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Indonesia orders cost-cutting measures to keep fiscal deficit in check, sources say

Indonesia's new finance minister has ordered ministries and agencies to slash remaining travel budgets by 30% and freeze non-essential spending for the rest of 2026, according to a ministry document reviewed by Reuters, as it tries to stay within its legal fiscal deficit ceiling.The directive, confirmed by two sources familiar with the matter, was issued in a circular signed by Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara on Thursday.The finance ministry did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation.Investors have been increasingly worried about Indonesia's fiscal sustainability under the adm

UK 10-year borrowing costs rise to 19-year high after oil prices jump

AI boom to fuel Australia inflation despite higher rates, ex-RBA official says

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Euro zone ministers to tell France to pass 2027 budget to calm markets

Euro zone finance ministers and the European Central Bank are set to tell France on Thursday to pass a 2027 budget to calm bond markets, as French borrowing costs hover at 25-year highs, senior euro zone officials said.France is at the centre of a bond market storm on worries over the country’s large budget deficit and looming 2027 presidential election.Its 10-year bond yield has jumped nearly 80 basis points (bps) since the start of September and hit its highest level since July 2002, just short of 5%. That is driving up borrowing costs and making the fiscal maths harder.Euro zone finance

The cost of drugs from Canada is set to soar for millions of Americans because of a federal rule

Italy’s parliament gives final approval to Meloni’s electoral reform

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China has no need or intention to weaken yuan for trade edge, central bank says

China has no need or intention to use yuan depreciation for a trade competitive advantage and has never engaged in competitive currency devaluation, the central bank said, rejecting criticisms from western trading partners including the EU.The central bank remarks push back against claims that China keeps its currency undervalued to make its exports cheaper and imported goods pricier, and were issued as the EU's trade chief Maros Sefcovic was in Beijing to discuss narrowing the bloc's trade deficit with China.China's yuan has strengthened about 4% against the US dollar so far this year, defy

Goldman executives set for more than $500 million in special bonus, Bloomberg News reports

ECB to hike rates again in December as inflation almost doubles 2% target: Reuters poll

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Exclusive: Nicolás Maduro and his wife expected to face new charges over alleged torture of Americans

Prosecutors in New York are expected to bring new charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores over the alleged torture of Americans who were held in Venezuelan government custody in recent years, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation.An announcement could come as soon as Thursday, the people said.The new charges relate to what the US government has said was the wrongful detention of more than a dozen US citizens in Venezuelan prisons during the time Maduro led a repressive regime in Venezuela, the people briefed on the investigat

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Trump interrupted by protesters as he fights to rally Texas voters behind Paxton in US Senate race

President Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday night in a bid to stave off sweeping Democratic victories in the nation's most populous red state. But Trump's remarks were not focused solely on Paxton. Speaking to a packed Freeman Coliseum, Trump also pledged to award retired baseball star Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom, restated his support for the death penalty for drug dealers and clarified recent comments in which he talked about the possibilit

FBI arrests man for plotting mass shooting at Mall of America

Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution attempt, attorney says

Federal prosecutors in Minnesota charge man with terrorism after they say he planned to target the Mall of America

Federal officials in Minnesota have charged a man with terrorism after he planned a shooting at the Mall of America using an AK-47 rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, they said at a news conference Wednesday.FBI investigators determined Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, planned to attack the nation’s largest mall in Bloomington, and appeared to admire other terrorist-related mass casualty events, such as the Bondi Beach shooting in Australia and the New Orleans attack in January 2025, according to a federal complaint.Mohamud, a resident of the Twin Cities suburb of Richfield, was arr

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Christa Pike’s attorneys call recovery ‘medically unprecedented’ ahead of hearing over botched execution

Attorneys for Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to put her to death via lethal injection last week, will be in court Wednesday as they seek to preserve relevant evidence in her twice-botched execution.Pike has been hospitalized for nearly a week after being injected with two ostensibly fatal doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys said. On Tuesday, her attorneys said, she was finally conscious and speaking – though she continues to receive critical medical care and suffered “severe damage” to her arms.“Her recovery is medically unprecedented,” the attorneys said in a sta

Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after she survived Tennessee’s execution attempt, her attorneys say

Californians blast Trump remark that Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles, San Diego

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As Father Time ticks away, 39-year-old Novak Djokovic enjoyed yet another sweet return to the China Open

For a couple of minutes, the Diamond Court was full of whispers.After some intense rallies at the beginning of the second set, Novak Djokovic and Alex de Minaur were suddenly shaking hands at the net. Chinese fans – most of whom had been rooting for Djokovic throughout the match – were trying to figure out what had happened.Among them was Stan Huang, who had traveled all the way from northeastern China to Beijing just to see his favorite player. He desperately checked his phone for an update.It turned out that de Minaur was unable to continue because of a left adductor strain. The Australi

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Two star pitchers are facing the choice between being on the mound or in the delivery room. It’s not an easy decision

With less than an hour to go before a playoff game with their season on the line, the San Diego Padres announced star closer Mason Miller wouldn’t be available.It was shocking, a move that could have potentially derailed the Padres’ attempt to stave off elimination as they faced a 2-0 deficit in their best-of-five National League Divisional Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.Miller and his wife, Jordan, are expecting their first child and Jordan went into labor on Tuesday just hours before Game 3 of the series. Faced with choosing between being available for his team and being present wi

Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin to discuss possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia

Lionel Messi prepares for his final match for Argentina

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Roberts moves struggling Ohtani to No. 5 spot in Dodgers' lineup in NLDS Game 3 against Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts juggled his lineup for Tuesday night's 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 3 of their NL Division Series, dropping designated hitter Shohei Ohtani to the No. 5 spot. Roberts said the move was a one-game adjustment to give the Dodgers a different look against Braves left-hander Chris Sale. When Sale shut out the Dodgers 1-0 on Aug. 26, Ohtani was 0 for 4 with two strikeouts. For his career, Ohtani was 3 for 15 with no homers and one RBI against Sale. The slumping Ohtani reached on catcher's interference in

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US resident arrested in connection with Canada’s Tumbler Ridge school shooting

US authorities have arrested a 30-year-old from Washington state in connection with the February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.James Cody Bryant was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, on Tuesday morning on a charge of conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country, according to the US Justice Department. The February attack on a secondary school in the small town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades, leaving eight people dead, including six children, and dozens wounded.Bryant appeared in court Tuesday afternoon in

What do we know so far about plague institute lab worker's death in Russia?

Messi set for emotional Argentina farewell in Buenos Aires friendly vs Benin

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Exclusive: ICE agents told to ramp up daily immigration arrests despite GOP unease as midterms near

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Trump repeatedly interrupted by protesters during Texas rally

President Trump was forced to stop his speech again and again during a rally in Texas due to protesters. Police escorted at least 12 protestors from the venue, some of them in handcuffs.

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‘The list of his failures goes on’: El-Sayed’s Obama criticism resurfaced ahead of campaign rally

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Evicted 87-year-old who became a symbol of Spain’s housing crisis has died

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French mayor caught in viral video clash says student protesters 'could be my children'

In a video that has gone viral on social media, Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of the French town of Saint-Denis, stands facing police at a march in

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Kalshi is launching prediction apps with Native American tribes. That’s dividing Indian country

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Trump floats firing top political advisers after report they helped a pro-Russian government

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Why election officials are pushing voters to ‘use the drop box rather than the mailbox’

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Truckers thought the worst was over. Then diesel prices doubled

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‘King of Injustice’: Golden naked Trump statue installed at European Parliament

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls