Santander, Novartis and other companies say AI is starting to lift revenue, reduce costs or improve profitability as investors look for returns.
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CNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 06:00
India’s opposition parties are set to rally at New Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan against a nationwide revision of voter lists, alleged irregularities and the country’s chief election official. The parties also staged a mock impeachment of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
DDWOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 05:56
Bulgarians voted Sunday in a presidential runoff between candidates with opposing views on the Ukraine war and ties with Russia. Incumbent Iliana Iotova, who supports dialogue with Moscow, faced Andrey Gyurov, a former caretaker prime minister backed by the pro-Western opposition.
FFrance 24Original★★★☆☆2026-11-01 05:47
President Rodrigo Paz announced on Saturday that Bolivia had declared a national emergency as El Niño brings severe drought and threatens flooding. Drought has affected 63 communities, he said. The government will coordinate domestic resources and international cooperation to limit the damage, while the designation speeds relief deployment to vulnerable areas.
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CGTNOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 05:39
Bolivia has declared a nationwide state of emergency to mobilise resources against El Niño’s effects. President Rodrigo Paz’s decree also calls for more rescue teams in areas hit hard by drought and floods. Drought affects 78,000 families in six departments and has caused the loss of more than 75,000 cattle; El Niño is expected to peak in late 2026.
President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency on Saturday to free up resources to address El Niño's impact in Bolivia. The decree also calls for more rescue teams in hard-hit areas as the country faces flooding and drought caused by the phenomenon, Paz said.
TRT World published its daily news brief for November 1.
TTRT WorldOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-11-01 05:39
North Korea fired 600mm multiple rocket launchers during a military technology exhibition in Kangwon Province.
TTRT WorldOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 05:36
Two infant girls died in a fire at a displacement tent in Al Mawasi, Khan Younis, as relatives mourned them.
TTRT WorldOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 05:35
Supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum appeared at her annual New York costume party as a huge, bloodied severed hand, which she called her own “left hand”. The event marked its 25th anniversary this year.
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BBC NewsOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-11-01 05:26
A marble slurry dump near Kishangarh in Rajasthan draws hundreds of visitors daily for its snow-like scenery. Nearby residents say dust is harming crops and causing chest infections, skin allergies and other ailments; a local doctor also warns of respiratory and skin risks from industrial dust.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 05:25
Republican Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers mocked Democratic rival Abdul El-Sayed with a sarcastic birthday basket containing fireworks, Dubai chocolates and a child-sized T-shirt. The gifts took aim at El-Sayed’s remarks and personal style ahead of the November 3 midterms.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 05:21
Agave leaves its applied-rate field blank, meaning that verifying a staking fee requires historical validator state and evidence of delegations.
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CryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 05:10
Xantium plans to separate next year from the company controlled by billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II, in a launch expected to raise a record $9bn.
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Financial TimesOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 05:00
Conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine have cut fuel production capacity and sharply raised margins. Oil majors are resisting pressure to invest in new refineries even as fuel prices continue to climb.
FFinancial TimesOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 05:00
Large fund managers are pressing pause as the US midterm vote and economic data releases approach.
FFinancial TimesOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 05:00
Germany has fallen short of its winter gas storage target. The EU’s largest economy will have to rely more on spot-market purchases, potentially pushing up prices elsewhere in the bloc.
FFinancial TimesOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 05:00
Farmers are exporting agricultural goods through ports thousands of miles away, raising costs for overseas buyers.
FFinancial TimesOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 05:00
The UN says Mohammad el-Shami, an OHCHR staff member in Yemen, died in Houthi detention, and his family was informed only recently. Held since June 2024, he was among UN and NGO workers accused of spying. The UN called for an independent investigation and urged the release of seven other detained OHCHR personnel.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 04:49
Nearly 60,000 runners will draw attention on the course, but thousands of volunteers on the sidelines help make their participation possible.
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ABC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 04:36
Demonstrations in cities and towns across France have entered a third week, with police using tear gas to disperse protesters. The mainly youth-led protests oppose rising living costs and deteriorating public services, ahead of an expected general strike.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 04:31
Cost-of-living protests that began in France have spread to Germany. Tens of thousands joined demonstrations across Germany on Saturday coinciding with Halloween, while hundreds of thousands marched again in France.
France’s interior ministry estimated that about 320,000 people joined the third mass protest over living costs on Saturday, while organizers put the turnout at nearly half a million. Tensions rose at the end of marches in some cities, but authorities said most demonstrations were largely peaceful.
Some demonstrations in France turned violent as 320,000 people protested nationwide for a third consecutive weekend against rising living costs and poor school conditions. Clashes occurred in several cities, and police said more than 290 people were arrested on Saturday.
Authorities put turnout at 320,000 during France’s third consecutive weekend of demonstrations over the cost of living and schools. Police fired tear gas in Paris and Lyon, and the Interior Ministry said at least 290 people had been arrested nationwide.
About 320,000 people joined France’s third wave of protests over the cost of living and deteriorating public services, fewer than the previous weekend. As mostly peaceful marches ended, police used tear gas and stun grenades against masked rioters in Paris and other cities. Demonstrations and clashes also took place in Germany.
Authorised marches proceeded peacefully, according to France’s Interior Ministry. Tensions increased as demonstrators dispersed in Paris, Lyon, Marseille and other major cities.
The French government estimates that 320,000 people joined nationwide demonstrations on Saturday over high living costs, a smaller turnout than in previous weeks.
Ahmad Hardy returned to the field for the No. 23 Missouri Tigers on Saturday night at Arkansas, nearly six months after he was wounded in the leg in a shooting at an outdoor concert.
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The Associated PressOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 04:30
A humanitarian ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump took effect in the Kherson region, bringing its first days of calm in four years and enabling residents to leave Russian-occupied Oleshky. Hundreds travelled via Russia and Belarus to northern Ukraine, where many reunited with relatives they had not seen for years. Residents described life amid shelling, drone strikes and missile attacks.
BBBC ChineseOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 04:24
A protocol upgrading the China-Peru free trade agreement took effect on Sunday. It enhances seven existing chapters and adds provisions on areas including e-commerce, global supply chains, and the environment. China’s Ministry of Commerce said the two countries will also negotiate negative lists for services trade and investment.
CCGTNOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 04:21
With little transparency from Washington and bellicose rhetoric from Tehran, people across the Middle East are anxious and uncertain, watching for clues about whether the conflict between Iran and the United States will flare up again.
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CNNOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 04:00
The US and Iranian foreign ministers say diplomacy could still end the war. An Iranian delegation is meeting Qatari mediators in Doha, though direct US-Iran talks are not planned. Iran’s Supreme Leader has meanwhile told the military to prepare to defend the country.
Iranian and Qatari officials discussed proposals to end the conflict with the United States. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran would decide on direct or indirect talks only after Washington accepted Iran’s conditions, while describing a US bid to reopen dialogue as a positive step. Talks also covered a proposal that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days.
Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi says Tehran has agreed on a plan with Qatari mediators to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days, provided the US meets Iran’s conditions. He called Washington’s offer of dialogue “a positive step” as an Iranian delegation visited Doha.
Russia and Ukraine agreed to arrange regular humanitarian missions in Oleshky after completing a joint operation, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova said. Ukraine said evacuated residents had reached territory under its control. The town still faces severe shortages amid ongoing fighting.
CCGTNOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 03:46
After a six-day ceasefire was agreed for Oleshky, residents who endured hunger and months of isolation reached Ukraine by a complicated route and reunited with relatives. Some chose to remain in the town, which lacks gas, electricity and running water.
An ICE officer indicted by a grand jury in Houston is accused of intentionally striking a man and is expected to surrender on Monday.
AABC NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 03:40
An ICE officer accused of deliberately ramming a man is expected to surrender on Monday. A grand jury in Houston indicted the officer.
Ukrainian monitoring channels reported that the NORSI refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, was targeted by a drone overnight on Nov. 1 and caught fire. Russian outlet ASTRA also reported a strike, but the Kyiv Independent said it could not immediately verify the reports. Ukraine has targeted the facility before; a confirmed Aug. 26 strike caused a large fire and forced it to suspend operations.
TThe Kyiv IndependentOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 03:25
Russia deported 63,500 foreign citizens and stateless people in the first nine months of 2026, 1.5 times the figure for the same period in 2025, Russian Federal Bailiff Service Director Dmitry Aristov told TASS.
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TASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 03:20
Indigenous people in Arunachal Pradesh, in India’s eastern Himalayas, are protesting a massive dam planned in response to China’s huge upstream hydropower project. They say the project threatens their ancestral lands, culture and livelihoods.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 03:19
Javits Frimpong, a 15-year-old boy from Ghana, was chased and killed on his way to school in New York after complaining of bullying at school. Thousands have held vigils for him.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 03:18
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Trump agreed to immediately grant a visa to the mother of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong, who was shot on his way to school in the Bronx and later died. Police are investigating the killing, and no arrests have been made.
Trump said the US still had “one or two” targets to “take care of” in Iran, with attention turning to a nuclear site.
TTRT WorldOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 03:16
Gabby Williams scored the Valkyries’ final 11 points of the third quarter and shone in the fourth, finishing with 30 points. Golden State won its first championship in just its second season, defeating the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7.
AABC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 03:13
Gabby Williams scored Golden State’s final 11 points of the third quarter and continued to shine in the fourth, finishing with 30. The Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in San Francisco on Saturday night to claim a championship in their second season, in the first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history.
Gabby Williams scored the Valkyries’ final 11 points of the third quarter and starred again in the fourth, finishing with 30. Golden State beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 of the WNBA Finals to win the championship in its second season.
The Golden State Valkyries made history Saturday, beating the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 to claim the franchise’s first WNBA championship.
In just their second season, the Golden State Valkyries defeated the Atlanta Dream to become WNBA champions and claim the franchise’s first title.
Bangladesh plans to establish a wage board on Sunday to review garment workers’ pay. Protests have closed dozens of factories and led to clashes with police, adding pressure to the country’s key export industry.
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ReutersOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 03:10
The China Manned Space Agency says work on every task in the lunar-landing phase is progressing steadily. Upcoming missions include a Long March 10 verification flight, first flights of the Mengzhou crewed spacecraft and Lanyue lander, and Chang’e 7. The China Space Station will open to global scientists and is expected to host its first international astronaut and introduce low-cost cargo transport.
CCGTNOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 03:08
The traveler says travel pushes them to leave their comfort zone and embrace the world, citing paragliding, ziplining and skiing in the Swiss Alps.
CCNNOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-11-01 03:02
The Youth Olympic Games have opened in Senegal, the first Olympic event held in Africa. Tens of thousands of spectators gathered Saturday at Diamniadio Olympic Stadium near Dakar.
TThe Associated PressOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 03:00
Argentina is the latest country to seek investors through an investment-for-citizenship programme. Analysts say it offers wealthy people, including those from mainland China and Hong Kong, another residency and diversification option. Buenos Aires announced two main investment routes in October; one requires a non-refundable US$350,000 contribution to the National Treasury and subscription to a programme-specific US$800,000 government bond.
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South China Morning PostOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 03:00
Hong Kong’s government released an Independent Committee report on Oct. 29 reviewing last November’s Tai Po fire, which killed 168 people. Drawing on 30 hearings and more than a million documents, it details failures behind the disaster. The government focused on political responsibility, criminal liability and administrative accountability, and presented reforms on Oct. 29 and 30 to prevent similar tragedies.
CCGTNOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 02:56
Two ancient ginkgo trees at Jinci Temple in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, have grown side by side for 500 years. They stand more than 20 meters tall, and their trunks are too thick for two adults holding hands to wrap their arms around.
CCGTNOriginal★☆☆☆☆2026-11-01 02:49
Binance says it has replaced 90% of the assets stolen in a record hack, with the remaining, less liquid tokens taking longer to repurchase. Withdrawals are expected to resume Sunday, and the exchange says users will not bear the loss. The FBI identified North Korea-backed group TraderTraitor as responsible.
TThe GuardianOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 02:41
Swiss President Guy Parmelin is visiting China from October 30 to November 1. As the countries mark 10 years of their innovative strategic partnership, talks are expected to focus on closer economic ties after negotiations to upgrade their free trade agreement concluded successfully.
CCGTNOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 02:38
The FBI linked North Korea’s TraderTraitor group to the theft of a record $6.3bn in virtual assets from Binance and said the stolen funds were being laundered mainly through conversion into Ethereum. Binance says it has replaced 90 percent of the losses with company funds and expects to resume withdrawals on Sunday.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 02:28
The FBI said North Korea stole more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance around October 29, attributing the activity to an entity called TraderTraitor. It urged exchanges and others to block transactions tied to listed addresses. Binance said it would use more than $6.34 billion in company funds to buy tokens and replenish about 90% of the stolen assets.
The FBI confirmed North Korea’s role in a $6 billion hack of Binance and asked the DeFi community to block Bitcoin, Ether and Solana addresses. Chainalysis said the attackers have already used thousands of addresses, a figure it expects to keep growing.
The FBI said North Korea was responsible for an attack on Binance around October 29 that stole virtual assets worth more than $6 billion. It said the assets would likely be converted mainly into Ethereum and laundered through DeFi and instant-swap services. Binance said it will use half of its Secure Asset Fund for Users to compensate losses; it had previously said 90% of the stolen amount was reimbursed.
Binance said it set aside more than $6.34 billion in company funds to cover losses from the hack. The FBI linked the theft to North Korea.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged to ensure Poland's Constitutional Tribunal operates lawfully after President Karol Nawrocki accused the government of forcibly taking control. A judge had suspended tribunal president Bogdan Swieczkowski and assumed leadership, prompting renewed confrontation over judicial independence. Riot police guarded the court as hundreds rallied for Swieczkowski's reinstatement.
CCGTNOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 02:25
At a Brooklyn midterm gathering five days before Election Day, conversations ranging from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party repeatedly turned to AI and data centers.
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TechCrunchOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 02:22
Thousands rallied in Tel Aviv urging opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to make a deal with Arab parties to form a government and remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a counterprotest, Netanyahu supporters demanded that Israel not form a government with what they called “terrorists.”
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 02:05
Rival demonstrators clashed in Israel over whether Arab parties should be included in the government.
Alaska’s Republican-led attorney general’s office urged a federal judge Saturday to permanently dismiss the Trump administration lawsuit, which seeks to block certification of the state’s Senate race.
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NBC NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 02:00
Alaska’s Republican-run state government is urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at Donald Trump’s direction seeking to stop certification of a possible Democratic win in the state.
As President Donald Trump races through strongly Republican areas of the United States at the end of the midterm election season, his message to voters has shifted toward some unexpected subjects.
CCNNOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 02:00
Mass protests in several German cities over living costs and other issues were largely peaceful during the day but turned violent at night. Shops were looted in central Frankfurt and protesters clashed with police; officers also reported violence in Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg and used water cannon to disperse crowds.
BBBC NewsOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 01:59
California Governor Gavin Newsom warned judges that the Trump administration may try to seize ballots in the midterm elections.
TTRT WorldOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 01:42
Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, told TASS that Ukraine’s use of Russian prisoners of war as suicide bombers constitutes a serious war crime and violates humanitarian law. He said international media, the public and human rights organizations had ignored publicly released facts on the matter.
TTASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 01:38
Neocloud data-centre firms that rent computing power to AI developers are under scrutiny as their debts mount and shares fall. Analysts warn some may be acquired or cease operating independently. Their fortunes depend on big technology customers’ spending and whether the AI boom lasts.
BBBC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 01:37
Taiwan’s coast guard said China’s latest patrol off the island’s east coast harassed shipping and sought to exercise what it called fictional jurisdiction. Taiwan said it had sent its own ships to keep watch.
RReutersOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 01:30
The National Weather Service says heavy rain is expected to threaten already saturated parts of the US Southwest with flash flooding.
TThe Associated PressOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 01:30
Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin said Danish intelligence leadership is targeting operations to hack mobile devices and information systems in Russia and China. He said senior Danish Military Intelligence Service executives publicly discuss operations against the digital infrastructure of “foreign adversaries.”
TTASSOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 01:27
A two-day G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta ended without a joint communique, as members remained divided over the Ukraine crisis, the US-Iran conflict and US tariffs. Marco Rubio discussed navigation, energy security and supply chains, while Ma Zhaoxu urged stronger G20 cooperation to support peace and supply-chain stability.
CCGTNOriginal★★★★☆2026-11-01 01:23
Al Jazeera’s Emma Withrow attended a packed rally at Texas A&M for Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. Supporters described his appeal, while others voiced concerns, underscoring that young voters are not a uniform group.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 01:14
Rising derivatives exposure and $643 million in ETF redemptions leave Bitcoin’s recovery facing a demand test ahead of the November 6 payrolls report.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-11-01 01:10
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Donald Trump agreed to issue a visa to the mother of a 15-year-old boy killed Thursday morning while heading to school in the Bronx.
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Bloomberg NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 01:00
Serbia’s student movement won a landslide in parliamentary elections, and Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat. Viktor Orbán had lost power in Hungary earlier in the year. In both countries, young voters mobilised and election monitors helped deter intimidation and fraud.
BBBC NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 00:55
Lawyers argue that, about 18 months after Donald Trump began reshaping Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in his image, a senior official worried about the institution’s severe financial problems and urged it to close—not because of poor conditions.
CCNNOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 00:45
A US judge dismissed Donald Trump’s $10bn lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and its parent company over the paper’s report on a letter purportedly written by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein for a birthday book. The judge said Trump’s team had not shown actual malice and barred the case from being filed again.
BBBC NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 00:41
A federal judge permanently dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10bn defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal, finding he had not shown the “actual malice” required by law. The case arose from the newspaper’s report linking Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.
A federal judge in Florida dismissed a revised $10 billion defamation suit by President Donald Trump against The Wall Street Journal. The suit concerned a report about a birthday card Trump allegedly sent Jeffrey Epstein more than two decades ago.
A federal judge on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal. The case concerned the paper’s reporting on a lewd birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump’s name.
A federal judge dismissed Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over a report on Trump’s ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. The dismissal bars the suit from being brought again.
A federal judge on Saturday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch. It concerned a report about Trump’s ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.
A court dismissed Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal over an Epstein letter, barring the suit from being refiled.
A court filing showed that a US judge on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled.
Poland’s dispute over the independence of its top constitutional court is deepening. President Karol Nawrocki held urgent talks with political figures, but the governing Civic Coalition stayed away. Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused conservative nationalist opposition leaders of seeking to destroy democracy and the rule of law, while the European Commission urged Nawrocki to accept nominations for new judges.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 00:30
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop threatening local and state election officials with criminal charges and demanding they set aside ballots it says may belong to non-citizens. The judge said the actions were likely to interfere with election administration and disenfranchise eligible voters.
BBBC NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 00:27
Thousands of people took to the streets in 34 German cities, calling for better education, lower living costs and an end to compulsory military service. Protesters clashed with police.
AAl JazeeraOriginal★★★☆☆2026-11-01 00:27
Police and protesters clashed on Saturday as tens of thousands of young people marched across Germany. Inspired by similar movements elsewhere in Europe and mobilized by the collective “GenZ regelt!”, they called for more education funding and protested the high cost of living.
Thousands of young people rallied in Berlin on Saturday to protest living costs and spending cuts, while police made arrests. The demonstration was held under the slogan “Gen Z Takes Care of It.”
Thousands gathered in Berlin as student demonstrations took place in more than 30 German cities, protesting rising living costs, education cuts and conscription. Organizers said nearly 180,000 people across 34 cities had signed up. Scuffles broke out between protesters and police at a rally in Cologne.
Young people are set to demonstrate in about 34 German cities, seeking a greater political voice and a more hopeful future. Organizers are also opposing military conscription and calling for stronger climate protection, while urging peaceful protests.
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