The death toll from fast-moving wildfires in Maui rose to 93, making them the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years, as concerns grew about the effectiveness of the island’s emergency alarm system.
Ukraine’s troops made “tactically significant advances” along the administrative border between Zaporizhia and Donetsk oblasts, according to the military analysts at the Institute for the Study of War. There were unconfirmed reports that Kyiv’s troops pushed Russian forces out of the strategically-located village of Urozhaine on the eastern edge of the southern front, potentially opening the door to further advances toward occupied Mariupol and Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov.
SoftBank Group Corp. is in discussions to purchase the 25% stake in Arm Ltd. it doesn’t directly own from Vision Fund 1, the $100 billion investment fund it raised in 2017, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Saudi Arabia has completed an early purchase of more than 35.7 billion riyals ($9.5 billion) of outstanding debt and will issue about 35.9 billion riyals in sukuk as the kingdom plans to bolster its domestic market.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz sees upcoming green tech investments in Germany helping revive growth in Europe’s largest economy.
China’s economy is showing little sign of a rebound, with fresh stress in the property market and deflation threatening the growth outlook.
(Bloomberg) — Turkish football club Fenerbahce confirmed the signing of midfielder Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos, famously known as Fred, from Manchester United FC for four years plus an optional year.
Australian home insurance premiums jumped the most in two decades in the past year, driven by weather catastrophes and higher building costs, new research showed.
Bitcoin ETF candidates got another dose of disappointment when US regulators on Friday punted on making a decision on such a product. But the next time they hear from them might be just a few weeks away.
The Russian navy opened fire on a cargo vessel in the Black Sea to force it to stop for checks, the defense ministry said, the first such confirmed incident since Moscow withdrew from a key grain export deal in July.
