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☆ Moldova faces a tug of war between Russia and the West in two crucial votes
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Voters in Moldova will cast their ballots Sunday in two crucial votes, which have been billed as the most consequential in the country’s post-Soviet history. Alongside a more sophisticated misinformation campaign, Shor has resorted to cruder methods to meddle with Moldovan politics. Home to a Romanian-speaking majority and large Russian-speaking minority, many Moldovans had long viewed Russia as a benign big brother. “It reflects the loss of the national allure of Russia in Moldovan society,” he said. “There’s limits (to what can be achieved).”But even if Sandu prevails in both the presidential vote and the EU referendum, he expects the Kremlin’s campaign to continue.

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☆ King Charles visits Australia as the country puts its republic debate on hold
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Lesley Kerl met King Charles in Sydney during his last trip to Australia in April 2018. Pool via Nine NewsAfter Australia, King Charles will head to Samoa to join world leaders at the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), his first as head of the organization. “We’d love to wave goodbye to royal reign,” Nathan Hansford, co-chair of the Australian Republic Movement, told Reuters. The Australian Republic Movement launched a "farewell Oz tour" for King Charles ahead of his visit. He seems to have put that on hold to come out to Australia, as part of the Commonwealth,” McArthur said.

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☆ Sinwar’s killing again raises hopes in Washington for an end to Israel’s war
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —President Joe Biden envisioned a “day after” for Gaza without Hamas in power following Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. This is only half the story, since at times, US officials have suggested Netanyahu had interests in prolonging the war as well. The White House believes that ending the war in Gaza is a precondition for lessening the chances of a disastrous regional war that it dreads. Is really his object to release … Israeli hostages still held in Gaza? If he keeps his word, some analysts will interpret his restraint, such as it is, as an attempt to avoid alienating the possible next president, Harris.

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☆ Israeli PM Netanyahu's place in history will be determined by what comes next, says Richard Haass
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIsraeli PM Netanyahu's place in history will be determined by what comes next, says Richard HaassRichard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations president emeritus and Centerview Partners senior counselor, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, impact on the Israel-Hamas war, state of Middle East conflict, and more.

Persons: Richard Haass Richard Haass, Yahya Sinwar Organizations: Foreign, Centerview Partners Locations: Israel, Middle

☆ Ukraine: North Korea is sending 12,000 troop to aid Russia’s war, South Korea intelligence says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Seoul, South Korea AP —South Korean intelligence has found that North Korea has dispatched 12,000 troops including special operation forces to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, news reports said Friday, a development that could bring a third country into the war and intensify a standoff between North Korea and the West. North Korea has 1.2 million troops, one of the largest militaries in the world, but it lacks actual combat experience. Many experts question how much the North Korean troop dispatch would help Russia, citing North Korea’s outdated equipment and shortage of battle experiences. The statement said participants of the meeting agreed that North Korea’s troop dispatch poses a grave security threat to South Korea and the international community. Outside officials and experts say North Korea in exchange possibly received badly needed food and economic aid and technology assistance aimed at upgrading Kim’s nuclear-armed military.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, Yoon Suk Yeol, Dmitry Peskov, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, we’ve, ” Zelenskyy, Mark Rutte Organizations: South Korea AP — South, National Intelligence Service, NIS, North, NATO Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Korea, Ukraine, North Korea, Korean, Russia, Pyongyang, Russian, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Moscow

☆ Procter & Gamble earnings beat estimates, but weak demand in China hurts sales
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Procter & Gamble on Friday reported weaker-than-expected revenue as lower demand in China again weighed on its sales. The company reported flat volume for the quarter. The metric excludes pricing, which makes it a more accurate reflection of demand than sales. The company called out volume declines in China for both its hair care and oral care segments. Both P&G's health care and baby, feminine and family care divisions both reported 1% declines in volume for the quarter.

Persons: Gamble, Andre Schulten, Schulten Organizations: Procter, LSEG, SK, Gillette, Venus Locations: China, U.S, Greater China

☆ Fact check: Debunking Trump’s October lying spree about immigration
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

Harris’ approach to the border: Trump falsely claimed of Harris: “She was saying the other day, ‘Yes, oh yes, we want to have a border.’ The first time she ever said it. The legal status of immigrants in Springfield: Trump falsely claimed, “They just dropped 30,000 illegal aliens in Springfield, Ohio.”This is false in more than one way. And while there is no official tally of the number of immigrants in Springfield, Trump’s “30,000” figure exceeds local estimates. More about immigrants in Springfield: Trump claimed that immigrants in Springfield are on “probation,” and he added, “Probation is for prisoners.” This is false in two ways. The word “caravan”: Talking about migrant caravans, Trump repeated his false claim that he invented the term: “The caravan.

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WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris’ campaign will launch a new television ad Thursday aimed at linking the three words the vice president has used to describe Donald Trump lately — unhinged, unstable and unchecked — with the policy implications voters might see if the former president returns to office. The Harris campaign has increasingly sought to link Trump’s recent behavior and comments with questions about his mental acuity and refusal to release recent medical records. “One has to ask, what is Donald Trump trying to hide? Earlier this month, the Harris campaign unveiled a digital ad slamming vice presidential nominee J.D. Trump’s campaign responded to the ad by saying that he is a “plain speaker” who talks about issues like the economy and immigration.

Persons: WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris ’, Donald Trump, Trump, Harris, ” Harris, Ronny Jackson, ”, “, that’s, J.D, Vance, Kamala Harris, Brian Hughes Organizations: NBC, GOP, Trump, Republican, Democratic Locations: ”

Trump was shot in the ear, one rallygoer was killed and two others were wounded before a Secret Service countersniper shot and killed the 20-year-old gunman. “We’ll continue to work with the department to look at those recommendations that are actionable and feasible to make changes in the Secret Service,” he said. He told NBC News that applications to join the Secret Service were up, with 400 people currently in various stages of training. Earlier this week, the two men who were wounded by the gunfire at the July rally told NBC News that the Secret Service failed them that day. A Secret Service agent spotted him and opened fire before Routh, 58, had Trump in his sights.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ronald Rowe Jr, Lester Holt, ” Rowe, ”, Trump, rallygoer, Rowe, “ We’ll, Kimberly Cheatle, skewered, Joe Raedle, David Dutch, “, Ryan Wesley Routh, Routh, ” “ Organizations: Secret Service, NBC News, Secret, NBC, Service, Officials, Trump Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, West Palm Beach, Fla, West Palm Beach , Florida

Yahya Sinwar, the elusive Hamas leader widely credited with masterminding the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel, was confirmed dead Thursday, ending a yearlong manhunt for the militant chief. The Israel Defense Forces said Sinwar was killed by soldiers in an operation in southern Gaza on Wednesday. The only sighting of him before his death was in grainy footage taken on Oct. 10, 2023, three days after Hamas' assault, according to the Israeli military. It showed him fleeing with his family into a tunnel, one of a large network build by Hamas under Gaza, which the militant group used to smuggle weapons, hide out from Israeli attacks and keep Israeli hostages captive. They were displaced in what Palestinians call the Nakba, “catastrophe” in Arabic, of 1948, when around 700,000 people were forced from their homes in the founding of Israel.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, masterminding, Sinwar, Osama Bin Laden, ” Matthew Levitt, ” Sinwar, Khan Younis Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, Washington Institute for Near, Policy, NBC News Locations: Israel, Gaza, Iran, United States, Al, Palestinian, Ashkelon

☆ 'Not everything in life is a conspiracy': Andy Kim rejects claim that he wore North Korean flag on his tie
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., slammed a Trump delegate for accusing him of wearing the North Korean flag on his tie during a New Jersey Senate debate this week. “Why is US Senate candidate Andy Kim wearing a North Korea flag on his tie tonight?” the delegate, Mike Crispi, wrote on X about Kim’s matchup Tuesday against Republican opponent Curtis Bashaw. … Why didn’t you wear an American flag tie?” Crispi said in the video, adding that the pattern resembled the North Korean and Costa Rican flags. “If elected, I’ll be first Korean American senator after 120 years of Koreans in America,” Kim wrote on social media. “Dear MAGA @MikeCrispi: That is not the North Korean flag,” Lieu wrote.

Persons: Andy Kim, Mike Crispi, Curtis Bashaw, Kim, ” Kim, Crispi, ”, ” Crispi, Dave Min, I’ll, ” Bashaw, Ted Lieu, “, MAGA, ” Lieu Organizations: Trump, Korean, New, New Jersey Senate, Republican, NBC News, NBC, Democrat, Police Locations: New Jersey, Korea, Asian American, North Korea, Costa Rican, United States of America, United States, Orange County , California, America, East Coast, Korean

The Israeli military said Thursday it is "checking the possibility" that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, accused of being the architect of the Oct. 7 terror attack, was among three militants killed in Gaza during its operations in the enclave. If Sinwar is indeed dead, his killing would be a major coup for Israel and its war in the Gaza Strip. A senior Israeli official told NBC News that troops identified Sinwar as probably being among three militants killed during a "heavy gun battle" in Gaza on Wednesday. Ali Jadallah / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images fileU.S. officials have been in close contact with Israeli officials throughout the morning on all of this, one of the U.S. officials said. They did not expand on how they were killed, but said they were investigating whether one of the three was Sinwar.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, Ali Jadallah, Shin Bet, “, Yoav Gallant, John Kirby, Frank Lowenstein, Barack Obama, Haniyeh, Masoud Pezeshkian, Israel Katz, Mohammed Al, Deif, Marwan Issa, Avichay Adraee, Basem Naim, Hamas ’, ” Sinwar, Gilad Shalit, Thomas Hand, Emily Hand Organizations: Hamas, Israeli, NBC News, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Israel Defense Forces, Israel Security Agency, IDF, National Security, NBC, Israeli Foreign, ISIS, Wall Street, European Council, Foreign Relations, Israel Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, U.S, Tehran, Iran

An independent, bipartisan review identified “numerous mistakes” by the U.S. Secret Service and “specific failures and breakdowns” that enabled the assassination attempt that injured former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. “The Secret Service as an agency requires fundamental reform to carry out its mission," the members added. "Without that reform, the Independent Review Panel believes another Butler can and will happen again.”The Secret Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the review. “The increasing demand placed on the agency during this dynamic threat environment has resulted in our people being pushed to the limit,” said Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the Secret Service. The group said it identified “deep flaws in the Secret Service, including some that appear to be systemic or cultural,” including a “lack of critical thinking among Secret Service personnel” and agents’ unwillingness to “speak up” regarding potential threats.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, Alejandro Mayorkas, Butler, “, Anthony Guglielmi, Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks Organizations: U.S, Secret, Homeland, Service, NBC News, Trump, Trump Campaign, Trump’s Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Butler, Iran, Pennsylvania

☆ Texas 'shaken baby syndrome' execution and One Direction's Liam Payne dies: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

A Texas inmate is set to die in what would be the nation’s first execution involving “shaken baby syndrome.” One Direction member Liam Payne dies at the age of 31. Prosecutors argued that Nikki must have been shaken to death. Since Roberson’s conviction in 2003, the science behind shaken baby syndrome’s diagnosis has come under intense scrutiny. Also yesterday, a petition with more than 116,000 signatures asking Abbott to stop the execution was delivered to his office. Liam Payne at the "One Direction iHeartRadio Album Release Party" in Burbank, California.

Persons: Liam Payne, Paroles, Greg Abbott, Robert Roberson’s, Abbott, Roberson, Nikki, Lester Holt, I’ve, ”, I’m, Payne, Christopher Polk, Clear Channel Payne, fiancée, Henry, —, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, JD Vance, Brandy Zadrozny, Harris ’, Harris, “ Donald Trump, “ She’s, wouldn’t, Trump, ➡️, Donald Trump shrugged, ➡️ JD Vance, Ron DeSantis, Scott Perry, Tanya Chutkan, Biden, they’ve, Matthew Cappucci, ” — Evan Bush, optometrist, “ You’re, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: Texas, Prosecutors, NBC News, Telemundo . Police, Getty, Clear Channel, NBC, Fox News, CNN, Democratic, Fox, GOP, Republicans, ➡️, ➡️ Florida Gov, Democrats, Freedom Caucus, Hurricane Milton, National Hurricane Center, MyRadar, Washington Post Locations: Texas, British, Argentina, Burbank , California, U.S, Ukraine, Univision, North Carolina, ➡️ Florida, Pennsylvania, Fulton County, Georgia, Florida

CAMP HILL, Pa. — Democrats have long tried to oust Rep. Scott Perry, the former head of the far-right Freedom Caucus and a staunch Donald Trump ally, in this Pennsylvania swing district. We need to be educated, we need to be safe, we need to be healthy,” she continued. And, you know, she just rattles it off,” Perry said, referring to the House Democrats’ campaign operation. On immigration, Stelson sounds much like Perry and Trump, calling for more border funding and deporting those who are in the country illegally. That takes more judges, more attorneys, and I think that people who are here illegally need to be sent home, as well."

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BERLIN — President Joe Biden is leaving Washington for Germany on Thursday morning in what will be one of the last opportunities to outline his vision for foreign policy before the election next month. After landing in Berlin, Biden will be greeted with full military honors Friday before receiving the country's highest Order of Merit from President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, his office said. After years of refusing U.S. prodding to trade the Russian, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris separately convinced Scholz earlier this year. On Wednesday, Biden announced a $425 million aid package for Ukraine that includes air-to-ground munitions and armored vehicles, and promised more defense systems and supplies in the months to come. The White House said Biden will now travel to Angola in early December.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Frank, Walter Steinmeier, ”, Olaf Scholz, Scholz, Evan Gershkovich, Marine Paul Whelan, Kamala Harris, Hurricane Milton Organizations: BERLIN, Merit, Marine, White, Ukraine, Russia, Wednesday Locations: Washington, Germany, Berlin, U.S, Russia, Russian, France, Britain, Ukraine, Angola, Hurricane

In a case separate from the hush money trial, Daniels was ordered to pay for Trump’s legal fees after she lost a defamation suit she filed against him. Daniels’ lawyer declined the proposal, Maddow reported. Daniels’ lawyer told MSNBC that they ultimately settled on $627,500 but she did not agree to remain silent. In May, Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to Daniels. Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen made payments to Daniels in the final stretch of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Persons: Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Daniels, Trump, ”, Maddow, Daniels ’, Steven Cheung, President Trump, Ms, Michael Cohen, Cohen Organizations: Trump, New, MSNBC, ” MSNBC Locations: New York

☆ India’s alleged interference in Canada was ‘a horrific mistake,’ Trudeau says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

OTTAWA, Canada — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that India had made “a horrific mistake” by thinking it could interfere as aggressively as it allegedly did in Canada’s sovereignty. “The Indian government made a horrific mistake in thinking that they could interfere as aggressively as they did in the safety and sovereignty of Canada,” he told an independent inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian politics. In response, India’s foreign ministry issued a terse two-line statement, saying Trudeau’s deposition confirmed New Delhi’s stand that Canada had provided no evidence to support its allegations against Indian diplomats. “The responsibility for the damage that this cavalier behavior has caused to India-Canada relations lies with Prime Minister Trudeau alone,” the foreign ministry statement said. Trudeau said Ottawa could take further steps to ensure Canadians’ security but declined to give details.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, ” Organizations: Canadian, Canada Locations: OTTAWA, Canada, India, Ottawa

☆ Who was Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Kara Fox | Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, believed to be one of the architects of the militant group’s October 7, 2023, terror attack and Israel’s most wanted man, was killed in Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Israeli military. He was also viewed as a pragmatic political leader by some: In 2017, Hamas elected Sinwar as the political chief of its main decision-making body, the Politburo, in Gaza. At one of the protests, Sinwar applauded those facing “the enemy who besieges us.”As the group’s political leader, Sinwar focused on the group’s foreign relationships, forging important ties with regional Arab powers. Yahya Sinwar, center, with the late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, left, take part in the funeral of senior militant Mazen Fuqaha in Gaza City on March 25, 2017. The talks involved senior figures from Israel, Hamas, the United States, Qatar and Egypt.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Sinwar, ”, Khan Younis, bunkering, Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas ’, Majdal –, Ashraf Amra, Shutterstock Sinwar, Gilad Shalit, “, –, Mazen, Mohammed Salem, Mohammed al, Masri, Mohammed Deif, Al, Marwan Issa Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Islamic University, Open University, European Council, Foreign Relations, Israel, Brigades, US Department of State, European Union Locations: Gaza, Tehran, Al, Ashkelon –, Aqsa, Palestine, Gaza City, Israel, Israeli, Italian, Islam, Iran, United States, Qatar, Egypt, United Kingdom, France

☆ Yellen to warn that sweeping tariffs are ‘deeply misguided’ in swipe at Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Arlette Saenz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to warn that proposals for sweeping tariffs are “deeply misguided,” would ramp up inflation and hurt American businesses, offering a clear critique of former President Donald Trump’s economic policy. “Calls for walling America off with high tariffs on friends and competitors alike or by treating even our closest allies as transactional partners are deeply misguided,” Yellen will say, according to excerpts released by the Treasury Department. “But the issues we face today, from broken supply chains, to climate change and global pandemic preparedness, to China’s industrial overcapacity, also mean we cannot simply draw from an old playbook.”Trump implemented sweeping tariffs on about $300 billion of Chinese-made products while in office. He’s also said he would implement a “100% tariff” on countries that shift away from using the US dollar. “To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff,” Trump said at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday.

Persons: Janet Yellen, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Kamala Harris, “, walling, ”, ” Trump, Biden, He’s, John Micklethwait, CNN’s Jordan Valinsky Organizations: CNN, Council, Foreign Relations, Trump, walling America, Treasury Department, Economic, of Chicago, Bloomberg Locations: New York City, Ukraine

☆ Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh crimes tribunal issues arrest warrant for exiled former prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters —Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently in India, citing her alleged involvement in mass killings during violent protests that erupted earlier this year. The violence ultimately forced Hasina to flee to India on August 5 and an interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge. The tribunal’s proceedings, presided over by Justice Golam Mortuza Majumdar, saw prosecutors request arrest warrants for 50 individuals, including Hasina. “In the interest of a thorough investigation, we applied for an arrest warrant. The court granted our petition and ordered the arrest of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Persons: Sheikh Hasina, Hasina, Muhammad Yunus, Justice Golam Mortuza Majumdar, “, Mohammad Tajul Islam, ”, Hasina’s, Sajeeb Wazed, Bangladesh’s, Mohammad Touhid Hossain Organizations: Bangladesh Reuters —, Peace, Awami League, Reuters Locations: Dhaka, Bangladesh, India

☆ Moscow will reportedly block sales of Western banks to Russian firms, leaving them with no exit
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New developments show the path for Western banks trying to exit Russia has gotten tougher. Moscow will block the sale of Western bank assets to local Russia buyers, sources told Bloomberg. Russia's government has signaled that it will block any efforts from Western banks to offload their local units to Russian-owned entities, according to Bloomberg, who cited people familiar with the matter. Given the fact that Russia has also prevented sales to foreign buyers, these Western banks appear to be stuck, with limited options available. This latest development is an expansion of the Kremlin's ongoing campaign to keep Western firms within its borders.

Persons: —, Raiffeisen Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, US, Austrian, UniCredit, Yale School of Management, Reuters Locations: Russia, Moscow, Russian, UniCredit, Abu Dhabi, Ukraine

☆ Myanmar’s internet freedom is now as bad as China’s, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —For the past decade, China has consistently ranked last in the world for internet freedom due to its all-pervading online surveillance and content control system dubbed the “Great Firewall.”But a new report out Wednesday shows that internet freedoms in China’s neighbor Myanmar are now just as lacking. The report from Freedom House, a US government-funded NGO, found that global internet freedom has declined for the 14th consecutive year. In a record 43 countries, people were physically attacked or killed in retaliation for their online activities, the report found. The Central Asian nation Kyrgyzstan showed the biggest drop in internet freedoms, according to the report, as President Sadyr Japarov ramped up efforts to silence digital media and suppress online organizing. The report also covers online disinformation campaigns and political interference in the run-up to elections, including harassment of independent researchers and fact checkers.

Persons: ”, Mao Ning, Sadyr Japarov, Kloop, “ Organizations: CNN, Freedom, Trust, United Nations, UN, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ”, Central, US Locations: China, China’s, Myanmar, Central Asian, Kyrgyzstan, Iceland, United States, ’

☆ Russia confirms it's going to make it more painful for companies to quit the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia has confirmed plans to raise a tax on foreign companies quitting the country. AdvertisementRussia has confirmed it will make it more expensive for foreign companies to quit the country. In March, RBC reported companies leaving Russia had already paid 35.7 billion rubles, or about $387 million, into Russia's budget. The process of leaving Russia is often complex, thorny, and costly. AdvertisementIn March, a Reuters analysis found that foreign companies had incurred costs of more than $107 billion in writedowns and lost revenue.

Persons: —, Anton Siluanov, Siluanov, McDonald's, Alexei Moiseyev, Yuri Nikolaev, Nikolaev, LeaveRussia Organizations: Service, RBC, Partners, Kyiv Institute of Economics Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, writedowns, West

☆ CNBC's Inside India newsletter: The changing face of India's rich
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Speaking to CNBC's Inside India, Kohli noted that India's wealthy now come from a swathe of industries. India's stock market became the fourth-largest in the world at the start of the year, after overtaking Hong Kong. Meanwhile, those whose wealth that falls between 10 to 50 million Indian rupees are in the affluent category, he added. Historically, India's wealthy had a median age exceeding 50. Drivers of India's wealthThe growth in India's wealthy population comes in tandem with the nation's economic progress.

Persons: Ratan Tata, Waterfield, Ratan Tata —, Ambani, Himanshu Kohli, Kohli, Pramod Gubbi, Marcellus, Lee, Gubbi, Knight Frank, What's, Malcolm Dorson, Dorson Organizations: Tata Group, Fortune India, Tata Sons, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Titan Company, Marcellus Investment, Lee Kuan Yew, of Public, National University of Singapore, Bombay Stock Exchange, Global, Volvo, Apollo Locations: India, Tata, CNBC's, Hong Kong, Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai, U.S

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