Second energy crisis in five years breaks resistance to electric cars
Economy english.elpais.com

World

World
Trump says Starshield runs at full speed for Ukraine again Every party blames another for the military network outage, Pentagon outsourced an allied army's nervous system to a private constellation nobody admits to controlling
theguardian.com
World
Indian police shoot hundreds of alleged cow smugglers in the legs AP review finds over 90 percent of injured suspects in Uttar Pradesh are Muslim, Operation Langda runs with no officer punished for excessive force
wtop.com
World
Magnitude 7 earthquake kills sixteen on Tibetan plateau, hundreds of homes collapse near Nagqu as winter closes in Every figure comes from the state that keeps the region closed
independent.co.uk wtop.com
World
Canada and Turkey sign strategic partnership in Ankara, first Canadian PM visit builds trade lanes around US tariffs Two NATO members hedge against Washington the same week Turkey signs defense pact with Pakistan Qatar and Indonesia
independent.co.uk
World
Seven tankers burn in Strait of Hormuz as Tehran threatens cables and data centers October worst month for shipping attacks since war began, Netanyahu election on Oct. 27 decides whether Israel strikes again
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United States

Oura sues Ultrahuman again to block Ring Pro from US shelves Second lawsuit arrives two days after a patent grant and weeks after shelved IPO, every year of litigation is a year of market share
techcrunch.com
Supreme Court lets New Hampshire ban student IDs for midterm voting Jackson alone dissents as Purcell principle freezes new restriction in place, Senate race decided under rules finalized two weeks early
wtop.com
US property investors drive 26 percent consolidation of English care homes CQC warns debt-fuelled buyups threaten universal care plan, regulator says the market reshapes itself largely by accident
bbc.com
National Archives locks away best Zapruder copies after courtroom loss Dallas judge ruled the agency can be ordered to put the JFK film online, copyright that failed its only enforcement case in 1967 still decides who sees it
thegatewaypundit.com
New York City bans Central Park horse carriages after 150 years Council sets June 2028 deadline and orders job referrals for 150 drivers, two mayors failed where Mamdani succeeded and the drivers' union sues
wtop.com

Miscellaneous

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
Miscellaneous
Taika Waititi adapts Ishiguro robot fable Klara and the Sun Director jokes he would consider swapping a child for an AI companion, film about a discarded machine reaches cinemas as the industry discards human craft
theguardian.com
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
euronews.com
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Media

Media
Rebel Wilson's co-producers awarded ten dollars in damages NSW Supreme Court dismissed their summons over her July 2024 posts about The Deb, her $359,000 counterclaim tops the film's entire local box office
theguardian.com
Media
National Archives locks away best Zapruder copies after courtroom loss Dallas judge ruled the agency can be ordered to put the JFK film online, copyright that failed its only enforcement case in 1967 still decides who sees it
thegatewaypundit.com
Media
Tommy Robinson cries in court over Daily Mail story's effect on his children Harassment trial hears he hired private investigators to trace the journalists and posted a picture of one editor outside his home on X, he insists the paper endangered his family by publishing his Cyprus location
independent.co.uk
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
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Politics

Politics
Supreme Court lets New Hampshire ban student IDs for midterm voting Jackson alone dissents as Purcell principle freezes new restriction in place, Senate race decided under rules finalized two weeks early
wtop.com
Politics
EU hands Sakharov Prize to sanctions-hit ICC Trump cut the court off from US dollars days earlier, Brussels answers American sanctions with applause and a blocking-statute threat
wtop.com
Politics
Federal judge halts noncitizen voting probes in nine states LA registrar admits no way to verify citizenship of 20000 flagged voters, DOJ charges 28 while attestation remains the only check
wtop.com
Politics
US orders diplomats out of Saudi Arabia as Pentagon pulls troops from Middle East bases, Houthi strikes kill two at Dammam airport and an oil field Strike options on Iran sit on Trump's desk two weeks before the midterms
independent.co.uk
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
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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
More than 80 000 English children wait over a year for NHS care, CQC finds children's waits rose 129 percent while adult waits improved Queues lengthen fastest for the patients who cannot vote
independent.co.uk
Europe
Europe's deadliest summer on record claims 50 000 lives Imperial College study attributes two-thirds of urban heat deaths to man-made warming, toll is a modelled reconstruction because heat rarely appears on death certificates
independent.co.uk
Europe
Germany arrests Ukrainian suspected of spying for Russia Prosecutors say Vadym Y. gathered armour and explosives data since July 2025, war's intelligence front now runs through refugee shelters
euronews.com
Europe
Macron seeks ban on some French protests, president blames 'sedition' by organised ultra-left groups State that lost the streets moves to outlaw walking down them
theguardian.com
Europe
Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard after four years in custody Witkoff praises Putin as humanitarian during St Petersburg talks, unconditional release coincides with push for Ukraine settlement
wtop.com
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North America

North America
New York City bans Central Park horse carriages after 150 years Council sets June 2028 deadline and orders job referrals for 150 drivers, two mayors failed where Mamdani succeeded and the drivers' union sues
wtop.com
North America
Tennessee execution staff used ten needles on Christa Pike and doubted the veins held Court filing describes failed IV insertions on both arms before the pentobarbital dose, the clinical-looking procedure runs on prison staff because medical professionals are barred by their own ethics
wtop.com
North America
Cannabis use among US parents roughly quadruples daily alcohol use by 2024 Study finds nearly six million children live with a near-daily-using parent, steepest rises hit the lower-income households legalization's marketing targeted
foxnews.com
North America
Georgia town loses entire police force in one night Milner officers and city manager resign over secret GPS tracker and mayor's conduct, the accused mayor keeps the sole authority to rebuild the department
foxnews.com
North America
Canadian airlines strip US routes from 2027 schedules Air Canada drops five destinations while WestJet cuts ten and Air Transat exits the US entirely, snowbird routes die on load factors no subsidy will rescue
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
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Asia

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
Asia
Pune police arrest Schaeffler India CEO after CO2 leak killed two workers Gas escaped during cylinder replacement in basement lacking emergency exit and rescue team, Indian law names chief executive as factory occupier and German parent learns what its subsidiaries cost
scroll.in
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
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Middle East

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
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
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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
US property investors drive 26 percent consolidation of English care homes CQC warns debt-fuelled buyups threaten universal care plan, regulator says the market reshapes itself largely by accident
bbc.com
Economy
AI stocks slide worldwide as oil hits five-month high on Iran war S&P 500 drops 1.4 percent while Meta discloses 825 billion dollars in further AI contracts, war now inflates the power bills of the data centers the boom depends on
nbcnews.com
Economy
French bond blowup empties London macro desks as carry trade implodes again, close to 100 European rates traders carried out While OAT yields touch 5 percent for the first time since 2002, a trade that priced French politics as a stable spread discovers otherwise
zerohedge.com
Economy
EU Commission investigates Booking.com over fake adverts and phishing scams Fraud on platform reached 4.2 billion euros in 2024 with scam reports up 500 percent in two years, fines up to 6 percent of turnover await
dutchnews.nl
Economy
One ECB rate meets three inflations as Iran war energy prices hit eurozone unevenly Lithuania pays 6.1 percent after heating VAT rise while Finland posts 2.7 percent with 10.4 percent unemployment forecast, energy alone accounts for almost half of September's 3.8 percent average
euronews.com
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Technology

Technology
inDrive plans Pony.ai robotaxis in Kazakhstan for 2027 with Nvidia supplying the stack, Uber rival skips Western regulatory thicket for Astana testbed Self-driving tech matures first where permits come fastest
techcrunch.com
Technology
Oura sues Ultrahuman again to block Ring Pro from US shelves Second lawsuit arrives two days after a patent grant and weeks after shelved IPO, every year of litigation is a year of market share
techcrunch.com
Technology
Millions of attack attempts target PHP flaw worldwide CloudFlare counted tens of thousands within 45 minutes of disclosure and Britain pulled 32 government services offline, NCSC calls the scale unprecedented while reporting no successful hacks
theguardian.com
Technology
Airbnb bans hosts from asking guests to wash dishes Platform's new house rules take effect in November and define permitted chores item by item, hosts already charge cleaning fees while the rulebook moves from custom to product team
dutchnews.nl
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
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Science

Science
German photographer wins Nikon Small World with inkjet droplets frozen mid-air 25-year-old beat 1802 entries from 69 countries after finding microscope in parents' attic, contest that rewards looking now shares a field with AI images
arstechnica.com
Science
Toxic algae choke Europe's swimming coasts as factory farm runoff feeds the blooms Spain's Mar Menor granted legal personhood in 2022 keeps absorbing slurry from surrounding intensive farms, recovery budget less than a sixth spent
euronews.com
Science
UK trial tests ADHD drug and diabetes pill against Alzheimer's Off-patent generics enter multi-arm Ad-Smart study after amyloid antibodies rejected by NHS, nobody profits from proving old drugs work
independent.co.uk
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
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