German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet in a bid to resolve tensions over energy and the future of European defense trib.al/2QkT1Ch

Standard Chartered lost nearly $100 million when the bank was caught off guard by the speed of rate hikes trib.al/Ab9IkuF

New UK Prime Minster Rishi Sunak delays an economic strategy planned for Monday until Nov. 17, buying time to make the “right decisions” on managing the economy trib.al/P9NXc6Y

Tensions between Rwanda and the Congo intensified with the neighboring nations blaming each other for renewed fighting near the border trib.al/YZuIW4l

Myanmar’s junta defends its air strikes on a concert organized by an ethnic minority group that killed at least 60 people, which opponents have described as a possible war crime trib.al/K042QLP

UK bonds fall as the government delays its fiscal plan due next week, prolonging uncertainty weighing on the nation’s fragile markets trib.al/ssLBFY8

Sterling’s slump is providing a windfall for UK investors in London-listed companies that pay dividends in dollars trib.al/W0Cikjw

Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is discovering that middle-class voters get upset if you discount their troubles to focus on the poor, says Eduardo Porter (via Bloomberg Opinion) trib.al/groekYo

Saudi Aramco says the global oil market is already adjusting to sanctions on Russia trib.al/iiGNPuA

Iranian protesters and workers call for demonstrations across the country to mark a traditional mourning ceremony for Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman whose death in police custody sparked nationwide unrest trib.al/RP2oOE4

'I'm willing to make choices that are politically embarrassing if they're the right thing to do' — Chancellor Jeremy Hunt defends delaying the government's fiscal plan to 17 November bloom.bg/3TZd0FG

It's month nine of war in Ukraine.

Zelenskiy said his government needs $17 billion in immediate financing to cover a budget gap as leaders met in Berlin to map out the nation’s postwar reconstruction.

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BREAKING: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says UK government's medium-term fiscal plan will be moved to November 17 and upgraded to a full autumn statement, saying he and new PM Rishi Sunak agreed it was 'prudent' to delay trib.al/NjFsTS7

Pound pares some gains against the dollar as UK government says fiscal statement expected on 31 October will be delayed bloom.bg/3DcD4WQ

BREAKING: UK government delays much-anticipated fiscal statement to November 17, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says trib.al/NjFsTS7

Kenyan lawmakers approve all the 24 cabinet nominees put forward by President William Ruto trib.al/B04pPib

Audi will team up with Swiss racing team Sauber Group in its bid to join Formula 1 in 2026 trib.al/tAEczgO

Now that the Ethereum Merge is complete, a small number of 'builders' have more power in the cryptoverse trib.al/V47WrQ5