Saudi Arabia forecasts slower growth, budget deficit this year (www.reuters.com)
Saudi Arabia has lowered its growth forecast and expects to post a budget deficit this year rather than an earlier projected surplus, a preliminary budget statement showed on Saturday....
Pro-Russian ex-PM Fico wins Slovak election, needs allies for government (www.reuters.com)
Kia, Hyundai recall 3.37 million US vehicles over fire risks (www.reuters.com)
Italy's coast guard rescues 177 people aboard burning ferry (www.reuters.com)
Tens of thousands demand climate action in Swiss capital (www.reuters.com)
More than 60,000 protesters gathered in the Swiss capital Bern on Saturday demanding tougher policies to combat climate change, organisers said, less than a month ahead of a national election.
US House passes bipartisan bill to avoid government shutdown (www.reuters.com)
Texas firm settles US charges it fraudulently took Madoff victims' money (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Department of Justice said Fulcrum Capital Partners violated the federal False Claims Act between October 2016 and October 2022 by causing the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) to make inflated payouts to victims, which they then turned over to Fulcrum, a “non-victim” of Madoff’s fraud....
Swedish PM summons army, police chiefs as gang violence rocks nation (www.reuters.com)
Swedish PM summons army, police chiefs as gang violence rocks nation (www.reuters.com)
Beijing wants more openness and less China bashing from Europe: envoy (www.reuters.com)
China’s ambassador to Germany called for Europe to be more open to Chinese investment, urging deeper cooperation in areas such as electric cars and 5G technology after a series of clashes....
Exclusive: UAW to expand strike on Detroit 3 US automakers - sources (www.reuters.com)
US poor face economic hit as shutdown, childcare cliff, student loans converge (www.reuters.com)
About 12.4%, some 41 million, of the U.S.'s 333 million people live at or below the poverty line, the Census Bureau calculates, which is set at about $29,678 for a household of two adults and two chidren....
Philippines defending territory, not seeking trouble in South China Sea, president says (www.reuters.com)
Tesla sued by US agency over alleged harassment of Black factory workers (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said in the lawsuit filed in federal court in California that from 2015 to the present, Black workers at the Tesla plant have routinely been subjected to racist slurs and graffiti, including swastikas and nooses....
Apple is ordered to face Apple Pay antitrust lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
Apple asks US Supreme Court to strike down Epic Games order (www.reuters.com)
Tesla sued by US agency over alleged harassment of Black factory workers (www.reuters.com)
US jail practices are racist and an 'affront to human dignity,' UN experts say (www.reuters.com)
In a report published on Thursday, three U.N.-appointed experts said they had found practices in U.S. prisons that amounted to “an affront to human dignity” in visits in April and May....
Epic Games is laying off about 830 employees, divesting Bandcamp (www.reuters.com)
China Eastern Airlines to buy 100 C919 planes, aircraft's largest ever order (www.reuters.com)
China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) said on Thursday it will buy another 100 C919 airplanes in a deal worth $10 billion at list prices, in what would be the largest ever order for the jet made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC)....
Chinese hackers stole emails from US State Dept in Microsoft breach, Senate staffer says (www.reuters.com)
Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) email platform this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told Reuters on Wednesday....
Tesla trial over Autopilot fatality kicks off in California (www.reuters.com)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Opening statements are set to begin on Thursday in the first U.S. trial over allegations that Tesla’s (TSLA.O) Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, and its results could help shape similar cases across the country....
Taiwan says China knows armed threats backfire on influencing elections (www.reuters.com)
China's leadership knows that sabre rattling around Taiwan to force an outcome to its liking in elections does not work and Beijing is not likely to try such actions ahead of January's presidential vote, the Taiwanese foreign minister said Thursday.
Powerful blast in Uzbek capital kills one, injures 162 (www.reuters.com)
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