Headlines Summary Sep 16, 2024

Human Rights And Conflict - Around 80% of women in camps for the displaced have been raped in brutal attacks as international attention wanes. - Moscow's war is feeding itself as friends and backers cash in on crops from occupied territories. - Holding itself up as the sole defender of Burmese heritage, the military has long manipulated Buddhism for its political purposes. - Yemen's Houthi rebels said they fired a missile at central Israel, an escalation in the Iran-backed group's attacks. - Health concerns over the 89-year-old Dalai Lama have turned attention to a looming succession battle between Tibetans in exile and Beijing. Economic And Financial Developments - USD/JPY may set a year-to-date low below 140.00 if markets focus on monetary-policy convergence between the FOMC and the BOJ as they meet this week. - Credit cards, mortgages and savings will be affected when the Federal Reserve makes its expected rate cut. - The mortgage lender's shares surged on their debut, reaffirming growing investor enthusiasm for one of the best-performing stock markets in the world. - Oil edged higher in the early Asian session. After two-quarters of contraction, China's oil demand should grow by 300,000 bbl/day on-year in 4Q. - Warnings from bank executives that Americans are struggling to keep up with their bills have set off alarms on Wall Street, with shares of consumer-lending companies sliding. Cybersecurity And Technology - Apple to end NSO Group lawsuit; Malicious Python dev job offers; Dark web kingpins busted. - A recently fixed 'Windows MSHTML spoofing vulnerability' tracked under CVE-2024-43461 is now marked as previously exploited after it was used in attacks by the Void Banshee APT hacking group. - One cybercriminal of the most violent kind will spend his best years behind bars, as will 11 of his thug pals for a string of cryptocurrency robberies in the US. - The Middle Kingdom is building an uncrackable national infrastructure based on quantum key distribution (QKD). - Genetic testing outfit 23andMe has settled a proposed class action case related to a 2023 data breach for $30 million. Political And Social Issues - David Lin, 68, was one of three U.S. citizens deemed to have been wrongfully detained by Beijing. - New York Mayor Adams faces a crisis as he is probed over Turkish campaign contributions, and after homes of city officials were raided and the police commissioner resigned. - Trump escaped an apparent second assassination attempt after Secret Service agents opened fire on a gunman at a golf club owned by the former president in Florida. - The GOP running mates defend unfounded pet-eating rumors and criticize the pop star who endorsed Harris. - Despite his experience as a former foreign minister, France's new PM is seen as a compromise choice without real power. Corporate And Business News - 'Corporate girlies' and guys boast about their jobs online, even the mundane parts. - Nippon Steel wants to save U.S. Steel. The only thing that may stop it is politics. - A deal by UniCredit to buy 4% of Commerzbank shares demonstrates the Europe-wide ambitions of the Italian bank's CEO, Andrea Orcel. - Disney and DirecTV agreed to terms on a new distribution deal and returned the entertainment giant's popular channels, including ABC and ESPN, to the satellite broadcaster's lineup. - The romantic relationship between Norfolk Southern's CEO and its chief legal officer is the latest incident in the #MeToo era to test corporate policies and cause headaches for companies internally. Cybersecurity Implications

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