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Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.

Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...

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The EPA is quietly killing its web archive

Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump's climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.

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Meet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who’s Gaming the Tax System

Susquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election de...

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After Millions in Stolen SNAP Benefits, Trump Administration Moves to Fight Theft

A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is stealing food stamp benefits — aided by the government’s refusal to update benefit-card technology — the Department of Agriculture announced pla...

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Melania Trump helps forge a ceasefire deal in Russian-occupied Oleshky, the White House says

The White House says first lady Melania Trump has brokered an upcoming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the war-ravaged city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians.

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Finns are seething after Google illegally toppled 250,000 trees for a data center

The company was ordered to stop work, but it clear-cut anyway.

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US lawmakers demand answers from Elon Musk over Ukraine Starlink restrictions

In a public letter, Democratic Senators and Representatives listed five questions concerning Starlink restrictions impacting Ukrainian forces, addressed to Musk. The demand comes as Ukrainian forces c...

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Trump administration files lawsuit to block possible Democratic win in Alaska Senate race

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.

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Todd Blanche swears arrest of Virginia Democrat isn’t “political payback”

Trust me, bro.

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Ebola vaccine trial begins in DR Congo

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X: 'Science gives us hope. Today, in Bunia DRC, the first participants were vaccinated in a new Ebola vaccine trial called Tumaini, which means 'hope' in Swahili.'

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Cuba mocks US 'desperation' calling on Cubans to work with CIA

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Friday, called for Cubans to make 'discreet' contact with the American intelligence services as Washington seeks to force an end to the island's communist government.

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Melania Trump secures Oleshky ceasefire between Russia, Ukraine, White House says

Residents of the southern Ukrainian town have reported a deepening food crisis.

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ICE wants robot dogs. Boston Dynamics' workers urge company to 'cancel the sale'

Dozens of employees at Boston Dynamics have petitioned the company to stop the sale of its robot dogs to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Moldova expels Russian diplomat after Russian Geran drone falls near family homes

'Russia's war keeps putting Moldovan lives at risk,' President Maia Sandu said, calling it Russia's 'latest dangerous act.'

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How EU ships are still able to carry Trump's Russian diesel despite so many sanctions

A ship called the Agioi Fanendes, which had just left Russia's Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, was carrying 40,000 metric tons to New York and had been traveling westwards through the Baltic Sea ever sin...

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DOJ seeks to block Alaska Senate result if Republican incumbent narrowly loses

In a lawsuit, the Justice Department cited confusion over two similarly named candidates, including Republican Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan.

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2 ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop

Two ex-FBI officials have been charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop. One former FBI intelligence official specialized in foreign election interference.

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Jet Fuel Hits $206 A Barrel, Highest Price Since Iran War Began

The price of jet fuel has crossed the $200-a-barrel mark, the highest this year with no maximum in sight.

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Jared Kushner Threatens to Sue Over Damning Phone Hack Report

A bombshell report exposed Kushner’s close financial ties to foreign governments.

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Trump Refuses to Explain Starlink Shutoff as Ukraine Says He’s Lying

Ukraine is still struggling with Starlink access, and Donald Trump doesn’t seem to care.

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A candidate said Iowans don’t ride bikes. The state has a famous bike tour.

The state’s 900,000 cyclists say people do indeed ride in Iowa, which each summer hosts the world’s largest, longest-running citizen bike tour.

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A D.C. park was made 'for the pleasure of the people.' Trump's plan would change that

Trump's most recent rendering of East Potomac Park overtakes the D.C. peninsula with a sprawling golf course, without the grassy areas and road beloved by locals. That's prompted grassroots pushback.

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45-Year-Old Republican Candidate Sued by His Own Parents

Derek Wulf, a 45-year-old man with a wife and two children, owes his parents rent.

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Trump administration stopped sharing evidence in Good and Pretti killings, Minnesota officials say

The Trump administration has suggested that state prosecutors don’t have jurisdiction to investigate federal officers, while Minnesota officials have said they don’t trust the federal government to in...

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Melania Trump Says She Brokered a Cease-Fire in a Starving Ukrainian City

The first lady, who is positioning herself as an intermediary between two warring nations as her husband sides with Russia, said the agreement would allow residents to evacuate.

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Five Italian activists held in West Bank have been repatriated, ministry says

Five Italian activists who were detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank this week were released and repatriated ‌on Saturday morning, Italy's foreign ministry said.

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Trump administration sues to block possible Democratic win in Alaska Senate race

US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had instructed his administration to file a lawsuit to block the certification of the US Senate race in Alaska if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses, arguing that voters would be confused because two Republicans on the ballot have similar names. The legal battle is ramping up questions over whether Trump will accept a potential midterms defeat.

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French government and corporate bond yields are converging

Some companies’ bonds now yield less than government bonds

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Police fire tear gas as new French demonstrations kick off

French police used tear gas to disperse protesters in Lyon during nationwide demonstrations against the high cost of living. Protests occurred despite bans and heightened security in cities across…

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Verse from Qu’ran inspired US man to leap on runaway school bus and halt it

Ebro Ahmed, who acted after driver’s medical emergency, said he hopes incident will show Eritreans ‘in a good way’ A man who hopped on to a school bus full of terrified children that was careering down a Minnesota street after its driver had a medical emergency and manually halted it says he was motivated to act by a Qu’ran verse about how saving one life is equivalent to saving all of humanity. “I’m a numbers guy, and those numbers make sense to me,” Ebro Ahmed, 27, said on Friday during an interview about his actions four days earlier in front of his family’s convenience store in Saint Paul, Minnesota. “I didn’t do it for me. It was selflessness in the name of God.” Continue reading...

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China's Communist Party names new provincial chiefs ahead of fifth plenum

China's ruling Communist Party announced key personnel changes in six provinces on Saturday, two days before it holds a closed-door conclave in Beijing from October 26 to 29.

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Paris: Last-minute change to the protest route

The Paris police prefecture changed the route of the authorised trade union march at the last minute ahead of the 24 October mobilisation. The new route runs between Place d’Italie and Porte de Vincennes. But this morning, many protesters turned up at Place de la Bastille, the march’s original starting point, before the route was changed, leaving them confused and unsure where to go. France 24 journalist Elitsa Gadeva brings us the latest from the scene.

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French students vow to keep protesting

Amid growing concerns over violence, people across France, young and old alike, are weighing up whether taking part in demonstrations is worth the risk. France 24’s Ophelie Jackson reports.

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Stevie Wonder sues to evict ex-fiancée after 38 years of rent-free living

Stevie Wonder is suing to evict a woman who has been living in one of his Los Angeles properties rent-free for almost 40 years.

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Why the Bank of Mum and Dad is creating a painful wealth gap for millennials like me

A generation once caricatured as cash-strapped avocado eaters is being increasingly pulled apart by family wealth. With parental gifts and inheritances opening doors for some, the challenges others are facing could be set for life, writes Katie Rosseinsky

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Storm Boelo to bring gusts of up to 80mph and heavy rain to parts of UK

Second named storm in as many days will hit northern parts of UK as thousands remain without power after Friday’s Storm Austen

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Ukraine’s cautionary tale on digital sovereignty

The slowdown in the Starlink satellite network underscores the need to reduce Canada’s reliance on U.S. firms

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Bayern say coach Kompany ‘stable’ in hospital but will be out for weeks

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany collapsed during training on Friday but is said to be 'stable' in hospital.

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German police detain suspect after fire engulfs Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest

No injuries were reported at the building, while police said a ‘suspicious person’ had been taken into custody.

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Barcelona like a local

Our correspondent's guide to sun-kissed plazas, tapas and beach escapes

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German ambassador: Friendship with Russia will not be restored – Putin threw it out of the window

German Ambassador to Ukraine Boris Ruge does not support the idea that ties with Russia should be restored or that Russian energy supplies to Europe via Ukraine should resume in order to achieve a las...

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Opinion | Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s ‘You Can See Everything’ and the Role of the Watcher

There is artifice present in any work of nonfiction, and in every aspect of our lives.

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Democrats weigh impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if they retake the House, and the secret behind the hit Elizabeth Holmes documentary. Read more in today’s 10-Point newsletter.

Plus, Democrats weigh impeaching Pete Hegseth if they retake the House, and the secret behind the hit Elizabeth Holmes documentary.

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Wainwright fire a wake-up call for country unprepared for mass casualties, experts say

Experts warn health care system has limited capacity to handle multiple mass-casualty events, particularly those involving burn injuries

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Medical experts shocked by Tennessee team’s ‘malpractice’ in Christa Pike’s failed execution

New details of IV team’s attempts to find a vein shared by Pike’s lawyer ‘shocked and disturbed’ practitioners Medical experts have expressed shock at the apparent incompetence shown by Tennessee’s execution team during the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike, the prisoner who survived a normally fatal dose of pentobarbital, which they say would be considered medical malpractice in any other setting. New details emerged on Thursday of how Tennessee’s intravenous (IV) team struggled for almost an hour to set up a line into Pike’s arms through which she would be administered the fatal dose of sedative. A blow-by-blow account was released in legal proceedings from Pike’s lawyer, Randy Spivey, who was present inside the death chamber at her 30 September failed execution. Continue reading...

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Is London really the most-taxed city? Banks accused of cherrypicking data

Lobby group’s figures, shared with John Healey, are misleading as they do not include major rival Paris, say campaigners A banking lobby group has been accused of cherrypicking data and trying to mislead the British government by claiming a tax rise for banks at next week’s budget would leave London less competitive than rival financial hubs. UK Finance, which represents banks including Lloyds, JP Morgan and Revolut, commissions an annual report tallying up all the taxes shouldered by a large bank, including corporation tax, social security, VAT and bank-specific levies. Continue reading...

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No unions, low taxes: why some of Britain’s top chefs are opening outposts in Gulf states

Leading restaurateur says Gulf countries actively help businesses set up, while east Asia has a better work ethic Some of London’s top restaurants are opening branches in Dubai because of a “tax tsunami” in the UK and better work ethic abroad, according to a leading restaurateur. James Robson, a co-owner of Fallow in St James’s Market, regarded as the capital’s hottest restaurant, serving 1,000 people a day, has just signed a deal to open an outpost in the Gulf. Continue reading...

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Checks and Balance newsletter: If American voters lived under one roof

John Prideaux, our executive editor, imagines a ten-storey apartment building to explain how a polarised country can still swing wildly

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Nvidia's role as AI financier faces first big test as neoclouds take market hit

As Nvidia has gone from chipmaker to industry financier, some investors see the company taking on outsized risk tied to the AI buildout.

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Ilhan Omar votes as Trump renews attacks amid federal probe

US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has cast her ballot ahead of the US midterms.

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