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Missile War Monitor: Drone attack badly damages a plant in Kstovo as fire is reported at Lukoil's biggest refinery

Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

Also: Kyiv Post Drones Strike Lukoil Refinery and Power Plant in Kstovo, The Kyiv Independent Russian oil refinery in Kstovo ablaze after reported overnight drone strike

In other languages: Svenska Dagbladet Ryskt oljeraffinaderi uppges brinna (sv), Aftenposten Nok et russisk oljeraffineri satt i brann av ukrainske droner: – Det brenner som et helvete (no), Dagens industri Ryskt raffinaderi uppges brinna efter attack (sv)

  1. Bond investors sit out ‘most consequential’ US midterm elections in years

    Financial Times /

    Also: MarketWatch Your stock portfolio increasingly hinges on the bond market — and the midterm elections, Bloomberg US Midterm Candidates Tap Rare Bipartisan Issue: Credit Card Rates

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Midterms: Mehr als 440 Millionen Dollar: So prägte Elon Musk mit Rekordspenden die nächste US-Wahl (de), Valor Econômico Agenda de mercados: Copom, ‘payroll’ e ‘midterms’ no foco (pt)

  2. OPEC+ holds December output steady as 2027 call looms

    Newsbase analysts / bne IntelliNews /

    Also: Bloomberg OPEC+ Sticks With Plan for Steady Oil Output Quotas in December

  3. Cost-of-living protests spread across Europe with unrest in France and Germany

    MercoPress /

    Also: bne IntelliNews Halloween youth protests spread from France to Germany as Europe's economic model cracks

  4. Poland's Morawiecki moves to oust Tusk as constitutional court crisis escalates

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent EU Commission backs Poland government over constitutional court crisis, Kyiv Post Tusk, Nawrocki Double Down as Poland Court Crisis Deepens, The Economist Poland’s fight over its constitutional court gets physical

  5. Binance covers 90 per cent of assets stolen in $6.3 billion hack

    The National /

    Also: BBC Crypto firm Binance covers 90% of losses after $6.3bn hack, Financial Times Binance restarts customer withdrawals after $6.3bn heist, The Guardian Binance resumes customer withdrawals after record $6.3bn hack, Bloomberg FBI Blames North Korea for $6 Billion Binance Crypto Hack, France 24 Binance resumes crypto withdrawals after major hack blamed on North Korea, The Japan Times FBI blames North Korea for $6 billion Binance crypto hack, The Globe and Mail Binance replenishes 90% of assets stolen in record hack, The New York Times How Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack Went Down · see all

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Binance reanuda los retiros de los clientes tras robo de US$ 6.300 millones (es), Neue Zürcher Zeitung FBI bestätigt: Nordkorea steckt hinter milliardenschwerem Krypto-Diebstahl bei Binance (de), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 北, 바이낸스서 훔친 코인만 연간 수출액 13배…현금화 어떻게 (ko), Süddeutsche Zeitung Binance-Hack: FBI: Nordkorea steckt hinter Krypto-Diebstahl - Binance nimmt Auszahlungen wieder auf (de), La Nación El FBI acusó a Corea del Norte por el robo de más de US$6000 millones a Binance (es), Aftenposten FBI: Nord-Korea sto bak tidenes største krypto-tyveri (no), Valor Econômico FBI afirma que hackers norte-coreanos são responsáveis pelo ciberataque à Binance (pt), Handelsblatt Hackerangriff: FBI: Nordkoreanische Hacker stecken hinter milliardenschwerem Krypto-Diebstahl (de), Rzeczpospolita FBI oskarża Koreę Północną o kradzież z Binance, stan wyjątkowy w Boliwii z powodu El Niño (pl), Svenska Dagbladet FBI: Nordkorea bakom miljardkupp mot kryptobörs (sv), Dagens industri Så försökte Binance stoppa kryptokuppen (sv), Børsen FBI: Gruppe fra Nordkorea stod bag kryptotyveri i milliardklassen (da), Frankfurter Allgemeine Business-Ticker: Kryptobörse Binance nimmt Auszahlungen nach Milliardenraub wieder auf (de) · see all

  6. Panic and Anger Spread as Europe’s Great Pension Covenant Unravels

    Noemie Bisserbe / The Wall Street Journal /

  7. Russian strikes leave thousands without power in Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

    Mari Eccles / POLITICO Europe /

  8. The Politics of Poland’s Judicial Crisis

    Maciej Kisilowski / Project Syndicate /

  9. How a small Wisconsin city scuttled a secretive $1.6bn datacenter project

    Daniel A Medina with photographs by Eric Ruby / The Guardian /

  10. AI Talent War Spreads to Wall Street

    Bloomberg /

  11. China’s Top Regulators to Address Global Bankers at HK Summit

    Kiuyan Wong / Bloomberg /

  12. Korea’s Stock Market Crashed $1 Trillion. What Does That Mean for the Global AI Race?

    Richard Gray / ChinaTalk /

  13. South Korea exports extend robust growth on AI-fuelled chip boom

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg S. Korea Exports Extend Robust Growth as Chip Boom Continues, The Wall Street Journal South Korea’s Chip-Led Exports Accelerate, Bringing $1 Trln Annual Target Closer

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 한국 수출 첫 9000억달러 돌파…연수출 1조달러 보인다 (ko)

  14. The $40 Trillion Problem Washington Won’t Talk About

    Bloomberg /

  15. BRICS+ study backs cross-border payments network over common currency

    bne IntelliNews /

  16. The US-China trade war seems to have subsided – but the sense of calm is misleading

    Eduardo Porter / The Guardian /

  17. Sebi to delist penny stocks: Market regulator plans AI-based surveillance of such firms

    The Economic Times /

  18. This is the biggest threat to the AI-powered bull market

    Joseph Adinolfi / MarketWatch /

  19. ‘Dark money made darker’: funding labyrinth conceals donors to Republican campaigns

    Jason Wilson / The Guardian /

  20. Iran, Qatari mediators hold third day of talks to end US-Iran war

    Al-Monitor /

  21. Data centres on the ballot: could the AI infrastructure shape US midterms?

    Charlotte Lam / France 24 /

  22. How Lukashenko uses political prisoners to bargain with the West

    Kyiv Independent /

  23. US critical minerals push delivers a gold rush — for Washington lobbyists

    Financial Times /

  24. Iranian negotiators in Doha to continue talks to end the US-Iran war, official says

    Al-Monitor /

Earlier today

  1. Ukraine Pauses Strikes on Russian Refineries After Pressure From U.S.

    Alexander Ward / The Wall Street Journal /

  2. US clears 500 Patriot interceptors for Ukraine, but Zelenskiy says deliveries may take years

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  3. Kioxia warns flash memory prices stalling after outlook miss

    The Japan Times /

  4. Xi tightens his grip as China's military leadership is decimated

    bne IntelliNews /

  5. Opec+ agrees in principle to keep oil output targets steady in December, sources say

    The Business Times /