Japan held its first meeting of an expert panel tasked with helping develop national intelligence gathering capabilities and anti-espionage measures, moves that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said were vital to guard against foreign threats.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will meet senior economic officials and the heads of relevant institutions on Tuesday as the government prepares further steps in response to the turmoil in the country’s fund market.
The son of a night watchman and a stay-at-home mother, Douglas Oliveira was 16 and living in a modest house in Brazil’s northeast when he cast his first ballot, helping Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva win a second presidential term.
Thailand and its prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, avoided renewed political upheaval after a ruling by one of the country’s top courts removed the threat that the recent election would need to be rerun.
Further European Union emergency support for the bloc’s agriculture sector depends on how market conditions develop, after extreme heat over the summer, according to the Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon.
“It does depend on a number of factors,” Heydon said in an interview with Bloomberg Television, when asked whether the EU would need to go further than measures already announced. “Europe I think stands ready to support our agriculture sector” He added. (Source: Bloomberg)
Imran Khan’s son says he’s losing hope of ever seeing his father again, more than three years after the former Pakistani prime minister was put behind bars, according to an interview with CBC News.
Sweden’s election winner Magdalena Andersson said she isn’t currently able to form a government, underscoring the difficulty of building a coalition in the fragmented parliament after the vote earlier this month.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took to social media over the weekend touting efforts to revise the country’s rules related to foreign nationals, days before some of those rules come into effect.
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Bonds and stocks dropped after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, denting some of the optimism that lifted markets late last week. Oil rose and precious metals sold off.
The US and China detailed a plan to cut tariffs on about $30 billion of imports from each country, as the superpower rivals take steps to steady ties following a summit between leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
And Britain’s governing Labour Party gathers in Liverpool for its annual conference ahead of the budget next month.
Today's guests: Martin Heydon, Irish, Agriculture Minister; Rain Newton-Smith, CBI, CEO. (Source: Bloomberg)
The European Union has dived into the growing debate over data centers with a new sustainability label that will show, among over things, how much power and water a plant is using. Caitilin McManus, a data center analyst at BloombergNEF, joins Daybreak Europe to discuss the move and what it means for hyperscalers and others looking to expand in Europe. (Source: Bloomberg)
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey face a high-stakes moment at the Labour Party's annual conference, as they seek to pivot from the boosterish optimism of Burnham’s early days as premier to a tougher message of tax rises and spending restraint. Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker reports from Liverpool. (Source: Bloomberg)
Rain Newton-Smith, Confederation of British Industry chief executive officer, discusses what to expect from Chancellor of the Execequer John Healey's speech at the annual Labour Party conference and in his upcoming budget in October. "We need to see that detailed implementation of a growth plan," Newton-Smith says. She speaks with Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker from Liverpool, where the Labour Party is hosting its annual conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Britain’s river crossings face growing strain from heavy traffic, extreme weather and funding shortages. Now some of London’s bridges really are falling down.
The US and China released lists of the $30 billion worth of goods they plan to cut tariffs on, though without providing details on how much levies would be slashed.
Eurasia Group China Director Dan Wang argues that upcoming US midterm elections will not alter relations with Beijing, as executive policy and tech export controls remain the primary drivers. (Source: Bloomberg)
The US and China detailed a plan to cut tariffs on about $30 billion of imports from each country, taking a step toward fulfilling a key outcome of last week’s summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
Seoul demanded an official apology and explanation from Kyiv, accusing Ukraine of violating an agreement to keep confidential the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
Jollibee plans to spin off its fast-growing international business and list it in Hong Kong. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Juliana Liu says the split makes sense, but the overseas operation needs at least another year to prove it can stand on its own. (Source: Bloomberg)
France’s conservative Republicans party and its allies were set to retain a majority in the Senate, even as the populist National Rally gained several seats and boosted its position in the upper house.
