GOLD IS DOWN MORE THAN 3% IN SEPTEMBER, THOUGH CENTRAL-BANK BUYING AND CURRENCY-DEBASEMENT CONCERNS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ITS LONGER-TERM APPEAL AS A PORTFOLIO HEDGE, WHILE SILVER ROSE 0.3% TO $63.38 AN OUNCE.
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WARNER BROS. WINS APPEAL AS CALIFORNIA COURT STRIKES DAN SCHNEIDER’S DEFAMATION LAWSUIT UNDER THE STATE’S ANTI-SLAPP LAW.

COURT RULES QUIET ON SET DID NOT IMPLY SCHNEIDER COMMITTED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND NOTES THE DOCUMENTARY STATED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE HE ABUSED CHILDREN.
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FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS THAT 'TAKING THE OFF-RAMP — WHICH MEANS A DIPLOMATIC AGREEMENT WITH IRAN THAT, BY DEFINITION, GIVES IRAN SOMETHING — MEANS IT LOOKS LIKE A LOSS', ADDING 'I THINK THAT'S THE HESITATION ON TRUMP'S PART'.
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FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS 'THE IRAN WAR COULD AND SHOULD BE OVER TOMORROW'.
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FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS 'THE GULF STATES ARE ALL LOOKING TO TALK TO TEHRAN, MAYBE CUT A DEAL WITH TEHRAN'.
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FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS 'THEY'RE LOOKING TO CUT DEALS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT THEY'VE SEEN IS WE CAN'T NECESSARILY DEFEND THEM'.
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FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS 'THE IRANIANS HAVE AN INTERESTING WAY OF BEGGING, IF THAT MEANS LAUNCHING MORE PROJECTILES AT US, AT OUR PARTNERS, GETTING THE HOUTHIS IN THE ACT TO PULL DOWN THE RED SEA CORRIDOR ALONG WITH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ'.
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FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS 'WE'RE IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION, UNFORTUNATELY, OF TRUMP'S MAKING'.
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FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS THAT 'IF YOU'RE PART OF THE CROWD FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA THAT SAYS YOU WANT ISRAEL TO GO AWAY — GUESS WHAT? IT'S NOT', AND THAT 'IF YOU'RE A PART OF THE GREATER ISRAEL CROWD THAT WANTS THE PALESTINIANS TO GO AWAY — GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE NOT', NOTING 'THERE ARE 7 MILLION JEWS. THERE ARE 7 MILLION ARABS. NO ONE IS GOING ANYWHERE'.
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FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS THAT 'UNTIL YOU RECONCILE THAT BASIC REALITY, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION', ADDING THAT THE SOLUTION IS 'WHAT IT'S BEEN, EVEN THOUGH NO ONE SEEMS TO BELIEVE IT ANYMORE: A SECURE ISRAEL, A SOVEREIGN PALESTINE'.
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NISSAN TO INVEST £170M IN NEW HYBRID SUV AT UK PLANT - FT
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SAUDI-LED COALITION IN YEMEN SAYS ITS AIR DEFENCES INTERCEPTED AND DESTROYED A HOUTHI DRONE TRYING TO ENTER MECCA AIRSPACE, WITH THE DRONE INTERCEPTED BEFORE ENTERING THE RESTRICTED AIRSPACE AROUND MECCA.
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SAUDI-LED COALITION SAYS THE SECURITY OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES IS A 'RED LINE' AND THAT IT WILL ACT AGAINST THE HOUTHIS.
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JAPAN PM TAKAICHI IS LIKELY TO RETAIN KIUCHI AS ECONOMY MINISTER IN A CABINET RESHUFFLE, WITH TRADE MINISTER AKAZAWA ALSO LIKELY TO RETAIN HIS POST - YOMIURI
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JAPAN'S JULY CORE MACHINE ORDERS FELL 3.7% MONTH-ON-MONTH, A STEEPER DROP THAN THE EXPECTED 1.2% DECLINE AND DOWN FROM A 9.7% RISE, THOUGH THEY ROSE 11.2% YEAR-ON-YEAR VERSUS A 9.6% FORECAST
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JAPAN'S AUGUST TRADE BALANCE SHOWED A DEFICIT OF ¥1,105.6 BLN, WIDER THAN THE ESTIMATED ¥1,058.4 BLN DEFICIT AND THE PRIOR ¥638.3 BLN, WITH EXPORTS UP 19.3% YEAR-ON-YEAR VERSUS AN 18.4% FORECAST AND IMPORTS UP 28.0% VERSUS 26.3% EXPECTED.
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ANTHROPIC CEO DARIO AMODEI SAYS ONLY 5%-10% OF AI’S CURRENT POTENTIAL VALUE IS BEING REALIZED ACROSS THE ECONOMY, WHILE SALESFORCE CEO MARC BENIOFF SAYS BUSINESSES NEED MORE SUPPORT TO ACCELERATE AI ADOPTION.
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ANTHROPIC AND SALESFORCE ARE DEEPENING THEIR CLAUDE PARTNERSHIP, WITH AROUND 7,000 SALESFORCE EMPLOYEES USING CLAUDE-INTEGRATED TOOLS AS DEBATE CONTINUES OVER AI DEVELOPMENT SPEED AND REGULATION.
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PENGANA INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES HAS ANNOUNCED A SETTLEMENT WITH PCG AND PCL RESOLVING COURT PROCEEDINGS, INTENDED TO REMOVE LITIGATION UNCERTAINTY AND ALLOW PIA TO PROCEED WITH THE BUY-BACK COMPLETION.
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PENGANA INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES SAYS FRANK GOOCH WILL BECOME INTERIM CHAIRMAN FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE BUY-BACK.
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Georgieva says Senegal’s economic reforms are showing encouraging progress, with better prospects for investment, jobs and growth.
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