CNBC Daily Open: Vaguely reassuring Fedspeak

CNBC Daily Open: Vaguely reassuring Fedspeak

A television station broadcasts Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaking after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.  Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, … Read more

Ex-minister Iswaran pleads guilty in graft case that has gripped Singapore

Ex-minister Iswaran pleads guilty in graft case that has gripped Singapore

Singapore’s former transport minister S. Iswaran arrives at the Supreme Court in Singapore September 24, 2024. Reuters | Caroline Chia Singapore’s former Transport Minister S. Iswaran has pleaded guilty to receiving gifts while in office, local media reported, as proceedings began on Tuesday in a rare graft trial involving a state official in this Asian financial hub. The case has gripped the wealthy city-state which prides itself on … Read more

Astronauts return to Earth after longest stay on ISS

Astronauts return to Earth after longest stay on ISS

Two Russian astronauts, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, left the International Space Station breaking the record for the longest stay at 374 days. Kononenko also set the record for the longest cumulative time in space at 1,111 days in orbit. Nasa astronaut Tracy Dyson was also aboard the shuttle headed for Kazakhstan after spending six … Read more

India anger over sex abuse allegations in police station

India anger over sex abuse allegations in police station

Getty Images A protest condemning the rape and murder of a female doctor in India A retired Indian high court judge will investigate allegations that a woman was physically and sexually assaulted by a group of police inside a police station in the eastern state of Odisha, the authorities say. After the allegations, levelled last … Read more

Telegram will now provide some user data to authorities

Telegram will now provide some user data to authorities

The messaging app Telegram has said it will hand over users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities who have search warrants or other valid legal requests. The change to its terms of service and privacy policy “should discourage criminals”, CEO Pavel Durov said in a Telegram post on Monday. “While 99.999% of Telegram users … Read more