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US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted Beijing’s response to Hamas’ unprecedented incursion into Israel this weekend and urged China’s top diplomat to condemn the violent attacks.

Europe’s banks need to stop complaining that a new ESG rule will make them “look bad” and accept that they’ll need to start reporting additional data in a few months, European Banking Authority Chairman Jose Manuel Campa said.

A worsening economic backdrop leaves a dark cloud hanging over European companies preparing to report this earnings season.

Hundreds of people are dead, and at least another 2,000 wounded, from a 6.3 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks in western Afghanistan.

China aims to grow the country’s computing power by more than a third in less than three years, a move set to benefit local suppliers and boost technology self-reliance as US sanctions pressure domestic industry.

Chinese consumers traveled and spent less over the Golden Week holiday than the government had hoped, while lukewarm home sales stirred concerns about whether more support will be needed to bolster economic growth.

Around 4,000 United Auto Workers members at Mack Trucks will strike Monday after rejecting a tentative agreement in the latest dispute between the union and auto companies.

As Israel focused on forging ties with Saudi Arabia to create a “new” Middle East of free trade and high-tech innovation, it sought to keep Palestinian influence to a minimum.

Hong Kong lowered its storm and rain warnings to levels that allow normal business to resume and the stock market to reopen after Typhoon Koinu moved away from the city.

The continent’s leaders seek a bigger say in global finance as hosts of the annual IMF and World Bank meetings for the first time in 50 years.