Twelve migrants including a baby die in two Aegean crossings
Europe euronews.com

World

World
More than a million Lula supporters pack Copacabana on eve of Brazil runoff 80-year-old incumbent lost first round 47-45 to Flávio Bolsonaro, no first-round loser has won presidency since democracy returned in the 1980s
theguardian.com
World
First Russian diesel shipment since 2023 sails for New York Trump waived Graham Act sanctions in Putin fuel deal, cargo covers a couple of hours of US demand
foxbusiness.com
World
Musk says Ukraine broke Starlink terms with offensive drone strikes Kyiv declares stable connection ten days after speed limits, each party blames another for what Zelenskyy calls a planned operation
theguardian.com
World
France deploys armoured vehicles against cost-of-living protests Centaure truck parked behind National Assembly as unions march through Paris, Moody's keeps Aa3 as riots deepen uncertainty over deficit cuts
euronews.com eurasiabusinessnews.com
World
Typhoon Champi injures more than 500 in Taiwan One dead as winds cut power to hundreds of thousands of households, Taipei closed for second day by a storm that never made landfall
theguardian.com
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United States

Samsung's Exynos 2700 outscores Qualcomm's top chip by nearly 20 percent Benchmark figures come from the chipmaker itself while the Exynos line carries years of throttling and heat complaints, every Galaxy shipped on Snapdragon silicon pays Qualcomm for the chip and the patents around it
koreaherald.com
US existing-home sales stuck a third below pre-2020 level Sub-5-percent mortgages lock owners in place while prices set records, transaction volumes at mid-1990s levels with seventy million more Americans
zerohedge.com
First Russian diesel shipment since 2023 sails for New York Trump waived Graham Act sanctions in Putin fuel deal, cargo covers a couple of hours of US demand
foxbusiness.com
Musk says Ukraine broke Starlink terms with offensive drone strikes Kyiv declares stable connection ten days after speed limits, each party blames another for what Zelenskyy calls a planned operation
theguardian.com
Nearly one million hens destroyed at Illinois egg farm in nation's largest active bird flu outbreak Rose Acre Farms loses 934,600 layers as federal indemnities mute prevention incentives
independent.co.uk

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Brewers win first World Series game in 44 years after replay overturns apparent final out Fireworks had already fired when review cut lead to 3-2, first Series between two titleless teams since 1980
foxnews.com
Miscellaneous
Studio Ghibli cooks and tastes every dish before drawing a single frame, Miyazaki cooks for half an hour what takes a year to animate Artisan method wins Princess of Asturias Award
english.elpais.com
Miscellaneous
Arizona mother speaks out after toddler found alive in morgue five hours after death pronouncement Family was told breathing sounds were normal, boy survived but is severely brain-injured
globalnews.ca
Miscellaneous
Hidden Monet sells for 50 million euros in Paris Canvas spent a century unseen and known only from a black-and-white photograph, record price for any artwork at a French auction
bild.de
Miscellaneous
Alien and Top Gun actor Tom Skerritt dies at 93 More than 170 credits across six decades made him the calm presence in loud films, he first turned down Alien as a picture that could have been directed by Ed Wood
theguardian.com
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Media

Media
Netflix stages Seoul fan festival to mark ten years in Korea Song Hye-Kyo and Gong Yoo headline a slate stretching into 2027, Lee Chang-Dong's Possible Love arrives six weeks after its cinema premiere
timesnownews.com
Media
Bill Maher confirms second Trump dinner and dares his critics Comedian told Real Time audience he will keep breaking bread with the president, the excommunication no longer costs the heretic his show
foxnews.com
Media
Ramayana producer details AI dubbing pipeline built on human voices Namit Malhotra says actors and voice talent record first while machines stitch the lip-sync, Bollywood's costliest film draws the tool-or-replacement line by budget math
timesnownews.com
Media
Irish justice minister pulls state-funded ad telling grandparents to ask consent before hugs Film called inappropriate and demeaning by the government that paid for it, senator asks whether consent forms await at Dublin airport
foxnews.com
Media
Andy Burnham becomes first prime minister on Celebrity Gogglebox Tears on air as young father's death announced in Stand Up to Cancer special, Badenoch attacks appearance in a format that asks no questions
independent.co.uk
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Politics

Politics
French PM puts telecoms on standby for nationwide social media blackout Nearly a thousand detained as cost-of-living riots enter second weekend, poll projects Le Pen leading the 2027 first round in every scenario
zerohedge.com
Politics
Kim Jong-un crosses new Yalu River bridge into China First trip abroad in more than a year as premier Li Qiang travels to Dandong, bridge China finished building twelve years ago finally opened this month
theguardian.com
Politics
Trump revives Cuba intervention idea at Florida rally days before midterms Says warships returning from Iran will stop 50 yards off the coast before Marco Rubio is sent in to finish up the deal, secretary of state urges those seeking change to create it through a discrete partnership with the CIA
wtop.com
Politics
British PM Burnham phones Trump to demand full Starlink access for Ukraine Call came after reports Elon Musk ordered a slowdown of the satellite service, Kyiv's top diplomat in Washington says access remains restricted despite Trump's claim of full restoration
dailymail.com
Politics
Trump says he ordered DOJ lawsuit to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican loses Complaint demands Alaska be barred from certifying a Mary Peltola win while namesake challenger Daniel J. Sullivan remains on ballot, filed 11 days before Election Day after courts refused to remove him
wtop.com
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Opinion

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
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
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Europe

Europe
Brussels shopkeepers board their own windows ahead of feared repeat looting Prada and Tiffany hide behind plywood a week after Rue Neuve was stripped, the market prices state protection at zero and pays in advance
euronews.com
Europe
Most UK levelling-up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated Guardian review finds 821 of 1,347 schemes not finalised and 73 councils without a single completed project, Grimsby begins spending a fresh £20m on a town centre still in scaffolding
theguardian.com
Europe
Hitler's Eagle's Nest burns in Bavaria, police detain suspect as German media report suspected arson Retreat that survived the war has hosted exhibition and restaurant since 1952
theguardian.com
Europe
Met plans live facial recognition cameras on Oxford Street in time for Christmas shopping Half a million daily visitors to be scanned against watchlists while the consultation response sits unpublished, Liberty calls the technology unregulated and demands pause
standard.co.uk
Europe
Gunman shoots five near Paris killing one as girl 12 hit eight times Police probe racist motive after France's bloodiest week of unrest in years, state reaches for terrorism framework while streets remain ungovernable
dailymail.com
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North America

North America
Nearly one million hens destroyed at Illinois egg farm in nation's largest active bird flu outbreak Rose Acre Farms loses 934,600 layers as federal indemnities mute prevention incentives
independent.co.uk
North America
Suspect fires over 800 rounds at Texas officers serving felony warrants, one deputy killed in Van Zandt County A semiautomatic rifle held off a sheriff's department from inside a private home
independent.co.uk
North America
FBI arrests Georgia man for Molotov cocktail attack on Atlanta ICE facility Inique Hinton faces five to twenty years in federal prison, same building was targeted once before in the summer of 2020
foxnews.com
North America
Lewiston police log 35 gun incidents this year with 22 involving juveniles, Maine's second-largest city was transformed by refugees from Somalia and other African nations One young man has been arrested five times and released each time
foxnews.com
North America
Jury convicts man of UNC student's 2012 rape and murder on DNA evidence Match came from a drunk-driving sample nine years after the killing, defense called no witnesses and rested on tunnel-vision argument
independent.co.uk
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Latin America

Latin America
Colombia teaches Gaza to search for its missing without waiting for the war to end Unit born of the 2016 peace accord exports extrajudicial methods honed on over 100,000 disappeared, families accept truth without seeing perpetrators go to prison
english.elpais.com
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
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Asia

Asia
Indian border police chief Kapur says face-offs with Chinese troops continue in Arunachal Patrol friction persisted through three rounds of talks and Xi's September BRICS visit, foreign ministry blames occasional disturbances on Chinese forces leaving patrolling patterns
scroll.in
Asia
Pakistan denies arming and recruiting Afghan fighters while demanding Taliban act against TTP Khalilzad posted the claims without evidence or sources, each capital denies exactly what it accuses the other of
independent.co.uk
Asia
Chinese women reject Beijing's birth campaign as population shrinks for fourth straight year Generation born under one-child policy now told to have three children, state spent 35 years preventing the births it now demands
english.elpais.com
Asia
Typhoon Champi shuts schools and grounds every domestic flight in Taiwan One dead and 94 injured as storm centre stays offshore, chip island's full shutdown comes days after fatal accident halted construction at TSMC's Kaohsiung fab
independent.co.uk
Asia
Record hunger spreads across Afghanistan despite strong harvest FAO and WFP find malnutrition worsening as winter closes passes, banking collapse and bans on women aid workers break the chain between food in the country and food on the table
ipsnews.net
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Middle East

Middle East
Ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions shape Tuesday's Israeli election Netanyahu depends on Haredi parties to stay in power, study stipends cost 35 billion shekels a year as military police arrest draft dodgers
theguardian.com
Middle East
Gunmen kill seven and wound 40 at church funeral in Jordan Attack on Greek Orthodox church in Karak prompts three days of national mourning, government names no attackers as prime minister promises harshest penalties for terrorist ideology
theguardian.com
Middle East
Netanyahu orders very extensive West Bank operation after two soldiers killed near Hebron House-to-house raids and displacement follow checkpoint gunfight days before Israeli election, settlers keep the roads while Palestinian villages get the gates
theguardian.com
Middle East
Turkey seeks mandate to send air defense troops to Saudi Arabia, Mecca pact with Pakistan carries NATO-style Article Five clause as Pentagon pulls back Deployment bill waits for parliamentary speaker to return from Kyrgyzstan
breitbart.com
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
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Africa

Africa
Mob beats foreigner to death on Durban street About 50 attackers broke from a marching group as police refuse to confirm anti-migrant link, Nigeria, Mozambique and Malawi count nationals killed by South African mobs
breitbart.com
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
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Economy

Economy
UAE oil exports hit record 5.3 million barrels per day in September, IEA figures show But storage drained to a third of prewar level as refineries and gas plants burn, record loadings mask a system running on inventory
zerohedge.com
Economy
US existing-home sales stuck a third below pre-2020 level Sub-5-percent mortgages lock owners in place while prices set records, transaction volumes at mid-1990s levels with seventy million more Americans
zerohedge.com
Economy
Goa board recommends settlement zone for eco-sensitive hillside, approvals rest on slope surveys paid for by developers 26 percent of 901 applications covered slopes above the legal limit
scroll.in
Economy
Delhi traders ask Rahul Gandhi to postpone November 1 rally Diwali trade worth Rs 25 000 crore at stake around Ramlila Maidan, October's protests already cost shops an estimated Rs 3 000 crore
timesnownews.com
Economy
Sodium batteries line up to undercut lithium in stationary storage China accounts for over 95 percent of installed or announced capacity for 2030, data centers and home storage become the first markets where weight stops mattering
english.elpais.com
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Technology

Technology
Samsung's Exynos 2700 outscores Qualcomm's top chip by nearly 20 percent Benchmark figures come from the chipmaker itself while the Exynos line carries years of throttling and heat complaints, every Galaxy shipped on Snapdragon silicon pays Qualcomm for the chip and the patents around it
koreaherald.com
Technology
Knicks apologize for phishing their own employees with championship ring bait Clicking the free-ring email earned mandatory cybersecurity training, MSG was recently hacked and extorted through the same kind of message
nbcnews.com
Technology
Venture Global plots 160-billion-dollar AI power empire amid LNG talks with Qatar Advanced negotiations cover at least 3 million tons a year from Louisiana plant, gas exporters turn into AI infrastructure as bottleneck shifts from chips to megawatts
zerohedge.com
Technology
Startup sells 99-dollar portable CD player as streaming fatigue grows 45 percent of Americans still listen to CDs and bonus tracks stay off the algorithms, 2026's most disruptive audio technology plays media from 1985
nbcnews.com
Technology
Anthropic grades its own unreleased model safer than Mythos 5.1 Replayed UK security logs show internal model halting its own attacks in 67 percent of runs, the benchmark is set by the seller and the logs stay closed
the-decoder.com
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Science

Science
Wild polio clings on in Afghanistan and Pakistan after four decades of global eradication drive 48 cases in 2026 with Afghanistan doubling to 42 while Pakistan falls to six, the last one percent consumes budgets sized for closure
timesnownews.com
Science
Christina Applegate treated five years for MS she did not have Study of UCLA and Cedars-Sinai clinics found one in five referred diagnoses wrong, no single test exists for a disease diagnosed on subjective criteria
foxnews.com
Science
WSU vets perform root canal on 500-pound grizzly bear, Adak broke his canine tooth wrestling with his sister While anesthesia remains the riskiest part of bear dentistry, tooth problems rank first among captive bear health complaints
fox13seattle.com
Science
Nasa promises Moon landings by 2028 and a base by 2032 Isaacman adopts Apollo urgency while meteorite hazard dictates where the outpost may stand, tanker-launch math still separates Musk from his own safety panel
independent.co.uk independent.co.uk
Science
Tree rings settle England's oldest pub dispute Dendrochronology dates the winning tavern's timber to the early 1400s, six centuries of rival signboard claims now rest on nothing but tradition
dailymail.com
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