Today's updates
- Life Sciences - Updated 6:17 AM
EMA and African agency issue fast-track Ebola vaccine guidance
The European Medicines Agency and the African Medicines Agency have published joint guidance to speed the start of clinical trials of vaccines against Bundibugyo Ebola, allowing some animal toxicity studies to be postponed or waived for well characterised vaccine platforms while the outbreak emergency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues.
- Politics - Updated 6:17 AM
Netanyahu orders Hebron cordon, prepares full West Bank closure
Five Israelis were wounded, two of them critically, and two suspected Palestinian gunmen were killed in a shooting at the Judea Junction checkpoint outside Hebron on Friday, after which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled his political meetings, ordered a cordon around Hebron and told the military to prepare a full closure of the West Bank starting today.
- Infrastructure - Updated 5:50 AM
HD Hyundai and Kiewit to build new US shipyard
HD Hyundai has signed a deal with Kiewit to build a new US shipyard through a joint venture, with construction starting in 2027, operations targeted for 2029 and about 3,000 jobs expected once the yard is fully running.
- Rates - Updated 5:50 AM
Bank of Japan finds system stable, flags AI financing channel
The Bank of Japan's October Financial System Report finds the financial system stable on the whole, with banks holding enough capital to withstand a global-financial-crisis-scale shock and a compound stress combining an oil price surge, a fall in AI investment expectations and a substantial rise in interest rates.
- Rates - Updated 4:42 AM
Euro zone flash PMI falls to four-month low
The S&P Global flash euro zone composite PMI fell to 51.9 in October from 53.1 in September, its lowest since June and below the 52.7 forecast in a Reuters poll, as France contracted again and energy-driven input costs rose sharply.
- Politics - Updated 4:29 AM
South Korea proposes military talks with North Korea
South Korea's Defense Ministry on Friday proposed military talks with North Korea to confirm the precise location of their border and discuss restoring communication channels, after a September landmine blast in the demilitarized zone injured three South Korean soldiers.
- Life Sciences - Updated 4:29 AM
Smith & Nephew and Johnson & Johnson merger talks collapse
Talks to combine Smith & Nephew with Johnson & Johnson's orthopaedics division, in a deal that would have valued the unit at as much as 22 billion dollars, collapsed at the last minute over who would lead the merged company, the Financial Times reported.
- Rates - Updated 3:46 AM
UK retail sales volumes fall 0.4 percent in September
UK retail sales volumes fell 0.4 percent in September 2026 after a revised 0.7 percent rise in August, the Office for National Statistics said, even as sales rose 0.7 percent across the third quarter as a whole.
- Rates - Updated 3:46 AM
Kazakhstan cuts base rate to 15.75 percent
The National Bank of Kazakhstan cut its base rate by 50 basis points to 15.75 percent on October 23, its fourth consecutive reduction, after annual inflation fell for a twelfth straight month to 9.3 percent in September.
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