Key TakeawaysFrance's private sector activity continued its contraction in September, with the Composite PMI falling to a five-month low of 48.1, signaling persistent weakness driven by declining new orders and political uncertainty.Italy's service sector demonstrated robust growth in September, with its Services PMI rising to 52.5, marking the fastest expansion since May and contrasting sharply with a renewed contraction in its manufacturing sector.Kurdish oil exports from Iraq to Turkey have resumed after ...

Japan is slowly running dry of its favorite beer, Asahi Super Dry. Asahi Group Holdings said in a news release on September 29 that it was "experiencing a system failure caused by the cyberattack, affecting operations in Japan."According to several news outlets, the attack halted Asahi's production in a majority of its 30 production facilities in Japan, and the company has been unable to resume operations since September 29. In the release, it added that while no leakage of customer data had been confirme ...