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  1. Contest to Succeed ECB Head Lagarde Is Officially a Two-Horse Race

    Paul Hannon / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg Knot and De Cos Are the Only Two Candidates for ECB President

    In other languages: Le Temps Succession de Christine Lagarde à la BCE: les Pays-Bas et l’Espagne s’affrontent sur fond de tensions inflationnistes (fr), Le Figaro BCE : l'Espagnol Pablo Hernandez de Cos et le Néerlandais Klaas Knot candidats à la succession de Christine Lagarde (fr), Jornal de Negócios Espanhol Cos e neerlandês Knot são os candidatos à presidência do BCE (pt), Børsen To kandidater indstillet til at afløse Lagarde som ECB-chef (da) · see all

  2. AI backlash could threaten Anthropic IPO timing, potential investors say

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Anthropic IPO Buyers See Valuation as Low as $1.1 Trillion, Financial Times Anthropic lines up UK retail offer as AI stocks wobble

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Desconocida firma de inversión redobla su apuesta por Anthropic a pesar del desplome del sector tecnológico (es), Valor Econômico Anthropic enfrenta pressão para reduzir avaliação do IPO após tombo das ações de IA (pt)

  3. Microsoft AI data-centre site in Amsterdam breached by protesters as Europe’s opposition grows

    Mike Corder and Suman Naishadham / The Globe and Mail /

    Also: Bloomberg Protesters Break Into Microsoft Data Center in Amsterdam

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Niederlande: Protest gegen Microsoft-Rechenzentrum in Amsterdam – viele Festnahmen (de), Jornal de Negócios Manifestantes invadem obras de centro de dados da Microsoft em Amesterdão (pt)

  4. ECB Considers Review of Bank Data Center Lending on AI Risk

    Laura Noonan and Esteban Duarte / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios BCE prepara revisão aos empréstimos bancários para financiar centros de dados (pt), Cinco Días El BCE pide a los bancos que cambien su modelo de gobernanza para adaptarse a la IA (es), Dagens industri Uppgifter: ECB vill granska bankers utlåning till datacenter (sv)

  5. Brent Crude Climbs Above $100 as Middle East Oil Supply Risks Persist

    Farhan Rafid / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg Oil’s Plunge Below $100 Doesn’t Mean Markets Are Out of Jeopardy, Euronews Why Spain is taking 188,000 tonnes of olive oil off the market, Kyiv Post Russia’s Major Oil Refinery Reportedly Targeted as 142 Drones Downed

    In other languages: Aftenposten Oljefondet har falt med over 1500 milliarder under børsuroen (no), Dagens Næringsliv Oljefondet oppnådde forlik på over to milliarder etter Silicon Valley Bank-kollapsen (no), Jornal de Negócios Há "estrangulamentos", mas meta dos EUA para o petróleo da Venezuela "vai ser atingida" (pt), Cinco Días El Ibex firma su mejor semana en siete meses al calor de la banca y la caída del petróleo (es) · see all

  6. EU accuses TikTok of designing algorithm that creates ‘rabbit holes’

    Eliza Gkritsi / POLITICO Europe /

    Also: The Guardian EU charges TikTok with failing to protect users’ mental health, Bloomberg EU Escalates TikTok Probe Over Algorithmic ‘Rabbit Holes’

    In other languages: Valor Econômico UE acusa TikTok de provocar efeitos prejudiciais com algoritmo (pt), Handelsblatt EU: Tiktok droht Strafe wegen Gefährdung mentaler Gesundheit (de), Le Figaro L’UE somme TikTok de modifier ses flux de vidéos personnalisées, accusés d’effets «nocifs» (fr), Asahi Shimbun TikTokに有害な「ラビットホール現象」 EUが違法の暫定見解 (ja) · see all

  7. For oil markets, Trump is anything but a lame duck

    Eric Reguly / The Globe and Mail /

  8. Europe alarmed by US plans for security deal with Russia

    Financial Times /

    In other languages: Dagens Næringsliv EU avviser USAs fremstøt for en ny sikkerhetsordning i Europa (no)

  9. Worst Rout Since 2020 Leaves Virtually Nowhere to Hide in Stocks

    Jessica Menton and Geoffrey Morgan / Bloomberg /

    Also: Euronews European stocks join global rout after worst US chip sell-off since 2020, The New York Times After a $2.5 Trillion Wipeout, Tech Investors Brace for More Pain, Semafor Stock selloff goes global in worst rout in years, Sky News 'Bloodbath': Markets plummet worldwide as US midterm results add to AI fears, MarketWatch After Wall Street’s worst selloff since the 2025 tariff shock, here’s what investors need to watch next, South China Morning Post From finance summit to AI-driven stock rout: 5 figures investors are watching in China, The National Manus on Markets: $2.3 trillion wiped out as US midterms send markets into a tailspin, The Guardian US tech stock rout: is the AI bubble bursting?, BBC Why the US midterms sparked an AI stock selloff, The Business Times Nasdaq futures rise after steep AI sell-off as chip stocks stabilise, Financial Times FirstFT: Global stocks tumble as Democratic sweep sparks AI rout · see all

    In other languages: Valor Econômico ‘Onda azul’ no Congresso americano eleva pressão regulatória sobre big techs (pt), Dagens industri Extrema börsfall i USA – oron sprider sig till Asien (sv), Asahi Shimbun 日経平均が終値も6万円割れ 一時4000円下落、AI投資に懸念 (ja), Het Financieele Dagblad Rode koersenborden in heel Europa, AEX beperkt het verlies tot 0,8% (nl), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 버터 올려도 끄떡없었다…미국서 난리 난 한국산 AI칩 (ko), Le Figaro Wall Street plonge, vent de panique sur l’IA : le Nasdaq perd 2500 milliards de capitalisation après la victoire démocrate aux midterms (fr), Rzeczpospolita Rzeź AI na giełdach – od Wall Street po Azję (pl), Jornal de Negócios "Flashback" de 2001. Dia negro para a IA em Wall Street contagia Ásia e Europa (pt), Svenska Dagbladet AI-kollaps på Wall Street sprider börsoro (sv), Handelsblatt Börse im Aufruhr nach Midterms: Absturz der Tech-Aktien: Platzt nun eine KI-Blase? (de), Neue Zürcher Zeitung Die Börsen erleben einen Kurssturz. Nach dem Triumph der Demokraten werden die KI-Investitionen infrage gestellt (de) · see all

  10. Anatomy of a Selloff: Sudden Chain Reaction Rattles Wall Street

    Jan-Patrick Barnert / Bloomberg /

  11. Qatar sovereign wealth fund and Brookfield back supersized UK data center

    Kelsey Warner / Semafor /

    Also: Heatmap Was This Really the Data Center Election?

  12. Putin orders seizure of Japan Tobacco’s Russian business

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Moscow Seizes Japan Tobacco’s Russia Factories

    In other languages: Asahi Shimbun プーチン氏の思惑はどこに? JTの現地資産、ロシア側の管理下に (ja)

  13. Russia preparing major attack against Ukraine's bridges, critical infrastructure, Zelensky warns

    Abbey Fenbert / The Kyiv Independent /

  14. Russian Strike in Zhytomyr Strains Kyiv’s Power, Water Supply, Klitschko Says

    Kyiv Post /

  15. Israel’s Economy Defied Three Years of War. Now the Bill Is Coming Due.

    Georgi Kantchev / The Wall Street Journal /

  16. Nvidia pushes back after Jensen Huang asked to closed-door meeting in Congress over ties to Chinese 'asset'

    Cody Combs / The National /

  17. How an Undecided Congressman Is Thinking Through the Permitting Bill

    Emily Pontecorvo / Heatmap /

  18. European airspace on alert after bomb threats target some 20 commercial flights

    Le Monde /

    Also: El País How a wave of false bomb threats is disrupting air travel in Europe, Financial Times Bomb threats target media and flights as email warns ‘this is only the beginning’, POLITICO Europe Bomb threats target at least 22 more European flights

  19. Why the UK is becoming a base for African tech companies

    Opeyemi Kareem / TechCabal /

  20. Police searches at energy company deepen Zelensky-Klitschko tensions over Kyiv's winter preparations

    Dominic Culverwell / The Kyiv Independent /

  21. Nvidia faces a more hostile Washington

    Ashley Gold / Semafor /

  22. Mexico’s central bank surprises markets with rate cut as peso weakens

    Alek Buttermann / bne IntelliNews /

  23. The Economic Toll of Israel’s Wars

    Joseph Zeira / Project Syndicate /

  24. Trump names architect of his immigration policy, Stephen Miller, as White House chief of staff

    Macarena Vidal Liy / El País /

Earlier today

  1. Ueno Bank collapse sparks political crisis and impeachment move in Paraguay

    Euronews /

  2. Ukraine hopes, Russia shrugs as Brent slumps 9% after Democrats take US Congress

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  3. Bank rate increased to 4% - November 2026 Monetary Policy Summary and Minutes

    Bank of England /

  4. Bank of England raises rates for first time since 2023, signals more may come

    David Milliken / The Globe and Mail /

  5. Google, Meta and TikTok sue California to block law protecting children from addiction risk

    Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian /