Daily News of 28-11-2024

Australia
CBA prepares for AI to transform banking, with dozens of uses

The country’s biggest bank is already using AI to resolve 15,000 payment disputes every day. And its chief executive, Matt Comyn, says many more uses are on the way. The Australian Financial Review

Green group to pay millions after failed bid to thwart Santos pipeline

Australia’s top climate legal service will pay $9 million to gas giant Santos after a court rejected its bid to block a pipeline near the Tiwi Islands. Sydney Morning Herald

France
«C’est quelque chose qu’on ne voyait plus» : à Marseille, de violents racketteurs plongent les commerces dans la terreur

ENQUÊTE - Depuis le début de l’année, des dizaines d’enseignes phocéennes ont été la cible de malfaiteurs armés menaçant gérants et employés pour tenter d’obtenir une rançon. Aucun ty... Le Figaro

Menacé d’une censure rapide, le gouvernement Barnier alerte sur le risque d’une « tempête »

Le premier ministre est menacé par le dépôt d’une motion dès la semaine prochaine. Pour dissuader les oppositions, son équipe affirme que la chute du locataire de Matignon, couplée à un rejet... Le Monde

Germany
Immobilien: Mietpreise steigen deutlich

Immobilien: Mietpreise steigen deutlich Handelsblatt

Amokläufer: Chinas Angst vor der ungehemmten Wut

Die Zahl der Massenmorde nimmt offenbar zu, immer wieder sind Kinder die Opfer. Präsident Xi und seine Partei sorgen sich bereits um die soziale Stabilität. Was steckt dahinter? Süddeutsche Zeitung

Israel
BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued by Republican states over climate accords

Republicans have long explored using US antitrust laws to target alleged collusion among large fund managers to advance climate-related goals. The Jerusalem Post

How the Israel-Gaza war has divided Germany's far-right AfD party

The Alternative for Germany's Co-leaders Clashed Recently Over Whether to Supply Arms to Israel – the Latest Sign of a Split That Could Shape the Party's Upcoming Election Campaign Haaretz

Singapore
Singapore’s real incomes rebound in 2024 as inflation eases, but real wage growth for last 5 years still low

REAL incomes in Singapore made a rebound in 2024 as inflation eased, recovering from the previous year’s decline, the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) annual Labour Force in Singapore Advance Release ... The Business Time

Singapore and Thailand to collaborate in new areas including food and energy security

An MOU was signed to provide scholarships for Thai officials to study in Masters programmes in Singapore universities The Straits Times

Spain
Grifols se lanza a refinanciar 1.400 millones de deuda tras la 'espantada' de Brookfield

Tras la espantada de Brookfield, el equipo directivo de Grifols afronta como reto de urgencia la refinanciación de 1.400 millones de deuda que vencen en 2025, para evitar así... Expansión

Hacienda multará a los contribuyentes que ignoren los requerimientos de información

La Agencia Tributaria podrá multar a los contribuyentes que ignoren uno o varios requerimientos de información por parte de la inspección, sin necesidad alguna de que la Administración tenga que j... El Economista

United Kindom
France is playing with fire: an IMF bailout is no longer unthinkable

France is playing with fire: an IMF bailout is no longer unthinkable The Telegraph

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

UK government failing to list use of AI on mandatory register

Technology secretary admits government departments are not being transparent over way they use AI and algorithms The Guardian

United States
Musk’s Slashing of the Federal Budget Faces Big Hurdles

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency, with Elon Musk as co-leader, has advantages that past budget-cutters did not, but laws and court challenges can still make change slow and difficult. The New York Times

Exclusive | Chinese Ship’s Crew Suspected of Deliberately Dragging Anchor for 100 Miles to Cut Baltic Cables

Exclusive | Chinese Ship’s Crew Suspected of Deliberately Dragging Anchor for 100 Miles to Cut Baltic Cables  The Wall Street Journal