By Peter Hobson
CANBERRA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Australia's efforts to put Pacific island nations at the centre of global climate diplomacy are falling short of ambitions, with few leaders from outside the region planning to attend a gathering in Tuvalu and Fiji next week, diplomats and officials say.
Australia and its Pacific island partners sought to turn the pre-COP conference - a forerunner to the UN's flagship COP31 event - into a... (continue reading...)
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu
It's probably not much of a surprise that Treasury yields hit 24-year highs of 5.34% on the first trading day of October after their steepest quarterly rise in 32 years. The bond rout, however, did tempt some buyers back into the market, with yields between 5.25% and 5.35% proving attractive for long-term value.
The big question here is whether bonds can rally for a... (continue reading...)
Oct 2 (Reuters) - Russian air strikes have again hit the Southern Bridge in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram on Friday.
On Thursday, Russian drones smashed into a school in Kyiv and into the Southern Bridge over the Dnipro River, triggering fires in the capital, as Moscow continues its nearly daily, around-the-clock strikes on Ukraine.
Traffic across the bridge and another one, the Paton... (continue reading...)
Oct 2 (Reuters) - Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals sent back from Malaysia aboard navy ships are expected to reach the war-torn country's commercial hub of Yangon within days, state media reported on Friday, despite warnings from the United Nations and rights groups that the returnees could be at risk amid a raging civil war.
• Three Myanmar navy vessels carried 1,476 Myanmar nationals into Myanmar waters on Thursday, the Global New Light of Myanmar... (continue reading...)
Oct 2 (Reuters) - Amazon is seeking to offload about $8 billion of advanced Nvidia chips to investors through a new vehicle to strengthen its balance sheet, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
In recent weeks, Amazon has held talks with investors to gauge interest in the deal that would move thousands of Grace Blackwell chips it is installing in US data centres into a special-purpose vehicle, the report... (continue reading...)
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