Amazon (AMZN.O) said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's allegations fundamentally misunderstand how advertisers operate.

NHK reports that at the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Asheville, U.S., U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent held separate talks with Bank of Japan governor UEDA and Japan's finance minister KATAYAMA. Erin Brown, Treasury deputy for international affairs, said Bessent urged both officials to clearly communicate Japan's next steps — specifically fiscal sustainability and a path to rate hikes — and described that as the appropriate policy direction.

An Iraqi government spokesman said Iraq's prime minister will visit France and Germany in mid-September.