Betting markets swing in Harris’ favour after debate with Trump

Trump Media & Technology shares slump, while bitcoin and crypto stocks retreat and solar shares rally

Harris and Trump at 9/11 memorial after combative debate

Harris, a former prosecutor, put Trump on the defensive during their heated presidential debate

Fed scales back proposed bank capital requirements

The new plan will raise big US banks’ capital requirements by 9%, down from 19% pencilled in

Venezuelans despondent as transition seems unlikely

Edmundo Gonzalez’s flight to Spain has largely extinguished hope for political change, voters say

Rivers in South America at record lows amid spreading Brazil drought

Water levels in crucial Paraguay River, already at record lows, are expected to fall further

US payroll figures below expectations but unlikely to deter rate cut

Markets are fairly certain that the US Fed will cut rates on September 18

Trump says Musk has agreed to lead proposed government efficiency commission

Republican presidential candidate touts economic plan including corporate tax rate cut and federal land for housing zones

Biden expected to block Nippon Steel takeover of US Steel

Shares of US Steel fall 19% as flashpoint deal provokes bipartisan opposition ahead of November election

US sanctions Russia’s RT media chiefs over 2024 ‘election meddling’

State-run outlet's editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan and others accused of recruiting influencers to spread pro-Kremlin messages

Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough to secure hostage deal

Netanyahu responds that pressure should be applied to Hamas and not Israel

Brazil watchdog moves to block access to X after court order

Musk argues that a supreme court justice is trying to enforce unjustified censorship

Kamala Harris widens lead over Donald Trump in national poll

Harris leads Trump by 49% to 36% among women and Hispanic voters, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

Kamala Harris caused chaos in exit from Afghanistan, Trump says

But the Harris’ campaign says the fault lay with Donald Trump’s tenure as president

Brazil’s central bank chief warns against debt driven by government spending

Fiscal issues affect monetary policy transmission, Roberto Campos Neto tells Fed conference

Trump battles to keep media spotlight in race with Harris

Former president struggles to focus on policy issues instead of personal attacks on his opponent