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France briefly borrowed at rates above 5% to finance its debt, adding pressure to the economy. Higher long-term borrowing costs are expected to increasingly affect households and businesses.
lemonde.fr (English) ↗＋ SaveUK consumer-price inflation rose to 3.5% in September from 3.1% in August, exceeding economists’ expectations and strengthening market expectations that the Bank of England will raise rates at its November 5 meeting.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveU.S. inflation has risen to 3.7% annually, GDP growth has averaged slightly above 2%, and unemployment remains at 4.2%, while higher borrowing costs, slower job growth and affordability concerns weigh on households despite record stock-market levels.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveThe Kremlin said Russia had agreed to resume talks involving Ukraine and the United States on ending the war, while also saying recent proposals offered little of value and that new ideas had been discussed.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveThe Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention called an emergency virtual summit after Nigeria reported its first Ebola case. The outbreak began in eastern Congo in May and has spread to several countries.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveWebsite operators temporarily took services offline after an AI system detected a flaw in a web programming language, highlighting both the potential of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery and the risks of increasingly autonomous cybersecurity systems.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveNvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged Europe’s artificial-intelligence industry to accelerate development and promoted modular systems designed to build AI data centers more quickly. He said Europe is moving from language models toward physical AI in manufacturing.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveMeta’s earnings showed that increased spending on artificial intelligence had pushed the company’s cash flow into negative territory. The company said it would issue a new class of stock to raise more money.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveDemocratic Party leaders filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration from purging eligible voters, denying ballots and threatening state election officials with prosecution, two weeks before the November 3 midterm elections.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveThe Supreme Court declined to let the Trump administration immediately enforce restrictions on gender-affirming surgeries, hormone treatments and some accommodations for transgender federal inmates, leaving a lower-court block in place while litigation continues.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveThe Interior Department asked a federal judge to reconsider approval of the New England Wind project off Massachusetts, the fourth offshore wind project targeted by the administration in recent months. The move could jeopardize a bipartisan Senate effort to accelerate permitting.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveParis Saint-Germain defeated Barcelona 4-2 after late goals from Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz. The defending champions have won their first three matches in this season’s Champions League, while both teams face significant injury concerns.
aljazeera.com (English) ↗＋ SavePhil Foden scored a hat trick as Manchester City defeated AEK Athens 5-1 in the Champions League. The result came despite injuries affecting Erling Haaland and Antoine Semenyo.
aljazeera.com (English) ↗＋ SaveNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league welcomes an investigation into the Philadelphia Eagles’ handling of quarterback Jalen Hurts’ blood clots. Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the season after a clot traveled from his calf to his lungs.
washingtonpost.com (English) ↗＋ SaveTaiwanese prosecutors charged five men over an alleged plot to ram a car into a comedian who mocked the Chinese Communist Party and Xi Jinping. Prosecutors say a person identified as “K” from China paid the defendants to injure him.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveAPEC finance ministers said persistent global economic imbalances pose risks to growth and stability and pledged to improve cooperation. The meeting in Hong Kong highlighted concerns about China’s growing trade surplus ahead of next month’s summit in Shenzhen.
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