Bloomberg Markets

Horizons Middle East & Africa 9/8/2026 (Video)

business  Sep 8, 2026

BBC Sport

Non-league to Champions League: The Porto boss out to stun Man City

Porto boss Francesco Farioli is one of the most highly regarded young managers and on Tuesday he takes charge in the Champions League for the first time.

sports  Sep 8, 2026

The Guardian

Why India’s economic data has sparked a furore

India’s statistical system once commanded respect, and its data on economic and social indicators was considered rigorous – that appears to have erodedThere isn’t much that we Indians agree on these days. GDP numbers are no exception. Last week, India released glowing GDP numbers for the latest quarter – 7.8% growth – higher than the forecast 7%. It sparked a furore.Subhash Garg, a former finance secretary under Narendra Modi’s government and now a critic, reframed what Modi called a “herculean

general  Sep 8, 2026

BBC Sport

Davis-Woodhall ends season after car crash

Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall decides to end her 2026 season after suffering "severe concussion" in a car crash and she will now miss this week's World Athletics Ultimate Championship.

sports  Sep 8, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Goodbye, Colin From Accounts: how TV’s loveliest comedy stuck the landing

For a show that started with a screech of car brakes and a wounded dog, Brammall and Dyer steer the finale home as if rolling comfortably down a familiar roadThe streaming age has no shortage of will-they-won’t-they romances – the good, the bad, the cosy, the smutty, the made-for-the-algorithm. How did Colin From Accounts manage to rise above the tropes? How, in just a few years, has Patrick Brammall’s overseas profile gone from a solid but largely ignored cop comedy, to getting headhunted to wo

entertainment  Sep 8, 2026

The Guardian

Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way – but that’s a big if

Even if the legislation passes, tech companies may still find ways to frustrate its intent and keep Australians hooked on their feedSocial media could become a “choose your own adventure” between the doom-scrolling status quo, or just the feed of the friends you want to see, if the government’s planned digital duty of care legislation passes, and the tech companies don’t muck around on compliance.But that’s a big if. Continue reading...

general  Sep 8, 2026

BBC World

'Good to have choice': Australians on opting out of social media algorithms

The BBC spoke to people in Sydney about Australia's plans to force social media companies to allow users to easily opt in or out of personalised algorithms.

general  Sep 8, 2026

The Guardian

‘It breaks my heart’: far-right’s big election victory sparks dismay in German state capital

Fears expressed for immigrants and for country’s future after AfD vote hits historic high in Saxony-AnhaltMaryam and her best friend were ambling through Magdeburg toward the railway station, talking over the dramatic events of the previous evening and the surge by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland to a historically high vote in the Saxony-Anhalt elections.“Don’t laugh at me,” she said, “but I wish we could go back to the days of Angela Merkel, when things were OK in Germany”. Continue r

general  Sep 8, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Wall of Political and Economic Risks Is Growing: Taking Stock

Stock investors are caught between the pull of strong earnings and mounting macroeconomic risks, with key events carrying binary outcomes that argue for some protection.

business  Sep 8, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Global Bond Rush Kicks Off in Asia With Banks Leading the Charge

Borrowers from around the Asia Pacific stormed the dollar bond market on Tuesday, unleashing one of the busiest sessions of the year in the region, as companies across the globe are primed to tap investors in force before interest rates go any higher.

business  Sep 8, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Vista Land Weighs Sale of Assets to Repay $420 Million Bond

Vista Land & Landscapes Inc., owned by Philippine billionaire Manuel Villar, said it’s evaluating options to raise funds including the sale of assets to ensure it’s able to meet obligations, including a $420-million bond that will fall due next July.

business  Sep 8, 2026

ESPN

Sources: Gonzalez lands deal ahead of Pats' opener

The New England Patriots and star cornerback Christian Gonzalez have agreed to terms on a four-year, $135 million extension, sources told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler late Monday night.

sports  Sep 8, 2026

ESPN

Jennings, SMU overcome miscues, delay, top FSU

SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings shook off a pair of interceptions to lead the No. 19 Mustangs' winning scoring drive, capped by Nick Reed's 20-yard field goal with 21 seconds to play, and the road team wrapped up a 27-24 win over Florida State on Monday.

sports  Sep 8, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Yen's Fundamentals 'Different This Time Around,' Natixis Says

There is room for a "lot of movement" for the yen, according to Trinh Nguyen, senior economist for emerging Asia at Natixis. "The reshoring of not just Japanese investors, the hiking of interest rates, and also on top of that, the fact that JGB yields are very, very attractive and the yen is undervalued," Nguyen explains. "All these factors I think means that this time it really is different." (Source: Bloomberg)

business  Sep 8, 2026

Variety

Venice Horizons Winner Anuparna Roy Returns to Lido With Mumbai Story of Migrants, Desire and Belonging ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’

Indian filmmaker Anuparna Roy has been carrying Ameena’s story since childhood. Ameena was a bonded laborer in Roy’s hometown, and something she once said about her marriage stayed with the director long after she grew up and moved away. That memory became the seed for “Lovers in the Blue Night,” which premieres in the Horizons […]

entertainment  Sep 8, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Newer World by Sebastian Barry review – a near-miracle of storytelling

The third in a loose American trilogy follows the epic journey of a formerly enslaved man in the aftermath of the civil warBut is not the story as good as the truth?” asks Tennyson Bouguereau, the narrator of Sebastian Barry’s The Newer World. Tennyson, a formerly enslaved man in post-civil war America, recounts his life story in ways that call to mind the age-old debate about whether it’s better to get our history from novelists or historians. While historians might argue that there is no conte

entertainment  Sep 8, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Better Go Mad in the Wild review – boozing, bantering hermits impart their spiritual wisdom

Director Miro Remo journeys deep into the Czech countryside to find two brothers living an isolated life filled with quixotic wisdom in this surreal documentaryNarrated by a slaughtered bull, this extraordinary film takes the less-travelled path in charting the daily life of a pair of Czech twins a long way off conventional routes themselves. František and Ondřej Klišík are slowly going mad – or maybe closing in on enlightenment – in a cabin in the Šumava mountains and, extrapolating a short sto

entertainment  Sep 8, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Scarves, hijabs and a grand boubou: unmasking identity – in pictures

Souleymane Bachir Diaw’s photographs of textiles and bodies carry messages around patriarchy, domestic violence and the rituals of manhood Continue reading...

entertainment  Sep 8, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

Bridgepoint Credit Sells €1.2 Billion Loan Portfolio to Pantheon

Bridgepoint Credit has transferred €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) of loans from an older direct-lending fund into a new continuation vehicle, according to a statement seen by Bloomberg.

business  Sep 8, 2026

Bloomberg Markets

High-Speed Trader AlphaGrep Turns to Bonds After India Bank Curb

AlphaGrep Securities Pvt., one of India’s largest high-frequency trading firms, is turning to the bond market for funding after the nation’s central bank tightened banks’ exposure to trading firms that use their own capital.

business  Sep 8, 2026