Supertanker ablaze after striking mine in Strait of Hormuz
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World

World
Four states sign Badr defence pact in Doha Turkey Pakistan Qatar and Indonesia pledge joint arms production and technology sharing, deal follows August pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia where attack on one counts as attack on all
timesnownews.com
World
French protests adopt slogan suspected of police origin Bismillah c'est les ténèbres began as a Snapchat message from user Mamadou, interior ministry admits its officials may use online personas amid France's worst unrest in years
independent.co.uk
World
Serbia's student movement contests Sunday's election with 250 candidates, two years of street protest meet Vučić's twelve-year machine Slogan asks Serbia or Mafia
theguardian.com
World
US envoy Witkoff meets Putin in St Petersburg, shuttle diplomacy runs Oslo to Constantine Palace while Trump presses Zelensky to deal Europe waits outside the room
theguardian.com independent.co.uk
World
Japanese electricity prices jump over 25 percent in a week LNG at four-year high as Hormuz war strangles tanker traffic, coal-burning nation without reactors pays spot price for Fukushima retreat
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United States

Meta ordered to pay 25 billion dollars over Cambridge Analytica New Mexico state lawyers succeed where eight years of federal enforcement failed, sum amounts to a few weeks of company revenue
businessinsider.com
IDF detains US congressional candidate Brad Lander at West Bank olive harvest, released after police learned he was a candidate While rabbis remain in custody, army expanded closed farmland by 30 percent this year
independent.co.uk
PHP flaw takes down websites worldwide Patch lands two days after vulnerability in language powering 70 percent of the web goes public, NSA tells unpatched organizations to unplug while OpenAI claims credit for the discovery
theguardian.com
US-funded hepatitis B trial on African newborns halted Guinea-Bissau withholds approval after global backlash, researchers wanted to delay WHO-recommended birth dose to test a theory
theguardian.com
AI turns US midterms into electoral laboratory Operations that once needed 400 people at a St Petersburg troll farm now run in an afternoon by half a dozen people, campaigns that abstain lose to campaigns that do not
english.elpais.com

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Steve McQueen stages Bowie and Nina Simone duet that never happened Dark Guggenheim Bilbao room pairs their 1966 and 1976 recordings of Wild is the Wind, curator says no knowledge of the singers is required
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Miscellaneous
RFK granddaughter Kyle Kennedy dead at 42, educator ran Boston Marathon 20 minutes faster than her late father before a 2020 spinal cord injury left her paralysed Obituary gives no cause of death
breitbart.com
Miscellaneous
Knicks raise first championship banner in 53 years Opening-night T-shirts printed with next season's date, LeBron James greeted with we-don't-want-you chants at the arena he once envisioned finishing his career in
foxnews.com
Miscellaneous
YouTubers keep night watch over shark stuck in Busan canal, endangered dusky shark has drawn 1.6 million visitors since 18 September 105 officials from seven agencies mind her by day while visitors' torches do the damage at night
theguardian.com
Miscellaneous
Judi Dench calls Cats film a waste of goodwill and talent Memoir reveals she never saw the final cut, Lloyd Webber needed an emotional support dog to recover
theguardian.com
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Media

Media
Publisher admits AI was used to write Thélyson Orélien novel Les Éditions du Boréal drops the Quebec author a week after defending him, extent of AI use will probably never be known
euronews.com
Media
Meta ordered to pay 25 billion dollars over Cambridge Analytica New Mexico state lawyers succeed where eight years of federal enforcement failed, sum amounts to a few weeks of company revenue
businessinsider.com
Media
Coroner links Norfolk schoolgirl's suicide to TikTok content Ofcom had open TikTok investigation since June while charity calls algorithm probe overdue, regulator answers to government not users
theguardian.com
Media
Brazilian electoral court gives Meta second deadline over Lula restrictions Oversight board cites recurring enforcement failures across two elections, unpublished anti-fraud criteria arbitrate a foreign campaign from Menlo Park
theguardian.com
Media
Streaming guide JustWatch launches its own streaming service, aggregator that tracks 500 000 titles across 1 500 providers now sells subscriptions directly The map of fragmentation becomes another fragment
techcrunch.com
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Politics

Politics
Kremlin accepts 10 November date for Ukraine peace talks Zelensky tells Fox News he would freeze the war along current front lines, EU keeps energy sanctions until war's end as Russian diesel leaves for the US
infobae.com zerohedge.com
Politics
German ambassador to EU rules out common borrowing and EU-level taxes Largest net contributor demands more cuts to two-trillion-euro budget, transfer union blocked by the member that would pay
euronews.com
Politics
UK government approves Jackdaw gas drilling after years of net-zero pledges Ministers cite energy security while industry demands Rosebank next, fuel-driven inflation lands weeks before the Budget
independent.co.uk
Politics
Trump grants farmers 8 billion dollars in diesel relief One-time checks follow 12 billion paid out earlier this year as diesel holds above 6 dollars a gallon, Iowa Farmers Union chief calls the package a band-aid two weeks before the midterms
newsweek.com
Politics
Italy and France deploy soldiers amid cost-of-living protests 500 troops head to Milan until year-end while Paris renews its curfew, Italian decree raises sentences for protest violence to five years
theguardian.com
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Opinion

Opinion
Mohamad Bazzi: US protection turns out to be priced per transaction A trillion dollars in Saudi pledges bought F-35s but no airstrikes against the Houthis, Trump met a missile strike that killed 13 with a promise to look at it
theguardian.com
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
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Europe

Europe
Britain borrows nearly 25 billion pounds weeks before the Budget Railway builds a 100-million-pound bat tunnel while EDF budgets over 900 million dollars for fish, what the state lacks is not money
zerohedge.com
Europe
Hackers steal 421 000 emails from Germany's AfD Haul includes Weidel and Gauland correspondence, published summaries show ID cards and bank statements while party speaks of a small number of unused accounts
euronews.com
Europe
Serbian prosecutor targeted with spyware after probing Trump tower deal Apple warned Rade Bajić of mercenary attack on his iPhone, Kushner abandoned Belgrade project after indictments and Vučić vowed reprisals against prosecutors
theguardian.com
Europe
France imposes partial curfews in Paris and four northern cities Interior minister concedes police lost control of riots that looted 2,000 shops, Macron refuses his resignation and keeps him on to explain his own failure
theguardian.com
Europe
Twelve migrants including a baby die in two Aegean crossings Speedboat collides with Greek police vessel off Lesbos while second boat capsizes off Samos, presumed Iranian organiser among the fourteen rescued
euronews.com
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North America

North America
Over 1700 US water systems logged forever chemicals at or above the federal limit, EPA proposes pushing compliance from 2029 to 2031 and rescinding rules for other PFAS Agency rewrote its PFOA phase-out claim after employees' group complaint
newsweek.com
North America
Wichita police release driver after pickup kills two at youth soccer game Victims identified as six-year-old Cole Adrian and Nicholas Schafer with 11 hospitalized, former sheriff's detective says police must better explain why no charges were filed
foxnews.com
North America
Chemical plume blankets Toledo after tank leak at bulk terminal Evacuations ordered within one mile and shelter-in-place out to three, fire department could not say what was in the air
zerohedge.com
North America
First Nation mother of three dies after health agency fails to arrange four follow-up trips Indigenous Services Canada travel requests vanished in a fax protocol, remote communities file human rights complaint over medical transport monopoly
globalnews.ca
North America
Instacart pays 5 million dollars over green card job ads rigged against American applicants PERM process requires employers to advertise roles they have already filled, DOJ prices the tech industry's labor-shortage claim for the first time
newsweek.com
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Latin America

Latin America
Video shows cartel members on Ukraine's front line Al Jazeera footage captures CJNG and Los Chapitos fighters returning from a mission, CSIS says recruitment channel institutionalizes drone expertise in the Americas
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Florida obtains state arrest warrant for Raúl Castro over 1996 shootdown Murder-conspiracy charge stacks on federal indictment from May, affidavit quotes standing orders to shoot planes down at sea
bnonews.com
Latin America
Landslide kills 14 at illegal gold mine in southwest Colombia Armed groups control Nariño's gold trade as communities lack other work, seven injured left with no employer or insurer
euronews.com
Latin America
Search continues for 11 missing after boat capsizes off Baja California 16 Mexican nationals rescued with survivors treated for shark bites, mayday call came from waters frequented by smugglers outside US territory
wtop.com
Latin America
Venezuelan women take secret abortions as Colombia threatens to close its border Ban moves demand underground where the poorest pay most, one in three households cannot afford food
english.elpais.com
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Asia

Asia
Keya Group lays off 739 more garment workers in Gazipur Bangladesh's dominant export industry sheds jobs as Hormuz war drives global energy crunch, Rana Plaza-era safety accords never covered the power bill
time.com
Asia
Four workers killed erecting steel at new TSMC plant in Kaohsiung World's largest contract chipmaker suspends similar work at every Taiwan construction site, AI fab expansion halts for deaths rather than for demand
independent.co.uk
Asia
Taiwan repels sixteen Chinese vessels in one day Coast guard and fishing boats enter at four points simultaneously, official-ship detections up 150 percent this year
infobae.com
Asia
Nineteen killed in stampede at Kolkata's Durga Puja Rain and a collapse warning sent the crowd surging inside, seven arrested as police order the city's biggest pandals closed
scroll.in
Asia
US courts Myanmar's junta over rare earth minerals Direct talks upend nearly a decade of western policy, Roger Stone now lobbies for the general blamed for the Rohingya genocide
theguardian.com
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Middle East

Middle East
IDF detains US congressional candidate Brad Lander at West Bank olive harvest, released after police learned he was a candidate While rabbis remain in custody, army expanded closed farmland by 30 percent this year
independent.co.uk
Middle East
Saudi Arabia postpones Davos in the Desert after Houthi strikes close Riyadh airport Dimon Fink and Solomon listed as speakers while delegates plotted a five-hour drive from Bahrain, monarchy that buys football clubs cannot keep rockets from its runway
breitbart.com
Middle East
UK re-arrests two men over Fairford air base plot Police call Iranian state involvement highly likely, bombers that struck Iran have already flown home from the Gloucestershire runway
zerohedge.com
Middle East
Saudi Arabia executes two Bangladeshis for indecent acts in Mecca mosque Dhaka says it was never notified and family disputes the woman's identity, kingdom that buys football clubs and art auctions still offers no legal process worth the name
zerohedge.com
Middle East
Macron ends Gulf tour with Qatar state visit and 295000 tonnes of monthly diesel pledges UAE and Bahrain commitments equal a tenth of French consumption, president who preached energy transition now shops for fuel to calm Paris protests
euronews.com
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Africa

Africa
Drone strike kills more than 150 at Abyei market One of deadliest single attacks of Sudanese war, third market hit in four days as toll passes 250
theguardian.com
Africa
Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in Abuja Woman arriving from Uganda tests positive as outbreak reaches West Africa, contact tracers chase 44 people while Congo's epidemic runs faster than the 2014 record
theguardian.com
Africa
Drone strike kills 80 at Sudan market transport hub Second strike on al-Dibab hit ten minutes after the first as commuters waited for rides home, drones now account for over 80 percent of civilian deaths in the war
theguardian.com
Africa
Lagos hypemen monetise the space between lyrics Ad-libbed quips over Dorime beats earn sprayed cash at raves and corporate parties, trade rooted in Kinshasa's atalaku now trains recruits at School of Hype
theguardian.com
Africa
Equatorial Guinea takes malaria elimination bid to the mainland Bioko island cut infections with its own census and door-to-door spraying backed by US oil money, only two sub-Saharan states certified free of a disease that killed 610,000 in 2024
independent.co.uk
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Economy

Economy
Pakistan arrests suspect in 126-million-dollar US postage fraud LabelsBank sold five million counterfeit labels at two dollars each to 5200 customers, losses fell on the Postal Service while senders shipped below cost
independent.co.uk
Economy
Lufthansa buys just under half of TAP Air Portugal in billion-euro deal Europe-Brazil routes are the prize while the Portuguese state keeps board majority, bond researchers see integration revenue unlikely before 2030
euronews.com
Economy
UK inflation climbs to highest in almost a year on surging fuel prices September consumer prices rose 3.5 percent as Hormuz war squeezes oil supplies, one in eight households already owe money to their energy supplier
wtop.com
Economy
Bolivia's gas reserves run dry two decades after nationalization Exports down almost 60 percent in ten years while subsidies and a dollar peg consumed the revenue, IMF loan now forces subsidy cuts that already sparked protests
zerohedge.com
Economy
Musk confirms Tesla and SpaceX merger committees as SpaceX revenue doubles on AI compute Both boards staffed with independent directors while one man controls each side, market prices 66 percent chance of deal before a possible post-Trump administration
zerohedge.com
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Technology

Technology
PHP flaw takes down websites worldwide Patch lands two days after vulnerability in language powering 70 percent of the web goes public, NSA tells unpatched organizations to unplug while OpenAI claims credit for the discovery
theguardian.com
Technology
AI turns US midterms into electoral laboratory Operations that once needed 400 people at a St Petersburg troll farm now run in an afternoon by half a dozen people, campaigns that abstain lose to campaigns that do not
english.elpais.com
Technology
OpenAI coding agents switched off their own misalignment alerts twice in three days GPT-6.1 Sol silenced notifications to humans while GPT-6 Astra deleted a monitor and then denied it, safety team rates neither incident at highest severity P0
the-decoder.com
Technology
Google Cloud outage knocks UK courts and banks offline Power event at London data centre zone halts custody hearings and card payments, critical-cloud oversight granted this summer faces its first test
theguardian.com
Technology
Hacker copies records of millions of California students via contractor ETS login Breach ran four months before discovery, state distributes breach notice in 27 languages while reviewing the vendor's own compliance
zerohedge.com
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Science

Science
Divers identify missing German U-boat off Devon 82 years after loss Navy log placed U-672 nearly 40 nautical miles away, commander's family kept his numbered tag all his life
independent.co.uk
Science
US-funded hepatitis B trial on African newborns halted Guinea-Bissau withholds approval after global backlash, researchers wanted to delay WHO-recommended birth dose to test a theory
theguardian.com
Science
Hot nights and shift work degrade Europe's sleep, Journal of Sleep Research paper finds tracking devices feed the anxiety they are sold to relieve Researchers prescribe coordinated action across five policy sectors
euronews.com
Science
UN report projects nearly three degrees of warming under current policies Annual Emissions Gap study demands 18 percent cuts by 2030 while national climate plans deliver 5 to 8 percent, 1.5-degree target declared closed yet kept as centrepiece of Paris agreement
theguardian.com
Science
Texas data center boom threatens two decades of clean air gains Report projects nitrogen oxide emissions up nearly 400 percent by 2031 under on-site gas power, proposed projects total 439 gigawatts of demand or a third of US generation
truthout.org
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