BRIEFLY

INTEREST RATES: The U.S. central bank likely will need to raise interest rates again to curb unacceptably high inflation, two Federal Reserve policymakers said Thursday.

VEHICLES: The two senators backing a permanent legislative ban on Chinese vehicles in the United States agreed Thursday to delay their plan to use a fast-track procedure to win Senate approval until next week to seek the support of a lone holdout.

ECONOMY: New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits hovered near 57-year lows last week, suggesting the labor market regained momentum after struggling through much of summer. The Labor Department's weekly jobless claims report Thursday suggested the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1% this month.

DEA: The Bahamas accused "rogue" Drug Enforcement Administration agents of operating illegally on its territory and raised the issue with the Trump administration last week, the country's ambassador to the U.S. said Thursday.

UKRAINE: Russian forces carried out strikes across Ukraine overnight and later Thursday, targeting facilities and vessels that Moscow said were linked to the Ukrainian military.

SEVERE WEATHER: Heavy surf and rain lashed southwestern Mexico as "extremely powerful" Hurricane Polo crawled northwest off the mainland, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday. With maximum sustained winds near 155 miles per hour, Polo weakened to a Category 4 storm.

— Reuters

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