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Palestinian rescue worker Ibrahim Hamdan has been on duty almost constantly since Saturday, dodging Israeli air strikes that have killed paramedics even as his team tries to pull survivors from houses destroyed by the relentless pounding of the tiny enclave.

The dollar held firm on Friday after stronger-than-expected U.S. consumer inflation revived prospects that the Federal Reserve will have to keep rates higher for longer.

China imported 7.15 million metric tons of soybeans in September, customs data showed on Friday, falling 7.3% from a year ago after a spike in global prices curbed recent purchases.

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a final plea to vote in favour of recognising Indigenous people in the constitution in a referendum on Saturday, as opinion polls show the vote is set to fail.

The Biden administration is considering closing a loophole that gives Chinese companies access to American artificial intelligence (AI) chips through units located overseas, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Oil prices rose on Friday after the U.S. tightened its sanctions programme against Russian crude exports, raising supply concerns in an already tight market, and global inventories are forecast to decline through the fourth quarter.

Australian shares retreated on Friday after a six-session rally, dragged down by banking and technology stocks, as stronger-than-expected U.S. CPI data stoked fears of more interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.

The dollar remained firm on Friday, putting pressure across a basket of currencies as stronger-than-expected U.S. consumer inflation revived prospects that the Federal Reserve will have to keep rates higher for longer.

Striking Hollywood actors vowed to hold firm on Thursday in their push for higher compensation and other gains as studios rejected a union demand for a bonus tied to the number of streaming TV subscribers.

Newcrest Mining shareholders have voted strongly in favour to accept the A$26.2 billion ($16.81 billion) buyout bid from global mining giant Newmont Corporation, Australia's largest corporate takeover this year.

Pop megastar Taylor Swift was seen in attendance prior to the start of the Kansas City Chiefs game on Thursday, the third time the 12-time Grammy winner has attended one of the team's games amid rumors of a relationship with tight end Travis Kelce.

Newcrest Mining's investors have approved Newmont Corp's A$26.2 billion ($16.55 billion) bid for the company, the largest corporate buyout in Australia this year, at a shareholder meeting on Friday.

Hesai Group, a China-based maker of lidar light sensors for applications like autonomous vehicles and robotics, has convinced the U.S. International Trade Commission to end a patent-infringement case brought by San Francisco-based rival Ouster.

Singapore's central bank on Friday kept its monetary policy settings unchanged, as expected, as inflation in the city-state moderates.

Steve Scalise, who had secured the Republican Party's nomination to be the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives but was short of the 217 votes needed to be elected on the House floor, has dropped out of the race, he said on Thursday.

A jury in Colorado on Thursday found police officer Randy Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died after being roughly restrained and injected with the sedative ketamine.

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The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) said on Thursday it will make a preliminary decision on Trans Mountain Corp's proposed shipping tolls for its oil pipeline expansion project this autumn, before holding a hearing on the tolls next year.