Germany's Halloween cost-of-living protests, organised by the youth-led campaign Gen Z regelt — 'Gen Z has got this' — were planned in 34 cities including Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne and Munich, with organisers expecting more than 160,000 people and police deploying extra officers nationwide.
Read articleMore than 160,000 people were expected at youth-led rallies across Germany on Saturday — against high living costs, underfunded schools and universities, environmental neglect and a possible return of compulsory…
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Bangladesh recorded its highest monthly dengue death toll of the year in October — 173 deaths, surpassing September's 148 — taking the year's toll to 418 deaths and more than 133,000 hospital admissions, according to health ministry figures reported by Reuters. Experts warn the outbreak is unlikely to ease significantly before December.
Read articleOctober killed 173 people — more than September's 148 and more than the first five months of the year combined many times over. With 133,367 admissions, hospitals in Dhaka are receiving patients already in shock, and…
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Kobe Bryant's game-worn No. 33 Lower Merion High School jersey sold at Sotheby's for $2,176,000 — the most expensive high-school jersey ever sold at auction. It drew 26 bids from seven bidders against a $1–2 million estimate, eclipsing the $1.3 million paid for LeBron James's St. Vincent–St. Mary jersey in 2024.
Read articleThe maroon Lower Merion No. 33 from Bryant's junior season — photo-matched, from his mother Pamela Bryant's collection — drew 26 bids and nearly doubled LeBron James's high-school record. In 2013, the same jersey…
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Google's Frightgeist list, released October 14, puts Buddy the Unicorn — the mascot of the horror film Buddy — at No. 1 in trending costume searches, with Michael Jackson's Thriller look at a 10-year search high. The NRF's survey tells the street-level story: 4.8 million adults as witches, 4.2 million as vampires, 4.6 million children as Spider-Man, and record Halloween spending of $13.5 billion.
Read articleGoogle Frightgeist says the most-searched costume in America is a killer unicorn from a horror film. The National Retail Federation says what people will actually wear is a witch, a vampire and 4.6 million small…
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The Emirates NBA Cup returned for its fourth edition as group play opened with a 10-game slate, headlined by a Prime Video doubleheader — the defending champion Knicks visiting the 76ers, then the Lakers at the Warriors. All 30 teams play four group games; group winners and two wild cards advance to knockout rounds, with the Dec. 11 championship at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Read articleThe fourth Emirates NBA Cup opened with a 10-game slate headlined by Knicks at 76ers and Lakers at Warriors. Six groups, four group games each, a Dec. 11 final at Indianapolis's Hinkle Fieldhouse — and a simple…
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Ukraine's General Staff says Russian casualties reached a record 49,040 in October — about 1,750 a day — as drones account for most losses. Figures are Kyiv's estimates.
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Kyiv's count is an estimate, not a verified toll — but the trend it describes, three straight months of steepening losses driven overwhelmingly by drones, is the story of where this war is going.
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Gunfire inside a packed Spirit Halloween pop-up at Solano Town Center left one person dead and six wounded on Halloween eve. The gunman is still at large, at least three victims are critical, and police are asking anyone with information to come forward.
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The Fairfield Spirit Halloween shooting left seven people shot inside a packed Spirit Halloween pop-up at Solano Town Center on Friday night. One is dead, six are in hospital — at least three of them critical — and…
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Dia'a Abu al-Rous was on his way to the Malaysian School on Saturday morning when a drone strike near Nuseirat killed him — one of two Palestinian deaths reported in Gaza before noon, more than a year into a ceasefire that has never fully stopped the fire.
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Dia'a Abu al-Rous was on his way to the Malaysian School on Saturday morning when a drone strike near Nuseirat killed him — one of two Palestinian deaths reported in Gaza before noon, more than a year into a…
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OpenAI has reportedly cut its funding target by $10 billion, to about $20 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, as an AI stock selloff squeezes the investors it is courting — and as rival Anthropic's stock-market debut moves closer.
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The ChatGPT maker is still raising a sum most companies could not dream of. But the OpenAI funding round 2026 has shrunk by a third in a matter of weeks — and the reason says as much about public markets in panic as…
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Sulaiman Khan says no one has seen or heard from his father since August, and warns the jailed former prime minister's life is in danger. Pakistan's government denies any mistreatment — and the silence from Adiala Jail is now in its third month.
Read articleSulaiman Khan, the son of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, warned on Saturday that his father's life is in danger, saying no one has seen or heard from the 74-year-old since August — the month Khan himself,…
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South Korea exports October 2026 rose 93.7% to $115.28 billion, the strongest growth since 1974, as AI chip sales hit $56.44 billion and $1 trillion nears.
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South Korea’s exports rose 93.7 percent in October to $115.28 billion — the second-highest monthly total on record, the highest October ever and the fastest growth since January 1974 — as semiconductor shipments of…
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A NORSI refinery drone strike hit Kstovo overnight as Russia's governor confirmed significant damage and 100+ drones downed. What it means for the energy war.
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Russia's governor confirms "significant damage" at a Kstovo industrial plant he would not name, while Ukrainian monitoring channels identify the target as Lukoil's NORSI refinery — Russia's fourth-largest — in the…
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Ukraine strikes Ufa refinery complex for a second straight day, hitting Bashneft's L-35 unit deep inside Russia after a two-week pause under US pressure.
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Ukrainian drones hit the Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Ufa on Saturday and a fire broke out at its L-35 catalytic reforming unit, the Institute for the Study of War reported — the second straight day of Ukrainian…
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Ukraine's Kamensky rocket fuel plant strike used Neptune missiles and drones against the Rostov propellant works, Kyiv says. Why the plant matters.
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Kyiv says the Ukrainian Navy's Neptune coastal missiles joined attack drones against the Kombinat Kamensky works in Rostov region overnight — a finished-products warehouse burned and four workshops were damaged at…
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The Patriot missile sale to Ukraine covers 500 PAC-3 MSE interceptors for $2.1 billion, but delivery may not come until the early 2030s.
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Washington has cleared the biggest single Patriot package of the second Trump administration — 500 PAC-3 MSE interceptors, paid for entirely by allies. Kyiv’s problem is the calendar: the missiles do not exist yet.
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