Fonte: Reuters

WORLD

– Both North Korea and South Korea test fired ballistic missiles, the latest volley in an arms race that has seen both countries develop increasingly sophisticated weapons while efforts to get talks going on defusing tension prove fruitless.

– China’s armed forces concluded their first multinational peacekeeping exercise, showing off their combat prowess with drones and mine-clearing robots while seeking to project a more benign image.

– A month after seizing Kabul, the Taliban face daunting problems as they seek to convert their lightning military victory into a durable peacetime government. A unit in Afghanistan’s central bank leading a 15-year effort to counter illicit funding flows has halted operations, four staff members said, threatening to hasten the country’s slide out of the global financial system.

– Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his decision to shout at a protester who insulted his wife, Sophie Gregoire, as an increasingly tense election race enters its final days.

– Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry replaced the chief public prosecutor who had been seeking charges against him as a suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis.

BUSINESS

– Macau casino operator stocks plummeted by as much as a third, losing around $14 billion in value, as the government kicked off a regulatory overhaul that could see its officials supervising companies in the world’s largest gambling hub. Here’s how Macau is revising its multi-billion dollar gaming industry.

– China Evergrande is teetering between a messy meltdown with far-reaching impacts, a managed collapse or the less likely prospect of a bailout by Beijing for what was once the country’s top-selling property developer. “Stress is mounting for the most obvious grey rhino in China, namely the real estate sector,” Natixis economist Alicia Garcia Herrero said.

– Investors managing more than $10 trillion published an ambitious blueprint for energy companies seeking to tackle climate change, including sharp cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and a winding down of oil and gas production.

– Apple unveiled the iPhone 13 and a new iPad mini, expanding 5G connectivity and showing off faster chips and sharper cameras without raising the phone’s price.

– Boeing delivered 22 airplanes in August amid revived domestic travel and won orders for seven 787s in a respite for a program hobbled by industrial defects and a halt in deliveries.