Nineteen killed in stampede at Kolkata's Durga Puja
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World

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
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World
White House says Melania Trump brokered ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky First lady and a representative defined terms directly with Russian and Ukrainian leadership, neither Kyiv nor Moscow has commented on the October 29 truce
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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
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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
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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
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United States

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
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
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
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
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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

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
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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
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Media

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
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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
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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
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Politics

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
Politics
Mexican prosecutor faces treason charge over secret CIA raid in Chihuahua State official jailed after two American agents died returning from clandestine drug-lab operation, federal prosecutors cite Maduro precedent while seeking exemplary punishment
independent.co.uk
Politics
UK government tells households to stockpile tins and bottled water Burnham defends three-day crisis kits as storms cut power to thousands in Cornwall, paymaster general admits he has not followed his own advice
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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
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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
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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
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Europe

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
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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
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
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North America

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
North America
Thieves take $200 000 of copper piping from Virginia data center site Same two masked suspects return three times in a month, AI buildout leaves scattered yards of scrap-priced metal
wtop.com
North America
Tim Tebow exit triggers celebrity exodus from Life Surge Christian wealth seminars sell $20 tickets then $40,000 investment courses, Tebow says he was caught off guard despite year-old warnings to his team
motherjones.com
North America
Idaho seeks death penalty for mother who blamed vaccines for twins' deaths Prosecutor says suffocation is the only conceivable explanation, she had joined Children's Health Defense lawsuit against pediatricians
independent.co.uk
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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Economy
Swiss groceries cost 89 percent more than the EU average Numbeo index runs from Moldova at 57 to Switzerland at 189 with Sweden nearly 17 percent above the bloc, Romania keeps the EU's cheapest shelves while its households spend 23 percent of their budgets on food
euronews.com
Economy
US designates helium a critical material Energy Department unlocks federal funding as Europe faces supply squeeze, Russian helium reportedly reached Europe through China despite 2024 EU ban
euronews.com
Economy
Trump administration cancels some Canada tariffs ahead of midterm elections Maine senator Susan Collins announces exemptions for blueberry, potato and seaweed producers, president still insists Canada has nothing America needs
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Technology

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
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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
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
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Science

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
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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
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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
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