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Cash sweep scrutiny threatens wealth managers' credit ratings, Moody's says

The spate of regulatory investigations into wealth managers' cash sweep programs could hurt their credit ratings, Moody's Ratings warned on Thursday, underscoring the

Cash sweep scrutiny threatens wealth managers' credit ratings, Moody's says
Europe|News

Slovak opposition calls vote on ministers' dismissal after sackings, prosecutor's release

Slovak opposition parties said on Friday they would force a parliamentary vote on the dismissal of the country's culture and justice ministers after sackings at cultural institutions and

News|World

Russia destroys Ukrainian unit armed with NATO weapons in Kursk region, RIA says

Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage unit that was armed with weapons from NATO countries in Russia's western Kursk region, the RIA state-run media

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets

Wall St wraps up best week of the year as recession fears fade

U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday, extending their biggest weekly percentage gains of the year as worries of an economic downturn eased and investors focused on

Africa|Health|World

IFRC says shortage of testing, vaccines hampers mpox response in Africa

Far more diagnostic kits, treatments and vaccines need to be shipped to Africa to respond adequately to the outbreak of a new strain of the mpox virus

News|Political|World

Ukraine's operation in Kursk needed to convince Russia to start fair talks, Kyiv says

A Ukrainian presidential adviser said on Friday that Kyiv's cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk region was required to convince Moscow to start "fair" peace talks.

Business|Economy|Finance

Evergrande onshore unit's administrator seeks details from creditors ahead of meeting

The administrator of a major Evergrande onshore unit has asked creditors to provide details about the debt the embattled property developer owes to them ahead of the first

Evergrande onshore unit's administrator seeks details from creditors ahead of meeting
Business|Economy|Finance

With US economy humming, a quarter point will do

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The U.S. economy is doing just fine and markets now accept a quarter-point rate cut from the Federal Reserve next month will be

Asia|News

India's Kashmir to vote in polls from Sept. 18, five years after Modi ended its autonomy

India will hold provincial elections in the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir from Sept. 18, the Election Commission said on Friday, the first regional

Economy|News

Harris aims at stubbornly high prices

Vice President Kamala Harris' speech in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday will focus on economics, and specifically around her plans to lower costs and target "corporate price-gouging" if

Harris aims at stubbornly high prices
Business|News|Technology

Ford recalls about 85,000 Explorer SUVs over engine fire risk

Ford Motor is recalling about 85,000 Explorer SUVs equipped with the Police Interceptor Utility package over concerns of an engine fire, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Ford recalls about 85,000 Explorer SUVs over engine fire risk
Africa|Health|News

WHO official: more than 300 cholera deaths reported in Sudan

The humanitarian crisis from the civil war in Sudan is also exacerbating infections including cholera, and the bacterial disease has killed more than 300 people in the region, a World

News|World

Russia says its forces advance towards key city in eastern Ukraine

Russia said on Thursday that its forces had taken control of a village in eastern Ukraine that is just 16 km (10 miles) from the important city of Pokrovsk, which sits abreast of

Europe|News|World

Three killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine's Donetsk, official says

Russian attacks killed three civilians and injured five more in the last 24 hours in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, a local official said on Friday, as Moscow's forces mounted

Arts

Ethiopia's traditional 'sauna' therapy gains big-city popularity

With her face caked in honey and hair smothered in butter, Saba Yilma wafts clouds of fragrant smoke out from under a heavy leather cloak to help moderate the temperature of

Europe|News

Belarus says there is a high chance of armed provocation from Ukraine

Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Friday there was a high probability of an armed provocation from neighbouring Ukraine and that the situation at their shared border

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

Chipmaker Texas Instruments to receive up to $1.6 billion in funding from US

Texas Instruments said on Friday it would receive up to $1.6 billion in funding from the U.S.

Chipmaker Texas Instruments to receive up to $1.6 billion in funding from US
Business|Economy

Hong Kong second-quarter GDP expands 3.3% on year

Hong Kong's economy expanded by 3.3% in the second quarter from a year earlier, the government said on Friday, adding that the economy should continue to grow.

Business|Health

GSK to seek dismissal of Florida case against heartburn drug Zantac

British drugmaker GSK said on Friday it would seek a dismissal of an upcoming Zantac case in Florida, where plaintiffs alleged that its discontinued heart burn drug had caused prostate

Business|Economy

Taiwan cuts 2024 GDP growth forecast despite rising AI demand

Taiwan's trade-driven economy is expected to grow at a slightly slower pace in 2024 than previously forecast, with exports weaker than projected, despite

Asia|News|World

Philippines says US missile system poses no threat to China

The Philippines sought to assure China on Friday that the presence of a U.S. intermediate-range missile system on its territory posed no threat to China and would

Business|Economy|Finance

How deep a cut?

Central bank chiefs congregate in Jackson Hole for their annual retreat, U.S.

Asia|Economy|Finance

China manages to halt bond bulls in their tracks, for now

A long, frenzied bond rally in China has stalled, with prices down and turnover tumbling as investors step back after intensifying intervention by Beijing to stop yields from

Asia|Business|News

BMW, venture to recall 1.36 million cars in China due to airbag risks, regulator says

German automaker BMW and its joint venture will recall a combined 1.36 million locally produced and imported cars in China due to potential risks with the Takata airbag, China's

MidEast|News|World

Israeli army orders fresh evacuations in Gaza as fighting continues

The Israeli army ordered people in south and central Gaza areas it had previously designated humanitarian safe zones to leave on

Israeli army orders fresh evacuations in Gaza as fighting continues

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