Billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he would give one share of SpaceX to “every kid in America.”

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Elon Musk says he plans to give every child in America a stake in SpaceX, the $2 trillion aerospace and artificial intelligence company, as scrutiny of technology firms’ social impact intensifies.

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Elon Musk pledged to distribute one SpaceX share to every American child after rival Anthropic said it would set aside part of its shares for public benefit.

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SpaceX chief Elon Musk said Monday that he plans to give one share in the company to every child in the United States next year.

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Data released on Monday showed Canada's annual inflation rate reached 3.1% in September. Higher gasoline and diesel prices pushed the consumer price index above the Bank of Canada's upper limit again after three months.

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Statistics Canada says inflation picked up in September, with gasoline prices rising faster than they did in August.

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Local authorities say the death toll has risen to 53 after a Houthi missile strike on a military base in Yemen’s oil-rich southeastern Shabwa province on Monday. More than 200 others were injured.

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Four Yemeni government and medical sources told Reuters that the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement attacked a government military training camp in Shabwa province on Monday, killing at least 18 people.

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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday that he had asked local authorities to impose partial curfews starting that evening, after violent protests across the country over the weekend.

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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday that he had asked regional authorities to impose partial, localised curfews in some cities to protect businesses after weekend demonstrations turned violent. He accused the “ultra-left movement” of seeking to orchestrate deep unrest nationwide ahead of next year’s presidential election.

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French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Gulf states for three days, with fuel supplies and strategic ties on the agenda. He will go first to Kuwait, followed by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar. The Élysée says he will seek commitments for additional diesel and petrol deliveries that could boost supplies available to France.

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Uzbekistan to promote trade and closer ties between the United States and Central Asia.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was not vying with China or Russia for influence in Uzbekistan. The US wants open, fair competition and more opportunities for American companies, without telling Uzbekistan whom to do business with. Nearly 300 US business representatives traveled with him.

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Italian authorities said police detained 271 young people during unrest in Milan on Sunday. It followed a second day of protests against poor public services and rising costs, with demonstrators clashing with officers, looting stores and vandalising property.

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is to convene an emergency security meeting after cost-of-living protests in Milan turned violent. Italian media report that more than 200 people were detained over the weekend, 80% of them minors. Police used tear gas and water cannon, and disorder also spread to other northern Italian cities.

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Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight, killing at least one person and cutting power to more than 500,000 homes, Ukrainian authorities said. Zelenskyy said Ukraine received no advance warning from its partners. Russia confirmed strikes and said it targeted energy facilities and other sites.

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Russian forces struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight on October 19, killing a 21-year-old woman and injuring several people, while damaging buildings and a metro station, according to Ukrainian officials. A journalist said Ukraine received no advance warning. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he did not know exactly what happened that night and noted an earlier software problem with the warning system.

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Israeli police say 10 suspects were detained over a wave of settler violence in the occupied West Bank, including attacks on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee called the arrests “a very positive development.”

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Israeli police said they had arrested 10 suspects over settler violence in the occupied West Bank, including attacks on US photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats. Human rights group Yesh Din reported at least 170 settler attacks since September 27.

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Israeli police said on Monday they had detained eight suspects while investigating weekend violence in the West Bank, including separate attacks on an American photojournalist and European diplomats.

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