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France pushes 'responsible' 2027 budget as Fitch cuts debt outlook to 'negative'

Euronews /

Also: Bloomberg France Gets Budget Warning as Fitch Turns Negative on Rating, 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)

  1. 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 Canada pledges 500 million euros toward Ukraine support loan amid 2027 budget shortfall, 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)

  2. Missile War Monitor: Ukraine resumes refinery strikes, Novak says, as Russian strike blacks out parts of Kyiv

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Russian attack hits Kyiv energy facility, leaving parts of the city without power and water

  3. Bank of England May Raise High-Risk Mortgage Threshold, FT Says

    Marcus Wright / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Bank of England explores easing key limit on riskier mortgage lending

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

    The Business Times /

    Also: Kyiv Post Dnipro Station Hit Again as Russian Strikes Spark Fire, MarketWatch The selloff in tech stocks is shifting into overdrive

    In other languages: E24 Kraftig AI-knekk på Wall Street: – Det markedet har fryktet (no)

  5. Drones Hit Bashneft-Novoil Refinery in Ufa

    Tymur Dubovyk / Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Power outages hit Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, explosions reported in Ufa amid drone alerts

  6. 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), Diario Financiero Anthropic: las siete preguntas clave de la IPO más grande de la historia (es), Børsen Før Anthropic: Sådan gik det investorerne i verdens største børsnoteringer (da), Cinco Días Anthropic llega para revolucionar la inversión en IA, aunque en plena sacudida bursátil del sector (es) · see all

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

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg OpenAI Funding Target Cut by $10 Billion as AI Slumps, FT Says

    In other languages: Frankfurter Allgemeine Business-Ticker: OpenAI bekommt wohl zehn Milliarden Dollar weniger (de)

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

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

    Also: Financial Times US approves $2.1bn sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine, Kyiv Post Newly Approved $2.1B Patriot Missile Sale Faces Post-2030 Delivery, The Kyiv Independent US approves $2.1 billion Patriot missile sale to Ukraine as Zelensky warns of years-long wait for deliveries

  9. How the Binance heist raises regulatory and investment questions

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

    Also: Sky News How an engineer's laptop may have led to $6.3bn crypto heist, Daily Maverick JUST ONE LAPTOP: Binance hack is history’s biggest crypto heist and another warning sign, Bloomberg Crypto Hack Reignites Regulatory Debate, The New York Times Binance Was Hacked. What Protections Exist for Crypto Customers? · see all

    In other languages: Brazil Journal O maior roubo cibernético da história: Binance perde US$ 6,3 bi (em 20 minutos) (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), Cinco Días Las claves del robo del siglo en Binance: qué ocurrió, quién está detrás y cómo puede sobrevivir la empresa (es), Le Figaro Cyberattaque contre Binance : la plateforme peut-elle survivre financièrement au plus grand piratage de l’histoire des cryptomonnaies ? (fr), La Nación Tras el hackeo histórico a Binance, la cotización del bitcoin bajó 5% en un día (es), Jornal de Negócios Preparado durante 36 horas e executado em 20 minutos: o que se sabe sobre o golpe à Binance (pt) · see all

  10. OpenAI’s Altman Meets Samsung Executives as Chip Crunch Deepens

    Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) "경영진부터 AI 쓴다"…올트먼 만난 삼성 사장단, 지식저장소 실습도 (ko)

  11. Trump touted a record Venezuela oil deal. Now reality is setting in

    The Japan Times /

  12. How the US midterms could reshape the outlook for the dollar, bonds and Wall Street

    Nuria Salobral / El País /

    Also: Financial Times What’s the risk of political violence? | Martin Wolf on the US midterms | FT

  13. Doctors in Ukraine Try Treating Infections Like Biological Warfare Attacks

    Gina Kolata and Marc Santora / The New York Times /

  14. US Eyes December Decision on Permanent Military Base in Poland

    Tvp World / Kyiv Post /

  15. Europe Learns to Weather Shocks in World More Prone to Turmoil

    Alexander Weber / Bloomberg /

  16. Gating Functions

    Doomberg /

  17. Can battery swapping and energy storage power CATL’s next phase of growth?

    Themis Qi / South China Morning Post /

  18. Qatar's economy to jump 15 per cent in 2027 on gas sector recovery, S&P says

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

  19. Lula’s surprise election victory sends agri-commodities tumbling

    Financial Times /

    In other languages: Neue Zürcher Zeitung Lulas letzter Triumph könnte für Brasilien teuer werden (de)

  20. How fraudsters got a slice of Canada’s bread price-fixing settlement

    Susan Krashinsky Robertson / The Globe and Mail /

  21. China Economic Activity Loses Steam Sharply in October

    The Wall Street Journal /

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

  22. Apple overtakes Nvidia to become world’s most valuable company

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Apple Overtakes Nvidia to Become World’s Most Valuable Company

  23. How Locals and Shopkeepers Tried to Save One Paris Street From Rioters

    Catherine Porter and Giulia Imbert / The New York Times /

  24. Oil prices hit six-month high on Hormuz strikes and US threat to hit Iran

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

Earlier today

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

    Financial Times /

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

    Euronews /

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

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

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

    Bartosz Brzeziński / POLITICO Europe /

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

    Marco Reuter / CEPR /