Anthropic filed for an initial public offering, moving the maker of Claude closer to a possible public listing as early as November. The offering could test investor demand for AI companies and the infrastructure behind them amid questions about when AI investments will generate returns.
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Anthropic said its shares will list on the Nasdaq.
The company filed confidentially with the Securities and Exchange Commission in June.
OpenAI filed confidentially for an IPO just over a week after Anthropic.
The offering could rank Anthropic among the world’s largest publicly traded companies.
Investor interest in the IPO may also signal demand for data center builders, chipmakers and other AI infrastructure companies.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for slowing AI development while also arguing for continued development.
Amodei said the rapid pace of technological growth should serve as a warning sign.
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Algeria’s parliament has approved a proposed troop deployment to Niger, which would be its first foreign deployment since it sent forces to Egypt in 1973. The troops are expected to protect energy facilities, but Algeria has not announced their number or deployment date.
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Niger is seeking support against armed groups, including groups linked to al-Qaeda or Islamic State.
Algeria’s upper house approved the proposal, with 148 of 174 senators voting in favour, according to AFP; the lower house also backed it.
The deployment would use a 2020 constitutional provision that allows Algeria to send troops overseas.
Algeria and Niger are rebuilding relations after Niger recalled its ambassador to Algiers in 2025.
Algeria has economic interests in Niger, including a planned gas pipeline to carry Nigerian gas through Niger to Algeria.
Algeria’s state-owned energy company, Sonatrach, agreed with Niger’s petroleum ministry to explore for oil in the Kafra region.
Algeria donated four military helicopters to Niger in August and sent fighter jets to help suppress a coup attempt, according to the article.
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Anthropic has publicly filed to list on the U.S. stock market under the symbol ANT. Its audited filings are expected to provide the first public view of the AI company’s finances amid speculation about its valuation and the prospects for an AI bubble.
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Anthropic is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2021.
The company makes the Claude chatbot, which can generate text and perform coding and cybersecurity tasks.
CEO Dario Amodei founded Anthropic after leaving OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.
Analysts and investors have valued Anthropic at more than $1.5 trillion.
The company has clashed with the Trump administration over the use of its products in warfare.
The administration designated Anthropic a supply chain risk, preventing military agencies from contracting with it.
Anthropic has challenged the designation.
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Israeli forces have displaced more than 3,000 Palestinians in Hebron during a military operation that includes a citywide lockdown, arrests, home demolitions and road closures, according to Palestinian officials and the article. Israeli leaders have linked the operation to tactics used in Jenin, while human rights groups and a UN office have raised concerns about the effects of similar operations on Palestinian residents.
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Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin said 488 families, totaling 3,171 people, had been displaced across the governorate.
Hebron Mayor Yousef al-Jabari said 3,043 displaced people came from within the city.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society reported that Israeli forces detained at least 71 people over four days.
The article says Israeli forces have demolished homes, factories and roads, blocked roads, raided homes and used some evacuated homes as military facilities.
The operation began after two Israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting near Hebron, according to the article.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said they intended to apply the Jenin camp model in Hebron.
The article says the 2025 operation in Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarem killed at least 102 people, displaced more than 33,000 and destroyed over half of residential buildings.
A recent UN Human Rights Office report said actions at the three camps appeared to amount to collective punishment and raised concerns of ethnic cleansing.
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Attorney General Todd Blanche defended a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to prevent possible confusion in Alaska’s Senate race over the name Dan Sullivan. CBS News contributor David Becker discussed the case.
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Todd Blanche is the attorney general who defended the lawsuit.
The Justice Department filed the lawsuit as a preventive measure.
The lawsuit alleges possible voter confusion in Alaska’s Senate race.
The name at issue is Dan Sullivan.
CBS News contributor David Becker weighed in on the lawsuit.
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A NORAD F-16 intercepted a civilian plane that entered restricted airspace near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday. The jet used a standard “headbutt maneuver” to get the pilot’s attention; the pilot then followed instructions and left the restricted area safely.
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NORAD said the interception happened at about 12:20 p.m. ET.
The F-16 flew closely in front of the civilian plane to gain the pilot’s attention.
The plane had entered a Temporary Flight Restriction over the area.
The pilot communicated with the military jet and steered the plane out of restricted airspace in compliance with instructions.
NORAD said federal authorities could meet the pilot after landing and take enforcement action.
Trump was in West Palm Beach to vote in Florida’s midterm election and later traveled to Georgia for a campaign rally.
NORAD reported similar interceptions near Trump campaign rallies in Clemson, South Carolina, and Cincinnati, Ohio, earlier in the month.
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CBS News polling ahead of the midterm elections shows Democrats with a slight edge in the race to control the House of Representatives. President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama are campaigning in battleground states, including Michigan, according to the headline and report description.
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CBS News polling gives Democrats a slight edge in House races.
The elections discussed are the upcoming midterms.
President Donald Trump is campaigning in battleground states.
Former President Barack Obama is also campaigning in battleground states.
The article headline identifies Michigan as a state where Trump and Obama are campaigning.
CBS News reporter Nikole Killion reports on the polling and campaign events.
Ravi Gupta, a former Obama administration official, discusses the latest polling.
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Singer Chris Brown received an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, at Southwark Crown Court in London. He had admitted affray over a 2023 nightclub attack in which he hit Abraham Diaw with a bottle.
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Brown, 37, was sentenced on Monday at Southwark Crown Court.
The attack happened at Tape, a private members' club in London's Mayfair neighborhood, in 2023.
Brown admitted affray earlier this year.
The court heard that Brown hit Abraham Diaw with a heavy bottle.
Brown's eight-month prison term was suspended for 12 months.
Co-defendant and vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu received a four-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.
Judge Tony Baumgartner said the attack was dangerous and risked causing more serious injury.
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Israelis are scheduled to vote on Tuesday. The article says several candidates hope to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the provided text does not name them or give further details.
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Israeli voters are scheduled to head to the polls on Tuesday.
Benjamin Netanyahu is identified as Israel’s prime minister.
Several candidates are seeking to unseat Netanyahu.
The article describes the candidates as frontrunners.
The provided article text does not identify any candidates.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff with 51.79% of valid votes, reversing a first-round deficit of about 2.2 million votes to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. The article attributes Lula’s comeback to renewed grassroots organizing, youth mobilization and a shift toward digital campaigning.
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Lula received 64.26 million votes, or 51.79% of valid ballots; Bolsonaro received 59.83 million, or 48.21%.
In the October 4 first round, Bolsonaro won 47.03% and Lula won 45.16%.
Runoff turnout was 80.8%, up from 78.92% in the first round.
Young supporters organized online and mobilized in person after Bolsonaro led the first round.
Lula’s campaign shifted toward digital outreach and grassroots organizing after the first round.
Bolsonaro refused to concede and called for the runoff result to be annulled after voting was extended by two hours.
Both campaigns had requested the extension, citing transport disruptions and severe weather.
A professor quoted in the article said Bolsonaro’s legal arguments appeared weak, in part because his own campaign had requested the extension.
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Voter roll-off occurs when fewer people vote in races lower on the ballot than in major contests at the top. The article says this gap is a normal feature of elections and asks whether it could affect this year’s outcome.
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Voter roll-off is the difference in votes cast between top-of-ticket and lower-ballot races.
Top-of-ticket races typically receive slightly more votes than races lower on the ballot.
The article raises the possibility that voter roll-off could influence who wins this year’s election.
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Jacinda Ardern will join the University of Sydney this month as a lecturer and mentor, focusing on empathetic leadership, social cohesion and civic trust. The role includes guest lectures, masterclasses and mentoring, but is not full time.
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Ardern will be based in the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health.
Her work will also examine global health challenges, equity, inclusion and wellbeing.
Ardern said she has focused on leadership since leaving office and on supporting leaders who can address global challenges.
University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott said students would learn from Ardern’s experience in public leadership and service.
Ardern retired from politics in January 2023 after more than five years as New Zealand prime minister and Labour Party leader.
She led New Zealand through the Christchurch terrorist attack, the Whakaari volcanic eruption and the Covid pandemic.
Ardern, her husband Clarke Gayford and their daughter moved to Sydney earlier this year and bought a home in the northern beaches for $5.3 million.
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Pakistan has partially resumed cargo movement at the Gabd-Rimdan and Taftan crossings with Iran after suspending traffic on October 17 over security concerns. Officials say some Pakistani exports and Iranian goods already loaded before the closure are moving, while Iran says Pakistan’s import paperwork changes are preventing new cargo shipments.
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Pakistan suspended cargo traffic at the Gabd-Rimdan and Taftan crossings on October 17, citing security risks.
Trade partially resumed over the weekend, according to the president of the Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Border officials cleared consignments dated October 16 or earlier, goods truck association officials said.
Pakistani exports crossing into Iran included rice, potatoes, bananas and retail goods.
Trucks loaded in Iran before the suspension, including some carrying liquefied petroleum gas, were entering Pakistan slowly.
Iranian Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam said changes to Pakistan’s E-Form import procedure were preventing traders from dispatching cargo to Pakistan.
Pakistan said the suspension was prompted by worsening security in Balochistan; gunmen attacked trucks near the Gabd crossing on Thursday.
The Pakistani military said operations around Gabd and Gwadar killed 10 attackers; one civilian also died.
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The UK government is considering incentives for carmakers to install vehicle-to-grid technology as part of a review of its zero-emission vehicle mandate. The technology lets electric cars send electricity to the grid or a home, but campaign groups warn that credits for installing it could let manufacturers sell more petrol cars without meeting EV targets.
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Vehicle-to-grid technology can charge cars when electricity is cheap and return power to the grid when demand is high.
The government consultation proposed giving carmakers credits for selling cars with bidirectional charging; those credits could offset missed zero-emission vehicle targets.
The government is preparing to reduce electric-vehicle sales targets under the mandate.
Environmental groups estimate proposed changes to the mandate could lead to an additional 147 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2050.
New AutoMotive said manufacturers should receive credits only when drivers actually use the technology.
The Electric Vehicle Association England said few UK drivers currently use vehicle-to-grid or storage technology and questioned whether it has been tested at scale.
The National Energy System Operator estimates vehicle-to-grid cars could provide 1.2 gigawatts of on-demand power by 2030.
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Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning for Medicare for All in Michigan as support for the proposal grows among some Democratic candidates and voters. The article says the Trump administration’s health care cuts and high medical costs are adding urgency to the debate, while replacing private insurance with a government-run system still faces political and financial hurdles.
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El-Sayed held a campaign event in Escanaba, in Michigan’s rural Upper Peninsula.
El-Sayed’s campaign emphasizes reducing money in politics, putting money in people’s pockets, and establishing Medicare for All.
Democratic Senate candidates Troy Jackson in Maine and Angie Nixon in Florida have also backed Medicare for All; Senator Chris Van Hollen added it to his platform last December.
An October Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that two-thirds of Americans support Medicare for All.
The proposals described would make the federal government the nation’s health insurer through a single-payer system.
The article says the Republican-led One Big Beautiful Bill Act is expected to cause 17 million people to lose health insurance.
The article says the Trump administration’s health care cuts include $1 trillion in reductions, primarily to Medicaid.
The article identifies the replacement of private insurance and opposition to expanded government as major political hurdles for Medicare for All.
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Mitch Lawrence argues that security compliance rules have not kept pace with changing technologies and threats, and that meeting a checklist does not necessarily protect an organization. He calls for regular reviews of security standards that use threat information and technical expertise and weigh protection against cost.
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The article is an opinion piece by Mitch Lawrence.
The EPA reported in May 2024 that more than 70 percent of the community water systems it had inspected since September 2023 did not fully meet federal risk-assessment and emergency-planning requirements.
The EPA also identified cybersecurity weaknesses at some inspected water systems, including default passwords that had not been changed and shared staff logins.
Lawrence says emerging and changing technologies include artificial intelligence, drones, 5G, encryption, and quantum computing.
Lawrence argues that security programs can focus too much on meeting formal standards rather than reducing actual risks.
He says rigid requirements may impose costs on small contractors that are not suited to their specific risks.
Lawrence recommends reviewing standards more often, using threat intelligence and technical and operational security experts, and assessing both effectiveness and cost.
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Mitch McConnell warned that President Donald Trump’s latest effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war is certain to fail. McConnell said an approach that coddles Russian President Vladimir Putin and limits aid to Ukraine will not succeed.
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Mitch McConnell is a Republican senator from Kentucky and former Senate GOP leader.
McConnell criticized President Trump’s efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
McConnell said Trump’s approach coddles Russian President Vladimir Putin.
McConnell said limiting assistance to Kyiv will undermine the effort.
McConnell had been largely quiet on the war after Ukraine lost full access to satellite-based services.
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The article says Democrats have rarely turned perceptions of corruption in the opposing party into an electoral advantage. It attributes this difficulty to voters often viewing both parties, and politics itself, as corrupt.
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The article discusses whether corruption can help Democrats win elections.
It says it has seldom been easy for one party to benefit electorally from perceived corruption in the other party.
The article frames the claim in terms of American political history.
It says voters tend to see both major parties as corrupt.
It also says voters tend to view politics itself as corrupt.
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President Donald Trump plans to visit Mississippi to campaign for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, eight days before the midterm elections. Democrats see some opportunity in the reliably Republican state, and the Senate Majority PAC, which supports Democrats, announced a $1.2 million television ad buy there.
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Trump is scheduled to campaign in Mississippi for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
The visit comes eight days before the midterm elections.
Mississippi is described in the article as a reliably Republican state.
Democrats see a limited opportunity in the state.
The Democratic-aligned Senate Majority PAC announced plans to spend $1.2 million on television advertising in Mississippi.
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Medicare open enrollment has begun, and the article outlines changes beneficiaries may need to consider for 2027. It flags GLP-1 drug prices and higher deductibles as factors that could affect seniors’ costs, but the provided text gives no further details.
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The article focuses on Medicare beneficiaries and the 2027 plan year.
It says Medicare open enrollment has begun.
It identifies GLP-1 drug prices as a possible cost factor.
It identifies higher deductibles as a possible cost factor.
The article says several changes could affect seniors’ wallets.
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