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The Tory leader seeks to echo Margaret Thatcher as she sets out her guiding political principles. Continue Reading »

BBC Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson is near Kyiv's Northern Bridge, which has been hit for the second day in a row. Continue Reading »

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The Yemeni president's announcement comes amid an exchange of strikes between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition. Continue Reading »

Surveys show Gen Z increasingly views sports bets as a form of investment, and those who gamble too often face mental health risks. Continue Reading »

The Senate could flip to Democrats after November's midterm election, jeopardizing a potential Supreme Court nomination by President Donald Trump. Continue Reading »

Trump is promoting two federal payment programs already underway while reiterating a $5,000 dividend promise contingent on Republicans retaining Congress. Continue Reading »

E.l.f. Beauty released an album titled "Mirror Mix" as the brand plans to increase its marketing spend for the rest of the year. Continue Reading »

Apple, Google and Meta are pushing new AI devices and assistants amid growing privacy concerns around wearables. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE ESTELLE MARTIN TV5 JWPlayer Field Deux favoris que tout oppose : à gauche, le président sortant Lula et à l'extrême droite, son rival Flavio Bolsonaro, le fils de Jair. Nous sommes en direct de Rio de Janeiro avec notre correspondante Marine Resse. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE ESTELLE MARTIN TV5 JWPlayer Field Ils ont 35 secondes pour réaliser des figures imposées, le tout à 200 km/h. L'équipe de France de parachutisme de vol relatif se prépare pour les Championnats du Monde, prévus en octobre en Arizona, avec un seul objectif : décrocher l'or. Nous sommes en direct Mathieu Bernier leur entraîneur et la parachutiste Gaelle Giesen. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE CATHERINE FRANÇOIS TV5 JWPlayer Field Les Québécois et les Québécoises vont élire les 127 députés qui siègent à l'Assemblée nationale et donc choisir leur prochain gouvernement. Continue Reading »

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Par TV5MONDE ESTELLE MARTIN TV5 JWPlayer Field Les frappes russes s'intensifient, les menaces fusent de part et d'autres. Mais selon Volodymyr Zelensky, Washington veut organiser des pourparlers à trois, avec les Russes et les Ukrainiens. Continue Reading »

After another climbdown to Washington, Macron is blaming everyone but himself as France’s economy, energy security and authority unravel Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Russia’s brown bear population has more than doubled in three decades as rising attacks prompt authorities to consider new measures Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Russia says it struck a data center, logistics hub and military supply ships in Ukraine as both sides intensify long-range attacks Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The Houthis claimed missile and drone strikes on Saudi Aramco facilities in retaliation for attacks on targets across Yemen Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Beneath the freedom talk lies a centralized machine that hoovers up private data, flattens dissent and redistributes cognition by token Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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THE OTHER WOMAN: Natalie Harp tops Melania and Usha on Washington power ranking! (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Right-wing TV personality who wore f*** Biden shirt lands White House press role... Continue Reading »

Former Iranian and US diplomats agree that the war on Iran is likely to get worse in the coming weeks. Continue Reading »

The Ku Klux Klan says support for its message is growing as it seeks to rebrand around family and faith. Continue Reading »

Australian police and intelligence join the list of those probing the incident. Continue Reading »

Trilateral talks could happen this month in UAE or another US-proposed venue, says the president. Continue Reading »

Protesters say the election commission’s voter-roll revision has removed millions of eligible voters to benefit PM Modi. Continue Reading »

The 'Horn of Africa is deteriorating because of the dominance of powers trying to come to Africa and occupy the ports ... so the violence in the Horn of Africa is going to get worse,' intelligence analyst Mowlid Ali says Continue Reading »

Saudi Arabia helped escort and receive Flydubai plane after attempted hijacking, providing passengers with food and medical care; Mossad coordinated with Riyadh behind the scenes, but Saudi officials resisted Israeli Air Force rescue flight to avoid signaling normalization Continue Reading »

Senior European diplomat warns anger at Israel has peaked over settler violence and settlement expansion, predicting a wave of sanctions and saying, 'Our ability to harm you is far greater. You are isolated, small and alone' Continue Reading »

Pike remains alive after two doses of pentobarbital in unprecedented failed execution; governor halts remaining executions and orders independent review Continue Reading »

Gulf outlets emphasized official statements and flight data, while some Iranian coverage folded the incident into broader claims about Israel and covert operations  Continue Reading »

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great. Continue Reading »

A treaty from the 1960s declared that nobody can own outer space. Half a century later, billionaires and superpowers see fortunes to be made nonetheless. Continue Reading »

The announcement plunges the Middle East deeper into war, as the Iran-allied Houthis have scored a series of triumphs in Yemen on the battlefield since the conflict was reignited. Continue Reading »

The rare admission from Mohsen Rezaei, the security chief, came weeks after the U.S. tightened sanctions and its naval blockade. Continue Reading »

Summaries obtained by The New York Times offer a detailed look at the discipline meted out to the men accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student at Cornell University. Continue Reading »

The Chinese upstart says it has trained high-performing AI models cheaply, without using the most advanced chips. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek, SoFi and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips. Continue Reading »

The LinkedIn co-founder is starting Manas AI with “The Emperor of All Maladies” author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Continue Reading »

Apps can add flexibility and freshness to your routine. Just try not to get injured. Continue Reading »

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken. Continue Reading »

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in. Continue Reading »

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said. Continue Reading »

The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea. Continue Reading »

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city. Continue Reading »

He is set to campaign in at least six states in the final stretch. As he does, he’s refining his message and thinking about what comes next. Continue Reading »

A clash between two potential candidates for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination spilled into public this week. Continue Reading »

Some of Democrats’ once-hateable figures are out of the picture. And emerging democratic socialists haven’t made for strong lines of attack nationwide. Continue Reading »

Some Republicans want MAGA Inc. to take over spending in the final few weeks. Continue Reading »

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Trump called the Arkansas Republican “a friend of mine” in the Saturday morning post. Continue Reading »

The Vermont independent plans to hold three rallies with Jackson, according to an itinerary shared first with POLITICO. Continue Reading »

House Financial Services Chair French Hill (R-Ark.) said he has addressed affordability concerns "head on" this Congress. Continue Reading »

The legislation would ban the use of automated license plate readers by federal agencies and stop the flow of federal funds to governments that use it. Continue Reading »

Democrats are investing in deep-red districts that could pad a future majority and strengthen the hand of Hakeem Jeffries, who’s widely favored as speaker if the party wins the chamber in November. Continue Reading »

The president said he’ll send “nearly $100” checks to 20 million seniors. Continue Reading »

The Houthis say they’re just defending Yemen, but their moves are damaging global commerce. Continue Reading »

Trump is planning one big swing that will take him from Washington to Montana to Alaska to Las Vegas to Arizona to Texas. Continue Reading »

A watchdog found USAGM is rehiring staff, restoring contracts and replacing systems after cuts meant to save taxpayers money. Continue Reading »

The projects — which include a $50 billion natural gas pipeline in Alaska and a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa — are earning bipartisan plaudits, but still may not move the electoral needle. Continue Reading »

Amazon plans to invest $1 billion in communities where it builds data centers over the next five years, the company announced Friday. The e-commerce and cloud computing giant will put the funds toward free community college and workforce training for residents, as well as energy efficiency upgrades. Continue Reading »

Amazon on Friday announced it will pour billions into communities where it operates data centers nationwide, after President Donald Trump urged the technology industry to ensure local residents reap the benefits of development. Continue Reading »

Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water and energy preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts to a growing backlash from politicians and consumers to the tech industry's rollout of the massive buildings. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump made a lot of promises on the 2024 campaign trail. Which have been kept, and which are unfulfilled? Continue Reading »

War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday a new Office of Religious Affairs during a speech to troops at Marine Corps Base Quantico, providing a channel for chaplains to directly communicate with top officials at the Department of War. Hegseth spoke about the new religious office as part of a broader reform project at the Pentagon, which includes a greater focus on integrating autonomous warfare and technology into the military... Continue Reading »

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood on stage this week in front of thousands of U.S. military personnel, quoting Bible scripture while attacking the "woke" and the "weirdos." His religiosity is now extending to all service members, prompting a new battle involving the government, free speech, and the Constitution. The secretary on Sept. 30 at Quantico announced a new Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs. He justified the new endeavor in religious terms, telling the gathered attendees that the military was putting on "the full armor of God."... Continue Reading »

On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new entity within the Pentagon: the Office of Religious Affairs. The office, Hegseth promised the assembled troops in Quantico, Virginia, would "report straight to the top. No staff filters, no bureaucratic dilution, a direct line to the secretary." Chaplains would "finally have an advocate at the highest levels." What's more, "policy and resources will serve the mission, not smother the mission." A hallmark of Hegseth's tenure at the Defense Department has been his muscular Christian religiosity. Earlier this year, he spearheaded an initiative to bring prayer services to the Pentagon... Continue Reading »

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre argued in an opinion piece published Friday that President Donald Trump was making the same messaging mistakes as her former boss, former President Joe Biden. "Mr. Biden wanted his team to highlight his domestic agenda," she wrote in The New York Times guest essay. "His policies were working, and he wanted the country to understand what he was doing and why. But the polling was clear: Our economic message didn't land... Continue Reading »

Federal authorities announced an indictment Friday against a Florida man accused of providing nearly $50,000 to a Hamas financing network that prosecutors said solicited donations under the guise of helping civilians in Gaza, adding to an almost $1.7 million total terrorism fundraising effort, the Justice Department alleged. Raed Yousef, a 56-year-old man living outside of Tampa, along with two Louisiana men, were arrested on charges of helping finance Hamas, according to the DOJ announcement... Continue Reading »

You can't buy a fully self-driving car, but you can buy one of these cars with semi-autonomous technology, and that's about as close as it gets by modern standards. The technology that may eventually contribute to a true self-driving car is in development, and many of the components are available in today's cars, marketed as driver-assistance or advanced safety technology. Such systems improve safety by helping a car anticipate and avoid collisions and reducing driver fatigue. We've rounded up a variety of new vehicles with the kinds of advanced safety features that combine to enable some semi-autonomous driving. Our list includes a variety of vehicles at different price points and in different segments to help you get an idea of what's out there... Continue Reading »

Multiple varieties of frozen berries have been recalled across 33 states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. According to an announcement by the Food and Drug Administration, Great Value frozen Organic Triple Berry Blend 10 OZ, Great Value frozen Organic Blueberries 10 OZ, and Trader Joe's frozen Organic Mixed Berry Blend were recalled. It is part of an expanded recall from Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A., San Carlos, Chile, after recalls in July and September... Continue Reading »

Here's the latest • New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she is "deeply disturbed" with the original investigation conducted by Cornell police following gang rape allegations at the Chi Phi fraternity house in 2024, vowing to unravel the investigation's failures. • Hochul also said she supports closing a "loophole" in New York law that can make it nearly impossible for survivors to seek justice if they voluntarily consumed alcohol or drugs before an assault... Continue Reading »

To dye, or not to dye. That is the decision many people, particularly women, face when their hair starts to grey. This week Olivia Colman joined the growing ranks of women embracing grey hair and ditching the dye. Appearing at Zurich film festival, Colman had swapped her dark signature pixie cut for a grey, curly mane swept to one side. Online, Colman was swiftly lauded for her new look, with Vogue describing her as a "silver hair muse"... Continue Reading »

The U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, a sign that the labor market may not be able to deliver the sizable gains that it did in the past—but doesn't need to in order to keep the unemployment rate low. Continue Reading »

The U.S. economy added jobs at a slower pace than expected in September amid economic uncertainty. Continue Reading »

U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy. Continue Reading »

For the first time in almost a decade, Americans are trusting the media more, according to new data from polling giant Gallup (Center bias). Continue Reading »

The Trump administration has begun sending $500 refund checks to nearly 1 million Americans who were overcharged for ObamaCare insurance. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration has begun distributing new $500 payments to hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollees, a program the White House says is intended to return "Obamacare overcharges" collected under the Biden administration. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration began sending $500 refunds on Wednesday to more than 950,000 Obamacare enrollees, an administration official told CNBC. Continue Reading »

Something Is Rotten In The State Of Yields Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Treasuries, European Sovereign, and even Credit. Something seemed rotten this week, with Thursday’s price action in all 3 of those markets triggering the need to focus on this more. Debt markets underpin the entire global financial system and when things don’t “look,” or “feel,” or “smell” right, it warrants our collective attention. Yes, “feel” or “smell” doesn’t seem compelling as some authoritative answer, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth exploring. For the past few weeks, our biggest complaint on Treasury yields has been that neither Bessent nor Warsh is addressing the root causes of higher Treasury yields. The root causes have far less to do with economic variables, inflation, and Fed independence, and much more to do with a global supply glut. Not just of sovereign debt. Not just of corporate debt, but also corporate debt adjusted for average duration as companies who need to issue longer-dated bonds have dominated the flow. On the Treasury Department - I Am The House Now and 6 Billion Dollar Man. I am looking forward to seeing what Dave ... Continue Reading »

The US Doesn't Have An Oil Problem - It Has A Refinery Problem One of the enduring weaknesses of the modern US economy is the lack of redundancy.  As long as most of the world is operating normally and there are no serious geopolitical disruptions, America's "just in time" system works fine.  But, throw a monkey-wrench into distribution, global exports, freight systems, shipping or elements of production and cracks quickly form in the armor.   This does not mean that the US economy can't adapt; the pandemic shutdowns were horrifically pointless but they did prove that the system has the ability to function despite deep deficiencies.  However, when it comes to the management of vital resources, such as energy resources, it's clear that some changes need to be made in the near term.   Before the war in Iran a large portion of the public was oblivious to the fact that the US is the largest exporter of oil in the world, and of the foreign oil supplies we do receive, only 8% come from Gulf nation producers.  A mere 7% of those supplies travel through the Strait of Hormuz.  In other words, ... Continue Reading »

US, Australia Halt Consular Services In Brazil Before Presidential Election, Citing Security Concerns Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The United States and Australia on Oct. 2 suspended consular services in Brazil, citing security concerns ahead of the country's high-stakes presidential elections. Security personnel stand outside the U.S. embassy after consular services were suspended due to security concerns in Brasilia, Brazil, on Oct. 2, 2026. Eraldo Peres/AP PhotoThe U.S. embassy in Brazil issued an alert advising U.S. citizens seeking emergency assistance to contact the appropriate duty officer instead of visiting the embassy or other diplomatic facilities. The Australian embassy also announced its closure in a notice, advising citizens seeking urgent consular assistance to contact the consular emergency center in Canberra by phone. It also urged people not to visit U.S. diplomatic facilities in Brazil, citing the U.S. embassy's security alert. No details were provided about the security concerns that prompted the closures. The State Department said it coordinated with Brazilian officials to address security concerns. Brazil's federal police said on Oct. 2 that they conducted a preventive operation in Sao Paulo and the Federal District targeting activity that could threaten U.S. diplomatic ... Continue Reading »

"First Time In History": Bessent Says Iran Faces Zero Oil Revenue As Tanker Loadings Collapse Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined Mike Allen for a new episode of "The Axios Show," published Saturday morning. Bessent spoke about the Iran war's effect on the cost of living for US consumers and his "I am the house" comment early last month, which warned anyone betting against the Treasury's defense of the long end of the market. Beyond the broader global bond rout, his comments on the Strait of Hormuz added color to President Trump's economic stranglehold on Tehran. "They are isolating them economically like this never happened before. You know, right now, the score: barrels out of the Strait: U.S. about 1.1 billion, Iran zero," Bessent told Allen. Bessent continued, "For the first time in history, they, since they started pumping oil, they will have no oil on the water this week. They will have no revenue." Bessent on Iran: For the first time in history, since they started pumping oil, they will have no oil on the water this week. They will have no revenues. pic.twitter.com/PIrHwUCG4q — Clash Report (@clashreport) October 3, 2026 Separately, last week, Goldman analysts Yulia Zhestkova ... Continue Reading »

Why So Many Social Science Claims Are False Authored by Christopher J. Ferguson via RealClearInvestigations, One of the most urgent questions facing society today is the potential impact of AI on education and labor markets. So it's no surprise that two scientists attempted to provide an answer, producing a meta-analysis suggesting that incorporating ChatGPT in schooling dramatically improved student outcomes. Social media and online sources promoted the 2025 study as a beacon of bright light. The problem is that the researchers' conclusions were later found to be unreliable, and the study was retracted in April - another blow to the public's faith in science. Scientists are increasingly chasing answers to big questions in fields from health care to climate change to AI. The academic research industry incentivizes them to produce the biggest possible findings that make for splashy headlines and career promotions. But such discoveries are rare in science, and too often, the result is widespread exaggeration, dodgy methods, and miscommunication. "The incentive structure of modern science is such that a 'simplify, then exaggerate' strategy has become dominant, even if only tacitly," according to a recent academic review. "To get published in leading ... Continue Reading »

"In The Name Of God": Yemen Leader Orders All-Out Offensive Against Iran-Backed Houthis Saudi Arabia and Yemeni government forces have been preparing for a major offensive against Iran-backed Houthis, whose latest advances along Yemen's western coast have tightened their control over coastal areas and disrupted a critical maritime chokepoint known as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Bloomberg now reports that the operation is underway. The outlet reports that Rashad Al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, ordered all branches of the armed forces into active combat operations on Sunday. "All state military, security and civil institutions as of this moment are mobilized and on high alert until the mission is completed and victory is achieved," Al-Alimi said on Sunday. He said the operation would continue "until the liberation of the country from the grip of the terrorist Houthi militia." باسم الله، وباسم الشعب، وبناءً على قرارات مجلس الدفاع الوطني، نعلن اليوم بدء العمليات العسكرية لاستعادة ما تبقى من أراضي الجمهورية، وبسط سلطة الدولة ومؤسساتها على كامل التراب الوطني. pic.twitter.com/yaKsnSDpbK — د/ رشاد محمد العليمي (@PresidentRashad) October 4, 2026 Our reporting on Saturday indicated that more than 100,000 Yemeni pro-government troops were set to mobilize for the ... Continue Reading »

10-Year Cost Of Democratic Socialist Policies Could Hit $350,000 Per Household, White House Says Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, American taxpayers would face a net fiscal burden of over $350,000 per household in the next decade if the Democratic Socialists of America's top policies were adopted, according to a report released Oct. 1 by President Donald Trump's Council of Economic Advisers. The report predicted a net fiscal burden of more than $49 trillion from 2027 to 2036 - larger than the national debt, which hit a milestone of $40 trillion in August. The report added up the presumed costs for Democratic Socialists of America's agenda items such as loosening border restrictions, handing out amnesty to all illegal immigrants in the country, abolishing the police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, eliminating prisons, providing government-run healthcare for everyone, and canceling all student debt. The majority of the cost would come from Medicare for All, which is predicted to cost $47.4 trillion out of the $52.8 trillion in gross costs, which was lowered to nearly $49 trillion due to the estimated $3.9 trillion that would be collected from the wealth ... Continue Reading »

Zelensky Vows To Hammer More Russian Refineries As G7 Greenlights Emergency Fuel Dump President Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters in an exclusive interview that Ukraine plans to intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to continued strikes on Ukrainian cities. The threat comes as the Trump administration pressures European allies to release up to 100 million barrels of emergency oil and diesel stocks ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter, with a global refining crunch already straining fuel supplies. Zelensky told the outlet that Ukrainian intelligence had obtained documents outlining what he described as Russian President Vladimir Putin's new war doctrine to broaden attacks on civilian infrastructure ahead of winter. "We saw documents and we know that they allow them to attack infrastructure, logistics, and especially to attack in the cities, in the villages, everywhere, roads, schools, hospitals," Zelensky said. "To pressure people to leave the capital, leave different cities: this is the goal of the operation." Zelensky then said, "We have to respond in any way (we can). With their attacks on our energy, we have to respond on their energy. First of all, oil refiners, etc.: what gives money to them ... Continue Reading »

Brazil Votes In Tight Presidential Election With South America's Future On The Line Brazilians began voting earlier this morning in a statistically tied presidential election, with incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva holding a narrow polling lead over right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Election results are expected later this evening, and the race is likely headed for a runoff later this month. Lula and Bolsonaro are effectively deadlocked in a potential runoff. The latest AtlasIntel poll puts Lula at 47.6% against Bolsonaro's 47.4%, while Datafolha showed the incumbent ahead 47% to 46%. Quaest has Bolsonaro at 44% against Lula's 42%, within its two-point margin of error. However, Polymarket bettors see a clearer favorite, giving Bolsonaro a 63.3% chance of winning versus 37% for Lula as of early Sunday morning. Polls close nationwide at 5 p.m. Brazil time, or 4 p.m. in New York. Brazil's electronic voting system allows counting to begin immediately, with the electoral court expected to deliver a definitive result between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Brazil time. The race will determine whether Brazil continues down its destructive socialist path or cements what could be a once-in-a-generation political shift across ... Continue Reading »

French Feminist Convicted Of The Crime Of "Public Insult" For Refusing To Call Transgender Mayor A "Woman" Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Dora Moutot is a feminist who has dedicated much of her life to fighting for women's rights and has built a following on social media. Like other feminists, Moutot does not view transgender women the same as biological women. She has now joined others who are facing criminal charges for expressing those views. Transgender advocates have demanded that she be punished for her views in France. Moutot recounted how transgender activists demanded that she be more "inclusive" in how she referred to "women." She refused, and explained that "being a woman is a biological fact and that I didn't think saying so should be controversial." She was immediately denounced as a "transphobe and a TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist), a term I'd never even heard before." What followed was all too familiar. A cancel campaign led to her brand partnerships being canceled. In 2022, she was invited on a French TV program to discuss transgender issues with Marie Cau, France's first transgender mayor. On the program, she was asked if ... Continue Reading »

"We Don't Need To Sell The Story Anymore": Nuclear Wins The Argument At WNA 2026... Now Everyone Is Racing For Bronze For most of the 2010s, the annual World Nuclear Association symposium in London was an exercise in group therapy: an industry reeling from Fukushima, German shutdowns and a seven-year uranium bear market, explaining to an indifferent world why it deserved to exist. Not anymore. This year's gathering (Sept 9-11) drew a record crowd: attendance was up 17% from last year per BofA, with more than 1,000 delegates from 50 countries and 35 new WNA members. And the mood had changed completely. As Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel put it during his fireside chat: "We don't need to sell the [nuclear] story anymore, we just need to convert it to action." CIBC analyst Anita Soni, who also attended, summed up the three days the same way: "nuclear energy has largely won the policy and market acceptance debate, with attention now turning to execution at scale." The question is no longer whether the world builds reactors, but whether anyone can build them on time and on budget. On that front, the industry's track record ... Continue Reading »

Why Apartments In Tokyo Are So Much Cheaper Than In NYC Authored by Julia R. Cartwright via The Daily Economy, Imagine it's January in New York and you're sharing a tiny apartment with two roommates. The walls are crumbling around you, and there's a hole in your bedroom wall big enough to see outside. Every time it rains or snows, water drips into your room. You call your landlord to fix it over and over again, but nothing happens. Tokyo apartment building by night. CAPTAINHOOK via Shutterstock.This is reality for many New Yorkers. This degradation is the predictable result of decades of housing policy that has kept supply scarce and left rent-regulated buildings to decay. Many people blame it on big-city life, but lessons from Tokyo show us that it doesn't have to be that way. Tokyo Metropolis is home to about 14.27 million people, far more than New York City's roughly 8.5 million. Yet renting in a city not quite twice the size costs a fraction of what it does in the biggest city in the US. In the mid-1990s, a one-bedroom apartment in Tokyo cost about the same as one in ... Continue Reading »

Black Smoke Reported Over Critical Aramco Refinery As Saudis Weigh Major Assault On Houthi Rebels Unverified reports and footage circulating on X early Saturday morning appear to show smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Riyadh refinery. The cause and any impact on operations remain unclear. Separately, Axios reports that Saudi Arabia is preparing a major offensive against Iran-backed Houthis in the coming days. President Trump's comments last week that a bombing campaign against Tehran could resume after the midterm elections add to signs that the Gulf conflict remains far from any near-term resolution. Turkish news outlet Türkiye Today cites NASA's FIRMS satellite monitoring system, which shows higher-intensity VIIRS thermal hits across Aramco's Riyadh refinery, one of Saudi Arabia's most important refining assets, with a capacity of about 130,000 barrels a day. Open-source intelligence (OSINT) accounts on X are sharing footage of what may be Iran-backed Houthi attacks on the refinery. No official word yet on why thick black plumes of smoke are rising from multiple locations at the refinery. More unconfirmed close-up footage showcasing the ongoing fire inside Saudi ARAMCO Riyadh Refinery, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia.https://t.co/m4ITAHGBy0 pic.twitter.com/BMOGtYrtws — Hexagone Intel (@osinthexagone) October 3, 2026 ⚡️BREAKING: ... Continue Reading »

IRS Takes Aim At AQR's Tax-Slashing "Holy Grail", Warns Crackdown May Be Retroactive For three years Wall Street's hottest product wasn't a stock, a sector or even an AI trade - it was losing money. Specifically, losing it in a very precise, very engineered way so that the "losses" could be handed to the IRS while the portfolio itself kept compounding. But now the taxman has finally noticed. On Monday, Treasury and the IRS released Notice 2026-62 and Revenue Ruling 2026-20, a double-barreled warning shot at the "tax alpha" industry. Among the targets: strategies that help wealthy clients harvest losses to shelter ordinary income - the salaries, bonuses and wages taxed at the highest rates - a niche best known through AQR's Delphi Plus, the flagship of what is now the world's largest hedge fund, Bloomberg reports. The punchline, and the part that should be making some family offices sweat: the IRS said any guidance it ultimately publishes "could apply retroactively" to transactions that already took place. What the IRS is going after The notice reads like a greatest-hits album of structured tax trades. According to the text, Treasury is studying (and may ... Continue Reading »

Multi-Million Dollar TRICARE Fraud Bought A Gold-Plated Cybertruck And Casino Parties Authored by Austin Campbell via Task & Purpose, Millions of dollars spent on casino-themed parties, expensive hotels and a gold-plated Cybertruck. It sounds like the spending spree of a character from The Wolf of Wall Street. Instead, federal prosecutors say the absurd spending was financed by a 64-year-old mental health clinic owner named Kevin Darnell Curry. Curry, who owned and operated Acuity TMS of Plano, Acuity TMS of Fort Worth and Emerald Coast TMS of Fort Walton Beach, was convicted of submitting roughly $26 million in fraudulent claims to TRICARE, which paid out approximately $17 million. These clinics, which offered transcranial magnetic stimulation or TMS, operated in areas with substantial military populations. His Fort Walton Beach clinic sat in the same Florida Panhandle military community as Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field, while his Fort Worth operation was near Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth. A third clinic operated in Plano, north of Dallas, Texas. The scheme involved an unknown number of active duty service members, veterans and military family members covered by TRICARE, though the indictment did not ... Continue Reading »

Victorian Doctors Seek Answers From OpenAI And Governments Over Medicare Breach Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times, The Australian Medical Association (AMA) Victorian branch has called on OpenAI and the Victorian and federal governments to explain how they will protect patient health data following a security incident in which an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to a Medicare statistics portal. The ChatGPT app is displayed on a phone alongside a medicare card in Melbourne, Australia on Sept. 24, 2026. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty ImagesWhile the doctors' group noted that no personal information appears to have been accessed, AMA Victoria President Dr Simon Judkins asked, "What happens next time if an AI agent gains access to a system containing sensitive clinical information?" Judkins said the breach raised serious questions for doctors and patients. "Confidentiality remains absolutely critical to maintaining a trusted relationship between a doctor and their patient, and increasingly that depends on the security of the digital systems we use every day," he said. "Patients and doctors need confidence that unauthorized access will be detected quickly and reported immediately ... Why did it take nearly three months for Australian authorities to be notified?" Prime Minister ... Continue Reading »

11 Million US Workers May Need To Switch Careers By 2035 This month has made it very clear how AI doom narratives are promoted in an information operation through public relations firms, billionaires, and endless streams of climate-like doom corporate media headlines. These efforts aim to shape public opinion about AI and push for tighter regulation, giving those at the top of frontier labs moats.  The headlines have ranged from claims that AI will take tens of millions of jobs to, more recently, Bill Gates warning that AI could "cause a billion deaths" as he calls for regulation. But like Gates' climate predictions, much of the doomerism seems to be hyped up.  As for the AI jobs-apocalypse narrative, it may be overblown. A new report by McKinsey & Co. suggests AI could force roughly 11 million US workers to change occupations by 2035 - or about 7% of the current workforce. McKinsey describes the labor market disruption as more of a transitional period for working-class folks in low-skilled jobs rather than an outright jobs apocalypse. However, six out of seven affected workers could face income loss. "Job opportunities can be abundant and yet leave millions of workers without ... Continue Reading »

Chinese Hackers Impersonate Former White House Official In Attempt To Steal US AI Policy Secrets Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, Chinese-linked hackers have allegedly been impersonating American artificial intelligence experts, including a former White House official, in a targeted cyberespionage campaign aimed at obtaining sensitive information about U.S. AI policymaking. Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint revealed Thursday that a hacking group it identifies as TA419 has been attempting to steal passwords from individuals at American and Japanese think tanks, defense contractors, universities and law firms since at least 2025. Proofpoint attributed the activity to Chinese hackers based on the malware, infrastructure and targeting patterns associated with the attacks, which the company said align with Beijing's intelligence priorities. The latest operation involved fraudulent emails appearing to originate from prominent AI and national security experts, including Lynne Parker, former principal deputy director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The messages typically invited recipients to participate in AI-related projects or collaborations before directing them to fraudulent websites designed to steal login credentials. Among those targeted was Alex Engler, a former White House official who now leads the Penn Center on Media, Technology, and ... Continue Reading »

Minnesota Might Hand Republicans A Senate Upset Nobody Predicted Democrats entered this year's midterms aiming to flip Senate seats in Maine, North Carolina, Alaska, and Ohio, and hold Georgia and Michigan. With the national mood really riding against the GOP, they see opportunities in Texas and Iowa as well. But things appear to be changing. That Democrats plan to flip the Senate assumed they wouldn't lose any seats they currently hold. Michigan is potentially winnable for the GOP after Democrats in the state nominated Abdul El-Sayed, but now another reliably blue state has landed on the defensive side of the ledger, forcing Democrats to defend a seat in a blue state they have held for nearly two decades. Republican Michele Tafoya trails Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan by less than 2 points in the RealClearPolitics polling average of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, a gap that sits inside the margin of error. If the environment were as poisonous for Republicans as it is believed to be, this election wouldn't be on anyone's radar. Instead, it has become a true contest, and that raises a question the party would rather avoid: how ... Continue Reading »

25 States Ask Supreme Court To End Maine's 72-Hour Gun-Purchase Wait A Montana-led coalition of 24 state attorneys general and the Arizona Legislature is urging the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Maine's three-day waiting period for gun purchases. Under Maine's law, a seller can't hand over a firearm until 72 hours after the buyer and seller agree to the sale. The wait runs even if the buyer's background check clears right away. A gun bought at noon Monday can't go home with its owner before noon Thursday. The law exempts some buyers and sales, including law enforcement and security personnel, dealers, certain family transfers, antique firearms, and sales that don't require a background check. Sellers who break it face civil fines of $200 to $500 for a first violation and $500 to $1,000 after that. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced the coalition's friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday. It was filed September 28 in Beckwith v. Frey, a case brought by gun owners and businesses, and argues that the waiting period violates the Second Amendment even for buyers who have already passed a background check. The challengers asked the Supreme Court to take ... Continue Reading »