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Nigeria Confirms Ebola Case in Abuja, 44 Contacts Under Monitoring
Nigeria has confirmed an imported Ebola case in its capital Abuja, with 44 contacts now under monitoring, as the Bundibugyo virus outbreak spreads across…
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Tankers Attacked Near Hormuz as the Blockade Squeezes Iran’s Oil Lifeline
Nine tankers have been attacked in and around the Strait of Hormuz over the past week, according to market reports, as the confrontation over…
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Hurricane Isaias Bears Down on the Gulf Coast as Evacuations and Platform Shutdowns Spread
Hurricane Isaias is strengthening as it closes on the northern Gulf Coast, where it is expected to make landfall Friday or early Saturday —…
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Britain Keeps a Scaled-Down Jerusalem Mission After Compromise With Israel
Britain and Israel have stepped back from a diplomatic confrontation, announcing Thursday that the nearly 200-year-old British consulate in Jerusalem will stay open —…
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Ukraine Drone Strikes Hit Two Yandex Data Centres in Two Days
Ukraine has struck two major data centres run by Russian technology giant Yandex on consecutive days, widening its campaign against Russia’s infrastructure from refineries…
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Vote Like Canada Depends on It: The Weekend Before Alberta’s Big Referendum
With three days left before Alberta votes on whether to begin the legal process toward a future separation referendum, Canada is heading into the…
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Judge Warns Trump: Sanctions Next in BBC Deposition Fight
Judge Warns Trump: Sanctions Next in BBC Deposition Fight A federal judge has warned President Donald Trump that sanctions are coming if he keeps…
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US Factories Beat Forecasts, But the Beat Was All Power Plants and Chips
US industrial output rose 0.7% in September, beating forecasts — but utilities and chips did the work while autos fell 3%. A two-speed economy complicates the Fed's next move.
Technology
The $10 Trillion AI Buildout Is Hitting the Limits of Physics and Finance
A Columbia paper puts US AI infrastructure at $10.3T through 2032 — 3.6% of GDP a year. Hyperscaler capex is outrunning cash flow, and the grid can't keep up.
Sports
ALCS Rainout: Game 4 Pushed to Saturday, Game 5 to Sunday as Guardians Lead 2-1
Friday night’s ALCS Game 4 never happened — at least not on schedule. Day-long rain over Cleveland, turning into a heavy evening downpour, forced…
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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ Leads a Packed Weekend at the Movies
Aaron Sorkin's 'The Social Reckoning', with Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, leads one of the busiest cinema weekends of the autumn.
Health
Gut Bacteria May Reveal How Fast the Brain Is Aging, UCLA Study Suggests
How old your brain looks may depend, in part, on what lives in your gut. In a study published in the journal eBioMedicine, UCLA…
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Hall and Woodford Win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics for the Models That Steady Economies
Robert E. Hall of Stanford and Michael Woodford of Columbia won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for the ground-up models that steady economies.
