📱 Apple will let media apps avoid a 30% commission on downloads and in-app subscriptions as it settles a long-standing dispute. https://bloom.bg/3BE7MWF

😷 Kidney damage is the latest side effect identified in Covid “long haulers.” Painless and silent, the ailment can occur among non-hospitalized patients, escalating with the severity of infection, a study finds. https://bloom.bg/3kLa8MD

🏢 Conjured out of nothing and ignored by almost everyone, China’s gleaming “ghost cities” sat empty for years. Now they’re finally filling up. https://bloom.bg/3gV2ZYJ

🌀 The remnants of Hurricane Ida ripped through New York, New Jersey and across the Northeast early on Thursday morning, triggering tornadoes, thunderstorms, and torrential rain. https://bloom.bg/2V8ngm2

💉 The EU says there’s no need for Covid-19 vaccine booster shots, though people with weakened immune systems may be offered a third dose. https://bloom.bg/38zxS0r

🇪🇺 WhatsApp has been fined $266 million for failing to be transparent about how it handled personal information. https://bloom.bg/3kG8WtC

💉💰 Wealthy people in some of Asia’s Covid-19 hotspots are nabbing booster shots even as most people remain unvaccinated. https://bloom.bg/3jGFPat

🇸🇬 The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance must stop offering services regulated in Singapore after a potential breach of local payment rules. https://bloom.bg/3yHiTfF

⌚ And here’s everything we know so far about the next Apple Watch. https://bloom.bg/3yAH7rK

🇸🇬 Singapore will hit pause on its reopening plans after a recent rise in Covid cases and plans to start vaccine boosters. https://bloom.bg/3zHtQiv

💉 Scientists behind the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot are using the same technology to try to develop a therapeutic cancer vaccine. https://bloom.bg/3BJ02mh

🇵🇱 Poland’s controversial media law has angered the U.S., but it may say more about the battle by one man to keep power. https://bloom.bg/2YoRZg1

🦠 The pandemic’s summer resurgence is slowing the global economic recovery as the delta variant dogs efforts to rev up factories, offices and schools. https://bloom.bg/3l1MFXH

🛑 Crypto exchange Binance is going to stop offering some products in Singapore after regulators said the company may be in breach of local payment rules. https://bloom.bg/3h1dhqv

➡️ 🍃And these are the biggest environmental risks facing the world’s largest cities. https://bloom.bg/3h1die3

🇨🇳 Billionaire investor George Soros criticized BlackRock’s China push “a tragic mistake,” calling it a risk to clients and U.S. security interests in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. https://bloom.bg/2WQhTbH

₿ El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. It bought 400 coins worth about $20 million ahead of the rollout. https://bloom.bg/3jOE3nJ

✈️ And Hong Kong will start allowing visitors from China to enter without quarantine from Sept. 15. https://bloom.bg/3DSRKdu

📉 Bitcoin plunged after El Salvador’s troubled rollout of the cryptocurrency as legal tender. https://bloom.bg/3l5RQWm

💸 BlackRock set up a $1 billion China mutual fund after billionaire investor George Soros called its push in the country a “tragic mistake.” https://bloom.bg/38TdU0A

🎤 Britney Spears’s father filed to end the court conservatorship that has controlled the singer’s life and money for 13 years. The judge overseeing the case still needs to approve the move. https://bloom.bg/3BPlkyv

🎮 GameStop lost 11% of its market value in late trading after reporting a worse-than-expected loss. Meme-stock fans were left hanging after its new CEO took no questions from analysts. https://bloom.bg/3jUJNw6

🇨🇳 George Soros called BlackRock’s China investment a “tragic mistake,” but other U.S. firms like Fidelity and JPMorgan show no signs of retreating either. https://bloom.bg/3njxUlA

🌳 Banks and borrowers are rushing to add sustainability targets to loans, yet the incentives are all but meaningless for many deals. https://bloom.bg/2X9XaAb

📞 Joe Biden calls Xi Jinping to tell him the U.S. is frustrated with what it regards as a lack of seriousness in Beijing's engagement with officials. https://bloom.bg/3lcqwFT

🇨🇳 🇦🇺 China is lobbying Australia for its support to join a multilateral regional trade pact, despite the fact their relationship is in tatters. https://bloom.bg/3jXDRTe

💇🏻‍♂️ Kim Jong Un appeared at a military parade showing off a thinner frame, a trace of a tan and a new haircut. https://bloom.bg/2YDzXql

💸 U.S. Democrats are set to propose raising corporate taxes to 26.5%, much less than what President Joe Biden wanted. https://bloom.bg/3C5iVzP

💉 Covid will end once everyone is vaccinated, infected or both, experts say. Here’s what the next six months will bring. https://bloom.bg/3k7hbji

🦁💍 Britney Spears announced her engagement days after her father filed to end her conservatorship. She showed off a diamond ring engraved with the word “lioness” on Instagram. https://bloom.bg/3A9gbki

📵 Breaking: Google is fined $177 million by South Korea for squeezing out rivals that might compete with Android. https://bloom.bg/391XNhu

💉 Covid shots work so well that most people don’t need a booster yet, scientists say. https://bloom.bg/396Qt44

💰 The vaccine industry exploded during the pandemic. From companies to ETFs, here’s how you can invest. https://bloom.bg/3loTjHl

🇨🇳 Breaking: China’s economy weakened further in August after a fresh Covid outbreak curbed consumer spending. https://bloom.bg/3nzCKvm

📱 Apple unveiled a new line of iPhones with faster chips, upgraded camera systems and longer battery life. https://bloom.bg/3zbxGPQ

🇦🇺 Border blockades have sparked Australia’s biggest federal crisis in 120 years, with states pitted against one another due to differing Covid strategies. https://bloom.bg/2VJZMUI

🚀 SpaceX launched four civilians on a three-day orbital excursion that many see as a harbinger of a new era in human spaceflight. https://bloom.bg/2XoQNJw

🏦 The biggest set of U.S. tax increases in a generation were approved by a House committee to help pay for President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. But challenges remain in the Senate. https://bloom.bg/3tRJfKX

💸 Peter Thiel gamed Silicon Valley, Donald Trump and democracy to make billions tax-free. Read our exclusive excerpt from the new biography “The Contrarian.” https://bloom.bg/3nDdpRg

💼 The World Bank is abandoning its Doing Business report over ethical concerns. It has accused former CEO Kristalina Georgieva, who is now Chair of the IMF, of applying pressure to boost China’s position in the ranking. https://bloom.bg/3Cn6zU6

💵 Victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme are about to get the first payouts since he died in jail, with a fund preparing to send out $568 million in checks. https://bloom.bg/3lA4qNM

⏬ And Chinese e-commerce tycoon Colin Huang has lost more wealth than anyone in the world, over $27 billion, after Beijing cracked down on internet giants. https://bloom.bg/2YZRc5n

Hello 👋 here are some of our top stories today:

🏘 The global housing market is broken — and is dividing entire countries. https://bloom.bg/3EvgAAi

💸The 25 wealthiest families on the planet added $312 billion to their collective fortunes, a 22% gain since last August. https://bloom.bg/3zoxmgL

🦇 Bats in Laos were found to carry coronaviruses that share a key feature with the pathogen that causes Covid-19, moving scientists closer to finding what causes the virus. https://bloom.bg/3zkfy6h

🇨🇦 Breaking: Justin Trudeau is poised to win a third term as Canada’s prime minister, staving off a stiff challenge from his Conservative rival. https://bloom.bg/3lN1iOT

🥊 A global stocks rout hit the world’s biggest fortunes. The richest 500 people lost a combined $135 billion on Monday. https://bloom.bg/3AnEFqh

🚨A selloff continues in Asia as investors worry about the debt crisis engulfing Chinese property developer Evergrande, among other risks. Here's how markets are moving: https://bloom.bg/3zneej3

Hello, here’s what we’re following:

🏦 A first-year analyst at Goldman, whose father is vice chairman of a major client, ignited a junior banker uprising earlier this year. He played a key role in assembling the unauthorized slide deck that laid out trainees’ frustrations and then went viral. https://bloom.bg/2ZkAX37

🇭🇰 Hong Kong has quietly widened the national security law with a small shift in language. Films, charities and other organizations are now at risk for anything “contrary to” the city’s security interests. https://bloom.bg/3kugLE5

💬 Why is everyone talking about Evergrande? It’s China’s biggest financial worry right now and is quickly becoming a problem elsewhere. Here’s what you need to know. https://bloom.bg/2W1dX81

💉 People over 65 and high-risk adults can receive a Pfizer booster in the U.S., the FDA said. Scientists have been divided over the need for a third vaccine dose. https://bloom.bg/3u1Ia3o

🔙 The U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it may start withdrawing emergency pandemic support for the economy and revealed a growing inclination to raise interest rates in 2022. https://bloom.bg/3ABmKwj

💰 And Apple store employees will get bonuses of up to $1,000 next month, a rare move following the company's rocky efforts to get retail operations back on track. https://bloom.bg/3o3mSkP

🍸 China sentenced the former chairman of liquor giant Moutai to life in prison for taking $17.5 million in bribes. https://bloom.bg/3EPXTHB

📉 Female MBA grads in the U.S. earn $11,000 less than their male peers, a study found. The gap widens to more than $60,000 a decade out from graduation. https://bloom.bg/3zxKRdX

💱 And here’s what China’s Evergrande crisis could mean for your money: https://bloom.bg/3CJPsfo

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🚫China’s central bank said all cryptocurrency-related transactions are illegal and must be banned, sending the strongest signal yet on its determination to crack down on the industry. https://bloom.bg/2XZjNrj

🇨🇳The nation’s economic planning agency said it is an urgent task for China to root out crypto mining and the crackdown is important to meet carbon goals. The announcement sent Bitcoin, Ether and other digital tokens tumbling. https://bloom.bg/3kzDeQa

📉Meanwhile, cryptocurrency stocks also declined. Argo Blockchain slumped 10% in London, while Bitcoin miner Northern Data lost 2% in Frankfurt. https://bloom.bg/39xilif

🇩🇪 Germany’s elections failed to produce a clear winner. The two major parties, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats and the conservative bloc under Armin Laschet, are both plotting their next moves to secure the chancellery. Follow the latest: https://bloom.bg/3lZ4Q0p

🔌 China’s next economic shock — a power crunch — may be just around the corner. https://bloom.bg/3lVNZf0

💵 Looking to invest in Asia? Ideas from our expert panel vary widely, from companies that make EV parts to those that deliver soy milk to the booming middle classes. https://bloom.bg/39BZEdg