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Britain faces a finely balanced choice over whether to follow the EU in imposing tariffs on Chinese EVs.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were lower on Thursday as investors faced more pressure from rising Treasury yields and elevated oil prices.

Major League Baseball proposed a return to a shorter 154-game regular season schedule as it attempts to convince players to approve a salary cap.

Starbucks has reportedly been working with advisers on a takeover proposal for Chipotle, but a potential deal comes with pros and cons for investors.

Traders digested comments from a top Federal Reserve official while awaiting another long-dated bond auction.

OpenAI has told investors that it hit roughly $50 billion in annualized revenue at the end of September, CNBC confirmed.

A conversation about the biggest financial scandal in football history.

A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.

A report by the secretary-general warned that new technologies could be used to access and criminalize people’s innermost thoughts.

Anger about classroom overcrowding, teacher shortages and broken-down buildings has boiled over in recent weeks, and threatens to coalesce into broader grievances in a heated political season.

Starting with the British leader at age 18, she traveled the world with him. “I was terrified of him,” she later recalled.

Mass protests over decrepit schools and absent teachers are in their third week, with more planned. Officials have failed so far to quell a movement drawing many adult supporters.

Vice President JD Vance singled out the tech firm as he and other officials accused an array of companies and universities of abusing the visa system.

A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.

Welcome to the postliterate era.

Anger about classroom overcrowding, teacher shortages and broken-down buildings has boiled over in recent weeks, and threatens to coalesce into broader grievances in a heated political season.

The aircraft carrier, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off.

What to make of the president’s uptick in profanity?

Mass protests over decrepit schools and absent teachers are in their third week, with more planned. Officials have failed so far to quell a movement drawing many adult supporters.

Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores face a new US charge over alleged torture.

Several cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to shut in Johannesburg's Soweto and coastal city of Durban.

The British government says it will retain its presence in occupied East Jerusalem after Israel removed its consulate.

UN says fighting has displaced more than 200,000 people in five weeks.

As Israeli settlers harvest olives on Palestinian land, farmers face growing violence and loss of an ancient tradition.

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are destroying olive trees.

India's opposition and student-led CJP movement demand election chief's resignation, plan mass demonstration Saturday.

Seven medical professionals face calls for 12-year prison sentences in trial over Argentina icon Diego Maradona's death.

The damage, documented in a Congressional Budget Office report, comes as Trump faces criticism over war's cost.

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca claims players unfazed by financial breaches verdict ahead of Liverpool showdown.

Honoured for his artistic resilience, Ali Abu Yasin continued writing for theatre amid the rubble.

Hurricane Isaias live updates: Gulf Coast braces for dangerous storm  CNNHurricane Isaias tracker: Category 1 storm expected to strengthen before making landfall along Gulf Coast; evacuations ordered in Alabama and Florida  YahooFlorida, Panhandle counties prepare for Isaias with evacuations, shelters  WPECTampa Bay sandbag locations open as areas could see minor coastal flooding due to Hurricane Isaias  Bay News 9Weekend of rain coming for Nashville as Isaias moves inland  Axios

S&P 500, Nasdaq end lower as crude prices jump, chip stocks weigh  ReutersSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News

Genre-defying Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature  ReutersWhere to start with: Anne Carson  The GuardianCanada celebrates 'serendipitous' cultural moment as Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature  YahooCanadian author Anne Carson wins literature Nobel for ‘bold and inventive’ works that blend genres  The Boston GlobeAnne Carson’s Seductive Strangeness  The Atlantic

The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud  AP NewsU.S. suspends Microsoft, Adobe from green card labor program in foreign worker crackdown  CNBCTrump administration bars Microsoft from green card program, citing H-1B visa abuse  QuartzH-1B visas aren't suspended. Here's what Vance is really targeting  AxiosTrump presents national medal to Microsoft CEO after suspending its H-1B visas  Fortune

At least 30 dead in Russian bus strike as Moscow closes in on Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’  The Washington PostRussian strike on buses kills at least 30, say officials, as deadly attacks on Ukraine surge  BBCStrike on Ukrainian public buses leaves at least 30 dead as blackouts worsen in Kyiv  KCCIMore killed in Kramatorsk as Russia targets Ukraine’s transportation system  Al JazeeraRussian strikes kill at least 34 in Ukraine, disrupt power grid  Yahoo

Trump: Anyone saying "AI" is "THE ENEMY!" The White House uses it  AxiosTrump says anyone who does not refer to AI as ‘super intelligence’ is ‘THE ENEMY'  PoliticoTrump makes it clear his power is becoming entwined with AI  The GuardianEXCLUSIVE: Trump AI task force leaders to meet on Thursday, vice chair says  ReutersFive Ways to Make the New AI Task Force a Success  Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Arizona House candidate says she was raped while out fixing campaign signs  The Washington PostSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News

Martin and Debra Robinson, the brothers’ parents, will address the court before a Mexican judge hands down the verdictA Mexican judge is expected to hand down his verdict Thursday in the high-profile murder trial of three men accused of killing two Australian surfers and their American friend in 2024.Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33 respectively, and their friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Pacific coast when they were shot dead in Baja California state in an alleged robbery. Continue reading...

Aircraft carrier decked out in blue, white and red made its way to port after 260 days at sea led to mental health crisis that made global headlinesThousands turn out to welcome weary USS Lincoln sailorsSign up for the US Breaking News emailDonald Trump has urged James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in the US Senate race in Texas, to debate Ken Paxton – Republican attorney general that the president has endorsed in the election.On Truth Social, Trump described Paxton as “ready, willing, and able” to take on Talarico – the 37-year-old state representative who has been leading in several polls.In Georgia, Jon Ossoff, the Democratic incumbent will face off against Mike Collins – a congressman and the Trump-backed Republican nominee at 7pm ET.At the same time in Michigan, progressive insurgent Abdul El-Sayed, will debate Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee also endorsed by the president.Finally, it’s the second debate in Maine in as many days. Susan Collins, the five-term Republican incumbent will spar (again) with the Democratic nominee, Troy Jackson, at 8pm ET. Continue reading...

Free-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programmeA survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has discovered that the once endangered species is thriving.A population of Aldabra giant tortoises lives on an island in Seychelles called Aldabra Atoll. Continue reading...

Military families admit ‘mixed emotions’ as aircraft carrier finally returns to San Diego after grueling deployment that took severe tollUSS Lincoln arrives at San Diego base – live updatesBy 4am on Thursday, the sky still pitch black, 19-year-old Pvt Grayden Monroe and his mom had arrived to the naval base in San Diego, California, the very first military family members huddled on a set of metal bleachers overlooking the dark water. They were waiting for Monroe’s 21-year-old sister to step off the USS Abraham Lincoln, the embattled aircraft carrier that has been at sea for the better part of a year.Monroe, a soldier stationed at Fort Campbell, was wearing his army uniform for the occasion. “I hope she’s proud of me,” he said of his sister, “and I hope she knows damn well that I’m just as proud of her.” Continue reading...

Rally to remember woman, 87, whose rent battle with investment firm triggered nationwide protests over housing crisisAbout 20,000 people took part in a march through the centre of Madrid on Thursday evening in memory of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her flat in the capital a fortnight before her death triggered mass protests over Spain’s housing crisis.The pensioner, whose flat had been bought by an investment firm that sought to increase her rent by 230%, had become the public face of the crisis before her death in hospital on Wednesday night. Continue reading...

Eric Deters says US ambassador to Greece asked him to pay off American Express credit card bill in return for accessA Trump donor accused Kimberly Guilfoyle, the US ambassador to Greece and Trump family ally, of engaging in a “quid pro quo” by asking him to pay off her $100,000 debt in exchange for access to administration officials.Eric Deters, a former congressional candidate and lawyer, told MS Now on Thursday that Guilfoyle had “ambushed” him last year with an offer to provide access to government officials if he paid her American Express credit card bill, before her US Senate confirmation hearing as ambassador to Greece. Continue reading...

Residents in areas from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Florida urged to ‘evacuate if told to do so’Millions of people from Louisiana to Florida are under hurricane warnings on Thursday as Hurricane Isaias heads toward the US Gulf coast, with weather officials warning of dangerous storm surge, hurricane-force winds, heavy rainfall and flooding.Isaias intensified from a tropical storm into the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season on Wednesday night, and has prompted state of emergency declarations in Florida, Alabama and Georgia, as well as evacuation orders and school closures in several Florida counties as officials urge residents to prepare for its arrival. Continue reading...

Enzo Maresca says his players "don't care too much about the noise" surrounding Manchester City over the 115 Premier League charges.

Gianni Infantino's chances of being re-elected as Fifa president appear to have been given a major boost as Victor Montagliani wants to remain as Concacaf chief.

Hundreds have pitched their tents in central Madrid, while the Spanish prime minister has called a snap election.

Oil shipments have slowed in the face of Iranian attacks after President Donald Trump celebrated restored flows. Such a level of violence has not been seen for months.

The administration signed a $1.5 billion agreement with Zambia, but only after being forced to abandon controversial data-sharing and resource-access provisions.