Daily News of 14-10-2024

Australia
Ebos CEO takes swing at $8.8b Chemist Warehouse-Sigma deal

The chief executive of the pharmacy group behind TerryWhite Chemmart says the merger, being assessed by the competition regulator, would harm the health network. The Australian Financial Review

The delicate dance of tunnelling a metro line within metres of Anzac Bridge

Two giant machines are carrying out the most challenging part of the Metro West rail project, carefully worming their way under Sydney Harbour. Sydney Morning Herald

France
Jeffrey Hawkins, ancien ambassadeur américain : « Si Donald Trump est réélu, l’Europe devra, en matière de sécurité, se passer des garanties américaines »

TRIBUNE. Le diplomate estime, dans une tribune au « Monde », qu’une victoire du candidat républicain à la présidentielle du 5 novembre ferait perdre à l’Europe d’importantes parts de ma... Le Monde

Justice : Didier Migaud menace de quitter le gouvernement sans amélioration du budget

Alors que le budget 2025 du ministère de la Justice doit être raboté de 500 millions d’euros, le garde des Sceaux assure avoir obtenu «des assurances» de la part du premier ministre, Michel Bar... Le Figaro

Germany
Immobilien: Bauzinsen auf Jahrestief – Experten uneins über Ausblick

Immobilien: Bauzinsen auf Jahrestief – Experten uneins über Ausblick Handelsblatt

„Weiß Booking, dass sie keine eigenen Hotelzimmer haben?'

Motel-One-Gründer Dieter Müller im Interview: Wie er den Preis für ein Hotelzimmer findet und wieso er Booking kritisch sieht. Süddeutsche Zeitung

Israel
IDF names four fallen soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack on Golani Brigade base

The IDF named Sergeant Omri Tamari, Sergeant Yosef Hieb, Sergeant Yoav Agmon, and Sergeant Alon Amitay as the soldiers killed during Hezbollah's attack. The Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu's vision of endless war is becoming Israel's reality

While Hezbollah's Resistance in Lebanon Has So Far Been Limited, the Organization Struck an IDF Base in Central Israel, Killing Four Israeli Soldiers and Wounding Dozens With Increased Political Secur... Haaretz

Singapore
Markets hit new highs as US economy, China stimulus remain the focus

US labour statistics show unemployment at near record lows and hirings remaining steady The Straits Times

Government rejects Income-Allianz deal in current form: Edwin Tong

THE deal between NTUC Income and German insurer Allianz will be called off, as the government has assessed it is “not in the public interest” for the proposed transaction to proceed in its current... The Business Time

Spain
Sagas familiares y grandes fondos controlan las renovables en España

Las mayores empresas españolas de renovables independientes de las grandes energéticas son muy distintas entre sí. Solaria está muy centrada en España. Grenergy ha apostado... Expansión

España soportará el mayor coste ligado al envejecimiento de Europa las próximas décadas

El envejecimiento será el mayor reto del Viejo Continente durante las próximas décadas, aunque ya es una realidad. Varias economías, entre ellas la española, afrontan ya el impacto de la generaci... El Economista

United Kindom
China and Russia are already playing the new Great Game

Victory for the Taliban is redrawing the strategic map in central Asia. The West risks being left behind by its rivals, writes Catherine Philp

 The Times

Rachel Reeves must keep promise to ease business rates burden, say retailers

Plea comes as analysis warns of £2.7bn tax hike mainly affecting smaller retail, leisure and hospitality firms The Guardian

The UN keeps peace in southern Lebanon - this Hezbollah tunnel suggests otherwise

IDF says Hezbollah is using Unifil staff as ‘human shields’ by operating from a tunnel no more than 100 metres from their base The Telegraph

United States
Scale of Chinese Spying Overwhelms Western Governments

Scale of Chinese Spying Overwhelms Western Governments  The Wall Street Journal

How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza

Israeli soldiers and Palestinian former detainees say troops have regularly forced captured Gazans to carry out life-threatening tasks, including inside Hamas tunnels. The New York Times