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

Euronews /

Also: Financial Times Rating agency Fitch hits France with unscheduled outlook downgrade, 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 · see all

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

  1. 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, Kyiv Post Russian Energy Strikes Cut Power to 280,000 Across Ukraine

  2. 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 Guardian Canada and EU announce new alliance open to like-minded countries, POLITICO Europe EU and Canada reach agreement on critical minerals and LNG

    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)

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

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg OpenAI’s Altman Meets Samsung Executives as Chip Crunch Deepens

    In other languages: Frankfurter Allgemeine Business-Ticker: OpenAI bekommt wohl zehn Milliarden Dollar weniger (de), Handelsblatt KI: OpenAI senkt wohl Finanzierungsziel um zehn Milliarden Dollar (de), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) "경영진부터 AI 쓴다"…올트먼 만난 삼성 사장단, 지식저장소 실습도 (ko)

  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, Bloomberg AI Spending Fears Hammer Big Tech Stocks, MarketWatch The selloff in tech stocks is shifting into overdrive, 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)

  5. Serbia election result could boost EU prospects across Western Balkans, Bruegel says

    bne IntelliNews /

    Also: Financial Times Serbia comes back into the fold

  6. Nvidia’s Megaspeed ties show potential blind spots in the U.S. effort to block China from accessing advanced chips

    Steve Goldstein / MarketWatch /

  7. Russia Extends Ban on Most Diesel Exports Through January

    Bloomberg /

  8. Binance's $6.3bn hack exposes crypto's dependence on the middlemen it was built to replace

    Yevgeny Bebnev / The National /

    Also: Financial Times What we know about the $6.3bn Binance hack, The New York Times Binance Lost Over $6 Billion in Crypto Hack. Here’s What to Know., BBC Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea, MercoPress Hackers steal US$6.3 billion in crypto from Binance in the sector’s biggest-ever heist, Bloomberg North Koreans Seen as Likely Hackers in Giant Binance Heist, The Guardian How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme, The Japan Times Binance hack exposes unsolvable crypto risk: disappearing money, 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, The Business Times Crypto exchanges call for quick moves to bolster defences after Binance heist, South China Morning Post Binance pledges to cover losses after US$6 billion crypto hack · see all

    In other languages: 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

  9. Vučić's departure threatens Russia's influence across the Western Balkans, Carnegie says

    bne IntelliNews /

  10. Polish president Nawrocki pushes his way into top court amid rule-of-law tussle

    Wojciech Kość / POLITICO Europe /

    In other languages: Rzeczpospolita Chaos wokół Trybunału Konstytucyjnego. Inwestorzy szykują się na poniedziałek (pl)

  11. 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

  12. What the Economy Is Sacrificing to AI

    Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic /

  13. 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

  14. How Vectar Energy moved from selling solar generators to building carbon-market infrastructure

    Opeyemi Kareem / TechCabal /

  15. Shipping Strikes In Hormuz Leave Both Sides With Economic Pain

    Gerry Doyle / Bloomberg /

  16. 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

  17. Stablecoins gain ground in African trade but face hurdles to wider use

    John Adoyi / TechCabal /

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

    Marcus Wright / Bloomberg /

  19. Healey to veto new offshore wind projects if they will not lower bills

    Sammy Gecsoyler / The Guardian /

  20. Egypt fears escalation in Iran war would be more destructive, foreign minister says

    Al-Monitor /

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

    The Japan Times /

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

    Nuria Salobral / El País /

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

  23. Alberta’s data centre boom faces fierce and growing opposition

    Kate Helmore / The Globe and Mail /

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

    Gina Kolata and Marc Santora / The New York Times /

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. China Economic Activity Loses Steam Sharply in October

    The Wall Street Journal /

  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 /