EU diplomats objected to a photo with Lavrov at the Atlanta meeting, leading the US to cancel it. The meeting will still take place as planned, before the G20 leaders’ summit hosted by President Donald Trump at his Miami golf club in December.
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Vizio’s Mini LED Quantum TV is on sale at Walmart, with the 65-inch model priced at $358 and the 85-inch at $698. Setup lets buyers bypass agreements and disable the built-in OS to use a separate streaming device. The picture is bright and vivid, but black levels are limited and fast action can show some blur.
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Authorities are examining convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s time alongside Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at Balmoral. The Scottish property is a private estate tied to the royal family, and the monarchy favors it as a getaway.
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Police Scotland has opened an investigation into former Prince Andrew’s time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Balmoral. The force said it received information and the inquiry is at a very early stage. Media reports link it to claims that women were trafficked to the estate.
Inspired by similar demonstrations elsewhere in Europe, tens of thousands of Italians took to the streets to protest rising living costs and the poor state of services including healthcare and education.
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Protests against rising living costs have returned to dozens of Italian cities as part of a general strike called by grassroots unions.
Thousands of demonstrators are taking to the streets in Italy, angered by the high cost of living and spending on foreign wars. Richard Engel reports from Rome.
Thousands were preparing to take to the streets of Rome, Milan and other Italian cities on Friday for nationwide demonstrations against the cost of living and high military spending.
The European Commission has received about €8 billion since 2024 from reinvestment income on frozen Russian sovereign assets held at Euroclear, the depository said. The latest €1.4 billion tranche was transferred in August. Euroclear said the Commission received a significant portion, but not the full sum, because Belgium taxes the earnings.
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier says the agreement with Quebec to develop energy in Labrador cannot be renegotiated.
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Parks Canada is ending its 55-year rescue dog programme, which helped locate missing hikers and children in the wilderness. The move is part of government budget cuts and has drawn public backlash, with more than 5,000 people signing a petition to restore the programme.
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As fallout continued from what is considered the largest hack on record, Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao faced another issue: what appeared to be trolling about the $6 billion incident by the world’s richest man.
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Israel’s election results point to a complicated path to forming a government. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, won the 61 seats needed for a majority.
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Exit polls on Tuesday showed Israel’s wartime election in a dead heat, with Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc neck and neck with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp. Neither had a clear route to power, dealing a setback to Netanyahu’s coalition and potentially leaving weeks of negotiations to form a government.
Israel's final count gave Netanyahu's bloc 53 of 120 Knesset seats, while Gadi Eisenkot's opposition alliance won 48 and two predominantly Arab parties took 19. As coalition talks begin, reports say ultra-Orthodox party figures are considering backing an Eisenkot-led minority government. United Torah Judaism's chairman's office denied that it had instructed lawmakers to negotiate.
Israel’s election produced no clear winner, and neither bloc reached the 61 seats needed to form a government. Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats, the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot took 48, and two lists representing Palestinian citizens secured 19 combined. Coalition talks are reportedly under way; if the formation process fails, Israelis may have to vote again.
Israel’s final election results show that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc has lost its majority in parliament, setting the stage for difficult negotiations.
Netanyahu’s bloc has emerged ahead in Israel’s election but failed to win a majority. Party leaders now face a lengthy and likely difficult period of negotiations to form a government.
A roundup of key stories from Europe and beyond on the evening of October 30, 2026.
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A roundup of important stories from Europe and beyond on October 30, covering world news, business, entertainment, politics, culture and travel.
A morning roundup of key stories from Europe and beyond, covering world news, business, entertainment, politics, culture and travel.
The first TPU in space is running Google DeepMind’s Gemma 4 model and composing cheesy poetry.
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Novaya Gazeta, described as Russia’s best-known independent newspaper, said Friday it would end publication after more than 30 years. The investigative journalism outlet said the Kremlin’s crackdown and ban on it had made continuing its work impossible.
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Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s few remaining independent news outlets, said Friday it would shut down amid pressure from authorities.
Readers gathered outside Novaya Gazeta’s office on Moscow’s Potapovsky Lane after the newspaper announced it was ceasing operations. One reader stood there for five hours with a book by Eduard Uspensky, while people brought flowers to a memorial plaque for murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The paper’s journalists had worked at the office for 29 years.
Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it will close. One of the few Russian outlets to openly criticise Russia’s war in Ukraine, it has faced mounting pressure from Moscow.
After more than 30 years under pressure, Novaya Gazeta announced it was shutting down, following an order to leave its Moscow office and the loss of its ability to collect donations. Journalists, writers, and public figures mourned the closure, with some accusing Russian authorities of killing the paper and praising its journalists’ defense of free speech and democratic values.
Independent outlet Novaya Gazeta says it will shut on Nov. 9 after Russian authorities made it impossible to continue operating. Its staff said freedoms and public institutions in Russia were being crushed. Authorities forced the paper to leave its office and cut off its donations system.
Novaya Gazeta is vacating the offices it occupied for three decades and says it has been blocked from accepting reader donations. The newspaper accuses Russian authorities of forcing it to stop work through website blocks, licence revocation and other restrictions.
The independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it will cease operations under pressure from state authorities. Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said the authorities had forced the editorial team to stop working, and the paper said it would shut down its servers on November 9.
Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it will shut down after authorities pressured its editorial staff to end operations. Moscow has designated the outlet a “foreign agent”. Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said its servers would be switched off and operations would end on November 9.
Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta said on Friday it would close after what it called a relentless campaign by authorities. It said prosecutors pursued some senior journalists, while the paper lost financial support and its office.
Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s best-known independent outlets, says it is ceasing operations. Its staff say Russian authorities and security services forced them to stop working, after the newsroom faced eviction, its donation system was shut down, and more than 100 journalists and contributors were designated foreign agents.
Novaya Gazeta says pressure from Russian authorities has forced it to close. Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said authorities and security services had made the editorial team stop work. Officials recently searched his home and detained one of the paper’s journalists earlier this year.
Novaya Gazeta, described as one of Russia’s last independent journalism outlets, announced on Friday that it was closing. The newspaper cited pressure from authorities, who recently searched a senior editor’s home and detained one of its journalists earlier this year.
Ukrainians in Poland, Germany and Czechia increasingly face verbal abuse and physical attacks. After examining tens of thousands of posts on X, Kyiv Independent journalists found that narratives circulating online are also amplified by popular local politicians. The report recounts incidents involving Ukrainian activists and refugees in the three countries.
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The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting has opened in Atlanta, with economic and security concerns in focus.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sat between his Mexican and Saudi counterparts at the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio took the middle seat on the upper side of the table. South Africa was absent after the United States refused entry visas to its delegation.
The United States scrapped plans for a group photo at Friday’s G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta after several European diplomats objected to appearing with Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, and threatened to walk out.
Manchester United had appeared ready to sack Michael Carrick but have kept him in charge for now. After a poor league start and eight matches without a win in all competitions, United visit Chelsea on Saturday in a match that could help Carrick keep his job.
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The US charged five people in what it called its first broad federal crackdown on “ghost students,” fraudsters who allegedly stole hundreds of Americans’ identities to pose as fake college students and obtain loans. The Justice Department said the scheme partly used AI and that it seized more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency from a network associated with Kenyan nationals.
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We speak with Koen Lenaerts, the influential, long-serving president of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The court ensures that EU law is interpreted and applied across all 27 member states.
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Russia and the United States have begun coordinating a date for trilateral talks with Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said. The meeting is set for November, with mid-month mentioned so far, but no exact date; its timing will depend on domestic and international factors.
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Trilateral Ukraine-Russia-US talks are planned to resume in Abu Dhabi in early November. The author argues that returning to negotiations is not genuine progress toward peace and warns that unresolved disputes over territory, security guarantees and ceasefire enforcement could let Russia gain through talks what it failed to achieve on the battlefield.
Yury Ushakov said Russia, the United States and Ukraine had agreed to resume trilateral negotiations, though no date has been set. He said everyone wants peace in Ukraine and noted that peace has seemed within reach before. He also commented on reports about European countries joining as negotiators.
Christa Pike says she remains in constant pain and struggles to speak a month after surviving a lethal injection attempt in Tennessee. Her lawyers are seeking to have her death sentence reduced to life imprisonment. Governor Bill Lee ordered an investigation and postponed another execution scheduled in the state this year.
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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike said she remains in constant pain after surviving a failed lethal injection in September. In her first public statement since then, she thanked those who saved her life and urged compassion for her victim’s family.
Christa Pike, who survived two lethal injection attempts last month, has spoken publicly for the first time since the execution failed. Her team released a new statement, while legal questions remain about what happens next.
Christa Pike says she has been in constant pain since surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee last month, and attributes the failed execution to incompetence.
Convicted murderer Christa Pike says she is gradually getting stronger but has experienced ongoing pain since surviving a botched execution in Tennessee last month.
In her first statement, Christa Pike described “pain in my mind and in my soul.” She survived two doses of pentobarbital during an attempted execution on 30 September. Pike was sentenced to death for torturing and killing her classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995, when she was 18.
Christa Pike made her first public comments since surviving a botched execution, saying she has been in pain every moment since that night.
Christa Pike, who survived a failed execution, said in a new statement that she is “recovering.”
Christa Pike has issued her first public statement since a lethal-injection execution attempt failed in September. She said she has been in physical and emotional pain but is recovering. Tennessee’s governor has suspended executions for the rest of the year and ordered an independent review.
A month after surviving a lethal injection in which two rounds of the drug had entered her body, Christa Pike says she feels pain in her mind and soul.
Hackers reportedly stole $6.3 billion from Binance, completing most transfers within minutes. The theft ranks among the largest cryptocurrency heists on record.
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Binance says it has secured about half of the $6.3bn in digital assets stolen in a complex hack believed to be the largest of its kind. Analytics firms have linked the attack to North Korean hackers, while the US Secret Service and FBI are helping trace and recover the funds.
Olga Goncharova of the Association of Banks of Russia said the roughly $6.3 billion taken from Binance exceeded crypto-market hacking losses over the prior two years, with most funds siphoned off in 20 minutes. She said it was too early to call the incident a critical security failure and suggested social engineering was more likely. Binance said attackers may have entered its internal infrastructure through an engineer’s compromised work laptop and plans to cover losses with its SAFU fund and corporate resources.
CEO Richard Teng said the intruders concealed traces of their activity and got past security safeguards. Binance aims to resume withdrawals Sunday and release its proof of reserves Monday.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance was hit by a record $6.3 billion cyber heist, which blockchain intelligence firms linked to North Korea. By Thursday night in the US, major crypto platforms had coordinated to freeze roughly $3 billion in stolen assets as they raced to track and secure the funds.
The unprecedented $6.3 billion crypto theft unfolded on Thursday evening. Containing its fallout hinges on a commitment to fully compensate traders.
Binance says it has begun recovering assets for affected users and set aside more than $6.34 billion of company funds for the incident, including $5 billion in the exact tokens affected. The figures exclude frozen or protected assets still undergoing recovery and verification. Binance had earlier reported a hack, with some deposits and withdrawals suspended.
Analytics firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis say the North Korean group TraderTraitor, also known as Lazarus Group, may have stolen more than $6 billion from Binance. The group may have links to Russia. Binance says about half the funds are frozen and has pledged to reimburse customers, setting aside $6.34 billion and beginning to return assets. Experts call it the largest cryptocurrency theft in history.
Binance says it will cover billions of dollars in stolen assets after a record-setting cyberattack targeting the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange shook the digital assets industry and revived fears about crypto.
Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point say the $6.3 billion hack of Binance is unlikely to derail the crypto market’s recovery, and urge investors to buy crypto stocks.
Hackers stole $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance in a record-breaking theft, leading issuers to freeze about half of the stolen assets. US analysts suspect North Korean hackers were responsible, and the breach has shaken confidence in the crypto market.
Binance suspended all withdrawals after a hack it estimates affected about $6.3 billion. The exchange said it had frozen around $3 billion in affected assets, mostly stablecoins. Elliptic analysts said the attacker converted about $3.3 billion into assets that cannot be frozen and was trying to cash them out as traditional currency.
Binance says it has set aside $6.34 billion to cover losses from the hack, while industry partners have frozen another $3 billion in affected assets.
Binance says $6.3 billion in crypto was stolen from its platform, with about $3 billion of the affected assets frozen so far. It has pledged to cover all losses, suspended deposits and withdrawals, and says investigators have found no evidence of a wallet private-key leak. Blockchain analysis firms attribute the attack to North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor.
Christine Keilback laughed off her mishap after plunging shoulder-deep into a hole in a boulevard. Now the incident has inspired a Halloween costume that is making people howl with laughter.
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Siarhei Tsikhanouski has criticized his wife Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her office, questioning her legitimacy and proposing a supervisory board of opposition figures. She and her office have not addressed his allegations; she previously said they would handle their family matters privately.
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The Trump administration has warned several states that noncitizens appear on their voter rolls, but many of those claims have not held up to scrutiny.
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Private capital giant Blackstone says AI company Anthropic is expected to receive a “high” junk rating after its IPO, a shift from its previous guidance.
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A US federal appeals court reinstated a jury verdict against the National Football League on Friday in an antitrust case alleging it overcharged subscribers to its Sunday Ticket broadcasts for more than a decade. The league may have a new trial on damages.
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The Ankara Declaration underscored trade and transport cooperation among Turkic states. Uzbekistan proposed 100 industrial projects involving critical minerals and green technology, while Turkey signed new agreements with Uzbekistan and reaffirmed a $15 billion (€13.5 billion) trade target with Kazakhstan.
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Some residents left Oleshky in southern Ukraine on Friday during a rare US-brokered ceasefire, as the Russian-occupied town faces severe shortages of food and medicine. The truce is due to end Sunday evening. Ukrainian and Russian officials visited together to deliver aid and organize departures.
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US First Lady Melania Trump said a humanitarian convoy is ready to evacuate more than 750 people who volunteer to leave Oleshky in the Kherson Region, using a safe passage agreed by Russian and Ukrainian leaders. The convoy includes 25 buses, 50 medical professionals and ambulances.
Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said the humanitarian mission in Oleshky is winding down, with evacuees boarding convoys headed to Russia and Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine agreed to halt fighting there for the mission, mediated by U.S. first lady Melania Trump; neither side has reported violations.
Starving and exhausted residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky in southern Ukraine were being evacuated on Friday, October 30, in a relief effort involving both sides. It was the first operation of its kind in four years and eight months of war.
A local truce is underway as residents depart Russian-occupied Oleshky. In the White House's account, Melania Trump, the US first lady, played a part in securing the pause and coordinating relief work.
Russian and Ukrainian officials entered the devastated city of Oleshky on a humanitarian mission after a rare ceasefire.
A humanitarian aid convoy carrying Russian and Ukrainian officials entered the besieged Ukrainian city of Oleshky after Melania Trump brokered a localized ceasefire.
Evacuations have started in Oleshky, which is under Russian control, under a ceasefire brokered by the United States.
Starving residents of a Russian-held town in southern Ukraine began evacuating Friday as part of a joint relief effort by opposing sides, the first operation of its kind in more than four years of war.
After years of Russian occupation, Oleshky’s civilians have a rare opportunity to receive humanitarian aid or leave town. Serious doubts remain over whether evacuees will be able to reach Ukrainian-controlled territory.
An evacuation operation is underway in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city during a localized truce brokered by first lady Melania Trump, with Pope Leo XIV also involved.
A humanitarian mission led by Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets and Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova has reached Oleshky in the occupied Kherson region. Russian and Ukrainian representatives said civilian evacuations began on October 30 and aid was being distributed. Journalists entered with the delegations as the sides paused fire for several days.
An aid convoy carrying food and medical supplies has entered Russian-held Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region. Evacuations are under way during a six-day US-brokered local ceasefire, now in its third day, with 25 buses standing by.
Ukraine’s prime minister said on Friday that authorities were still determining how many residents plan to evacuate from the Russian-occupied southern town of Oleshky to Ukrainian-held territory.
Evacuations are under way from Russian-occupied Oleshky after a ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump took effect in the Kherson frontline region on Tuesday, allowing the road to be cleared of mines. A convoy of 25 buses can carry up to 750 people during a four-hour window. Several hundred residents are understood to be staying despite shortages of gas, electricity and running water.
Officials from Russia and Ukraine say evacuations and humanitarian aid distribution have started in occupied Oleshky, in the Kherson region. Ukraine says 527 residents want to relocate to Ukraine; Russia has not provided a figure for those seeking to relocate to Russia. The countries halted hostilities for the humanitarian mission under a truce that began on October 27 and is due to last until late on November 1.
Officials from Russia and Ukraine entered the devastated city of Oleshky after a rare ceasefire.
Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said the humanitarian mission in Alyoshki, in the Kherson Region, was going more or less as planned. Russian forces established a ceasefire on the Kherson front on October 27 to enable the operation. Russia and Ukraine had earlier agreed to a ceasefire in Alyoshki for aid delivery and civilian evacuation through a designated safe corridor, with assistance from US First Lady Melania Trump.
Ukraine's human rights ombudsman said buses and ambulances were ready to evacuate residents from Russian-occupied Oleshky during a ceasefire. An evacuation volunteer accused Russia of starting the process early, and TASS footage appeared to show civilians being moved before the agreed Oct. 30 departure date.
Evacuation of stranded residents from Oleshky began Friday under a US-brokered ceasefire, officials from Russia and Ukraine said. Ukraine said 527 people would be taken to areas under Kyiv’s control, while Russia said an unspecified number would go to Russia. Humanitarian aid distribution also began.
The first humanitarian operation in years in Russian-occupied Oleshky offers civilians trapped by war a fragile glimmer of hope. It also raises serious concerns about Moscow’s intentions and the fate of people seeking evacuation to Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets and Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova have traveled to occupied Oleshky in the Kherson region with humanitarian aid and plan to arrange the evacuation of residents who wish to leave. Russia and Ukraine agreed to pause fighting there from October 27 through November 1; Melania Trump reportedly helped broker the deal.
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are expected to ask a judge to dismiss new criminal allegations accusing him of mishandling classified information in 2016.
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Google lost nearly half a trillion dollars this week. Mike Khouw says the week's tech sell-off may present a trading opportunity.
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Harris County District Attorney's Office says officer Mario Alberto Morales was charged with second-degree aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after striking a man with a vehicle during a pursuit.
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Prosecutors said Friday that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of deliberately ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
In Houston, an ICE officer faces an aggravated-assault charge involving a deadly weapon over an alleged intentional car collision with a Mexican construction worker.
A Texas grand jury charged ICE agent Mario Alberto Morales with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he struck and injured an immigrant with his vehicle in Houston.
India's finance ministry said on Friday it had formed a high-level committee to review the banking sector, aiming to help it better support economic growth and strengthen its global competitiveness.
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At a meeting with Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera, Vladimir Putin said Russia highly values the country’s support for Russian initiatives at the United Nations and other multilateral forums. He said the two countries take a united stance internationally.
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A flyover by the US presidential aircraft during a White House Halloween party for children on Thursday evening delayed dozens of flights and prompted concern among some people in the nation's capital.
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The Kyiv Independent has released investigative reporter Danylo Mokryk’s documentary examining hostility and street attacks against Ukrainians in Germany, Czechia and Poland. It traces how hate speech on social media and from politicians can fuel aggression, centering the experiences of Ukrainian women and drawing on analysis of tens of thousands of posts.
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BRICS+ countries should move forward with a shared cross-border payments mechanism to lessen reliance on the US dollar, while a common currency would encounter major economic and institutional barriers, a think tank report said Friday.
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Dave Merkel, co-founder and CEO of cybersecurity company Expel, discusses the major breach.
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The Milwaukee Brewers’ first World Series title could offer much-needed hope to Norwich City supporters, whose team is languishing in England’s second division.
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This month, Russia’s military satellite Cosmos-2612 moved into the orbit of Ukraine’s commercial satellite Iceye-X36. The US State Department deemed the move “threatening,” while orbital analyst Norbert Pouzin called it unprecedented. The report frames it as a combative maneuver linked to the war.
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The Kyiv Independent’s 2026 Holiday Gift Guide features 80 items from Ukrainian brands and creators, including clothing, accessories, home decor, books and self-care products. The selection highlights Ukrainian creativity, craftsmanship and cultural heritage, while giving international readers a way to discover and support local businesses.
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CD&R is pursuing a buyout of US company Global Payments, in a deal that would rank among the largest acquisitions in history.
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Two brothers were sentenced Friday after holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint for nine hours and taking cryptocurrency worth $8 million.
TThe BlockOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-30 16:26
Peng Liyuan met German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s wife, Elke Budenbender, for tea in Beijing. They discussed cooperation in education and culture and expressed hopes for closer people-to-people ties. The report also describes exchanges spanning language programs, festivals, arts and tourism.
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From the EU’s perspective, Trump’s second presidency has been even more destabilising than his first. His claim that the bloc was created to “screw” the United States, tariffs on European goods, territorial claims on Greenland, a diesel deal with Vladimir Putin and calls for Ukraine to get a new president have shaken the foundations of the transatlantic relationship.
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he sharply reprimanded 16-year-old Max Dowman after his sending-off in Arsenal’s League Cup upset defeat to fourth-tier Fleetwood. Arsenal lost on penalties after a 1-1 draw, and Dowman begins an immediate three-game ban after the club’s appeal failed.
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Human rights advocates are again urging Canada to introduce binding laws and create an independent mechanism to investigate possible abuses connected to Canadian companies’ activities overseas.
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An international dockworkers’ strike highlights links between organised labour, technological change and Europe’s growing military investment. Lancaster University economist Renaud Foucart says workers’ strategic place in global supply chains gives them leverage to win concessions on automation and working conditions, though he questions whether they can redirect military policy.
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The Bank of Japan will raise annual equity ETF sales from about ¥330 billion to ¥860 billion at book value starting in January 2027. Safeguards are intended to limit immediate market shocks.
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The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo XIV, a US citizen, submitted a mail-in ballot ahead of the midterms. He has not disclosed whom he voted for.
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The Vatican said Pope Leo, a US citizen, voted by mail in Chicago in the midterm elections, marking the first known time a pontiff has cast a ballot in a political election. Leo has clashed with Donald Trump over immigration policy and the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Pope Leo XIV has cast a mail-in ballot in Illinois for the US midterms, becoming the first pope to vote in a US election. The Holy See Press Office said he believes citizens have both the right and duty to take part in democratic processes.
The Vatican says Pope Leo XIV has cast a vote in the US midterm elections. Scheduled for 3 November, the elections will determine Congress's make-up for President Donald Trump's final two years in office.
Leo XIV returned a ballot by post for the US midterms—an unprecedented US-election vote by a pope and, possibly, the first papal vote in a secular democracy.
Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to cast a vote in a US election.
The Vatican confirmed Friday that Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of November’s midterm election, making him the first pope to vote in a US election.
A new Quilty Space report says the world outside China faces a rocket shortage over the next five years. It estimates roughly 150 fewer launches than satellite operators and civil space agencies need by 2030. Including US military demand could double the shortfall if SpaceX does not expand Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy operations. Research director Caleb Henry says the crisis may persist until late in the 2030s.
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries could trim planned diesel exports, though the reduction may be small. He said the attacks harm the global energy market. Russia had planned to export 510,000 tons in October and potentially 2.15 million tons in November.
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Xinhua reported on Friday that China’s first carrier-based stealth reconnaissance and strike drone, the GJ-21, recently completed its first takeoff and landing aboard the Sichuan, the country’s first Type 076 amphibious assault ship.
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Vladimir Putin said Russia and South Sudan have friendly relations during talks with President Salva Kiir. The two sides are exploring ways to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation, and Russia has raised its personnel-training quota for South Sudan to 40 for 2026–2027.
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In the second part of her first in-depth interview since her arrest, Sofia Sapega describes living under house arrest with Roman Protasevich, attempting suicide after finding messages on his phone, and later being closely guarded in Lida. She says Protasevich testified for the prosecution at her trial and would not look at her.
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Meta Platforms reached a settlement with a teenage plaintiff who alleged the company designed Instagram and Facebook to be addictive, causing her mental health problems and disordered eating, the plaintiff’s attorneys said Friday.
RReutersOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-30 16:05
Tyler Shultz warns that the Theranos story carries fresh relevance in the AI era, as companies that have never made a profit raise capital at trillion-dollar valuations, creating an opportunity to deceive people.
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Wall Street stocks fell, with markets bracing for another steep day of losses on Friday. The latest Big Tech earnings reignited concerns that massive AI spending may fail to deliver the returns investors expect.
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A surge in artificial intelligence revenue failed to protect Intel, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet from a sharp Wall Street sell-off. Their latest quarterly results heightened investor concerns about rising capital spending and delayed returns. Intel fell about 23% in extended trading, Amazon lost 7.3%, and Alphabet dropped 12.6% in the regular session—its worst day on record—helping pull the Nasdaq Composite down 1.4%.
Amazon shares fell 7% and Intel plunged 25% in premarket trading. Investors are uneasy about whether massive AI spending by tech giants will pay off.
A congressional push to make daylight saving time permanent has stalled. Most Americans are expected to turn their clocks back within a month.
AABC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-30 16:00
Most Americans will turn their clocks back an hour to standard time on Sunday morning, with this year’s change falling on Halloween weekend.
Five Spanish missionaries are set to move one step closer to sainthood, nearly 430 years after they were killed in what is now Georgia.
TThe Associated PressOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-30 16:00
Voters in several US states will choose officials who set electricity and gas rates. The races have grown more competitive as energy affordability and data centers become political issues.
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Independent Bill Hill is campaigning on affordability as he seeks to unseat Trump ally and Republican congressman Nick Begich in Alaska’s sole House race. A commercial fisher and former worker in education and construction, Hill trails Begich by single digits in recent polls.
TThe GuardianOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-30 16:00
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Istanbul on Oct. 31 at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s invitation. The leaders are expected to discuss Black Sea security, developments related to Russia’s war against Ukraine and further steps to strengthen bilateral cooperation.
TThe Kyiv IndependentOriginal★★★★☆2026-10-30 16:00
The European Commission proposed disbursing about €45 billion to Ukraine next year under its support loan, with €31.7 billion earmarked for defense industrial capacity and the rest split between two financial support mechanisms. The plan requires EU Council approval. Ukraine still faces an estimated €70 billion budget gap for 2027.
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The EU plans to give Ukraine €32 billion in military aid and €13 billion in budget support in 2027. More funding will be needed as Russia escalates.
A court in Tomsk fined radio host and IT manager Alexander Lunev 570,000 rubles for donating 7,000 rubles to Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation five years ago, after Russian authorities had designated it “extremist.” Lunev pleaded guilty and was released after the verdict.
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A US-registered NATO Bombardier ARTEMIS II reconnaissance aircraft flew over the Black Sea for more than seven hours on Friday, its first sighting in the area this week. It later returned to its home base in Constanta, Romania.
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AFP News AgencyThousands gathered in La Verrière, a Paris suburb, on Friday to protest, a week after a racist terrorist attack killed one person and injured five. Suspect Kevin T. admitted targeting people because of their appearance or religion and has been transferred to a Paris court.
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Israel’s siege on Hebron has displaced at least 4,969 people. A settler opened fire on children at a playground near the city, while Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians returning to Gaza.
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Israeli forces demolished the homes of two Palestinians accused of a shooting last week in the occupied West Bank that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others. A military siege of Hebron since the shooting has displaced more than 4,000 residents.
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