France is keeping curfews in several cities while offering interest-free loans of up to 50,000 euros to businesses affected by recent unrest, and Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will meet trade unions and business groups to discuss security for further protests.
Japanese exports grew just 16.7% in September, well short of expectations, while imports rose 18.9%, also missing the 19.6% consensus forecast, pointing to softer external demand alongside domestic consumption.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said naval mines had prevented three tankers from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and traders assessing Middle East supply risks pushed oil prices higher.
US Secretary of State Rubio visited Reliance Industries’ Jamnagar refinery, calling its extraordinary refining capacity useful for diversifying India’s energy supplies and hinting at greater offtake of Venezuelan crude.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said an early-warning system for Russian missile attacks has resumed following talks with US counterparts, including a call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, restoring precious time for civilians to take cover.
Australian data centre operator NextDC sharply cut its full-year earnings guidance and shares slumped about 40% in a single session. The company blamed delays to power supply at its Melbourne facility, which has also faced opposition from local communities and stakeholders.
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued final airworthiness certification for Boeing’s 737 MAX 10, the largest narrow-body jet in the best-selling MAX family, clearing it for commercial service more than five years after its maiden flight with deliveries expected from 2027.
Nigeria’s health ministry has confirmed the country’s first Ebola case of the current outbreak, in a woman who arrived in Abuja from Uganda, while Kenya has reported nine infections. Africa CDC director Jean Kaseya has warned of an extremely serious threat and urged the international community to send funding, medical supplies and health workers.
Anthropic’s S-1 filing has drawn attention for combining red-hot growth with steep losses and very large computing costs. Coverage notes the prospectus still carries warnings about existential risk to humanity, echoing the company’s long-running public position on advanced AI development. Analysts are weighing whether a company with this growth profile and cost structure can support the valuation the market has been willing to pay for frontier model developers.
Netflix reported third-quarter profit up 44 percent to about 3.7 billion dollars with revenue meeting estimates, but its shares fell after the company forecast a fourth-quarter slowdown and said it would miss its full-year advertising revenue target. The report also lands alongside a significant content leadership shake-up. Shares sank despite the earnings beat, which investors read as a verdict on the advertising strategy rather than on current profitability.