WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Examiners at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gave a largely clean bill of health to most of the companies they inspected earlier this year, a light-touch approach that marked a departure from the past for the watchdog, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The CFPB resumed … Read more
Australia has confirmed that new restrictions limiting when international students can bring dependants into the country are now in force, with assistant minister for international education Julian Hill revealing the timing and further details of the government’s wider migration reforms. Speaking at the National Migration Conference, Hill said the new dependant rules took effect on … Read more
The US Department of Defence is no longer using Anthropic’s AI tools, an official has told the BBC, months after it designated the company a supply chain risk on national security grounds. The Pentagon “has ceased the use of Anthropic products”, the department official said in a statement on Monday. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth … Read more
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton was chosen as the Trump administration’s new AI czar, leading its response to artificial intelligence amid growing concerns about the risks of this rapidly evolving technology. Clayton will lead a new White House task force, which will have 120 days to research and report on AI’s risks and opportunities, … Read more
The G7 has announced 100 million barrels of oil and diesel will be released to ease supply concerns that have caused prices to skyrocket. It includes a “substantial release” of diesel within 20 days, with discussions around “additional diesel releases as necessary”, G7 leaders said in a statement. The group of advanced economies, including the … Read more
Donald Trump has said he may ask European countries to release some of their diesel reserves as he mulls a ban on US exports of the fuel amid a global shortage. The comments followed his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging Europe to immediately ready and release such supplies, arguing that US “farmers, truckers, and businesses … Read more
OSLO, Oct 1 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump will not win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize as he wages war with Iran, but his influence will still be felt by the awarding body that picks the laureate, according to experts. Last year’s award, to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado, was unique in the prize’s 125-year … Read more
New York — Real estate developers spent millions to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming New York City’s mayor, claiming his policies would destroy the city. Mamdani wants their help.Mamdani was elected on a platform of rent freezes and government-backed housing, proposing a $100 billion plan during the campaign to create a Vienna-style social housing model. But his … Read more
“I believe the U.S. should offer Europe a major inducement: If it executes meaningful economic and military reforms, including everything that we consider crucial for security and resiliency, the U.S. will negotiate one big, beautiful economic and free-trade agreement with Europe,” Dimon wrote in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal published on Monday. … Read more
NEW YORK — The Vietnam International Financial Centre in Đà Nẵng (VIFC-DN) has become a member of the Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) network, coordinated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The announcement was made during a working session between a delegation from Đà Nẵng city, led by municipal People’s Committee Chairman Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, … Read more
