(Sept 27): Oil prices ticked up in early trade on Wednesday, as markets focused on supply tightness heading into winter and a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy.

Brent crude futures rose 33 cents, or 0.4%, to $94.29 a barrel by 0015 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures...

Oil prices edge higher as markets focus on supply tightness

NINEVEH, Iraq (Sept 27): More than 100 people were killed and 150 were injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq's Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday.

Nineveh Depu...

More than 100 dead, 150 injured in fire at Iraq wedding party

LOS ANGELES (Sept 27): The Writers Guild of America (WGA) said its members could return to work on Wednesday while a ratification vote takes place on a new three-year contract with Hollywood studios.

Union leaders "voted unanimously to lift the restraining order and end the strike as of...

Hollywood writers guild calls end to strike on Wednesday

(Sept 27): More than 3,000 New Yorkers died of drug overdoses in 2022, the highest number since the city began keeping records more than two decades ago, as the synthetic opioid fentanyl takes an increasing toll.

The total was 12% higher than the 2,696 overdose deaths recorded in 2021, ...

NYC overdose deaths surge above record 3,000, driven by Fentanyl

(Sept 27): Global steelmakers will finally start to see some reprieve from the flood of Chinese exports that have been inundating the market and pressuring other suppliers.

That’s according to Aditya Mittal, chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal SA, the world’s second-largest steelma...

ArcelorMittal CEO sees global steelmakers buoyed by China output limits

(Sept 27): Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan stopped short of explicitly calling for a breakup of Amazon.com Inc., but said that her agency would ask a judge to halt the company’s “illegal conduct” if its antitrust suit succeeds.

In her first public comments after the FTC filed a...

Khan seeks to end Amazon ‘illegal conduct,’ quiet on breakup

(Sept 27): Thailand’s central bankers have a tough choice to make when they meet on Wednesday: whether to continue tightening monetary settings to counter loose fiscal policy or take a breather as inflation runs below target.

Economists are almost evenly split over the decision, with 11...

Bank of Thailand’s next policy rate move is too close to call

NEW YORK (Sept 27): A global equity index lost more than 1% on Tuesday in a choppy trading session as fears of higher-for-longer interest rates ate into appetites for riskier assets while the benchmark U.S. Treasury yield remained near 16-year highs.

The dollar index hit a 10-month high...

Equities fall as U.S. Treasury yields, dollar stay elevated

(Sept 27): Wall Street's main indexes ended down over 1% on Tuesday as 10-year Treasury yields held their multi-year highs, with investors still wrestling with prospects for a long period of high interest rates and the economic fallout.

The Dow posted its biggest one-day percentage drop...

Wall St pounded as investors grapple with higher rates

(Sept 27): India's foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, said on Tuesday that India has told Canada it was open to looking into any "specific" or "relevant" information it provides on the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week ...

India would look into any 'specific' info on Sikh separatist killing in Canada-minister

NEW YORK (Sept 27): A New York judge found Donald Trump and his family business fraudulently inflated the value of his properties and other assets, in a major defeat for the former U.S. president that could severely restrict his ability to do business in the state.

The scathing decision...

Donald Trump is found liable for fraud in New York civil case

MANCHESTER, England (Sept 27): Casemiro scored one goal and set up another as holders Manchester United kicked off their League Cup defence with a 3-0 home win over top flight rivals Crystal Palace in the third round on Tuesday.

While Erik Ten Hag's side set aside a difficult start to t...

Man Utd start League Cup defence with 3-0 win, Wolves and Luton lose

he US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a long awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday, and asked the court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell assets to stop what it said was ongoing harm to consumers.

US urges court to consider Amazon.com asset sales for breaking antitrust law

Laniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss family fortune, is running for mayor of San Francisco next year.

Lurie, a local philanthropist and founder of an anti-poverty charity, will challenge incumbent London Breed in a pivotal election for a city battling multiple challenges, from downtown business closures, to homelessness and drug use on the streets, and a surge in robberies.

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