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COP31 in Antalya, November 9–20: Türkiye Hosts, Australia Leads the Talks, and the US Has Already Left the Paris Agreement
The climate summit takes place in Antalya from November 9 to 20, with leaders gathering on November 11–12; the agenda covers national plans, finance, …
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US Inflation Expected at 3.6% on October 14: Will the Federal Reserve Raise Rates Again?
The consensus for September consumer inflation is 3.6% a year (3.4% previously), and markets have cut the odds of an October hike to about 20%.…
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Big US Banks Report Results on October 13: 3% Growth Expected, but With the Largest Drop in Margins
JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Wells Fargo report on Tuesday, with Morgan Stanley and Bank of America on Wednesday; analysts expect earnings p…
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Bulgaria Elects a President on October 25: Possible Runoff on November 1, and Former Prime Minister Gyurov Is in the Race
Parliament set the first round for October 25 with a possible runoff on November 1; the incumbent’s term ends on January 22, 2027.…
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US and China “30-for-30”: Tariffs on $60 Billion of Goods Fall, but Soybeans, Chips and Batteries Stay Out
The deal announced on September 27 provides for cutting tariffs on about $30 billion of US exports and $30 billion of Chinese exports; the White House…
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IMF and World Bank in Bangkok October 12–18: The World Is Growing Only 3% While Inflation Is 4.7% — What to Expect
The Annual Meetings are held in Bangkok, and the World Economic Outlook is released the same week; in July the IMF cut growth to 3 percent and raised …
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Drone Hits a Yandex Data Center: the First Such Attack on Russia — What Went Down and What We Still Do Not Know
Yandex said a drone attack caused a fire at its data center near Sasovo, in the Ryazan region, and that the facility stopped operating entirely; a Ukr…
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Trump Picks Katie Zacharia as White House Press Secretary — and the Briefing Room Has Been Empty Since September 3
Zacharia, briefly a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, would succeed Karoline Leavitt, who left the post in late August; no start d…
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The US Proposes a New Round of Russia–Ukraine Talks by the End of October: Kyiv Said “Yes,” Moscow Is So Far Silent
The talks would be at technical level, possibly in the United Arab Emirates, and the agenda could include limiting attacks on vital infrastructure.…
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Democrats With a 93% Chance to Win the House: What Is at Stake in the US Elections on November 3
Nate Silver’s model (October 8) gives Democrats a 93.1 percent chance in the House and 74.8 percent in the Senate; the estimate is a probability, not …
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The EU Named Four Front-Runners for Membership — Macedonia Is Not Among Them: What the Roadmaps and the End of the Veto Mean
On October 6 the European Commission proposed roadmaps for Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine and Moldova and decision-making by qualified majority; the enl…
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Trump: No Attack on Iran Before the November 3 Elections — Peace or a Tactic for the Oil Price?
Trump announced that the US “will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections” and that talks are “productive”; oil first rose, t…
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A 7.7 Earthquake Shakes Panama: Tsunami Alert in Five Countries — How Big Is the Damage?
A powerful earthquake struck southern Panama on October 9, with tsunami warnings along the Pacific coast; official casualty figures were not available…
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Nobel Peace Prize for Navi Pillay — and the Same Day the US Sanctioned the Court She Served On
The 85-year-old South African jurist, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, and the US announced sanctions aga…
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Taiwan Smashes Its Own Record: $87.2 Billion in Exports in One Month, and AI Is Behind It All
Taiwan’s exports in September reached a record $87.22 billion, 60.9 percent more than a year earlier, driven by demand for AI products.…
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Oil Is Back Above $100: A Hurricane Heads Toward Oil Platforms and New Attacks Hit Saudi Arabia
Brent is trading around $100–104 as a system in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to become the season’s first hurricane and the Houthis struck Saudi air…
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The EU Gets a “Bad Grade” for the Seventh Year in a Row: 3.8 Percent of the Budget Spent Against the Rules
The European Court of Auditors reported that the error rate in EU spending for 2025 rose to 3.8 percent, from 3.6 last year, and issued an adverse opi…
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2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Why Mirror-Image Molecules Matter for Medicines
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Frenchman Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai for discoveries linked to asymmetric organic synthesis — a w…
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A New President in Pristina and a Note From Skopje: What Changes and What Does Not
Justina Shiroka-Pula was elected president of Kosovo with 81 votes, just one above the threshold, in a deal that avoided new parliamentary elections, …
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Markets Wait on the Chip Numbers: Earnings Season and AI Optimism Lift the Indexes
Artificial intelligence and chip stocks are rallying in October, with expectations that Big Tech earnings will decide whether the October surge contin…
