Trump declines Saudi crown prince's call for U.S. strikes on Houthis: reports

🔮 The FTC will use the information to eventually publish a study to help inform regulators and lawmakers about personalized pricing and wage setting practices.

🔮 Netanyahu set to remain caretaker PM after inconclusive Israel election The success of Arab Israeli parties at the polls leaves rival Eisenkot little realistic path to power without their broad backing Benjamin Netanyahu looked set to remain Israel’s caretaker prime minister after unexpectedly strong backing among Jewish voters left his opponents little apparent prospect of unseating him, despite his right-wing bloc losing its parliamentary majority. With nearly 86 per cent of votes tallied on Wednesday, Israel’s three main broadcasters projected Netanyahu’s bloc of right-wing, far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties would win 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, well ahead of the 48 for rival Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc.

🔮 The Bank of Canada (BoC) has raised its key interest rate for the first time in more than three years and warned that further increases might be needed to prevent soaring energy costs from fueling broader inflation.

🔮 Apple is expected to unveil its first touchscreen MacBooks on Wednesday, abandoning a long-held aversion to the technology as it caps a burst of product launches ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season.

🔮 Putin says the West is ‘enriching themselves fabulously’ at Africa’s expense and trying to drive Africans back into debt bondage The Kremlin chief was speaking at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, a two-day event attended by African leaders and government delegations from 48 countries, during which he will hold one-on-one talks with many of the 22 individual African leaders attending on everything from trade to security, arms deals and grain supplies.

🔮 Footage by regional Castilla La Mancha Television showed a derailed train with at least one carriage remaining on an elevated section of track while twisted metal, broken panels and wreckage could be seen strewn across an embankment beneath the line.

🔮 Robert Williams III had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Toumani Camara added 12 points for Portland.

🔮 “If we get past the elections without renewed strikes on Iran, that might be enough for the market’s risk premium to start eroding,” they added.

🔮 “Well, I would approve.

🔮 The disclosure about the rising cost of the Iran war comes as Republicans wrestle with the political fallout of the unpopular conflict ahead of the November 3 election that will determine control of Congress for the next two years.