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601 сюжетовTrump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
Корейский суд приостановил решения о делистинге по рыночной капитализации; биржа остановила ещё два выхода
Гражданское отделение № 51 Южного районного суда Сеула 2 октября удовлетворило ходатайства о судебных запретах, приостановив решения Корейской биржи о делистинге компаний Joo Yeon Tech (листинг на KOSPI) и KM Pharma (листинг на KOSDAQ) до в…
US 10- and 30-year Treasury yields hit 24-year highs as global bond sell-off deepens
Yields on 10- and 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds hit 24-year highs on Wednesday, with the 10-year reaching 5.36% and the 30-year 5.73%, as a global bond sell-off deepened. Yields eased later after a strongly bid $39 billion auction of 10-year …
Российские фондовые индексы растут; индекс Мосбиржи прибавил 1,43% к середине дня
Российские фондовые индексы выросли 5 октября: индекс Московской биржи, по данным «Ведомостей», к 12:00 мск прибавил 1,43% к предыдущему закрытию и составил 2 309,86 пункта. Индекс РТС вырос на 1,43% до 871,61 пункта, объём биржевых торгов …
Defense minister: arts, sports military service exemption to be cut and abolished
South Korea's defense minister said on Oct 7 that the goal is to gradually reduce the arts and sports military service exemption and ultimately abolish it, after controversy over remarks by Asian Games football gold medallists about the exe…
Ransomware attack on SoftBank unit's cloud affects 495 firms, municipalities
IDC Frontier, a SoftBank subsidiary, said part of its IDCF Cloud service was hit by unauthorized access that caused an outage from around 03:40 on October 7. The affected area is the East Japan Region 1, served by a data center in Shirakawa…
ASUS unveils Zenbook 14 UX3480 line with Intel, AMD or Qualcomm chips
ASUS announced the Zenbook 14 UX3480 series, a 14-inch laptop line that lets buyers choose between Intel Core Ultra series 3, AMD Ryzen AI 300 and Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors. PC Watch reported the models go on sale in Japan from Octob…
Kazakhstan considers blocking social media accounts of children under 16
Kazakhstan's government has prepared amendments restricting online platforms for users under 16, and Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov said in a reply to a parliamentary inquiry that temporarily blocking social media accounts of children under…
Apple and LG Electronics jointly develop smart home devices under LG brand
Apple and LG Electronics are jointly developing smart home devices — a camera-equipped video doorbell, a smart door lock, a security camera and a smart temperature sensor and thermostat — to be sold under the LG brand, according to Bloomber…
South Korea unveils 1,000 trillion won green transition plan to 2035
South Korea announced a “Korean-style Green Transition” (K-GX) strategy on Oct 7, pledging about 1,000 trillion won over ten years to 2035 — 200 trillion won in fiscal support and more than 790 trillion won in climate finance through five p…
Французский подросток потерял руку в столкновении на школьной акции протеста; задержаны более 5 000 человек
15-летний учащийся получил тяжелую травму и потерял руку в столкновении с силами правопорядка 5 октября в северном французском городе Реймс на фоне продолжающихся блокировок школ старшеклассниками в ходе протестов по всей Франции. По имеющи…
Moscow court fines Zoom 65.9 million rubles for repeat violation of Russian law
A Moscow court fined Zoom about 65.9 million rubles (65,936,494 rubles) for a repeat violation of Russian legislation on foreign internet companies, Interfax, Vedomosti and Kommersant reported. The case was heard under part 3 of article 13.…
More Than 250,000 Rally Across France as Student School Protests Escalate
More than 256,000 people rallied across France on Tuesday and hundreds of schools were shut or blockaded as students, parents and teachers demanded more education funding. Police fired tear gas in Paris and other cities, and Fox News, citin…
South Korea's Lee orders CPTPP talks restarted from the beginning amid farm concerns
President Lee Jae-myung instructed at a cabinet meeting on Oct 6 that the government should not fix a conclusion on joining the CPTPP and should “restart dialogue from the beginning,” saying the pact's strategic value is cited alongside ver…
Nissui logistics unit outage halts shipments at 17 sites; unauthorized access suspected
Nissui said a system failure at its subsidiary Nissui Logistics has stopped inbound and outbound shipments at all 17 of the unit's warehouses. The company believes the cause was unauthorized access by a third party to a data center used by …
Протесты французских школьников распространяются на учителей и университеты; сотни школ закрыты
Школьники по всей Франции протестуют против плохих условий обучения, занятия приостановлены в сотнях школ. Министр образования Эдуар Жоффре заявил 4 октября, что около 400–500 лицеев будут полностью или частично закрыты 5 октября из-за несо…
Russia proposes letting businesses register at an email address
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko said a draft law has been prepared that would allow legal entities to register a business using an address in a state email system for official correspondence instead of a physical address. He said th…
US 10-year Treasury yield hits 5.362%, highest since 2002, as selloff resumes
On Oct 7 the US Treasury selloff resumed, with the 10-year yield rising to 5.362% intraday and the 30-year to 5.731%, both the highest since 2002, according to Yonhap. The move extends a record quarterly rise and is driven by inflation pres…
Turkey's Aselsan announces Astralink network of 198 low-orbit satellites
Aselsan CEO Ahmet Akyol said at the International Astronautical Congress in Antalya that Turkey is building Astralink, a low-orbit satellite constellation of 198 spacecraft, with the first launch planned within two years. Akyol said work be…
University of Arizona suspends fraternity activities over misconduct reports
The University of Arizona has placed its 21 Interfraternity Council chapters on “interim activities suspension” after persistent reports of misconduct including physical assault, hazing and drug and alcohol-related behaviour, Dean of Studen…