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Spanish central banker set to inherit big challenges as next BIS head

Pablo Hernández de Cos to take over amid fears Donald Trump will derail progress on setting capital standards for world’s biggest lenders

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Massive sex tape leak could be a ploy for power in central Africa

Dozens of videos involving a senior civil servant in Equatorial Guinea have flooded social media, shocking people in the country.

Gunmen open fire in a bar in central Mexico killing 10 and injuring 13

World - Yahoo News - 3 days ago

Gunmen open fire in a bar in central Mexico killing 10 and injuring 7

A local official says gunmen opened fire in a bar in central Mexico killing 10 people and injuring 13

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

Bike ride for dumplings goes viral, gridlocking roads in central China

An online invite for a group bike ride in search of good dumplings proved so popular in China, that it brought some roads to a standstill.

GOP Rep. Valadao holds Central Valley, California, swing seat

The seat was a top target for Democrats, who were hoping to finally clinch the district.

Politics - Politico - Yesterday

Trump’s second chapter begins

Republicans will return to pinnacle of global power with Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

October second-warmest, second-driest on record for U.S.: NOAA

October 2024 was both the second-warmest and second-driest October ever recorded in the U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The 48 contiguous U.S. states ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Canada braces for second Trump presidency

Defence spending and agricultural protections could raise tensions with the new US administration

World - Financial Times - 5 days ago

ECB cuts interest rates to support flagging eurozone economy

Fall in inflation enables central bank to bring in quarter point cut to 3.25% after business and consumer slowdown. Business live – latest updates The European Central Bank has intervened to ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

European Central Bank cuts its main interest rate by a quarter-point to 3.25% as inflation falls below its target

World - ABC News - October 17

Central Beirut building that houses Al Jazeera offices and Norwegian Embassy is evacuated after a warning

World - ABC News - October 17

Where do the Guardians go from here? AL Central remains Cleveland's for the taking in 2025 after ALCS exit

The Guardians seem well set up for next year, though they'll need to figure out their rotation this offseason

Sports - CBS Sports - October 20

Trump sued by Central Park Five for defamation over claims made during Harris debate

Donald Trump was previously successfully sued for defamation by the writer E. Jean Carroll in connection with her claim that he raped her.

Business - CNBC - October 21

European Central Bank policymakers split on the need for jumbo rate cuts as growth concerns take over

Policymakers at the European Central Bank are split on the need to consider a jumbo half-point interest rate cut in December.

Business - CNBC - October 23

Inflation undershoots to jumbo cuts: What 10 European Central Bank members said this week

A slew of Governing Council members spoke to CNBC at the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. this week.

Business - CNBC - October 25

The dark sky over an urban park in central Mexico attracts stargazers who worry it might not last

As night descended in an ecological park in central Mexico, tiny stars appeared in the sky one by one, aligning into constellations

Tech - ABC News - October 25

Russia's central bank raises interest rate to 21% to fight inflation boosted by military spending

Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to combat growing inflation

World - ABC News - October 25

Russian central bank hikes interest rate to record-high 21%, to fight inflation fueled by military spending

World - ABC News - October 25

More than 120 killed in paramilitary rampage in east-central Sudan, UN and a doctors group say

A doctors group and the United Nations say fighters from the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ran riot in east-central Sudan in a multi-day attack that killed more than 120 people in one ...

World - ABC News - October 27

Bangladesh central banker accuses tycoons of ‘robbing banks’ of $17bn with spy agency help

Conglomerate rejects claim it co-operated to siphon money out of the country during rule of ousted Sheikh Hasina

World - Financial Times - October 28

Japan's central bank to remain undeterred on rate hikes despite LDP's electoral shock, analysts say

Roughly 86% of economists polled by Reuters expect the central bank to leave its rates unchanged when it announces its decision Thursday.

Business - CNBC - October 28

Trans voters share concerns ahead of election in which they’ve been a central talking point

Most transgender voters told NBC News they’re backing Kamala Harris for president, with some saying they plan to leave the country if Donald Trump wins a second presidential term.

England captains Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler sign two-year central contracts

Jamie Smith is among five players to get first ECB deals Total of players on central contracts rises from 26 to 29 England’s two men’s captains, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, have both signed new ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes

Lebanese health authorities say that Israel has launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon’s northeastern farming villages, killing at least 52 people and wounding 72 others

World - ABC News - November 1

Death toll from Israeli strikes on central Gaza on Thursday rises to 25, Palestinian hospital officials say