Biden warns Putin against using nuclear or chemical weapons

Bloomberg President Joe Biden said Vladimir Putin would face a “consequential” US response if the Russian president used nuclear or chemical weapons in the war in Ukraine. “Don’t. Don’t. Don’t,” Biden said in an excerpt from an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” when asked what he would say if Putin were considering using tactical nuclear weapons or chemical weapons in ...

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Turkey seeks to be first Nato member to join China-led SCO

Bloomberg Turkey is seeking membership to the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attempts to forge alliances with friendly countries in the East. Erdogan made the announcement after attending the SCO summit in Uzbekistan on Friday where he held talks with leaders including China’s President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. A successful bid would make ...

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Political storm returns for Liz Truss after days of UK mourning

Bloomberg Liz Truss’s government was barely into its stride when the UK was thrust into a state of suspended animation following the death of its longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. But after Monday’s state funeral, British politics will return full-throttle with the new prime minister back under pressure over a deepening economic crisis. Truss starts the week by flying to ...

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Lula seeks to cut Bolsonaro’s lead in southern Brazil

Bloomberg Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is launching an offensive to sway supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s southern states, the stronghold of the right-wing incumbent. The presidential front-runner held a rally on Friday in Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul, before heading to Curitiba, the Parana state capital where he was kept behind bars between 2018 ...

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Senegal swaps key ministers after appointment of PM

  Bloomberg Senegal President Macky Sall appointed new ministers for economy and finance after naming the country’s first prime minister in three years, doubling down on efforts to rein in a building cost-of-living crisis. Oulimata Sarr is replacing Amadou Hott as economy minister. Mamadou Ba, the former general director of the budget, takes over as finance minister from Abdoulaye Daouda ...

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Time running out to join queue of mourners to Queen Elizabeth

Bloomberg Time was running out on Sunday for tens of thousands of people still hoping to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II by joining a miles-long queue to view her coffin at Westminster Hall. The British Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said that a decision will be taken later on when entry to the line will close, as ...

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Fauci warns of anti-vaxxer attitude beyond Covid-19

Bloomberg US President Joe Biden’s top medical adviser warned in an interview with the Financial Times that a broad refusal of vaccines against Covid-19 may undermine efforts to immunise children and contain future illness outbreaks. Anti-vaccine attitudes “might spill over into that kind of a negative attitude towards childhood vaccinations,” Anthony Fauci was quoted as saying. “If you fall back ...

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UK food producers face C02 crunch

  Bloomberg One of Britain’s biggest suppliers of carbon dioxide halted output at a plant in England, further reducing local supplies of the gas vital for production of food including fizzy drinks. CF Industries Holdings Inc stopped ammonia production at its Billingham factory in northeast England earlier this week, the company said. It warned in August of the temporary outage, ...

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US-China tech rivalry adds to headaches for stock investors

  Bloomberg China’s heated rivalry with the US over tech supremacy is adding fresh pain points to the world’s second-largest stock market, as the Biden administration steps up efforts to reduce economic reliance on the Asian nation. From biotech to electric vehicles, shares of China’s key manufacturers have seen heavy selling recently as US initiatives to secure domestic supply chains ...

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Tesla wants to double its German sales in ’22

  Bloomberg Tesla Inc wants to double vehicle sales in Germany to 80,000 this year, German weekly Automobilwoche reported, citing a local manager. The electric car manufacturer sold 39,714 units in Europe’s biggest economy in 2021 and will continue to target an annual doubling of shipments, the publication said. The company has sold 24,734 vehicles in Germany in the year ...

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