The Rundown Rundown: Apple's new iPhones, and more news around the world
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U.S.: Apple unveils 3 new iPhones, another CBS executive is out, and more top news
- Apple launched three new iPhones, iPhone XS, XS Max and the cheaper XR, at its yearly hardware event Wednesday.
- CBS “60 Minutes” executive producer Jeff Fager is leaving the network for violating company policy, days after CEO Les Moonves was forced out amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
- Although Hurricane Florence has been downgraded to a category two, the storm continues to hurtle toward the Carolina coast with wind speeds reaching 110 miles per hour.
- The Food and Drug Administration is warning Juul Labs and other makers of vaping devices that it will remove their products from the market unless they can keep them from minors.
- TripAdvisor has welcomed “a landmark ruling” after an Italian court has jailed a man for nine months for writing fake reviews.
- Also: Google and Facebook could be forced to install filters to remove content that breaches copyright, following a controversial copyright law backed by the European Parliament.
CANADA: LeBlanc broke conflict of interest rules, Apple releases 3 new iPhones, and more top news
- Former fisheries minister Dominic LeBlanc awarded a lucrative fishing license to a company set to be run by a relative.
- Mexico takes last place among OECD countries for percentage of citizens with a high school education.
- Toshiba opened a new product development and operations center in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
- ANTAD sales rose 5% in August.
- Mexico tourist numbers in August have the lowest growth in six years.
- E-commerce overtakes manufacturing and automotive sector in the industrial real estate market, according to CBRE real estate consulting.
- Brazil’s financial risk level will double this year due to electoral uncertainty.
- Apple announces the new iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR.
- 15% of the amount paid by the National Institute for Social Security goes for workers who sued their companies.
- Oi, Claro and Vivo, Brazil's largest telephone companies, are fined for irregular sale of service.
- Number of mergers and acquisitions in the first six months of the year is the highest since 2010.
EUROPE: EU backs copyright law reform, call for global ban on ‘killer robots’, and more top news
- The European Parliament has backed a controversial copyright law reform.
- A resolution calling for a worldwide ban on ‘killer robots’ has been passed by EU lawmakers.
- British Airways is the worst polluter on transatlantic routes, according to a new study.
- The owner of a business that wrote fake TripAdvisor reviews has been jailed in Italy.
- Shares in Rolls-Royce fell almost 5% in morning trading yesterday after an Iberia flight was forced to make an emergency landing.
U.K.: John Lewis profits slump 99%, Sports Direct AGM ends in chaos, and more top news
- The John Lewis Partnership has blamed "challenging times in retail" for a 99% slump in profits.
- Sports Direct has denied it intends to make a takeover bid for Debenhams.
- Free-to-use ATMs are closing at a record rate, according to network operator Link.
- Pub group JD Wetherspoon is ditching several EU-made drinks, including French brandy, ahead of Brexit.
- Three in five UK companies have found it harder to recruit skilled workers in the last 12 months, according to research.
RANCE: New iPhone unveiled, Leclerc is now selling electricity, and more top news
- Apple unveiled its most expensive phone ever, pursuing a strategy to move upmarket.
- French retailer E. Leclerc goes to electricity and amounts to 10% of the market by 2025.
- CAC 40 French companies sales increased by 7.7% during first semester.
- French automaker PSA wants to improve its second hand car offers to expand worldwide.
- Government plans to train 1.5 million of French people per year to increase their digital literacy.
DACH: EU parliament passes copyright reform; Apple with three new iPhones; and more top news
- The European parliament has backed a controversial copyright law reform.
- Apple has announced three new iPhones and is doubling down on health with its newest Apple Watch.
- Half of today’s 55 to 64 year olds will not get enough pension.
- The financial crisis has cost German tax payers 59 million euros so far, and this number is likely to go up.
- Supplies for potatoes tighten and prices are rising up to 30 percent.
- The government has approved 100% electrification of Indian Railways by 2021-22.
- In three years, India will have more demi-billionaires than the UK and France, according to a Knight Frank report.
- Finance minister Arun Jaitley rubbished Vijay Mallya's claim that the fugitive businessman met him before leaving India two years ago.
- FreshMenu suffered a data breach in 2016 but kept the matter under wraps.
- Apple launched three new models of the iPhone, including its largest screen yet.
AUSTRALIA: Myer posts first loss since 2009, CommBank’s heart attack deceit, and more top news
- Struggling department store Myer made an annual loss of $486m last financial year, down from a $12m profit the year earlier.
- Commonwealth Bank’s insurance arm’s definition of a heart attack was so different to universal medical definition that legitimate claims were regularly denied.
- Perth aims to have driverless cars on the streets next year as a French ‘Intellicar’ arrived to start trials this week.
- The prime minister was one of the first customers to use a private jet terminal in Melbourne built by a rich lister.
- Strawberry growers are trying to pinpoint the farm where sewing needles were inserted into fruit.
JAPAN: Apple reveals three iPhones, Key for the social change is maturity of individuals, and more top news
- Apple reveals three kinds of new iPhones.
- Altaba to sell entire stake of Yahoo Japan on Sept. 14.
- Percentage of smoking male population went down below 30 percent for the first time.
- Japan ranks 10th in the most attractive countries for the world's business people.
- 60 percent of people said they don’t want to do volunteer for 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Survey.
CHINA: Apple unveils three new iPhones, NIO made strong debut on NYSE, and more top news
- Apple on Wednesday unveiled three new iPhones.
- American depositary receipts of NIO closed 5.4 percent higher than the company's IPO price.
- EU’s new piece of legislation would levy a penalty if social networks and websites fails to remove terrorist propaganda within an hour of receiving the order from authorities.
- Ant Financial will spend 1 billion yuan in next three years to support mini-programs developers.
- Ele.me and Koubei’s initial funding after the merger is said to surpass Meituan-Dianping’s Hong Kong IPO.