[AP] At least 64 dead after Helene’s deadly march across the Southeast
[Axios] Tropical Storm Helene is catastrophic for western NC mountains
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Prospect of Second Big Fed Cut Hinges on Powell and Jobs Report
[AP] US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike
[Yahoo Finance] Wall Street forms super teams to fight for $1.7 trillion private credit market
[Reuters] Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader
[Reuters] Russia’s Lavrov warns West against ‘fight to victory with a nuclear power’
[Reuters] Taiwan on alert over ‘multiple waves’ of missile firing in inland China
[Bloomberg] Shanghai Eases Homebuying Rules As China Extends Supports
[WSJ] Floods, Mud and Landslides Add to Helene’s Damage
[WSJ] ‘Three New York Cities’ Worth of Power: AI Is Stressing the Grid
[WSJ] Will China’s Surprise Stimulus Work?
[FT] Freight rates rise as companies plan for costly US port strike
[FT] Shigeru Ishiba’s election as Japan’s next leader expected to rattle stock market
[FT] Energy demand for cooling in global cities to soar, says report
[FT] Killing of Hassan Nasrallah hits at heart of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’