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VoteVets, a liberal group that typically backs veterans running for office, is pouring $1 million into aggressive ad campaigns backing the Democratic candidates in Virginia’s and New Jersey’s gubernatorial contests with less than 30 days until Election Day.Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for governor of New Jersey, is a former Navy helicopter pilot. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for the same job in Virginia, was a CIA operations officer before entering politics. The $500,000-apiece ad campaigns take direct aim at the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli, and the GOP candidate in Virginia, Winsome Earle-Sears. VoteVets…

Federal health officials late Monday warned people not to eat certain Hello Fresh subscription meal kits containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria. The U.S. Agriculture Department issued a public health alert for the meals, which were produced by FreshRealm, the San Clemente, California-based company linked to an expanding listeria outbreak tied to heat-and-eat pasta meals. The products include 10.1-ounce containers of Hello Fresh Ready Made Meals Cheesy Pulled Pork Pepper Pasta and 10-ounce containers of Hello Fresh Ready Made Meals Unstuffed Peppers with Ground Turkey. Both were shipped directly to consumers. The pork pepper pasta is identified with…

JAKARTA :Indonesia said on Tuesday it had shortened the validity of mining production quotas to one year from three as of October 3, as the government seeks more control over output levels to support the prices of commodities like coal and nickel.The move had been flagged in July by Mining Minister Bahlil Lahadalia.Quotas for 2025 remain valid but miners will need to re-apply for quotas previously issued for 2026 and 2027, the ministry said.RKAB proposals, documents that companies use to request amounts they can mine over a certain period of time, should be submitted between October 1 and November 15…

The move will also enhance liquidity management and operational resilience, ensuring compliance with regulatory oversight[MUMBAI] India has introduced real-time foreign exchange settlement operations at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT), a move aimed at making the flagship international financial hub more attractive to global investors.“The foreign currency settlement system will facilitate seamless and efficient settlement of foreign currency transactions within IFSC on a real-time basis,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday (Oct 7), while inaugurating the facility at a fintech summit in Mumbai. At present, settlement of trades between different banks in the hub is not instantaneous. Depending on…

The first two recipients could be Bank of Jakarta and East Java’s Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur[JAKARTA] Indonesia is considering moving up to 10 trillion rupiah (S$780 million) per lender to regional banks, its finance minister said on Tuesday (Oct 7), in a bid to quickly boost economic growth through more lending.The fund would be sourced from the government’s cash deposit in the central bank, currently at more than 270 trillion rupiah, Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa told reporters.“We have offered the funds if they (regional banks) need them,” Purbaya said, adding the lenders could then later disburse the fund…

JAKARTA :Indonesia is considering moving up to 10 trillion rupiah ($604.78 million) per lender to regional banks, its finance minister said on Tuesday, in a bid to quickly boost economic growth through more lending.The fund would be sourced from the government’s cash deposit in the central bank, currently at more than 270 trillion rupiah, Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa told reporters.”We have offered the funds if they (regional banks) need them,” Purbaya said, adding the lenders could then later disburse the fund quickly through loans for cooperatives and small-scale businesses in Indonesia’s scattered regions.The first two recipients could be the…

[SINGAPORE] The US Federal Reserve is likely to resort to quantitative easing if there is a crash in risk assets such as equities, said GIC adviser Jeffrey Jaensubhakij.The potential for a return to such monetary easing policy is helping to drive a surge in gold prices, Jaensubhakij said at the Bloomberg Investment Management Summit in Singapore on Tuesday (Oct 7).“If they are in a bubble and they burst – is the Fed actually going to do QE to the power of X again?,” Jaensubhakij asked. “I think there’s a strong likelihood of that happening,” which would provide a cushion for…

Kendall SCD SmartFlow™ Compression System is now available in Europe. DUBLIN, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cardinal Health has announced the international launch of its Kendall SCD SmartFlow™ Compression System, the next generation of the Kendall™ Compression Series offering an enhanced clinician and patient experience. Featuring clinically proven technology that delivers customised, intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) to increase blood flow1-2 in at-risk patients, the Kendall SCD SmartFlow™ System is designed to help prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) events, as well as enhance blood circulation and treat pain and swelling related to venous stasis. “We’re excited to bring the new Kendall SCD SmartFlow™ system…

Robert Jenrick has backed Kemi Badenoch as Tory leader despite fresh polling suggesting party members do not want her to carry on into the next election.The shadow justice secretary, who ran against Ms Badenoch for the leadership, said he believed she was the “right person” for the job. Politics latest: More than a dozen Tory councillors defect to ReformIt comes after polling by YouGov shared with Sky News found that half of all Conservative members do not want Ms Badenoch to lead the party into the next election.And asked who they would prefer as leader of the Conservative Party, 46%…

THE prospect of a new Japanese leader doesn’t always generate international excitement.But Sanae Takaichi’s somewhat surprising victory in becoming leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which puts her in pole position to become prime minister next week, jolted markets and energised both sides of the political spectrum.It’s a vibe-shift moment that has led to a flurry of mis- and disinformation as demand for thought pieces on Takaichi outstrips supply. When the late Shinzo Abe returned as LDP leader in 2012, there was a similar flood of coverage attempting to cast him as a radical conservative who was “dangerously nationalistic”.…