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Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are down -0.66%, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are down -0.94%, both at 2-month lows. This morning, Stock indexes are under pressure as worries about China’s economy and higher global interest rates dampen market sentiment. Stock...

Days after a convoy of Chinese engineers was attacked in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, a prominent Baloch activist justified the incident calling it an attempt by the indigenous people to protect their identity and land. Read further on Dynamite news:

Fitch Ratings emphasizes that the foremost concern for the global credit landscape remains centered on persistently high inflation

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are trending down -0.22% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices closed in the red on Thursday as market participants digested another round of resilient economic data that heightened concerns about the possibility of interest rates remaining higher for longer, while worries about China…

The United States, Japan and South Korea are set to sign on to a new security pledge

China's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that President Xi Jinping will attend next week's summit of the BRICS nations in Johannesburg, to be followed by a state visit to South Africa

As military tensions with China rise, Taiwan's companies are pivoting from civilian manufacturing to defense and weapons.

The Hai River basin is “the largest natural drainage system in northern China”, said Channel News Asia (Singapore). It has five rivers flowing into it and it contains the capital, Beijing, as well as the major port city of Tianjin. 

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 1.75%