Egypt jails Al Jazeera journalists

International outcry over crackdown on free speech

Fed keeps September rate rise on table

Vice-chair says it is too early to rule out move at next meeting

Turkey appoints opposition groups to cabinet

Kurdish group joins interim government ahead of early elections

European banks fight to manage US pensions

RBS, Deutsche and UBS urge regulator to grant exemptions

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Oil crash opens way for services deals

Schlumberger’s proposed takeover of Cameron is an attempt to better serve deepwater oil explorers

Thai police make Bangkok blast arrest

Police say foreign man detained after raid on flat in capital

Brazil’s economy slips into recession

Contraction of GDP in second quarter was worse than expected

Apple loses key music streaming executive

Ian Rogers leaves two months after launch of Beats1 radio service

Ashley Madison boss quits after data hack

Millions of adultery website’s users’ details were posted online

US court backs NSA phone data collection

Justices overrule injunction on surveillance programme

Switzerland avoids recession despite franc

Hoteliers and tourist resorts not faring as poorly as expected

Comment & Analysis

The Big Read: China’s credibility on the line

Beijing leadership’s efforts to control the stock market turmoil have dealt a serious setback to economic reform

Worry about China’s politics, not the economics

In all the noise and debate, the stock market crash raises three big questions, writes Bill Emmott

Bush and Clinton languish in Trump shadow

Billionaire’s gravity-defying poll numbers point to political shift

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