Iran war live: Iran says US ‘not serious’ about talks; ship ablaze off Iraq
Iran says the United States is "not serious" about negotiations as UKMTO reports a ship on fire off the coast of Iraq.
Breaking news from international outlets today, ranked by impact
Lula wins fourth term in dramatic Brazil election comeback
The left-wing incumbent president had lost the first round to right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro.
Apple releases iOS and macOS 27.2 with new Siri AI features, new Music logo
Today, Apple rolled out the 27.2 updates for its operating systems, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and so on. Let's start with iOS 27.2. This update is heavily focused on Siri AI. It adds a memory feature to Siri, so it can "recall…
Trumpets blare and skies part as AI hypefest culminates in Anthropic IPO filing
Anthropic has filed for an IPO that could rank among Wall Street's biggest ever, revealing an $80.7 billion half-year loss, a startlingly complex governance structure, and warnings that its AI models could blackmail humans, resist shutdown, or…
Chad hosts hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees as regional humanitarian crisis extends
Sudan’s war is spilling over into Chad. A drone strike killed at least four people last week in the border town of Bamina, and hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees have crossed over in search of safety. Many of those who survived the massacre…
North Korean howitzer guns spotted close to border with South Korea
The sighting comes after a mine blast wounded three South Korean soldiers in September.
Saudi Arabia Contains Fire Near Ras Tanura Oil Hub After Attack
Saudi Arabia contained a fire near its biggest export terminal of Ras Tanura along the Persian Gulf following an attack in the region, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
US-EU trade truce at risk over $3.4 billion Airbus loan, Trump official warns
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer warned on Monday that a $3.4 billion European Investment Bank loan to Airbus could jeopardise a tariff truce between Washington and Brussels. Greer said his office had received no details about the financing…
Kenya: 20 Ebola contacts released from quarantine
Twenty people associated with Kenya’s first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease have been reunited with their families after being released from quarantine following completion of the mandatory 21-day monitoring period.
Why Jordan has struck Syria: What we know
Syria says Jordan did not coordinate with Damascus before launching operation in rural Deraa and Suwayda.
North Korean howitzer guns spotted close to border with South Korea
The sighting comes after a mine blast wounded three South Korean soldiers in September.
Anthropic files for mammoth IPO as revenues and losses mount
US artificial intelligence giant Anthropic files public regulatory paperwork as it gets set to launch on the stock market. Also in this edition: France plans a special disaster fund for businesses hit by riots and looting, and Apple's new…
Azerbaijan: rare protests over hijab ban in schools
In Azerbaijan, a new government ban on hijab in schools has provoked rare public protests. The ban prohibits clothing deemed "incompatible with the secular principles of general education". While it does not mention Islamic hijab, girls and…
The Global Push to Keep Kids Off Social Media
From age verification to time limits, more than 60 countries have embraced online restrictions.
Israel election results 2026: When will we know who won and what’s next?
Exit polls are expected soon after voting closes late on Tuesday, but a final verdict might take days.
China Is Building Its Way Around Europe’s EV Tariffs
Beijing’s evolving industrial playbook is taking shape in Morocco.
Israelis begin voting as Netanyahu fights for political survival
Israelis vote as Netanyahu faces Gadi Eisenkot amid divisions over the wars in Gaza and Iran and growing isolation.
Why it could take time for a new Israeli government to form
Israel faces what many view as one of the most pivotal elections in the country's history.
Coca-Cola earnings are out – Here are the numbers
Coca-Cola stock has climbed about 32% so far this year, raising the beverage company's market cap to roughly $398 billion.
GM will switch to Nasdaq from the NYSE on Nov. 17
GM expects to keep its “GM” ticker symbol, and the company says shareholders do not need to take action because of the transfer.
GM to Move Stock Listing to Tech-Focused Nasdaq, Leaving NYSE
General Motors Co. plans to shift its stock listing to the Nasdaq Global Select Market from the New York Stock Exchange, positioning the old-school automaker as a tech-forward company as it embraces automated driving and electric vehicles.
Man charged with assisting ‘foreign intelligence service’ after incident at UK base used for Iran strikes
Two men face U.K. national security charges after an incident at a British air base used by U.S. forces during strikes on Iran.
Guptas’ Johannesburg Homes on Sale as ‘Stigma’ Dampens Interest
Two multi million rand South African mansions owned by the Gupta brothers, a trio of India-born businessmen at the center of a corruption scandal that triggered the nation’s worst political and economic crisis since apartheid, are back on the…
UK ministers had plenty of time for AI datacenter bosses, but none for environmental groups
The British government has been busy courting AI datacenter companies while apparently finding little time to speak to the people who will have to live next door to their enormous server farms. That’s according to a report published Tuesday by…
Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs
Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown 14-fold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than half its revenue.
Sterling Anderson doesn’t think humanoid robots should be building cars
At a splashy event in New York City last week, General Motors unveiled its new tech roadmap centered on AI-driven vehicle development, advanced battery tech, high-powered car computers, and autonomous driving. Some of this was old news: We already…
NASA’s Oldest Martian Spacecraft Have Been Running for Decades. Here’s How
Two orbiters have long outlasted their expected lifespans and completely reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet, all while operating 140 million miles from Earth.
Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking
On 15 and 16 October 2026, a crawler that said it belonged to Roblox walked through almost every project on Open3DLab, SFMLab and SmutBase, and proceeded to download complete copies of 1,027 files from 712 projects. 145.5 GB of our creators' work…
Probe Before You Edit: Probing-Guided Molecular Optimization for LLM Agents in Structure-Based Drug Design
arXiv:2606.00555v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Structure-based drug design increasingly employs LLM agents to iteratively refine ligands against a target pocket, yet a viable ligand must satisfy two often-conflicting objectives---binding…
NeuroMAS: Multi-Agent Systems as Neural Networks with Joint Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2605.16757v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Multi-agent language systems are often built as hand-designed workflows, where agents are assigned semantic roles and communication protocols are specified in advance. We propose NeuroMAS, a…
Anthropic's IPO filing shows soaring sales and steep losses
AI giant Anthropic has publicly filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with US market regulators. The document offered a glimpse into the company's finances but also contained nearly 100 pages related to risks around investing in the company…
Greptile takes bug detection beyond code review with GPT-6 Astra
How Greptile uses GPT-6 Astra to test user workflows, Daybreak to strengthen security, and Codex to reduce rework.
Apple releases iOS and macOS 27.2 with new Siri AI features, new Music logo
Today, Apple rolled out the 27.2 updates for its operating systems, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and so on. Let's start with iOS 27.2. This update is heavily focused on Siri AI. It adds a memory feature to Siri, so it can "recall…
Underwater data centers may be coming to the U.S.—smack in the middle of endangered whale habitat
Ocean water could help dissipate the heat from data centers, but the infrastructure could threaten endangered whales
El Niño watch: The impacts around the world this week
The effects of El Niño are being felt globally, ranging from floods in Argentina to deadly fires in Peru and drought in French Guiana, and prompting a U.N. call for speedy action to face an unprecedented "wrecking ball" this year.
Why we’ll never have another Black Death
The death of a worker at a Russian plague lab was alarming, but the disease is extremely unlikely to become a worldwide problem as it has in the past
ESA procures four new Galileo Second Generation satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) has extended ongoing contracts to build four additional Galileo Second Generation (G2) satellites, ensuring the long-term continuity of the constellation and supporting the rollout of new services. With this…
Gasping for air: Borneo residents struggle as island burns
Sudarsono shuddered as he inhaled from an oxygen tank while being evacuated from his small house in Palangkaraya on Indonesian Borneo, yellow, acrid wildfire smoke billowing all around.
STAT+: Pennsylvania Dutch country, tired of waiting for biopharma, builds drug company of its own
LANCASTER, Pa. — They saved Petunia first. She was the second cow. Her brother Louie had died within hours of his birth. But over two harrowing, sleepless nights, the three researchers kept Petunia alive to wheel her from the barn to the veterinary…
Opinion: Cancer vaccines are finally here. How do we get them to patients?
At the annual European Society for Medical Oncology Congress, a new report brought forward yet another monumental moment in cancer science: A Phase 3 study showed that the “cancer vaccine” intismeran autogene reduced the risk of recurrence or death…
Opinion: Emergency pediatric care is now in permanent crisis mode
In the winter of 2022, two parents carried their sick, coughing baby boy into an emergency room deep in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. The small rural hospital had no pediatric specialists, no pediatric nurses, and no children’s intensive…
Persistent and compartmentalized T cell immunity in ALS
Nature Medicine, Published online: 27 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04728-5 In ALS, persistent T cell responses relate to disease outcome differently in blood than in cerebrospinal fluid, with both intrathecal antigen presentation and…
Metabolic heterogeneity of obesity
Nature Medicine, Published online: 27 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04718-7 This Review examines the cellular, organ-level and whole-body differences between metabolically healthy and metabolically unhealthy obesity, as well as variations in…
Heavy rains trigger massive flooding in Ecuador’s largest city
Parts of Ecuador’s largest city are underwater after severe rains battered the coast.
As Election Day Nears, a Key House Race Remains in Flux
NY-17: Fourth in a series on the environmental stakes behind one of the nation’s most fiercely contested congressional races. After the Democratic primary election in New York’s hotly contested 17th Congressional District this June, William Knox, a…
In Florida’s Gubernatorial Race, a Choice Between New Climate Policy or the Status Quo
Florida’s gubernatorial race features two candidates with very different views on the environment and climate: One largely supports maintaining the status quo in state policy while the other advocates for renewing a climate change and clean energy…
Burnham in danger of sleepwalking into climate disaster, say campaigners
Letter to PM argues series of wrong choices on North Sea oil, Heathrow, EVs and heat pumps will scupper net zero plans Andy Burnham will “sleepwalk” into climate disaster if he fails to get a grip on a series of important policies whose combined…
Climate Activists Celebrate Lula’s Win in Brazil, but Warn the Fight Is Far From Over
Environmentalists worldwide are celebrating the re-election of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a win for the Amazon’s future and global climate policy. The three-term incumbent narrowly defeated right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro…
Hiding Capabilities in AI Models
Interesting research: “AI Models Can Provably Hide Arbitrary Capabilities” Abstract: Capability evaluations aim to surface dangerous model behaviors before deployment, but their reliability depends on the assumption that hidden capabilities can be…
Two men face UK national security charges following an incident near RAF Fairford, with police suspecting Iranian state involvement
British prosecutors have charged two men over an incident near RAF Fairford in September. Police suspect Iranian involvement in the case at a base used for US strikes on Iran.
UK prosecutors charge two after RAF Fairford incident
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Qatar’s path to defence autonomy
Qatar needs a strategy built on national resilience and diversified security guarantees.
Police in northern Germany search for suspects after car ramming overnight injures several
A person intentionally drove into a group of people in a northern German town, police have said. The suspects fled on foot and remain at large.
Ringrose set to miss Ireland's November games
Centre Garry Ringrose is set to miss Ireland's Nations Championship fixtures next month with a hamstring injury.
Feyi-Waboso boost for England coach Borthwick
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso should be fit to play for England in next month's Nations Championship matches.
Transfer rumors, news: Real Madrid eye Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister
Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister has admirers at Real Madrid, while the Reds line up potential replacements. Transfer Talk has the latest.
Kylian Mbappe loses Chinese sponsors for calling Mao ‘Chinese dictator’
Mbappe appears to say that the funniest internet meme he'd seen was of his face imposed on that of 'a Chinese dictator'.
Ballon d'Or winner Kane explains how his game has evolved
Speaking in August 2026, Harry Kane tells Umir Irfan how he has evolved in recent seasons to become an even more prolific goalscorer, and now, winner of the coveted Ballon d'Or.