ZELENSKY MEETS CIA DIRECTOR JOHN RATCLIFFE AT SHANNON AIRPORT IN IRELAND DURING REFUELING STOP ...

TRUMP SAYS TO ZOHRAN MAMDANI THAT HE HAS 'SEEN IT WITH NUMEROUS DIFFERENT MAYORS — SOME GREAT ONES AND SOME NOT SO GREAT ONES — SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE A GREAT ONE', ADDING THAT MAMDANI IS 'OFF TO A START' AND HAS 'POTENTIAL', SAYING 'I WANT ZOHRAN MAMDANI TO BE A GREAT MAYOR'. ...

TRUMP SAYS 'I KNOW A LOT ABOUT AFFORDABILITY', AND ON THE PRESS SAYS 'THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BOYCOTT ME, BUT THEY NEVER BOYCOTT ME', ARGUING OUTLETS 'HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BE FAIR' AND THAT IF THEY ARE 'FAKE NEWS' HE HAS 'AN OBLIGATION NOT TO ALLOW THEM INTO ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL HOUSE'. ...

TRUMP SAYS ON IRAN THAT 'THEY'RE NOT DOING WELL', ADDING THAT HE HAS 'MEETINGS ON IT TODAY' AND THAT IRAN IS 'DOING VERY POORLY'. ...

WTI CRUDE FELL BELOW $100 A BARREL, BUT REFINED FUEL SHORTAGES ARE EMERGING AS A BIGGER INFLATION RISK, WITH U.S. DIESEL PRICES CLIMBING ABOVE $6.50 A GALLON FOR THE FIRST TIME AS REFINING MARGINS WIDEN AND SUPPLIES TIGHTEN. ...

MOTOR OIL PRICES HAVE ALSO SURGED, WITH SOME RETAILERS LIMITING PURCHASES DUE TO LOW INVENTORIES, RAISING THE RISK THAT DIESEL AND OTHER FUEL PRODUCTS COULD KEEP INFLATION ELEVATED EVEN IF CRUDE PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL. ...

US TO OPEN TWO NEW MILITARY BASES IN GREENLAND, SOURCES SAY – RTRS

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BRAZIL SAYS URUGUAY HAS AUTHORIZED IT TO USE URUGUAY’S SURPLUS BEEF EXPORT QUOTA TO CHINA, POTENTIALLY GIVING BRAZILIAN EXPORTERS AN ALTERNATIVE AS THEY APPROACH THEIR OWN CHINA QUOTA LIMITS IN 2027.

THE BEEF EXPORTERS’ GROUP ABIEC SAYS THE IMPACT ON 2026 EXPORTS WILL BE LIMITED BECAUSE IMPLEMENTATION WILL TAKE TIME, BUT THE ARRANGEMENT COULD BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT NEXT YEAR AS BRAZIL FACES QUOTA CONSTRAINTS IN THE CHINESE MARKET. ...

LIBYA'S SHARARA OIL FIELD HAS SEEN PRODUCTION FALL MORE THAN HALF TO ABOUT 127,000 BARRELS PER DAY AFTER AN ARMED GROUP SHUT A PIPELINE TO THE ZAWIYA EXPORT TERMINAL, WITH MOST OUTPUT BEING REDIRECTED TO MELLITAH PORT.

A PROLONGED SHUTDOWN COULD HALT SHARARA'S 340,000-BARREL-PER-DAY PRODUCTION, DISRUPT EXPORTS, FORCE THE ZAWIYA REFINERY TO STOP PROCESSING, AND INCREASE LIBYA'S FUEL IMPORT COSTS. ...

SMMT: UK EXCLUSION FROM EU ‘MADE IN EUROPE’ PLAN RISKS BRITISH AUTO TRADE MACRO - URGES EU TO RECOGNISE UK-BUILT VEHICLES, PARTS AND MATERIALS AS EQUIVALENT TO EU PRODUCTS TO PROTECT COMPETITION, CONSUMER CHOICE AND SUPPLY CHAINS ...

IMF’S GEORGIEVA: LENDER TO OPEN OFFICE IN CARACAS NEXT YEAR ...

NIKKEI FUTURES TRADE 2.26% ABOVE CASH CLOSE AT 66,490 VS 65,018 ...

EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF KAJA KALLAS SAYS THE EU NEEDS TO IMPOSE GREATER COSTS ON RUSSIA AS MOSCOW TAKES GREATER RISKS, WHILE SEEKING A SOONER ROLLOVER OF EXISTING SANCTIONS.

KALLAS SAYS THE EU’S RED SEA NAVAL OPERATION NEEDS ADDITIONAL NAVAL AND AIR ASSETS, WITH MORE THAN 10 SHIPS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN EFFECTIVENESS AND RESPOND TO REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES. ...

LOCKHEED MARTIN SECURES A $1.2 BILLION CONTRACT FOR PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM) INCREMENT 2 AFTER ITS SECOND MARITIME TEST, STRENGTHENING ITS ROLE IN THE U.S. ARMY’S LONG-RANGE PRECISION STRIKE PROGRAM.

PRSM INCREMENT 2 FEATURES A MULTIMODE SEEKER FOR MOVING LAND AND MARITIME TARGETS, WITH FURTHER TESTING PLANNED FOR 2027; LOCKHEED MARTIN ALSO PLANS TO QUADRUPLE PRSM PRODUCTION CAPACITY TO SUPPORT FUTURE DEMAND. ...

MICROSOFT CEO SATYA NADELLA IS SET TO JOIN TECH LEADERS INCLUDING APPLE’S TIM COOK, NVIDIA’S JENSEN HUANG, OPENAI’S SAM ALTMAN AND QUALCOMM’S CRISTIANO AMON AT THE WHITE HOUSE STATE DINNER FOR CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING ON SEPT. 24.

THE DINNER COMES AHEAD OF THE TRUMP-XI SUMMIT AS U.S.-CHINA TENSIONS OVER AI DEVELOPMENT INTENSIFY, WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OPPOSING CALLS FOR ADDITIONAL AI RESTRICTIONS THAT IT SAYS COULD BENEFIT CHINA. ...

FRENCH MACRON SAYS TALKS WITH TRUMP ON RED SEA & UKRAINE WERE CONSTRUCTIVE ...

BITCOIN IS RALLYING ALONGSIDE OTHER HIGH-BETA ASSETS AND TECHNOLOGY STOCKS, SUGGESTING THE LATEST RECOVERY IS BEING DRIVEN MORE BY BROADER RISK APPETITE THAN SAFE-HAVEN DEMAND. ...

BITCOIN REMAINS BELOW ITS JANUARY HIGH AND OCTOBER RECORD, WHILE THE REBOUND APPEARS TO REFLECT A MIX OF NEW LONG POSITIONS, EXPECTED ETF DEMAND AND POSSIBLE SHORT COVERING. ...

BHP & AMAZON LAUNCH INDUSTRY-FIRST COPPER PILOT TO DEVELOP LOWER-EMISSIONS COPPER MARKET ...

BOSTON FED PRESIDENT SUSAN COLLINS SAYS PERSISTENT INFLATION AND RENEWED MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT SUPPORTED HER VOTE FOR A 25-BASIS-POINT RATE HIKE, WARNING HIGHER ENERGY PRICES COULD KEEP INFLATION ABOVE THE FED’S 2% TARGET. ...