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The dollar held steady against most major currencies as investors weighed developments in the Middle East and renewed safe-haven demand. Rising oil prices increased inflation concerns, while the euro faced pressure from France’s fiscal outlook and elevated borrowing costs.
uk.marketscreener.com (English) ↗＋ SaveAn Amazon Web Services executive said European startups may consider relocating because of regulatory hurdles, funding shortages and workforce skill gaps, pressures that could widen the region’s gap with the United States and China in artificial intelligence.
streetinsider.com (English) ↗＋ SaveA U.S. special envoy met Vladimir Putin in Russia to present proposals aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. The meeting followed discussions with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and reflected continuing disagreement over the terms and format of possible peace talks.
lemonde.fr (English) ↗＋ SaveRiyadh’s airport reopened to limited traffic after disruptions linked to the regional conflict. Saudi civil aviation authorities said an attack later hit King Fahd International Airport in eastern Saudi Arabia and killed one Saudi resident.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveSome website operators took services offline while addressing two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a server-side programming language used by roughly 70% of websites with a known server-side language. The incident highlighted both AI’s ability to identify flaws and the security risks involved in its use.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveNew research warned that advanced AI models are becoming increasingly capable of mapping attacks against critical infrastructure such as power and water systems. The findings raised concerns that similar capabilities could become more accessible through widely available AI models.
axios.com (English) ↗＋ SaveDemocratic Party leaders sued in federal court to block the Trump administration from purging voter rolls, denying ballots to eligible voters and threatening state election officials with prosecution before the November 3 midterm elections.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveThe Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow construction of a border-wall project in Texas’s Big Bend region to resume. A lower-court judge had halted the work after finding that opponents were likely to prevail in challenging federal waivers of environmental and other regulations.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveBukayo Saka was forced off about 10 minutes into Arsenal’s 2-2 Champions League draw at Bayern Munich with a quadriceps injury. Manager Mikel Arteta said the injury did not “look good at all,” while Arsenal secured a point through Declan Rice’s 82nd-minute equalizer.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveAn NPR investigation reported that millions of people were removed from India’s electoral rolls during a revision. Residents and political representatives described deletions in marginalized communities, raising concerns about access to voting rights ahead of upcoming elections.
wxxinews.org (English) ↗＋ SaveMinutes from India’s rate-setting panel said further interest-rate hikes may be needed to curb inflation, while warning against an aggressive tightening cycle because of risks to economic growth. The Reserve Bank of India recently raised its repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% and shifted its stance to calibrated tightening.
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