Iraq's prime minister's office said the Iraqi prime minister and the Turkish president agreed Turkish forces will gradually hand over bases in northern Iraq to the Iraqi federal government.

Sept 24 — Doubao PR head Liu Xing said reports that the company conducted mass layoffs or halved its dialogue/Session team are false; the move was an internal reallocation of duties. Liu said portions of the general Session team’s functions were moved to Doubao’s trading and work teams and staff transferred with the functions; many continue prior work, including trading-related tasks to optimise trading dialogue experience. The Session team has fewer than 50 staff; the reorganisation affected 11 people and 3 have left. Liu said claims that Doubao, “used by 200 million people,” had carried out layoffs and that the dialogue team was “cut in half” are inaccurate.

SWISS NATIONAL BANK says in its baseline scenario it expects the global economy to grow modestly over the coming quarters. Inf may remain elevated for some time.