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Anthropic, the company behind Claude, filed on Monday to sell shares to the public. Its books: sales up from $41m in 2023 to $16.3bn in Jan–Jun 2026, and an $80bn loss in those six months, mostly a one-off charge. Real business or AI bubble?

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Harry Kane has won the Ballon d’Or, England’s first since Michael Owen in 2001: 61 goals in 51 games for Bayern. Mbappé and Yamal had World Cup records and a title to show for their year. Did consistency deserve it? Here’s the story with key words in Spanish, German or French.

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With fear rising across the Middle East that the U.S. and Israel will restart military strikes on Iran, diplomats from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey met with Iranian leaders in Tehran in a new push to negotiate an end to the war.

washingtonpost.comSaudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan send envoys to Iran in push to end warWith fears rising that U.S. and Israeli strikes will resume within days, senior diplomats were sent to Tehran to press Iranian leaders for de-escalation.

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The 2026 midterm elections could be unlike anything seen at the U.S. polls in modern times. That's because of protection efforts by Democrats and Republicans alike as well as the Justice Department's largest monitoring program in its history.

bit.lyThousands of observers are expected to descend on polling places to monitor the vote on Election DayDemocrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls on Election Day. Their effort is driven by concerns President Donald Trump will further leverage the vast resources of his Republican administration to interfere with a midterm that threatens to hobble his final two years in office.

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The Wikipedia community has built a tool that makes it possible to embed our interactive Our World in Data charts right in any Wikipedia page. I have always admired Wikipedia and all the people contributing to it. And I'm very happy that our work now can get used this way!

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Background: Oxfam's 2023 study with the Stockholm Environment Institute found the richest 1% (77 million people) accounted for 16% of global consumption emissions in 2019, and the richest 10% for half (Oxfam, Nov 2023).

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Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report finds

theguardian.comSuper-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report findsOxfam says investing by rich in disaster recovery widens inequality and gives incentive to delay climate action The world’s wealthiest people are not just profiting from the polluting causes of climate breakdown, they are also increasingly cashing in on the catastrophic consequences, according to a study by Oxfam. The global equality organisation has found that the richest 0.1% of the world’s population are heavily invested in disaster preparedness, recovery and reconstruction – a market that is projected to grow from $70bn to $92bn a year by 2029. Continue reading...
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After a station roof killed 16 in Novi Sad, Serbia's students protested for two years. On Sunday their list beat the ruling party: about 138 of 250 seats, on a projection. Vučić's side points to jobs and growth; the students have never governed. Can a protest movement run a country?

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Higher training costs for older workers risks plan to tackle youth jobs crisis, employers say

theguardian.comHigher training costs for older workers risks plan to tackle youth jobs crisis, employers sayExclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understands Britain’s largest employers have told the government that forcing businesses to pay more to train older workers risks damaging its goal to tackle the youth jobs crisis. The Guardian understands ministers plan to overhaul Labour’s apprenticeship funding scheme to increase the cost of training a worker over the age of 25 in England by 25%, to encourage firms to train young people instead. Continue reading...
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Background: OPEC lists Venezuela's proven crude reserves at about 303bn barrels, the world's largest, ahead of Saudi Arabia's 267bn. AP notes some experts say that figure is overstated (OPEC, AP).

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In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...
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Sunday quiz: five questions on this week's news, from an AI datacentre with no power to who may protest in France. Answers at the end of the thread. Post your score in the replies, no peeking.

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Answers: 1C 2A 3C 4B 5C 1. Not until the 2030s, says the grid operator. 2. 13 engineers at the PHP Foundation. 3. A £2bn energy wealth fund. 4. When to publish the next IPCC report, AR7. 5. Recognised groups such as unions. How many did you get?

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Sunday quiz: five questions on this week's news, from an AI datacentre with no power to who may protest in France. Answers at the end of the thread. Post your score in the replies, no peeking.

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4/5 · A UN climate science meeting in Addis Ababa was suspended on 16 Oct. What could governments not agree? A) Where to hold Cop31 B) Date of the next IPCC report C) A new 1.5C warming limit D) Who chairs the IPCC

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5/5 · After a week of unrest in France, who did Macron say on Thursday 22 Oct may protest? A) No one, until 2027 B) Anyone: curfews are ending C) Recognised groups only D) School pupils only

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Sunday quiz: five questions on this week's news, from an AI datacentre with no power to who may protest in France. Answers at the end of the thread. Post your score in the replies, no peeking.

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3/5 · The UK approved the Jackdaw North Sea gasfield. What did the government set up alongside it? A) A new North Sea licensing round B) Approval for Rosebank too C) A £2bn energy wealth fund D) A freeze on household bills

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Sunday quiz: five questions on this week's news, from an AI datacentre with no power to who may protest in France. Answers at the end of the thread. Post your score in the replies, no peeking.

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1/5 · Microsoft pulled out of a planned AI datacentre in Essex. When did the grid say it could supply enough power? A) By the end of 2026 B) In 2027 C) In the 2030s D) Not before 2050

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Israel votes Tuesday, days after a deadly attack and a siege of Hebron. Wednesday brings the UK budget and the Fed, Thursday the ECB. With oil at $117, up from $72 in February, should central banks raise rates to fight prices, or hold to protect spending and jobs?

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Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv targets Russian-occupied Crimea as UK and France conduct joint military exercise

theguardian.comUkraine war briefing: Kyiv targets Russian-occupied Crimea as UK and France conduct joint military exerciseCrimea strikes cause water and power cuts; war game designed to show how Nato countries could be defended amid fears of Russian aggression. What we know on day 1,705 A Ukrainian attack led to water and power cuts in occupied Crimea on Saturday, as a barrage of drones in several regions inside Russia left several dead, according to Russian authorities. Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-installed head of the Crimean peninsula, wrote on Telegram that due to the drone attack on local power grids “restrictions on the supply of electricity and water have been put in place”. He did not specify how many households had been affected in Crimea, which is home to more than 2.5 million people. The peninsula, which was seized from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, is a regular target for Ukrainian attacks. A separate Ukrainian strike in part of the north-eastern Kharkiv region held by Russia killed at least three people and gravely wounded another on Saturday, the Moscow-backed authorities said. Drones also rained down inside Russia. The country’s defence ministry said 616 of them had been shot down overnight across more than 20 regions of the country. During the day, drones hit Russia’s south-western Bryansk border region, killing at least three people, regional acting governor Yegor Kovalchuc said on Telegram. In Ukraine, authorities said that at least five people died in several Russian drone and missile strikes in the country’s east. Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha on Saturday evening said three people were killed and at least 12 wounded when a Russian drone strike hit the town of Synelnykove, setting the fourth floor of a high-rise building on fire. Authorities in Sumy meanwhile said a Russian drone hit a farm, killing a 31-year-old woman and injuring four others. Thousands of British and French troops have taken part in a military training exercise that included one of Britain’s largest airborne operations in two decades, the UK government said on Sunday. The war game is designed to show how Nato countries could be defended against a modern-day attack and comes during fears about Russian aggression in Europe amid Moscow’s war against Ukraine. About 2,500 troops were involved in the seven-week exercise, in which 600 British and French paratroopers dropped from four RAF A400M Atlas transport aircraft over Germany. The exercise called Rhino Titan, held at the Sennelager military training centre in Germany, has been testing British troops’ ability against an enemy equipped with drones and electronic warfare. “The threats we face in the 21st century require an updated, modern approach to warfare – and our adaptable armed forces are preparing accordingly,” British defence minister Wes Streeting said in a statement. Ukraine’s military has a “stable connection to Starlink”, the Ukrainian government said, 10 days after its ability to use the satellite communications system was suddenly restricted. But hours after the announcement, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, whose company owns Starlink, accused the Ukrainian military of violating ⁠the company’s terms. Neither Musk nor the US government, which operates Starshield using Starlink technology, took responsibility for imposing the curbs. Bulgarians will vote ​in presidential elections on Sunday as Russia’s war in Ukraine spreads to the waters off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. Polls place acting president Iliana ⁠Iotova and ex-caretaker prime minister Andrey Gyurov as leaders in a race of 27 candidates. While the presidency is largely ceremonial, Sunday’s vote has taken ⁠on added significance after a series of drone attacks on merchant ships off Bulgaria’s Black Sea ​coast that likely killed about two-dozen international ‌seafarers. Continue reading...

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The main forces driving inflation are the Iran war, the AI boom and President Trump’s trade policies. If voters expect a new Democratic Congress to bring down prices, they will probably be disappointed.

washingtonpost.comVoters angry about high prices may get little relief from the next CongressEven if Democrats win control of Congress on Nov. 3, lawmakers can do little about prices that are uncomfortably high -- and will stay that way even as the rate of inflation is expected to slow.
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The official comparison: in Eurostat's 2024 price levels for food and soft drinks (EU average = 100), Switzerland was highest of 36 countries at 159, Luxembourg highest in the EU at 125, and Romania lowest in the EU at 76 (Eurostat, CSO Ireland).

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Grocery prices across Europe: Where is food most expensive? 1. Switzerland 2. Iceland 3. Norway 4. Luxembourg 5. Denmark 6. France 7. Austria 8. Ireland 9. Finland 10. Belgium ... Full list👇

l.euronews.comGrocery prices across Europe: Where is food most expensive and why?Grocery prices vary widely across Europe. Bread can cost more than three times as much in one country as in another. Euronews Business takes a closer look at the differences and what drives them.
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Background: USPS says some mail now reaches its processing plants a day after it's posted, so a machine postmark may not match the mailing date. Its advice for ballots: mail at least a week before the deadline, or ask for a free hand postmark at a Post Office counter (USPS).

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Three days after the August primary, election workers in one Washington county went to check for late mail-in ballots. They expected no more than a few dozen. Instead, there were more than 500 — each a vote that wouldn’t count.

propublica.orgBallot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail ServiceA ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from the agency’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas. Counties that voted for Trump in 2024…
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Monday France answered riots with curfews. By Saturday: limits on who may march, 70,000 police, and a top court saying only local prefects can ban a protest. The government calls it order; unions say it's not the president's call. Where would you draw the line?

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Dengue infections in Florida have continued to climb, about a month after three counties declared states of emergency over the outbreak. Since September, Florida’s total reported dengue cases have almost doubled from 392 to 721, according to CDC data.

washingtonpost.comDengue cases in Florida continued to climb after emergency declaredThe state’s reported cases have nearly doubled since three counties declared states of emergency, with Hillsborough County at the center of the outbreak.

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EXCLUSIVE: US has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine, Middle East, sources say reut.rs/4zRxViM

reut.rsEXCLUSIVE: US has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine, Middle East, sources sayWell before the throttling this month of Ukraine's military access to Elon Musk's satellite communications system, the Biden and Trump administrations had several times asked SpaceX to turn its Starlink service on or off in various countries, according ​to six former senior US officials familiar with the matter.
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Two countries dominate supply: the US and Qatar are the world's largest helium producers, and Qatar supplied 40% of US helium imports in 2020-23 (USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025).

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The US has declared helium a critical material as war in the Middle East and export curbs by Russia and China squeeze global supplies of a gas vital to chipmaking, leaving Europe scrambling to secure its share.

l.euronews.comUS designates helium as critical amid European supply squeezeThe US has declared helium a critical material as war in the Middle East and export curbs by Russia and China squeeze global supplies of a gas vital to chipmaking, leaving Europe scrambling to secure its share.
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Britain approved a new North Sea gasfield. The energy secretary's verdict: "This is not about bills." One study says insulating homes would cut £1bn a year from bills; industry points to tax and jobs. If you had £15bn, which would you back first, and why?

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NEW: Texas has suspended construction permits of 17 data center projects. This comes after 404 Media's @mjgault.bsky.social reported that a group of Texans discovered the state had continued to issue construction permits related to data centers despite Governor Greg Abbott calling for a pause.

404media.coPortal Texas Used to ‘Rubber Stamp’ Data Centers Down After 404 Media ReportingCommissioners in Texas said they’re making sure ‘all applications are reviewed by agency staff to determine if they are related to data centers.’
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The UK says its Typhoons will fly defensive missions over Saudi cities and oil sites, with no strikes on the Houthis in Yemen. RUSI’s H.A. Hellyer asks what “defensive” means in practice. Video: Al Jazeera English, DW News. Short excerpts for commentary.

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Governments and companies around the world are racing to patch their websites — or taking them offline until they can be fixed — after the discovery of major security flaws in PHP, a piece of software that underpins much of the internet. Here's what to know.

nyti.msWhat Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.

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EXCLUSIVE: Tanker carrying 40,000 T of Russian diesel heads to New York after Putin-Trump deal, data shows reut.rs/47Cj7sc

reut.rsEXCLUSIVE: Tanker carrying 40,000 T of Russian diesel heads to New York after Putin-Trump deal, data showsA Malta-flagged tanker with a ​cargo of 40,000 ‌metric tons of Russian diesel on ​board is ​heading towards New York ⁠following an ​agreement with US President Donald ​Trump, LSEG data showed on Friday.
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For scale: GfK's UK consumer confidence index, which goes back to 1974, hit its all-time low of -49 in Sept 2022, during the energy price shock (GfK via Reuters).

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UK consumer confidence falls at fastest rate since Covid as cost of living bites

theguardian.comUK consumer confidence falls at fastest rate since Covid as cost of living bitesEconomic fallout from war in Middle East adds to pressures on consumers and on chancellor before budget Consumer confidence in the UK has fallen at the fastest rate outside the Covid pandemic since the 2016 Brexit vote as the escalating economic damage from the war in the Middle East hits Britain. With less than a week before John Healey’s first budget, the latest barometer from the data company GfK indicated confidence plunged by 11 percentage points in October to -24 amid pressure on consumers from the rising cost of living. Continue reading...
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What happened last time: in the fourth global bleaching event (2023-25), bleaching-level heat stress hit about 84% of the world's reef area. The share was 68% in 2014-17, 37% in 2010 and 21% in 1998 (NOAA Coral Reef Watch, ICRI).

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The world’s coral reef ecosystems almost all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years mostly due to warming oceans and heat waves, according to a global assessment. Sometimes dubbed “rainforests of the sea,” they have some of the world’s richest biodiversity. bit.ly/4kgnQam