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Wednesday, 14 October 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Saudi Aramco HQ attacked in suspected Houthi strike
 
Iran-backed militants retaliate after Riyadh-led coalition targets sites in Yemen’s capital
 
 
US arrests Saudi employee of OpenAI for allegedly bugging its offices
 
AI lab discovered a recording device concealed behind a television in a conference room
 
 
Bank of America fined $1.2bn over money laundering failures
 
US bank failed to flag $5bn in suspicious transactions linked to suspected illicit finance from China and the southern US border
 
 
English football regulator says he will quit if pressured over Man City case
 
David Kogan issues warning as watchdog publishes report saying the English men’s game ‘stands on the edge of financial disaster’
 
 
Why Trump is going for Zelenskyy’s jugular
 
No matter how much America’s allies urge the president to back Ukraine, he cannot forgive its leader for showing up his dealmaking impotence
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
China’s exports surge 36% as AI-related shipments boom
 
Imports soar by a third as high oil prices from Middle East conflict push up energy bill
 
 
How TDK plans to save its factories from Japan’s population crisis
 
Apple supplier TDK built a dormitory town to house hundreds of workers in remote region
 
 
White House asks US envoy to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign
 
Donald Trump had said he was considering firing the ambassador after reports claiming she accepted improper gifts
 
 
How America’s dying coal industry found a lifeline in Trump’s White House
 
A CEO plays golf with Trump’s son as an industry once shut out of Washington turns access into policy
 
 
Indonesia’s sweeping new halal rules spark business backlash
 
World’s largest majority-Muslim country to force companies to explain how products from clothes to toilet paper are permissible under Islam
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Chip stocks slide after ‘casino’ comment by Broadcom boss
 
Declines for Samsung and SK Hynix drag Korea’s Kospi sharply lower as investors fret over the scale of AI investment
 
 
Mortgages, diesel and the US midterms
 
Americans are still spending, despite their complaints about the economy
 
 
Will bank earnings growth become a thing of the past?
 
It would be foolish to think the Wall Street giants can’t outrun the threat of AI
 
 
London Stock Exchange owner in talks to buy credit specialist Octus
 
Deal with private equity group Permira could value data group at $3.5bn
 
 
European gas hits Iran wartime high
 
Stand-off between Washington and Kyiv over Russian diesel and approach of cold weather boost prices
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Glencore shares make Australia debut to mine base of ‘smart investors’
 
Commodity giant chief Gary Nagle says mining is appreciated and understood in the country
 
 
Premier Inn owner urges investors to resist pressure from activist hedge fund
 
Whitbread asks shareholders to reject Corvex Management’s demand for a board seat
 
 
Home of London’s oldest restaurant, Rules, given to National Trust
 
Building in Covent Garden bequeathed to heritage charity to ensure 228-year institution remains ‘part of the city’s cultural life’
 
 
Donald Trump revives effort to halt construction of Ørsted’s offshore wind farm
 
Move comes after US president said he would drop opposition to renewable energy projects to win support for permitting bill
 
 
Cyber attack on French supermarket fridges raises alarm over food security
 
Some stores reported fridge temperatures as high as 80C, melting equipment and destroying food
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
How I used AI to become a chess grandmaster at 16
 
Ignore the doomsayers, this technology has transformed the game for the better and it can do the same for education
 
 
How not to revive Europe’s auto industry
 
The electric vehicle market shows how legacy EU companies continue to fail when it comes to countering Chinese competition
 
 
 

Work & Careers

 
 
 
The treasures of Istanbul from the water
 
More than a relaxing boat ride, a cruise along the Bosphorus is the best way to trace the metamorphosis of this cultural capital into the European-Asian megacity it is today
 
 
Workplaces are bracing for the smart glasses era
 
New technology is an HR and data security minefield 
 
 
Tougher competition for internships strains UK graduate jobs market
 
Applications for summer internships rise 27% as students face ‘day zero’ fight to get ahead in increasingly automated recruitment process
 
 
The ‘ungodly spending’ behind the creator economy
 
Top social media influencers will receive some payments from platforms like YouTube but the big money comes from brands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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