More than 400,000 march on France as tear gas and water cannons used to deter crowds – but minister insists outcome was ‘positive’
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Bulgaria election heads to a run-off amid low voter turnout | News– www.aljazeera.com
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Bulgaria’s presidential election is heading to a run-off after polls closed with low voter turnout and no candidate passing the required threshold.
Incumbent President Iliana Iotova received between 35 and 36.5 percent of votes on Sunday, according to exit polls. She will now face former caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov, who scored between 31 and 33.5 percent, in a second round on November 1.
Trump DOJ sues to block Alaska US Senate results if Republican loses in midterm elections
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Apollo: AI Has Delivered ‘Zero Financial Payoff’ Outside Tech Industry– www.businessinsider.com
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One of the world’s largest investment firms says that only tech companies are getting a share of the AI pie.
In an economic analysis published on Saturday, Apollo Global Management said that while the Magnificent Seven — a group of established tech companies that includes Nvidia and Meta — are seeing revenue growth during the AI boom, this growth isn’t being shared by other industries.
“Mainstream corporate America is pulling back and starting to view token spending not as a source of growth but as a cost center that weighs on margins,” Torsten Slok, a partner and chief economist at Apollo, said in the report. “The technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech.”
In a series of graphs, Slok measured three main metrics that have boomed for tech companies but not for regular companies: revenue per worker, profit margins, and productivity growth.
Poll shows ballot question is unpopular: Maryland Democrats urge voters to support congressional redistricting question. Republicans are pushing back. | News
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At least 12 injured, including 6 children, in a shooting near Florida A&M University– www.cbsnews.com
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At least 12 people were injured, including six children, in a shooting Saturday near a football stadium in Tallahassee on homecoming weekend for Florida A&M University, authorities said. Eleven people suffered gunshot wounds.
Tallahassee police said in a statement Sunday that six of the shooting victims remained hospitalized, and five had been discharged. One of those still hospitalized was being treated for critical injuries.
The department previously said at least three people sustained serious injuries in the shooting, while nine others are reported to be in stable condition.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a fight broke out before the shooting, according to police. It followed a football game in a crowded area.
The Tallahassee Police Department said Sunday that no arrests have been made, but investigators are working to identify those responsible. The department has established a dedicated tip line for people to submit information and a link for people to upload photos and video.
How Taiwan’s November Local Elections Could Change the World – The Wire China
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Tim Cook Keeps a $1.1 Billion Apple Stake as Executive Chairman
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Michael Burry Backs Ken Griffin on AI Bubble Concerns, Says GPU Overcapacity Warning Is Obvious to Anyone – Benzinga
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US wants control of Israeli technology in exchange for aid– en.globes.co.il
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The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on US aid to Israel expires in 2028, and no solution is yet in sight for the decade beginning in 2029. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked over the weekend that Israel can no longer rely on US defense assistance in its current form, urging the economy to prepare for a significant shift, *Globes* has learned that the primary point of contention between Jerusalem and Washington on aid does not concern the financial aspect, but rather the issue of cooperation.
As part of their demands, US officials are seeking not merely the sharing of knowledge, but the transfer of Israeli expertise to the US, to be managed by the US including patents and joint development programs. This is a scenario that Israel cannot accept: the erosion of the fundamental technological advantage held by its defense industries in the international market.
NYT: Prosecuting Is ‘Accountability’ For Trump, ‘Affront’ For Omar– thefederalist.com
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The New York Times’ editorial board has found a dangerous, “authoritarian” threat to the republic: investigating a politician. Readers may remember a different approach The Times’ editorial board took when the politician was Donald Trump.
“Trump Is Turning to an Old Tool of Authoritarian Repression,” headlined an editorial board op-ed Friday, warning in the article’s opening line that “[t]he revocation of a political opponent’s citizenship has long been a tool of authoritarian repression.”
The story comes as Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar is under federal investigation for alleged immigration fraud. According to The New York Post, Omar’s legal name is “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi,” yet she used the name Ilhan Omar on passports and other official documents. Further, the congresswoman could not definitely state whether she married her brother in a recent interview, whom she is alleged to have married illegally to get a green card.
This investigation into whether Omar illegally obtained U.S. citizenship, the board writes, “should disturb all Americans, regardless of whether they agree with Ms. Omar’ political views.”
The Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits seeking states’ voter data. Here’s where they stand.– www.cbsnews.com
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Washington — President Trump’s administration has mounted efforts in nearly all 50 states to obtain their complete voter rolls containing sensitive information about registered voters in their states.
The Justice Department has argued that the information is needed to ensure states are complying with two federal voting laws, the Help America Vote Act and the National Voter Registration Act, which aim to ensure states have programs in place for maintaining accurate voter rolls.
The administration sent letters to most of the states last year seeking unredacted electronic copies of their statewide voter registration lists, which include voters’ birthdates, addresses, partial Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers.
A number of states have turned over publicly available versions of their voter rolls, but have declined to provide their complete lists. In response, the Justice Department has filed lawsuits against 30 states and the District of Columbia in an effort to force them to hand over the voter data.
Russia Deploys 3D-Printed ‘Filin’ Cruise Missile With U.S. Electronics in Ukraine
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Scientists Trapped an Antimatter Particle for Months to Study Its Secrets– www.wired.com
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Antimatter is not known for being easy to get ahold of. That’s part of why these particles remain so cryptic. But recently, a team of physicists at Northwestern University managed to trap a single antimatter particle for months. Cooling it to temperatures near absolute zero, they could control its quantum states with great precision without even touching it. The experiment, published in Physical Review Letters, represents a breakthrough in our understanding of one of the great mysteries of physics.
In theory, antimatter should be everywhere. Mathematics predicts that every particle of matter has an equivalent antiparticle, a fact that scientists have verified experimentally. The universe should therefore contain similar amounts of both, but almost everything we observe is made up of ordinary matter, and we still don’t know why.
It is possible to produce antimatter particles in laboratories, but studying them is still incredibly difficult. When an antiparticle comes into contact with ordinary matter, the two annihilate each other and release energy. To prevent research facilities from exploding, scientists use vacuum chambers and electromagnetic fields that suspend the antiparticles in isolation. But this only partially solves the problem. Studying these particles, especially experimenting with their behavior on a quantum scale, remains challenging.
Pentagon calls China’s Confucius Institutes a national security threat– www.washingtontimes.com
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The Pentagon is designating China’s Confucius Institutes as threats to U.S. national security for their role in malign activities at American universities, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Le Pen’s ‘Renaissance’: 4th time lucky?– www.france24.com
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Just before half past four, Marine Le Pen took to the stage under the stadium strobe lights at the Zénith Arena in Orléans. The radical-right leader, whom analysts say is on the doorstep of the presidency, is polarising, yet deeply and increasingly popular with her base, and has topped the popularity polls for months in France. This came 24 hours after the latest protests across the country, which included over ten thousand anti-Le Pen demonstrators outside the venue yesterday.
Israel expands expulsions in occupied West Bank to cement control | Israel-Palestine conflict News– www.aljazeera.com
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More than 3,000 Palestinians have been forced from their homes in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron as the Israeli army escalates a sweeping military operation that human rights experts describe as a calculated effort to permanently displace the Palestinian population.
Israel has imposed a lockdown across the city and detained at least 71 people over the past four days, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin said on Monday a total of 488 families comprising 3,171 people had been displaced across the wider governorate, while Mayor Yousef al-Jabari told Al Jazeera that 3,043 of those forced from their homes are from within Hebron city limits alone.
Separately, the Israeli military continues a demolition campaign that has resulted in the destruction of residential buildings, factories and roads, while also blocking roads, raiding homes and assaulting Palestinians.
The crackdown has been in place since Friday, when two soldiers were killed in a shooting near the city. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has justified it by pledging an operation “unseen” since the 1967 war.
Palantir CEO says Israel is the “minor exception” in AI race dominated by U.S. and Ch– www.calcalistech.com
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Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, believes the global race in artificial intelligence has only two serious contenders, with Israel as a partial exception.
“With a minor exception in Israel, they’re the only relevant countries,” Karp said of the United States and China in a conversation with Leon Kalvaria, Citigroup’s global chairman of banking. Palantir posted the video on October 23.
The remark was brief and came without further explanation, but it fits a pattern of Karp treating Israel as a special case. The wider conversation touched on Palantir’s security work, the political risks of AI-driven wealth concentration and his view that Europe will have to buy its AI technology from one of the two dominant powers.
Trump Slams Radical Left Democrats, Boosts Candidates in Georgia Visit as Part of ‘Midterm Blitz’– www.dailysignal.com
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- President Donald Trump revved up a large crowd of excited Peach State supporters Saturday night in support of Rick Jackson and Rep. Mike Collins.
- Trump touted his administration’s successes and the destructive policies of the “Dumocrats.”
- He predicted a big night for Republicans on Nov. 3.
PERRY, Ga.-President Donald Trump ignited a large crowd of excited Peach State supporters Saturday night, listing off all the failures of Sen. Jon Ossoff and the Democratic Party while giving a strong boost to gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson and U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins.
“Ten days from now,” Trump declared, “the people of Georgia are going to defeat your weak, radical left senator [Sen.] Jon Ossoff. And we’re going to send [Rep.] Mike Collins to the United States Senate.”
“And we’re going to elect a great friend of mine, Rick Jackson, as your next governor.”
Trump discussed the unfair financial advantage the Democratic Party has, saying, “There’s a big money advantage. All the Democrats all over the country, actually through Act Blue [a left-leaning political action committee], all over the world, which they’re not allowed to do. I hope that people are looking into Act Blue. It’s another fake deal that they have going.”
42% of America’s recent college grads are working jobs that don’t need a degree. From Kathmandu to Paris, young people are taking to the streets
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Student Leaders at Colorado State Oppose Bans on Sex-Change Surgeries for Minors– legalinsurrection.com
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The public opposes this, and it isn’t even close. The left simply doesn’t care.
CSU student leaders oppose bans on sex-change surgeries for minors
Colorado State University (CSU) student leaders in Fort Collins are considering resolutions opposing ballot measures restricting transgender-identifying students’ participation in school sports, certain surgeries on minors, and cooperation with immigration enforcement, while supporting proposals to change income taxes and increase education funding.
The Associated Students of Colorado State University (ASCSU) introduced three resolutions during its Sept. 30 and Oct. 7 meetings, ahead of Colorado’s Nov. 3 election. The senate referred all three proposals to committees for consideration.
Sen. Jack Pendleton, who represents CSU’s Pride Resource Center and chairs the Internal Affairs Committee, introduced Resolution 5611, opposing Propositions 134 and 135, during the Sept. 30 meeting.
Proposition 134 would require schools and colleges to classify athletic teams by biological sex rather than gender identity. The measure would establish eligibility requirements for male, female, and coeducational athletic competitions.
“Ballot initiative 134 aims to prevent transgender children from participating in school sports,” Pendleton told The Rocky Mountain Collegian.
Libya Reviews Rail Projects with Russian and Chinese Partners
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Donald Trump insists polls are fake and claims his approval rating is really at 60%– www.independent.co.uk
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President Donald Trump dismissed polls showing his approval rating falling ahead of November’s midterm elections, insisting Americans should trust his claim that his support is closer to 60 percent.
In an interview with The Washington Examiner’s Byron York, published Saturday, Trump called the polling figures “fake” when asked about a RealClearPolitics average showing 38.8 percent of Americans approved of his job performance, while 60.4 percent disapproved.
“It’s fake,” Trump said.
When York pressed him on what he believed his actual approval rating was, Trump rejected the figures and insisted his support was much higher.
“The job approval, they said it’s 37, 38?” Trump asked. “I’m not at 38.”
Trump’s Michigan Rally Was A Total Racist Disaster For Republicans– www.politicususa.com
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This is what a political party with no ideas and no plan for the future looks like. After refusing to say that he is a MAGA Republican on Meet The Press, US Senate candidate Mike Rogers brought Donald Trump to Michigan, and the point of the rally was clear from the moment that the president began speaking.
Trump came to Michigan to smear Abdul El-Sayed and scare voters into supporting Rogers.
The rally was some of the most direct and vile racism and bigotry that Americans will see in any campaign.
Trump, who stole classified documents, suggested El-Sayed would be a national security threat:
He certainly should not give him a seat in the United States Senate. He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate. I want him to have a metal detector.
If Abdul gets to the Senate, he would have access to our nation’s most closely guarded national security secrets And his vote would wield power over our military, our borders, our homeland security, and much more than that. And to think that so much of our military equipment is made in Michigan.
Colombia’s president says two key leaders of National Liberation Army killed– abcnews.com
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BOGOTA — At least 10 members of Colombia’s National Liberation Army, including two key leaders, were killed in a recent military attack, President Abelardo de la Espriella announced Sunday.
He described the attack as “the hardest blow” to hit the guerrilla group in the last eight years.
The operation took place Thursday in a rural area of El Tambo, in the Cauca department of Colombia’s Pacific region.
Individuals known as “Marcos Pacífico” and “Ochenta” (or “Murillo”) — both senior leaders within the “José María Becerra” bloc of the group’s southwestern front — were killed during the operation. De la Espriella said their deaths have disrupted their “chain of command … and their ability to direct criminal activities.”
The president accused “Marcos Pacífico” of killing 62 people, recruiting minors and displacing some 500 people in his 24-year history with the guerrilla group. His influence extended across units in the departments of Cauca, Valle del Cauca and Nariño, de la Espriella added.
The president also accused him of masterminding “the illegal unrest that fueled urban terrorism in 2019 and 2021.”
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants ‘honest discussion’ on return to EU free movement – Euronews.com
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Trump says he may move White House press corps to new location | Donald Trump News– www.aljazeera.com
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United States President Donald Trump has confirmed he could move the White House press corps to a different location, possibly away from the executive residence.
In a social media post on Friday, Trump described reports that he planned to remove the White House press briefing room in favour of restoring a historic swimming pool located underneath as “Fake News”.
“I NEVER even thought to do such a stupid thing!” he wrote in a Truth Social post.
Trump, however, indicated he may relocate dozens of reporters who cover the White House “to a less obnoxious location”.
The New York Times on Tuesday reported that Trump had pitched his former press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, on an idea to move journalists out of the White House’s storied James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. That proposal did not move forward during Leavitt’s tenure, which ended on August 27.
U.S. Treasury Proposes Expanded China Investment Restrictions; China’s Ministry of Commerce Vows Firm Opposition, Reserves Right to Countermeasures
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Up to 70,000 police mobilized to curb violence at France protests – National– globalnews.ca
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PARIS (AP) — France deployed thousands of police Saturday for fresh protests over school funding and soaring living costs, seeking to prevent another weekend of looting, burned cars and attacks on public buildings. In Paris, authorities restricted the main march to the city’s southeastern edge, keeping it away from the center.
Thousands of people were already marching Saturday afternoon in Orléans, south of Paris, in a separate protest against the far right as Marine Le Pen’s National Rally held a two-day congress in the city.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said up to 70,000 officers would be deployed nationwide, backed by helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons.
What began last month as a protest over staff shortages at one high school southeast of Paris has grown into a national movement. Students demanding better schools and workers seeking higher wages and pensions have brought anger over living standards into the final months of President Emmanuel Macron’s presidency.
‘Not an accident’: Marco Rubio sends shockwaves with ominous ‘coup’ comment– www.rawstory.com
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio publicly invited Cubans to work with the CIA on Friday, and the reaction across the political spectrum was immediate.
“To those who seek to create positive change in Cuba – now is the time,” Rubio wrote on X. “The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete partnership with the CIA.”
A few hours later, the CIA’s official account posted the same message in Spanish. It included a video ending with the words “Contacte a la CIA” (“Contact the CIA”).
Many people were stunned that the message was public at all.