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RTÉ and numerous other media organisations in Ireland and Britain received a threatening email, prompting evacuations.

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Offices of Irish media groups, including national broadcaster RTE, were evacuated on Friday after bomb threats. A presenter at affected station Newstalk said one threat had been deemed a hoax.

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Irish media outlets in Dublin evacuated staff following bomb threats. The incident comes amid a spate of bomb hoaxes targeting European airlines, with the city due to host a European Political Community meeting in about a week.

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Türkiye’s president invoked the principle that agreements must be kept in discussing Gaza and denounced Israeli settler terrorism. He said regional developments showed that the system had raised a “white flag of surrender.”

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Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses intercepted and destroyed 142 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian regions and the Black and Azov Seas. Falling debris sparked a fire at an enterprise in Afipsky, Krasnodar Region. A Gorlovka resident was injured, and an attack there damaged business infrastructure.

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Asian and European markets followed Wall Street lower as a US tech-stock rout fuelled fears that the Democrats’ midterm victory could slow the AI industry. The Nasdaq fell 5.5% on Thursday, while Japan’s Nikkei dropped 6% and South Korea’s Kospi lost more than 8% in early Friday trading. London’s FTSE 100 opened down 1.5%.

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Bloomberg reported that the combined net worth of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison fell by $104.9 billion as stocks declined after Democrats’ US midterm election win. Musk lost $79.7 billion, Huang’s wealth fell $15.1 billion to $150.9 billion, and Ellison lost $10.1 billion. Fears that a Democrat-controlled Congress could limit data-center construction weighed on related shares. Nvidia fell 9.3%, SpaceX 9% and Oracle 6.9%.

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Technology shares extended their sharp sell-off in Asian trading as investors feared that Democrats’ US midterm victory would bring tighter AI regulation and slow data centre expansion. South Korean, Taiwanese and Japanese markets plunged, with South Korea briefly halting trading; markets recovered some losses by the close.

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The EU says TikTok’s personalised feed could lead minors and susceptible users to damaging posts. The company disputes that assessment, branding it fundamentally inaccurate.

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Democrats scored historic victories in the midterm elections, but reclaiming the White House in 2028 will not be easy as divisions within the party come into focus.

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With the midterms concluded, Democrats are looking toward a potentially crowded and unpredictable 2028 presidential primary that could expose divisions over how to regain the White House. Despite major victories on Tuesday, the party remains split on whether to move toward the center or further left on healthcare, taxes, policing and foreign policy.

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A mother and daughter were found dead near Bella Coola, British Columbia, after a suspected bear attack. Conservation officers say multiple grizzlies may have been involved. Trapping is underway, and authorities have imposed a curfew while investigating.

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A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit alleging similarities between the hit series ER and HBO’s The Pitt may proceed. The case was brought by the widow of ER creator Michael Crichton.

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