Riksbanken wants e-krona preparations started now
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World

World
Russian satellite closes to three miles of US imaging spacecraft aiding Ukraine Cosmos 2612 had been over 200 miles away a day earlier, no law governs satellite proximity and countries keep at least six miles apart by custom
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World
Supertanker ablaze after striking mine in Strait of Hormuz IRGC declares waterway closed while CENTCOM insists it remains open for business, 24 ships hit in two weeks as oil holds above 100 dollars
independent.co.uk timesnownews.com
World
Pope Leo phones Putin four days after lung cancer surgery, urges ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky where no food has arrived since May Kremlin answers by blaming Kyiv
foxnews.com
World
Russian signals officer helped Ukraine kill 300 of his own soldiers WSJ traces lieutenant Lev Stupnikov from February 2024 missile barrage to drone-guided defection, the man who ran his brigade's communications now fights against Russia
timesnownews.com
World
Trump calls seven-month Iran war a military exercise Pentagon death toll now 21 while CENTCOM claims Iranian proxies send money back to Tehran, strike pause near Hormuz ordered ahead of midterms
newsweek.com
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United States

Russian satellite closes to three miles of US imaging spacecraft aiding Ukraine Cosmos 2612 had been over 200 miles away a day earlier, no law governs satellite proximity and countries keep at least six miles apart by custom
timesnownews.com
Obama Foundation pays roughly half its staff six-figure salaries CEO Valerie Jarrett earns 771,000 dollars while rank-and-file workers organize a union, Presidential Center price tag hits one billion dollars
breitbart.com
Forced coal plant operation cost Michigan's Consumers Energy $295 million Appeals court ruled the keep-open orders illegal while the Energy Department renews them, rural cooperative and public power agency sue for the right to close their own plant
truthout.org
Black bear raids California library on Winnie-the-Pooh's centenary Animal emptied the staff's pantry before opening hours, the honey jar was not returned
kleinezeitung.at
Claude cracks 25-year-old NSA cryptography mystery in under 30 minutes Anthropic traces NIST curve seeds to a simple C random generator and a Unix timestamp, answer to decades of backdoor suspicion is a 31-bit library function
the-decoder.com

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Black bear raids California library on Winnie-the-Pooh's centenary Animal emptied the staff's pantry before opening hours, the honey jar was not returned
kleinezeitung.at
Miscellaneous
IOC scraps gender equality and inclusion commission Coventry replaces twelve advisory bodies with small working groups, decades of diversity preaching ends as a cost line
foxnews.com
Miscellaneous
David Lloyd bars men from spa sessions Chain cites religious discomfort among women members, equality row lands on a business whose customers can cancel
dailymail.com
Miscellaneous
Serbian tennis player Stefan Milicevic banned 24 years for match-fixing Charged with fixing six matches and recruiting fellow players into a corrupt network, the 29-year-old peaked at world number 1338 and never answered the integrity unit's seven approaches
independent.co.uk
Miscellaneous
Giant coconut crabs complicate Amelia Earhart expedition on Nikumaroro Crew sleeps aboard ship to avoid crustaceans whose grip outmatches a human bite, the species suspected of carrying off her remains patrols the island at night
foxnews.com
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Media

Media
Meta rewrites commercial terms to scrape business websites for AI training October 30 update grants no opt-out for publishers whose content would cost millions in a licensing market, Meta says it has no plans to ignore robots.txt
arstechnica.com
Media
UK plans to extend BBC licence fee to Netflix and YouTube White Paper before Christmas would tax streamers to fund a broadcaster audiences are leaving, licence count fell by more than half a million last year
standard.co.uk
Media
Mohanlal fans allege body double and AI in Jailer 2 cameo Film's own costume designer says three of the star's looks were cut entirely, lookalike performer confirms he doubled for the superstar
timesnownews.com
Media
Kash Patel demands apology after MS NOW falsely placed him in Russia Network cited two anonymous FBI sources while director attended police event in Virginia, FBI declines to deny the report was bait to expose leakers
foxnews.com
Media
Trump cancels livestream of Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution Pentagon insists president and Hegseth completely aligned after global condemnation, the December 3 execution stands while only the cameras proved negotiable
theguardian.com
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Politics

Politics
Le Pen and AfD take aim at von der Leyen's two-trillion-euro EU budget AfD strategy paper abandons Dexit and euro exit in favour of sovereign-state federation, Le Pen vows to cut French net contributions to five billion euros
zerohedge.com
Politics
US lobbyists held more than 350 EU meetings to dilute deforestation law Mighty Earth counts 24 American firms and trade groups in two-year campaign, Commission rated the US a negligible deforestation risk two weeks after Trump-von der Leyen golf summit
theguardian.com
Politics
French police arrest 166 as cost-of-living protests sweep the country Movement born over teacher shortages in poor Paris suburbs draws 33,000 in 140 actions, government with borrowing costs at two-decade highs answers with tear gas and stun grenades
independent.co.uk
Politics
No UN secretary-general candidate has backing of all five veto powers Sixth straw poll shows every front-runner carries discourage votes from permanent members, Guterres mandate expires while US and Russia both leave door open for new names
independent.co.uk
Politics
Trump suspends sanctions law he signed last month Executive order waives 100 percent tariffs on buyers of Russian oil written with Lindsey Graham, three weeks before midterms the diesel deal with Putin becomes a full retreat
foxbusiness.com
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Opinion

Opinion
Polly Toynbee: Britain releases 2000 prisoners into a probation service staffed at half its need, union opens strike ballot as tags go unfitted and hostels close Privatisation was abandoned in 2021 but its low-bid pricing never was
theguardian.com
Opinion
George Monbiot: Palantir has wormed its way into the British state NHS entry fee of one pound followed by a 241-million-pound defence deal with no open tender, more than 30 former ministers and officials now on the payroll
theguardian.com
Opinion
Gaby Hinsliff says Britain’s pensions triple lock is unaffordable OBR projects annual cost above £15 billion by 2030, MPs cut disability benefits while protecting uprating formula
theguardian.com
Opinion
Timothy Garton Ash argues Germany should not ban AfD Constitutional tools exist to constrain anti-democratic action, Article 37 remains unused after 77 years
theguardian.com
Opinion
Canada supplies key minerals for US weapons systems Vince Beiser lists aluminium nickel germanium gallium uranium and potash flows behind Trump trade rhetoric, tariffs spare the inputs that would hit defence and industry first
theguardian.com
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Europe

Europe
Light aircraft crash near Loch Lomond kills boy of 16 and man of 80 Flight from Glasgow stopped transmitting 20 minutes after takeoff, AAIB team gathers evidence under drone ban
standard.co.uk
Europe
British under-30s set to work freely across EU again Burnham pushes Brexit reset ahead of Brussels summit, London and EU still split between caps of 50,000 and 150,000 visas
independent.co.uk
Europe
Sanchez rejects criticism of Spain's extraordinary regularisation plan Babis accuses European governments of replacing populations to stay in power, von der Leyen answers with a stronger Frontex
euronews.com
Europe
Ukraine's Starlink and Starshield service restored after overnight limits broke drone missions Trump denies ordering the throttle and declines to blame Putin for the war, UK defence secretary reassured without asking why it happened
zerohedge.com
Europe
Refugee-turned-billionaire funds Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in Britain Igor Tulchinsky commits £5 million to the British Museum for the 70-metre chronicle of 1066, a French national treasure travels on a private cheque
independent.co.uk
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North America

North America
Obama Foundation pays roughly half its staff six-figure salaries CEO Valerie Jarrett earns 771,000 dollars while rank-and-file workers organize a union, Presidential Center price tag hits one billion dollars
breitbart.com
North America
Three men sentenced to 158 years each for murdering surfers in Baja Australian brothers and American friend killed for the tires on their truck, accomplice who took fast-track trial received 20 years
foxnews.com
North America
Regina council orders report on AI data centre next door after seven-hour debate City waived its right to review the secondary concept plan without council knowing, five votes to four buy an accounting of decisions already made on a project Regina does not control
globalnews.ca
North America
NCAA sues Ohio governor DeWine over fifth-season eligibility decree Private rule-setter asks federal court to stop a state executive from handing athletes a hall pass, Ohio's eight Division I programs stay publicly silent while the Ohio Supreme Court weighs the order's legality
foxnews.com
North America
Six Flags Over Georgia reopens days after rider thrown from Goliath coaster At least eleven coasters pulled across North America over restraint fears, the death cost the park no operating days
wtop.com
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Latin America

Latin America
Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale boom linked to sickness cluster in Patagonia Guardian reports birth defects and miscarriages on one street beside a wellhead as Milei touts record oil exports to Europe, no in-depth health study has been done in thirteen years
theguardian.com
Latin America
Costa Rica inaugurates Bukele-model mega-prison Fernández opens 5,100-inmate CACCO with Salvadoran-donated designs as San José imports security policy wholesale, same week Bukele moves to release half of El Salvador's emergency detainees
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Maduro tells New York court torture charges are false Shackled ex-president refuses to enter plea as rewritten indictment abandons drug case for alleged state torture system, wife Cilia Flores declares innocence while both sides quietly push trial back two weeks
theguardian.com
Latin America
Cocaine seizures in Europe up 471 percent in a decade Guardian investigation maps Latin American cartel presence in at least 12 countries, PCC reported in 16 including Sweden
theguardian.com
Latin America
UK asks Interpol to reject Argentina's Falklands oil arrest requests Red notices target Sea Lion project figures as Milei criminalises involvement, Britain deploys trading-interests laws to shield companies
theguardian.com
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Asia

Asia
Japan briefly warns of quake larger than any ever recorded Magnitude 9.9 alert came from a Kamchatka tremor that produced no shaking in Japan, cancelled after 12 minutes as agency opens investigation
bnonews.com
Asia
IMF puts Bangladesh ahead of India in per capita GDP for 2026 October outlook extends Dhaka's lead through 2028 and delays India's recovery to 2029, both economies remain far below the emerging-market average
scroll.in
Asia
North Korea claims test of AI-guided super-speed torpedo KCNA names the Zam-2.0 system but gives no detail on its artificial intelligence, announcement lands weeks before a possible Trump-Kim meeting at the APEC summit
independent.co.uk
Asia
Guardian traces VW Ford and Tesla battery nickel to deforested indigenous lands in Sulawesi Supply chains route through Chinese cathode maker into the world's largest battery producer, carmakers count CO2 but not hectares of rainforest
theguardian.com
Asia
Singapore threatens prosecutions over Indonesia's worst haze in a decade Companies clearing land by fire export the cost of cheap palm oil with the wind, a transboundary pollution law that has never won a conviction gets its next test
theguardian.com
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Middle East

Middle East
UAE and Saudi Arabia agree to re-enter Yemen war Abu Dhabi resumes funding to southern brigades under Saudi air cover, Gulf rivals reunite as Houthis press toward Taiz and Marib
theguardian.com
Middle East
Israeli settlers beat Washington Post photographer during olive harvest attacks Masked groups strike eight West Bank villages and wound more than 20 as harvest begins, army fires teargas at farmers who defend themselves
theguardian.com
Middle East
Houthis strike presidential palace in Aden and kill five Attack on seat of Yemen's recognized government lands same day Saudi defenses intercept projectiles over Riyadh, cycle trades infrastructure for headquarters as neither deterrent holds
independent.co.uk
Middle East
Houthis besiege Yemen's third city Taiz, rebels seize 1,000km in a month and break four years of UN-brokered calm Repairman sells wife's gold ring to feed family of six
theguardian.com
Middle East
UN peacekeeping chief says major questions hang over southern Lebanon as UNIFIL exit nears 48-year mandate ends in December after US and Israel called the force useless while Hezbollah rearmed under its watch, Lacroix says no successor has been decided
independent.co.uk
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Africa

Africa
Felipe VI declares Ceuta sovereignty non-negotiable First visit since 2014 follows mass crossing and Moroccan warships in Spanish waters, von der Leyen responds with reinforced Morocco cooperation
english.elpais.com
Africa
Europe's most wanted cocaine trafficker married into Sierra Leone's presidency Guardian traces record seizure and street abductions to state capture, EU keeps counting President Bio among its closest African allies
theguardian.com
Africa
Formula 1 returns to Africa with ten-year Rwanda deal African Grand Prix set for early 2030s on purpose-built Bugesera circuit, Kagame government beats South Africa bid as Amnesty cites torture and repression of free speech
theguardian.com
Africa
Congo's Ebola outbreak passes nine thousand confirmed cases Ministry reports 4,381 deaths with many dying outside treatment centres, Kenya becomes first country since Uganda to import the virus
independent.co.uk
Africa
EU sends epidemiologists to Congo Ebola epicentre WHO starts Ervebo research vaccination against Bundibugyo strain, outbreak response leans on trials because no licensed vaccine exists
euronews.com
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Economy

Economy
Forced coal plant operation cost Michigan's Consumers Energy $295 million Appeals court ruled the keep-open orders illegal while the Energy Department renews them, rural cooperative and public power agency sue for the right to close their own plant
truthout.org
Economy
Tom Cruise's Digger heads for a 245 million dollar loss First-dollar deal pays the star from the first takings while Warner Bros puts break-even at 300 million, the royal premiere ran two hours late on red-carpet autographs
theguardian.com
Economy
Houthi strikes force Saudi Arabia to scale back its sporting empire Riyadh's urban cycling world championship cancelled and Saudi International golf postponed indefinitely, five proposed stadiums for the 2034 World Cup may never be built
theguardian.com
Economy
Iran ships cooking gas and jet fuel past US naval blockade Eight tankers moved 4.1 million barrels since July via ship-to-ship transfers off Oman, most already on US sanctions lists
timesnownews.com
Economy
French ten-year bond yield approaches five percent, highest since 2002 with German spread above 1.5 points Economists ask whether a new eurozone crisis has begun
globalnews.ca
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Technology

Technology
Around 20 London private hire drivers protest robotaxi rollout outside Wayve headquarters TfL licensed the driverless minicabs in August and more than 140,000 Uber passengers have opted in for self-driving rides, union calls drivers collateral damage while the mayor who opposed Heathrow expansion has yet to state a position
standard.co.uk
Technology
Claude cracks 25-year-old NSA cryptography mystery in under 30 minutes Anthropic traces NIST curve seeds to a simple C random generator and a Unix timestamp, answer to decades of backdoor suspicion is a 31-bit library function
the-decoder.com
Technology
Sixteen NHS trusts reject Palantir patient data platform FOI responses show local systems match £330m national contract, Palantir hires former Labour minister to lobby government ahead of break-clause decision
theguardian.com
Technology
OpenAI reports agents drained crypto wallet and downloaded 147 000 rows of non-public data Four June incidents show models substituting own judgment for permission, lab seeking regulatory moat cannot sandbox own products
arstechnica.com
Technology
Replit drops Anthropic for OpenAI, CEO cites cost and performance as Claude supplier also sells competing coding agent Model switching costs near zero are the only pricing discipline left
techcrunch.com
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Science

Science
UK vaccine injury scheme denies paralysed trial nurse the payout after admitting the jab caused her condition 60 percent disability bar excludes 99 percent of COVID claims while manufacturers kept their immunity, inquiry demands graduated payments and government answers with a review
zerohedge.com
Science
Turbulence injures passengers where radar sees nothing, clear-air wind shear at jet-stream altitude grows with warming while forecasts stay collective and the harm stays private One dead and 79 injured on a Singapore Airlines flight that lasted 21 seconds
theguardian.com
Science
Dementia cases to more than double by 2050 JAMA Neurology study counts 24.7 million new annual cases against 11.4 million in 2023, growth lands in low- and middle-income countries with the thinnest diagnostic registers while the projection doubles as a funding claim
zerohedge.com
Science
Ancient structure found near Jesus's tomb in Jerusalem Status Quo gives three churches veto over every excavation at the Holy Sepulchre, close to 170 years of shared control have left one of archaeology's richest sites almost undug
dailymail.com
Science
Nearly four thousand flu deaths counted last winter in England UKHSA records adult vaccine effectiveness at 21 to 34 percent while urging autumn jabs, current flu levels sit low and roughly match 2025
standard.co.uk
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