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Bitcoin-related stocks have reversed on Monday’s gains as the cryptocurrency backed away from record highs [NEW YORK] US stocks closed lower on Tuesday (Oct 7) as investors, deprived of economic data resulting from the shuttered government, looked to secondary indicators and remarks from US Federal Reserve officials for clues regarding economic weakness and monetary policy. All three indexes ended in negative territory after a consumer expectations survey from the New York Federal Reserve showed deteriorating future expectations and rising inflation projections. The report garnered increased scrutiny amid a federal data blackout resulting from a partisan congressional impasse that extended the…

NEW DELHI :The World Bank said on Tuesday higher tariffs on Indian goods exported to the U.S. would be a drag on South Asia’s economic growth rate in 2026, even as it remains shielded in the current year by government spending.The World Bank said growth in South Asia was expected to slow sharply to 5.8 per cent in 2026 from its projection of 6.6 per cent for 2025. Its forecast for the region comprises India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives.”For 2026, the forecast has been downgraded, as some of these effects unwind and India continues to face…

China is building oil reserve sites at a rapid clip as part of a campaign to boost stockpiles, according to public data, traders and industry experts[HOUSTON] Oil prices steadied on Tuesday (Oct 7) as investors weighed a smaller-than-expected increase to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries plus Russia (Opec+) output in November against signs of a potential supply glut.Brent crude futures settled down two US cents, or 0.03 per cent, to US$65.45 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate crude was up four US cents, or 0.06 per cent, to US$61.73. Both contracts settled more than 1 per cent up…

The 50-plus-yard field goals that once were a rarity in the NFL are now as routine as far shorter kicks a generation ago. The range for many kickers now exceeds 60 yards, changing late-game strategy in a major way.The kicking revolution has sparked questions about whether the balls are juiced.Not quite, but there is a major difference this year, with teams now having the chance to prepare kicking balls before game day and practice with the same balls they use in games. The added length that gives kickers had Philadelphia defensive coordinator Vic Fangio comparing it to the home run…

A Chinese spying trial collapsed last month after the UK government would not label Beijing a national security threat, a top prosecutor has said.Christopher Berry and former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash were accused of espionage for China. But the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on 15 September that the charges would be dropped, sparking criticism from Downing Street and MPs.Cash, 30, from Whitechapel, east London, and Berry, 33, of Witney, Oxfordshire, had denied accusations of providing information prejudicial to the interests of the state in breach of the Official Secrets Act between December 2021 and February 2023.Politics latest: Badenoch insists…

MEXICO CITY — MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned a network of companies and their affiliates that allegedly supplied precursor chemicals to make fentanyl to a faction of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel.A dozen Mexico-based companies and eight of the people managing them were accused of using their pharmaceutical, laboratory, chemical, cleaning and real estate businesses to purchase the chemicals and provide them to the Sinaloa cartel’s “Chapitos” faction, run by sons of the former Sinaloa leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. One of the businesses, Sumilab, previously faced sanctions in 2023 by the Biden administration, but was…

Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal joined Derek Jeter and the MLB on FOX crew and talked about the Detroit Tigers’ playoff run.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans bought themselves a break from the questions about losing and whether coach Brian Callahan should be fired.Arizona certainly helped with two costly turnovers.The difference this time was that the Titans took full advantage for one of the biggest comebacks in franchise history and their first win of the season. During an 0-4 start, it was Tennessee making the mistakes.“You certainly can lose yourself a game a lot quicker than you can win one,” Callahan said Monday. “And to be on the other side of that and take advantage of those…

Changes at quarterback? Coaches fighting? Rivalries flaring?College football news is nonstop, and we’re breaking it all down week by week this season.Here’s the latest on what’s happening around college football entering Week 7:Deion Sanders to undergo blood clots procedure, expects to be at practice WednesdayColorado coach Deion Sanders will undergo a procedure later Tuesday that’s related to his blood clots, with the hope of being back at practice the next day and on the sideline this weekend against Iowa State.The surgery is called an aspiration thrombectomy, which involves the left popliteal — located behind the knee — and tibial arteries.…

BRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cyteph Pty Ltd, a biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapies for difficult-to-treat cancers, today announced that it has successfully completed recruitment for its first-in-human Phase I clinical trial of CYT-101. CYT-101 is a novel off-the-shelf, HLA-matched CMV-specific T cell therapy for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and other solid cancers. GBM is an aggressive brain cancer and one of the deadliest solid cancers in adults, with limited treatment options available. The unique advantage of targeting CMV antigens on GBM cells is that they are detected on tumour cells while not found in surrounding…