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Qantas is increasing airfares to offset the rising cost of fuel and the weaker Australian dollar, as escalating tensions in the Middle East threaten to return the price of crude to $US100 ($158) a barrel.

VanEck has lent its voice to institutional investor resistance to Origin Energy’s $18.7 billion takeover offer from Brookfield and EIG Partners, declaring it will reject the deal unless it is increased amid mounting opposition.

Bitcoin (BTC) passed $29,500 on Oct. 20 after an eventful 24 hours boosted BTC price trajectory, while XRP’s (XRP) price jumped above $0.50 in response to Ripple’s big legal win.

World shares have retreated as the prospect of a 5% yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury for the first time since 2007 added to pressure on Wall Street

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe is trying to buy a minority stake in Manchester United and that could give him a major say in the running of the underperforming club

Hamas organisation have behaved like 'animals' and emphasised that his country will target Hamas like 'human animals' during and after the war. «You don't need justification to fight against an organization like Hamas that have behaved like animals hunting other animals. It's not going to be to be stopped and we are not going to take it as something that was done, and that's it.

Israeli police, telling AFP on Friday that it had made a «moral decision» in light of the war in Gaza. Maryan Apparel in the southern state of Kerala said it had supplied around 100,000 uniforms to Israel's police force for every year since 2015. «It is a moral decision,» the company's managing director Thomas Olickal told AFP. Olickal said in a Wednesday statement that a strike on a hospital and the «loss of thousands of innocent lives» in the conflict had prompted the decision. Israelis and Palestinians have traded blame for Tuesday's deadly strike on the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City. Global leaders have condemned the strike and protests have erupted across the Muslim world with stark disagreement over the toll and who is responsible. Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas accused Israel of hitting the hospital during its massive bombing campaign, and the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has put the death toll at 471, though that number is contested. Israel's military has blamed a misfired rocket on another group, Islamic Jihad — a version of events backed by the United States, whose intelligence community has estimated between 100 and 300 people were killed. Hamas militants stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians who were shot, mutilated or burnt to death on the first day of the raid, according to Israeli officials.

Mint reported, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday, October 19, that inflation in the US remains too high and bringing it down to the Fed's 2 per cent target level will likely require a slower-growing economy and job market. US bond yields have gone up significantly, nearing the highest levels in 16 years. The prime reason for this is the uncertainty about future interest rates in the US.

Israel Thursday and American bases in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly targeted by drone attacks.The USS Carney, a Navy destroyer in the northern Red Sea, intercepted three land attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by Houthi forces in Yemen. The action by the Carney potentially represented the first shots by the U.S. military in the defense of Israel in this conflict.Brig.

Also Read: US is India’s ‘optimal choice’ as a partner, says Jaishankar Garcetti recently said the “great minds" back in his homeland and India can find more paths to peace, ANI reported. "I'm so proud to see the United States of America and India working together for a more peaceful world.

(Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here!) Analysts attributed the decline in rupee to a record rise in US Treasury yield even as US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday hinted at a longer period of monetary tightening due to higher-than-expected inflation numbers. “Trading boundaries are now set at 83.07 on the downside and 83.26 on the upside, with 83.20, appearing as a potential turnaround point for the day," Anand James, Chief Market Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said in his USD-INR outlook.

Gold rate today: On account of dip in the US dollar after US Fed chairman Jerome Powerll hinting rate pause, gold price today ascended to fice month high on Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). MCX gold rate for December 2023 expirty today opened higher at ₹60,401 per 10 gm levels and went on to hit intraday high of ₹60,615 levels. In international market, sport fold price is oscillating around $1,976 per ounce levels, close to its nearest hurdle of $1,980 levels.

Poshmark informed customers that it will be closing its India business on October 26. The US-based e-commerce firm, which specialises in the sale of second-hand products, had launched its India operations in September 2021, as part of a wider international expansion into markets such as Australia. The firm is also reportedly closing operations in Australia and the UK.

BHP’s blockbuster sale of its Queensland coal mines, Daunia and Blackwater, is already coaxing out other deals in the sector.

Low-power wearable technology, including virtual and augmented reality devices crucial to the metaverse, will be permitted to tap into the 6 GHz frequency band following a rule change from the United States communications regulator.

Over two dozen former employees of Ethereum infrastructure firm ConsenSys have filed a fresh lawsuit against the firm’s founder and CEO, Joseph Lubin, over claims he diluted employee equity shares against earlier promises.

American venture capitalist Tim Draper issued a warning on social media that scammers are attempting to con crypto users using an artificial intelligence (AI) voice generator.

Siddhartha Khemka, Head-Retail Research, MOFSL, says “in the long term, we would continue to prefer a tier-1 IT players given that a), valuations are comfortable, b), long term growth visibility is there. But at the same time, the near term underperformance could continue and which is where one can prefer looking at the tier-2 players.” Khemka also says: “Our preference in the auto space would be Maruti, followed by Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland. Within the two-wheeler space, we have a neutral rating on Bajaj Auto, while we have a buy rating on Hero Moto because of the cheaper valuations and the improving growth in the rural sector. We prefer Hero Moto over Bajaj Auto.” What is the global screen telling you about the resilience that the Indian markets are showcasing? The Indian economy is relatively better placed compared to global peers and there are headwinds starting with the high US interest rates, bond yields, inflationary concerns, growth concerns and to top it all, the geopolitical concerns, which provides volatility, which the market does not want at this point and where earnings are kind of picking up.

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will require export permits for some graphite products from Dec. 1 to protect national security, the commerce ministry said on Friday, as it faces growing challenges from foreign governments over its manufacturing dominance.

European Union will host leaders of some 20 countries next week to boost its global infrastructure plan aimed at competing with China in strategic regions, according to people familiar with the matter. The summit will come a week after China gathered representatives of more than 130 countries to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its own global investment plan, the Belt and Road Initiative. Heads of state or government who will attend the EU’s Global Gateway Forum on Oct.

Solar power is set to dominate global electricity markets within the next few decades, and may have already reached an “irreversible tipping point,” according to a study published this week in Nature Communications. The study finds that solar adoption will continue apace barring any major policy shifts geared at disrupting it.