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BoE set to raise rates to 4% in fight against inflation

Financial Times /

  1. Taiwan Loosens Exporter US Dollar Sale Curbs as Currency Weakens

    Chien-Hua Wan and Argin Chang / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Business Times Taiwan said to ease exporter FX rule after record stocks exodus

  2. U.S. Pushes to Restore Russian Gas Sales to Europe Via Ukraine

    Drew Hinshaw / The Wall Street Journal /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Energiepolitik: USA drängen auf russische Gaslieferungen durch die Ukraine nach Europa (de)

  3. Crypto firm Binance covers 90% of losses after $6.3bn hack

    BBC /

    Also: Financial Times Binance users pull $3.6bn as crypto exchange restarts services after heist, South China Morning Post Binance sees spike in withdrawals as exchange returns online after US$6.3 billion hack, The Globe and Mail Binance says withdrawals stabilizing after $6.3-billion heist, The Business Times Binance sees spike in withdrawals as exchange returns online after US$6.3 billion heist, Euronews Binance resumes withdrawals after billions stolen in hack, Bloomberg North Korea’s Hackers Supercharge Crypto Heists With AI Skills, The Guardian Binance resumes customer withdrawals after record $6.3bn hack, Daily Maverick Binance sees spike in withdrawals as exchange returns online after $6.3bn heist, Semafor North Korea blamed for crypto heist, The National Binance covers 90 per cent of assets stolen in $6.3 billion hack · see all

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Binance reanuda los retiros de los clientes tras robo de US$ 6.300 millones (es), Expansión Los usuarios de Binance retiran más de 3.600 millones de la plataforma tras el robo (es), La Nación El FBI acusó a Corea del Norte por el robo de más de US$6000 millones a Binance (es), Frankfurter Allgemeine Business-Ticker: Binance-Kunden ziehen nach Milliarden-Diebstahl 3,6 Milliarden Dollar ab (de), Neue Zürcher Zeitung Wie der Raub von mehr als 6 Milliarden Dollar an Krypto-Vermögen ablief. Eine Rekonstruktion (de), Handelsblatt Hackerangriff: FBI: Nordkoreanische Hacker stecken hinter milliardenschwerem Krypto-Diebstahl bei Binance (de), Estadão Binance registra retiradas líquidas de US$ 3,64 bilhões após retomada de saques (pt), Süddeutsche Zeitung Hackerangriff auf Binance: Nach Milliardenraub: Kryptobörse nimmt Auszahlungen wieder auf (de), Valor Econômico Binance registra saídas líquidas de US$ 3,64 bi após retomada de saques (pt) · see all

  4. Dr Sultan Al Jaber urges energy security overhaul as nearly billion barrels drawn from oil markets

    Jennifer Gnana / The National /

  5. India's energy majors bank a war windfall

    bne IntelliNews /

  6. Pharma giants pay millions to Russian distributor entangled in corruption allegations to win cancer drug business

    Sydney P. Freedberg / ICIJ /

  7. Asia’s Factory Activity Buoyed by AI Demand, but Cracks Emerge

    Kimberley Kao / The Wall Street Journal /

  8. How Poland’s Central Bank Is Caught in Political Standoff With PM Donald Tusk

    Agnieszka Barteczko and Wojciech Moskwa / Bloomberg /

  9. Blackstone Leads $3.1 Billion Deal to Acquire LNG Canada Stake

    Preeti Singh / Bloomberg /

  10. China lowers funding costs with shift to overnight policy rate

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg PBOC Conducts Overnight Reverse Repo as Policy Anchor Shifts

  11. ‘Life on Hold’: Poland’s Immigrants Face Years Waiting for Residence Permits

    Ada Petriczko / Balkan Insight (BIRN) /

  12. South Korea to double spending on AI and chips in 2027

    The Japan Times /

  13. Hong Kong IPO hopefuls reveal intertwined investor relationships amid market push for more scrutiny

    The Business Times /

  14. Singapore’s data centre operator STT GDC eyes US$2.4 billion loan, adds to AI debt binge

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Singapore’s STTGDC Eyes $2.4 Billion Loan, Adds to AI Debt Binge

  15. Adnoc signs agreement with OpenAI and G42 to deploy Frontier AI

    Jennifer Gnana / The National /

  16. China’s 5,000-ton digging machines are a trade war risk to India

    The Economic Times /

  17. Japan ready to respond to disorderly movements in FX market, Katayama says

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Japan’s Katayama Says Ready to Act for Stable FX Market

  18. Deeper China-Oman ties strategic for both sides, Xi says

    Al-Monitor /

  19. Taiwan brokerage accounts hit record as young investors surge

    bne IntelliNews /

  20. Why India faces three balancing acts—and why they are tough to achieve

    Mint /

  21. Chinese e-commerce going global

    Junjie Wang / South China Morning Post /

  22. Petrol prices set to hit record high under Trump on eve of US elections

    Financial Times /

  23. 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 Ukraine war latest: Russian oil refinery in Kstovo ablaze after reported overnight drone strike

  24. How De Beers lost its sparkle

    Financial Times /

Earlier today

  1. Negotiators ‘braced for worst’ over US-Iran talks to reopen strait of Hormuz

    The Guardian /

  2. The Politics of Poland’s Judicial Crisis

    Maciej Kisilowski / Project Syndicate /

  3. Colombia at Risk of Default Without a Fix, Restrepo Tells Semana

    Maria Clara Cobo / Bloomberg /

  4. Oil slips more than 1% as talks continue on ending Iran war

    The Business Times /

  5. Weak China PMIs Spark Fresh Stimulus Bets

    Bloomberg /