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Named the Premier League's player of the month for September, BBC Sport looks at Brighton star Pascal Gross' impact both this season and over the past nine years during his two spells at the club.
Unemployment rose slightly as American employers paused hiring with midterm elections just a month away.
Nonfarm payrolls rose by just 29,000 in September, well below the 84,000 forecast, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
Annual euro zone inflation hit 3.8% last month, its highest level since September 2023.
Wall Street is looking for job growth of 84,000 to close out the summer.
The Portuguese oversaw two defeats in the qualifying round for AFCON 2027 since taking the job again on September 2.
Both stocks have pulled back this month, but our reasons for owning them have not changed.
Private job creation picked up in September after a brief slowdown.
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, September 30: The Cornell University gang rape investigation reopens. But first: students and prisoners protest in Iran "in a rare show of dissent". Journalist Evan Gershkovich speaks about his 16 months in a Russian prison. Bonus: what can we do to be less lonely? Finally, Fat Bear Week has chosen its winner.
North Korea has this Wednesday rejected accusations that it planted the mines that injured three South Korean soldiers in the DMZ on September 21. In a statement, Kim Jo Jong, Kim Jong Un's powerful sister, threatened retaliation against the south if there is any escalation.
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China's factory activity returned to growth in September as a deepening economic malaise prompts policymakers to ramp up stimulus steps and bolster growth.
The higher-than-consensus expectations are a bet that the U.S. had another strong month of job growth.
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, September 29: Jordan Bardella, the head of the far-right National Rally party, is accused of anti-Semitic comments dating back to 2013. But first: French high schoolers call for a nationwide strike to protest against teacher absences and dilapidated schools. The Washington Post looks at how AI data centres are transforming the US landscape. Plus, where are all the hunks? The Miss England pageant is struggling to recruit candidates!
A video posted in mid-September showing Iranian police officers beating and sexually harassing an arrested teenage boy has caused widespread outrage in Iran. Experts say such mistreatment of people accused of common crimes is frequent in Iran, but the footage provides rare visual evidence of what they describe as a recurring practice within the police force.
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COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech is to close three sites in Germany after efforts to find buyers failed. Meanwhile, Rhine water levels have fallen to record lows after an unusually dry September. DW has more.
The death toll from floods triggered by heavy rain in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh rose to 81, the government's disaster agency said. Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state with more than 240 million people, is frequently lashed by rain and thunderstorms during the monsoon rainy season from June to September.
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