Sunday's News Links

[AP] At least 64 dead after Helene’s deadly march across the Southeast

[Axios] Tropical Storm Helene is catastrophic for western NC mountains

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Prospect of Second Big Fed Cut Hinges on Powell and Jobs Report

[AP] US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike

[Yahoo Finance] Wall Street forms super teams to fight for $1.7 trillion private credit market

[Reuters] Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader

[Reuters] Russia's Lavrov warns West against 'fight to victory with a nuclear power'

[Reuters] Taiwan on alert over 'multiple waves' of missile firing in inland China

[Bloomberg] Shanghai Eases Homebuying Rules As China Extends Supports

[WSJ] Floods, Mud and Landslides Add to Helene’s Damage

[WSJ] ‘Three New York Cities’ Worth of Power: AI Is Stressing the Grid

[WSJ] Will China’s Surprise Stimulus Work?

[FT] Freight rates rise as companies plan for costly US port strike

[FT] Shigeru Ishiba’s election as Japan’s next leader expected to rattle stock market

[FT] Energy demand for cooling in global cities to soar, says report

[FT] Killing of Hassan Nasrallah hits at heart of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’