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HealthOct 29The Expensive Mistake You're Making During Open Enrollment | Money Moves with Jill SchlesingerIt's open enrollment season, gang! If you're anything like producer Emma, choosing your healthcare plan and benefits might make your head spin. Good news: Jill and Mark are breaking down everything you need to know when choosing a plan.CBS News
PoliticsOct 29How corruption became a top voter issue in the US midtermsDemocrats are betting voters will connect alleged White House self-dealing with their own financial strugglesFinancial Times
BusinessOct 29Alphabet earnings miss reflects first real sign that AI is taking a bite out of searchWall Street hammered Alphabet for an earnings miss that included weaker-than-expected revenue out of the company's core business.CNBC
Sci & TechOct 29Key oddity of quantum physics may run even deeper than anticipatedQuantum mechanics stands out by being probabilistic and a new analysis suggests that this property can be traced unexpectedly deep into the theory’s mathematical foundationsNew Scientist
WorldOct 29Sneak peek: Jade Benning's Final CallALL NEW: How a phone call from a dying woman became a crucial piece of evidence when a date night turned deadly. "48 Hours" correspondent Natalie Morales reports Saturday, Oct. 31 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.CBS News
WorldOct 29Five minutes to doomsday: US and world leaders’ scary talk of looming disasterThe Hill
PoliticsOct 29Nobody should attend funerals of farmers who take their own lives: MLA Sanjay GaikwadAn MLA has stated that funerals of farmers who commit suicide should not be attended, which is a controversial position regarding a sensitive social issue.The Hindu
DisasterOct 29Hong Kong Leader Apologizes for Deadly Apartment Building FireJohn Lee, the city’s chief executive, said his housing secretary would step down, but he vehemently defended the government.NYT World
PoliticsOct 29Tunisian journalist sentenced to four years in jail on terrorism chargesInternational journalism organisations have condemned Zied el-Heni's conviction on terrorism offenses saying its an escalation of Tunisia's assault on the press.Africanews [en]
PoliticsOct 29The mayor of Pilar, Federico Achaval, will be investigated for attempting to keep a property where a vaccination center operatedThis was ordered by Chamber IV of the Federal Court of Cassation, composed of judges Javier Carbajo, Gustavo Hornos, and Mariano Borinsky, which granted the appeal presented by businessman Mateo Corvo Dolcet. This revoked the dismissal of the case ordered by Judge Gonzalez Charvay.Clarín
ConflictOct 29REPLAY: French anti-terrorism prosecutor gives press conference on racist attackFrance 24 [en]
WorldOct 29Here’s the latest.This article indicates it will provide the latest updates on an unspecified situation. Its significance cannot be determined without further content.NYT US
PoliticsOct 29Alert for upcoming protests no higher than before says interior ministerPiantedosi confident in law-enforcement's ability to 'manage even the unpredictable'ANSA [en]
ConflictOct 29The Week In Russia: Tensions, Talks, And 'Terror'Serbian voters dealt a blow to Moscow, while a spike in tensions with Kyiv raised questions ahead of the expected resumption of trilateral talks on an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Prospects for progress are deeply clouded by doubts about the Kremlin’s intentions and differences on major issues including territory in the Donbas.RFE/RL
ConflictOct 29Nineteen-year-old woman on night out dies after masked gunmen open fire outside Australian pubThe Independent World
PoliticsOct 29France reclaims title as Europe's champion of tax and social chargesNew data shows that France has the EU's highest tax burden at 46 percent of GDP, while its national debt continues to grow. Amid new street protests over lack of education funding and falling purchasing power, the government is proposing a meagre hike in the minimum wage. Also in this edition: US tech giants see their shares diverge as the AI boom pushes massive capital expenditures.France 24 [en]
PoliticsOct 2910 US states to vote on data centre development on election day amid oppositionVoters in 10 US states will decide on election day whether to curb data centre development in their communities, as the rapid buildout needed to power the AI boom stirs local opposition. Resistance is especially visible in Ohio, one of the country’s fastest-growing data centre markets. No state has more data ‌centre-related ballot measures, with voters in more than a dozen jurisdictions set to consider 21 proposals alongside Tuesday’s midterm elections, according to the non-partisan research...South China Morning Post
MilitaryOct 29Defense Business Brief: Tech at the edge; PACFLEET talks cyber; and moreDefense One
PoliticsOct 29PMK welcomes Tamil Nadu Cabinet nod for Social Justice Survey, urges early startIn a statement, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss said the survey had been a 47-year-long aspiration of the party and was necessary to safeguard Tamil Nadu’s 69% reservation systemThe Hindu
PoliticsOct 29Serbia’s Public Broadcaster RTS Faces Uncertainty as Director-General ResignsSpeculation is mounting over who will run Serbia’s public broadcaster RTS after its director-general Manja Grcic acceded to Student List demands and resigned on Wednesday evening.Balkan Insight
ConflictOct 29Melania Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire clings on as humanitarian aid arrivesA six-day ceasefire in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky continues to hold as humanitarian aid is expected to arrive on FridayThe Independent World
DisasterBreakingOct 29Protests erupt in Spain after train crash kills dozensNBC News
ConflictOct 29NATO’s Black Sea nations decry Ukraine war spillover endangering commercial ship trafficThe meeting signals a coordinated approach by the three NATO littoral states to the growing risks to commercial shipping and maritime infrastructure arising from the Russia-Ukraine war.Defense News
DisasterOct 29What we know about Spain’s second high-speed rail tragedy this yearAl Jazeera [en]