US and Iran to open direct talks in Doha
Middle East zerohedge.com

World

World
Iran issues first-ever fleet-wide ban on South Korean tanker giant Sinokor Company carried 37 percent of Hormuz oil transits in September, war-risk premium on a $100 million tanker now runs as high as $10 million a voyage
zerohedge.com
World
Poland's constitutional crisis spills onto the street outside the Tribunal President Nawrocki refuses to swear in judges elected by parliament, the reform bills meant to fix the court were referred to the court for review
euronews.com
World
US approves Patriot missile sale to Ukraine 500 interceptors worth 2.1 billion dollars could take years to arrive, Kyiv buys its air defense while Russia repairs its refineries
theguardian.com
World
Turkic states press ahead with Asia-Europe transport corridor at Ankara summit Kazakhstan's Tokayev proposes Russian seat at the table, geography converts from periphery to toll position as Brussels chases diesel from reserves
euronews.com
World
Dockworkers strike at over 100 ports worldwide against arms shipments Unions in France Italy Greece Spain Turkey and Morocco demand end to port militarisation, the war economy's chokepoint turns out to be unionised labour
wtop.com
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United States

Dame Uta Frith says the autism spectrum she believed in has come to its collapse UK diagnoses rose 787 percent between 1998 and 2018 with adults driving the increase, the psychologist also rejects TV presenter Chris Packham's Asperger's diagnosis
theguardian.com
US Embassy in Moscow warns of mass casualty threat at Tsaritsyno museum October 31 alert names date and street address amid stockpile-food advisories and Iran's no-limits threat, issued days before US midterms
zerohedge.com
Federal agents investigate arson at Mississippi police department Senatobia officer shot a one-year-old at Walmart in June, chief was fired over racist texts and the state ruled the shooting justified
wtop.com
Washington DC and Virginia sue to halt Trump's 250-foot triumphal arch Groundbreaking could begin November 5 at Memorial Circle, the same day planners meet to consider approving it
zerohedge.com
Texas brothers get at least 15 years for gunpoint crypto robbery Minnesota family zip-tied for nine hours until the son reached 911, self-custody leaves the vault in the owner's head and the security at the front door
zerohedge.com

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Adelboden ski lift runs on last winter's stored snow Tschentenalp team kept 27,000 cubic metres under an insulating cover through the summer, piste chief says natural snow costs far less than artificial snowmaking
blick.ch
Miscellaneous
Bangka slow loris resurfaces after 90 years Rediscovery rests on a decade of rescue centre intake records, survivors released into unprotected forest as tin mining clears the island
kleinezeitung.at
Miscellaneous
Forever cruise strands more than 200 passengers in Cambodia Villa Vie runs out of money as fuel bills rise to 8000 dollars per cabin monthly, buyers paid 320000 dollars per couple to sit out the Trump term at sea
theguardian.com
Miscellaneous
Houdini centenary reopens fight over death date and cause No autopsy was performed and theories range from a Montreal punch to poison by circus performers, seances in Chicago and Frederick keep alive the man who spent his career exposing seances
independent.co.uk
Miscellaneous
Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in US election Chicago-born pope filed mail-in ballot ten days before lung surgery, Trump has already called him weak
wtop.com
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Media

Media
Anthropic leaves loophole in Claude text watermark, older models lose AI provenance mark when sampling settings change Compliance tool defaults to trust while rivals ship watermarks switched off
the-decoder.com
Media
Just to be clear voted most passive-aggressive email phrase by 52 percent of office workers ZeroBounce poll puts per my last email and as previously discussed joint second at 40 percent, Guardian writer Emma Beddington shares her method from warm greetings to the strategic cc
theguardian.com
Media
Tomb Raider turns thirty with Lara Croft at 100 million copies sold Creator Toby Gard made her a woman to dodge an Indiana Jones copy while her surname came from a phone book, the franchise has outlived every owner and now sits with Sweden's Embracer
english.elpais.com
Media
Celebrity Traitors semi-final draws series-high 10.7 million peak, BBC format without script or actors beats costly drama in ratings Finale airs Friday as James Acaster is banished
standard.co.uk
Media
Take-Two CEO says AI won't make creating hits any easier Grand Theft Auto chief Strauss Zelnick dismisses machine-assisted blockbusters, studio valuation rests on human-authored content a decade in the making
businessinsider.com
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Politics

Politics
Alberta's election authority recommends delaying the 2027 provincial vote Chief electoral officer warns new boundaries leave no time for a fair election, NDP threatens court challenge as premier tells it to start campaigning
globalnews.ca
Politics
Petrol bombs and looting hit Frankfurt on Halloween Youth smash shoe stores and a gun shop on the Zeil as police face Molotov cocktails, German riots follow French protests into their third week
zerohedge.com
Politics
British PM open to formal apology for slave trade Burnham rules out reparations ahead of Commonwealth summit in Antigua, debt restructuring offered instead of the cancellation Caricom demands
theguardian.com
Politics
US prepares to deport Afghan asylum seekers to Pakistan Unannounced charter flight could leave Monday carrying relatives of Afghans who worked with US military, Supreme Court to weigh third-country removals in December
nbcnews.com
Politics
Alaska's second Dan Sullivan leaves hometown days before Senate election Retired teacher spotted on flight out of Petersburg as federal prosecutors investigate how he entered the race, NYT ties candidacy to recruitment effort by Peltola campaign lawyers
breitbart.com
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Opinion

Opinion
Akram al-Sourani: A year after the ceasefire Gaza has no privacy, no peace and thirty people to a room, water queues every morning while the drones keep buzzing No peace and thirty people to a room, water queues every morning while the drones keep buzzing
theguardian.com
Opinion
Peter Apps: London builds fewer homes than in any recent decade while rents pass £2,200 The deficit is a planning choice not destiny and the 1970s show the city knows how to fix it
standard.co.uk
Opinion
Devi Sridhar: AI cancer survival models trained on 40 million faces outrun their evidence Lancet study shows 18 of 28 cancer links and no significant survival signal for Black patients
theguardian.com
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
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Europe

Europe
US Embassy in Moscow warns of mass casualty threat at Tsaritsyno museum October 31 alert names date and street address amid stockpile-food advisories and Iran's no-limits threat, issued days before US midterms
zerohedge.com
Europe
Nearly 1000 migrants cross Channel in two days as weather ends three-week pause 671 people in nine boats arrive on Friday after longest gap this year, ministers tout falling totals while smugglers wait out the wind
standard.co.uk
Europe
Over 300 000 march across France in third weekend of anti-government protests 70 000 police deployed as Macron orders marches kept out of city centres, tear gas fired in Paris while riots continue in Tirana and demos spread through Germany
independent.co.uk
Europe
Hundreds evacuated from two more east London tower blocks Engineers find undersized transfer slabs significantly overstressed in Newham buildings completed 2018, residents told to fund their own hotels first
standard.co.uk
Europe
France deploys 70,000 police for Halloween weekend Interior minister bars marches from city centres citing very high disorder risk, Spanish study flags Blocus gatherings for 30 November the day after the general election
newsweek.com
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North America

North America
Federal agents investigate arson at Mississippi police department Senatobia officer shot a one-year-old at Walmart in June, chief was fired over racist texts and the state ruled the shooting justified
wtop.com
North America
Washington DC and Virginia sue to halt Trump's 250-foot triumphal arch Groundbreaking could begin November 5 at Memorial Circle, the same day planners meet to consider approving it
zerohedge.com
North America
Texas brothers get at least 15 years for gunpoint crypto robbery Minnesota family zip-tied for nine hours until the son reached 911, self-custody leaves the vault in the owner's head and the security at the front door
zerohedge.com
North America
Los Angeles youth detainees win right to hug their parents No-contact rule cost one mother two weeks of visits for a birthday hug, 30 officers now charged over staged gladiator fights in the same halls
truthout.org
North America
British Columbia skips the autumn clock change for the first time Permanent daylight time puts province an hour ahead of US Pacific states for the winter, airlines shift outside flights by about an hour while sports listings already disagree
globalnews.ca
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Latin America

Latin America
Mexico arrests Gulf Cartel second-in-command in Matamoros Roadblocks and burning cars close bridges to Brownsville as US consulate orders staff to shelter, suspect was previously arrested in 2023 and freed in 2024
bnonews.com
Latin America
Texas claims nine Rio Grande islands for border patrols Mexico invokes 1970 treaty reserving the boundary to a binational commission, authorizing letter admits no criminal activity confirmed on the islands
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Flávio Bolsonaro flees to Miami after losing the presidential runoff Leaving behind three Supreme Court probes and a passport surrender order, insists he is Brazil's legitimate president
euronews.com
Latin America
El Salvador sends 2 000 more troops to Haiti after ambush on technicians Bukele threatens gangs with his domestic playbook, deployment runs parallel to UN mission with US support and opaque chain of command
breitbart.com
Latin America
Brazilian Supreme Court orders probe into foreign financing of Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign Investigation targets Rockbridge Network founded with involvement of Vice President Vance, police to examine rare earth interests and foreign-run Polymarket posts
english.elpais.com english.elpais.com
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Asia

Asia
Indonesia's worst fire season in over a decade blankets Southeast Asia in toxic haze Slash-and-burn clearing for palm oil closes schools across borders and pushes Singapore air to its worst since 2015, Prabowo resists disaster declaration while rescuers carry 53 orangutans from burning forest
nbcnews.com
Asia
UN investigator says Myanmar junta attacks civilians to terrorize them Weapons purchases from China and Russia fuel the war as ASEAN warms to the generals, 32,000 detained since the coup while Washington courts Naypyidaw over rare earths
independent.co.uk
Asia
Glacial lake bursts in Bhutan and triggers flood alerts in Bengal and Assam New artificial lake forms at the site as evacuations are ordered along the Sankosh and Brahmaputra, a police chief says there is absolutely no need to panic while a minister orders riverbed residents out immediately
scroll.in
Asia
Taliban tortured Afghan teacher who ran secret school for girls Herat officials blindfolded Basir Arian and broke his nose jaw and finger, underground classes survive on UNICEF tents and borrowed hope while donors negotiate with the regime that wields the rifle butts
theguardian.com
Asia
US defense contractor with top secret clearance pleads guilty in North Korean IT worker scheme Same day Treasury sanctions network funding Pyongyang weapons programs, regime collects salaries from remote jobs companies fill without checking who types
bnonews.com
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Middle East

Middle East
Syria's revised textbooks add hijabs and delete women's images Photoshop edits drop the Mona Lisa and recast Ottoman-era martyrs as agents of Britain and France, debate turns on regime-cleanup or reshaping of society itself
euronews.com
Middle East
US and Iran to open direct talks in Doha Mediators report breakthrough with China and Russia as guarantors, Hormuz reopening timeline shrinks from seven days to two as midterms approach
zerohedge.com
Middle East
Gulf states must rethink trillion-dollar defence after US-Iran war IISS report finds, 4,670 Iranian drones and 1,400 ballistic missiles exposed five shortfalls, energy damage estimate reaches 58 billion dollars
theguardian.com
Middle East
Three tankers burn in Hormuz as mines return to the strait Oman evacuates 25 crew off burning Panama-flagged hull, Qatari mediators fly to Tehran the same day
euronews.com
Middle East
Hegseth fires Pentagon's top war planner over Iran and Ukraine leaks Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia failed three polygraph tests per CBS while no successor is named, purge reaches the officers who draft the campaigns
zerohedge.com
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Africa

Africa
Africa stages its first Olympic competition as Senegal opens Youth Games 2,700 athletes aged 14 to 17 compete across Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly until 13 November, Russian delegation returns under its national flag for first time since the invasion of Ukraine
independent.co.uk
Africa
Illegal miners drain Johannesburg animal charity's water tanks Police call the scale too big to act on as 71 arrests land in a week, 6,100 derelict mines remain unsealed across South Africa
theguardian.com
Africa
Machete mob kills Ebola nurse in eastern Congo Health workers shelter under police guard in Bafwasende, village chief lost four relatives who refused the hospital that saved eleven others
independent.co.uk
Africa
36,000 Ethiopians flee into Kenya as border fighting continues Moyale-area leaders warn host communities cannot absorb the influx, Kenya now manages an Ebola front and a refugee front at once
independent.co.uk
Africa
Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases ECDC dispatches experts to Nigeria as Kenya reports infected contacts, EU disease agency activates as outbreak reaches Abuja's flight paths
wtop.com independent.co.uk
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Economy

Economy
Big Short investor Eisman calls Anthropic IPO disclosures deliberate Prospectus stops at June while growth halves and compute eats 59 cents of every revenue dollar, nearly 400 billion in commitments stay off the front page
zerohedge.com
Economy
North Korean hackers steal six billion dollars from Binance in record crypto heist Exchange freezes assets with three billion located so far, co-founder promises to cover all losses
theguardian.com
Economy
Indian gold bond savers nearly triple their money RBI redeems 2021 tranche at 14,167 rupees per gram on November 2, five-year scheme beat inflation without a single gram bought or stored
timesnownews.com
Economy
Nearly half of Seattle businesses weigh leaving the city Chamber survey of 247 firms cites public safety, taxes and homelessness, socialist mayor Katie Wilson expands policing and cuts spending while some high-rises have lost over 80 percent since 2019
zerohedge.com
Economy
Italian inflation surges past 5 percent as war reaches the shelves October reading jumps to 5.4 from 4.2 percent on energy food and transport, Unilever and Reckitt lift prices while UK growth forecast is cut to 1 percent
standard.co.uk standard.co.uk
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Technology

Technology
India's UPI clears a trillion rupees a day for the first time 821 million daily transactions in October beat September's record, all of it on a shared rail no card scheme controls
timesnownews.com
Technology
Asos hack hands scammers customers' dates of birth Eight of 14 retailers ask for a birth date at sign-up, security advisers now recommend faking yours because almost nobody checks
theguardian.com
Technology
Bugatti CEO's 3.3 million dollar Chiron stolen from factory with keys inside Rimac chased thief to Austria in his own 911 after tracking led police to Styria petrol station, suspect says he came looking for a job
zerohedge.com
Technology
OpenAI to train models on classified cybersecurity sessions from November 29 Daybreak Blue data from government and critical-infrastructure researchers reclassified as training material after a single email, opt-out arrives only after backlash
the-decoder.com
Technology
Monumental's bricklaying robots build apartment in Almere Machines on curved scaffolding lay varied bonds and indented text, Groningen neighbourhood of over 100 houses and a hotel already underway
independent.co.uk
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Science

Science
Dame Uta Frith says the autism spectrum she believed in has come to its collapse UK diagnoses rose 787 percent between 1998 and 2018 with adults driving the increase, the psychologist also rejects TV presenter Chris Packham's Asperger's diagnosis
theguardian.com
Science
Drought shrinks the white truffle harvest from Alba to Zagreb Five or six years of hotter summers and erratic rain yield smaller truffles and prices up to 30 percent higher, Alba's hotels sell out for the fair while hunters return empty-handed
independent.co.uk
Science
North Atlantic right whale spotted entangled in Gulf of Saint Lawrence Surveillance flight found one of an estimated 384 surviving animals in the Bradelle Bank region on October 21, officials cannot identify the whale or the gear and rescue waits on a second sighting
globalnews.ca
Science
Germany records highest suicide count since 1998 Statistics office reports 9.3 percent rise in 2025 with female deaths up 17.9 percent, more Germans die by suicide each year than in traffic accidents, homicides and AIDS combined
zerohedge.com
Science
Creatine shows benefit in only two of five mental-health trials Systematic review of 238 patients finds small studies with varying doses and durations, the link between low brain creatine and suicidal thoughts was first observed forty years ago
independent.co.uk
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