl Arcibal / South China Morning Post /

  16. Middle East fertiliser exports decline by 70% as Iran war disrupts supplies

    Fareed Rahman / The National /

  17. Independent Russian Newspaper Novaya Gazeta Shuts Under Kremlin Pressure

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: The New York Times Russian News Outlet That Defied Kremlin Will Shut Down: ‘They Killed Us’, The Kyiv Independent 'They killed us' – Pressure from Russian authorities forces closure of Novaya Gazeta, Financial Times Russia’s last major independent newspaper shuts under government pressure · see all

  18. BP profit quadruples as Iran war sends refining margins soaring and debt tumbles

    Euronews /

    In other languages: Diario Financiero ExxonMobil y Chevron registran ganancias récord y advierten sobre la escasez de diésel por tensión geopolítica (es)

  19. India-Brazil bilateral trade set to reach $20 bn with focus on critical minerals, AI, defence: Envoy

    The Economic Times /

  20. NYSE Owner Plans Hyperliquid Perpetuals Market in US

    Bloomberg /

  21. Meta, Alphabet, Intel Share Sales Leave Buyers Far Underwater

    Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Cinco Días Intel sufre su mayor caída en Bolsa desde 1973: se hunde un 28,58% quemando 130.000 millones de dólares de capitalización (es), Expansión (México) Intel agota sus chips para laptops económicas y anticipa más presión sobre los precios (es)

  22. Ottawa designates B.C. port expansion as project of national interest

    The Globe and Mail /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Canada Deems Vancouver Port Expansion a National Priority in Bid to Diversify Trade

  23. Is this how the great international borrowing spree ends?

    Planet Money /

  24. North of Dallas, suburban America's hypergrowth: 'Our city went from 8,000 to 80,000 residents in 10 years'

    Le Monde /

Earlier today

  1. Tusk-Nawrocki battle escalates as chief judge is ousted from Poland’s top court

    Bartosz Brzeziński / POLITICO Europe /

  2. Poland suspends top judges as battle over rule of law escalates

    Financial Times /

  3. Federal judge bars DoJ from threatening election workers to stop processing ballots

    The Guardian /

  4. Big Tech Holds $3 Trillion in Spending Commitments for AI Boom

    Brody Ford / Bloomberg /

  5. Russian attack hits Kyiv energy facility, leaving parts of the city without power and water

    Tamara Nowakowsky / The Kyiv Independent /