In a France 24 interview about Israel’s election, Palestinian Israeli activist Ibrahim Abu Ahmad said public sentiment is shaped by fear and trauma. He said many people support an Arab-Jewish coalition, while political leaders are afraid to openly back one, and described such a partnership as important to democracy.
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Ibrahim Abu Ahmad appeared in an interview hosted by Erin Ogunkeye.
Abu Ahmad is described as a Palestinian Israeli political and peace activist.
He heads social media for Israel’s left-wing Democrats.
Abu Ahmad said fear and trauma shape the current mood in Israel.
He said many people want an Arab-Jewish coalition.
He said political leaders are afraid to express support for such a coalition.
Abu Ahmad framed Arab-Jewish partnership as a matter of democratic survival.
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Serbia’s Student List won a clear majority of parliamentary seats, and President Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat. The list grew out of a student-led protest movement that used university assemblies to choose candidates and organize opposition to alleged corruption after a railway-station canopy collapse killed 16 people in Novi Sad.
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A canopy at a renovated railway station in Novi Sad collapsed nearly two years ago, killing 16 people.
The collapse fueled student-led anti-corruption protests across Serbia.
Student assemblies, known as plenums, formed at universities occupied by demonstrators.
The assemblies used collective debate and majority votes to choose candidates for the Student List.
The Student List won the popular vote and a clear majority of parliamentary seats, according to the article.
Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary election.
The Student List is not a traditional opposition party.
The assemblies now face decisions about who will become prime minister and lead government ministries.
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Kalshi is adding protections for users aged 18 to 20. The measures include a $2,500 monthly deposit limit and automatic placement in special accounts with extra safeguards.
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Kalshi announced the changes in a press release Tuesday.
Users aged 18 to 20 will have a monthly deposit limit of $2,500.
Kalshi will automatically place users in this age group into special accounts.
The special accounts will include extra protections.
The article does not specify what other safeguards the accounts will include.
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Utah authorities say DNA evidence links Ted Bundy to the 1974 killing of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith. Investigators had treated Smith’s death as a cold case for more than 50 years; Bundy died in 1989.
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Authorities said they are satisfied Bundy killed Melissa Ann Smith.
Smith was 17 and disappeared in Utah in October 1974.
Deer hunters later found Smith’s bludgeoned body.
Bundy was executed in Florida in 1989 for the murders of two women at Florida State University’s Chi Omega sorority house.
A vial of Bundy’s blood, drawn in 1978, was found in Florida in 2011.
Investigators entered Bundy’s DNA profile into the FBI’s national database.
Utah authorities said in April that Bundy was responsible for the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime.
Authorities have linked at least 30 women’s and girls’ deaths to Bundy.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to unfreeze a Biden-era policy that let immigration judges temporarily pause deportation proceedings. The policy, known as administrative closure, gave judges discretion to pause cases while migrants sought humanitarian protections or other legal status in the United States.
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The Supreme Court declined to restore the policy on October 27, 2026.
The policy was adopted during the Biden administration.
The policy was known as administrative closure.
It allowed immigration judges to temporarily pause deportation proceedings.
Judges could use their discretion to decide whether to pause a case.
Migrants could seek humanitarian protections or other legal status while proceedings were paused.
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A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll found that 40% of Americans said their personal family finances had worsened over the past 12 months. Another 16% said their finances had improved.
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The poll asked about changes in personal family finances over the previous 12 months.
Forty percent said their finances had declined.
Sixteen percent said their finances had improved.
The poll was released shortly before November’s midterm elections.
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Researchers based in China developed Pinal, a protein-design tool that turns natural-language descriptions of desired functions into protein designs. The tool uses a two-step process, and its success rate for producing working proteins may be low; Hugging Face also announced a tool for DNA design using similar prompts.
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Many protein-design tools require users to specify technical details about amino acids and their positions.
Pinal was developed by a large collaboration of researchers based in China.
Pinal uses protein databases that link sequences to descriptions of their functions.
Pinal’s T2struct module translates a natural-language prompt into a structural blueprint.
Pinal builds a protein backbone and then selects amino acids to fill it in.
The article says users may need laboratory testing to identify successful designs among many failures.
Hugging Face announced that it is hosting a tool for DNA design that works in a similar way.
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Nicki Minaj appeared with Donald Trump at a Michigan rally on October 25 and urged support for Republican candidates ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. She has said she was finalizing citizenship paperwork, but has not publicly confirmed becoming a U.S. citizen; her voting eligibility therefore remains unclear.
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Minaj was born in Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and moved to the United States as a young child.
In a 2024 livestream, Minaj said, “I'm not a citizen of America.”
Minaj said in January 2026 that she was finalizing citizenship paperwork.
A White House spokesperson described the Trump Gold Card Minaj received as a memento, not a visa document.
Published accounts say Minaj has lawful permanent resident status.
Federal elections are limited to U.S. citizens, so permanent residency alone does not qualify someone to vote in them.
At the October 25 Michigan rally, Minaj praised Trump and said she would continue supporting him.
Speculation that Minaj might become White House press secretary followed a joking exchange aboard Air Force One; no appointment was announced.
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A viral grocery-store ad endorsing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed was first made for Cenk Uygur’s 2024 presidential campaign, according to the article. El-Sayed’s campaign said it had no connection to the ad, which criticizes U.S. aid to Israel and attacks Republican candidate Mike Rogers.
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Uygur, host of The Young Turks, shared the ad over the weekend; it had about 6.5 million views as of Tuesday.
Uygur said Rebellion PAC, a political action committee he co-founded, created the ad.
The grocery-store scene also appeared in an ad for Uygur’s unsuccessful 2024 Democratic presidential campaign.
The ad’s dialogue refers to $4 billion in annual U.S. aid to Israel and an additional $26 billion.
The article says the $26 billion figure matches a supplemental spending package enacted in April 2024; that package also included $9.15 billion for humanitarian assistance, including aid for Gaza.
An El-Sayed campaign spokesperson said the ad was not affiliated with the campaign and said El-Sayed has repeatedly condemned anti-Semitism.
A spokesperson for Rogers accused El-Sayed allies of spreading anti-Israel hate and said Rogers represents every Michigander.
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Democratic lawmakers called on Venezuela’s government to hold elections after opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to the country. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen described Machado’s return as “welcome news.”
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María Corina Machado recently returned to Venezuela after nearly a year in exile.
Democratic lawmakers urged the Venezuelan government to hold elections.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire is the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Shaheen called Machado’s return “welcome news” in a statement shared on X Monday.
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The article says the 2026 midterm election’s final votes will be cast in seven days. It notes that tens of millions of people have already voted and says Democrats need to flip four Republican-held Senate seats; the provided excerpt does not include polling-place closing times or result estimates.
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The article says the final votes in the 2026 midterms will be cast in seven days.
Tens of millions of voters have already cast ballots, according to the article.
Voters are casting ballots in Senate races.
Voters are casting ballots in House races.
The elections also include governor and state legislature races.
The article says Democrats need to flip four Republican-held Senate seats.
The provided excerpt does not state when polls close or when results are expected.
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The Des Moines Register’s editorial board endorsed Democrat Josh Turek over Republican Ashley Hinson in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race. The board cited Turek’s plans to address economic pressures on farmers and his criticism of President Donald Trump’s policies, while noting Hinson’s statements opposing the Iran war conflict with her votes against ending it.
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The Des Moines Register published its endorsement of Turek on Sunday.
The board said Turek was most likely to ease some pressures on Iowa agriculture.
Turek has pledged to urge President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran and stop disrupting markets for Iowa crop exports and farm inputs.
The Cook Political Report rates Iowa’s Senate race as a toss-up.
Hinson has called for an immediate end to the war in Iran, but voted four times this year against measures to end it immediately.
Turek has represented Carter Lake and part of Council Bluffs in the Iowa House since 2023.
Turek said on Facebook that he was grateful for the endorsement.
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Two Ghanaian twin brothers and a woman from Hawaii pleaded guilty to taking part in an international romance scam that stole $9 million from victims in the United States and Europe. The victims were often elderly people who were deceived by fake identities on dating sites and social media and persuaded to send money to accounts in Ghana.
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Jamal and Kamal Abubakari, both 22, and Amanda Joy Opoku-Boachie, 53, pleaded guilty.
The scam ran from July 2024 to April 2026, and victims collectively lost $9 million.
Many victims lived in Ohio, where the charges were filed; others lived in 24 additional U.S. states, Germany and Austria.
The defendants face up to 20 years in prison and are due to be sentenced next year.
The three agreed to forfeit jewellery seized by investigators, including watches, rings, chains and earrings.
U.S. authorities said the defendants used false identities to build romantic relationships and direct victims to transfer money to Ghanaian bank accounts.
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A Russian military court sentenced IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy to 13 years in prison for cryptocurrency transfers that prosecutors said supported Ukraine’s armed forces and the Azov battalion. Russian media reported that Binance supplied investigators with his transaction records; Belenkiy denied the charges, and his defense plans to appeal.
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The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced 49-year-old Belenkiy to three years in prison followed by 10 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
The court also fined Belenkiy 500,000 roubles, about $6,300.
RIA Novosti reported that Belenkiy made 15 cryptocurrency transfers worth more than 120,000 roubles, about $1,500, between August 2022 and March 2024.
Prosecutors said the transfers funded Ukraine’s armed forces and the Azov battalion, which Russia designates a terrorist organisation.
Reuters reviewed Russian law enforcement documents that said Binance provided investigators with Belenkiy’s transaction history and that the records helped prosecute him.
Belenkiy’s defense questioned whether the data came from Binance, and Belenkiy denied the charges.
Binance said it does not comment on confidential law enforcement requests or individual cases.
TASS reported that Belenkiy was detained in September last year while visiting Moscow and that his defense will appeal the verdict.
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Rain has brought temporary relief from wildfires in Indonesia, but underground peat fires continue to burn. Toxic haze has spread across Southeast Asia, leading to school closures and respiratory illnesses.
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Rain has offered brief relief from wildfires in Indonesia.
Underground peat fires in Indonesia continue to burn.
Toxic haze has spread across Southeast Asia.
The haze has led to school closures.
The haze has been linked to respiratory illnesses.
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President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio planned to visit Port Arthur, Texas, on Tuesday to view a tanker carrying Venezuelan crude for Texas refineries. Trump was also scheduled to campaign in Corpus Christi and Lubbock for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who is in a close race with Democrat James Talarico.
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The tanker carrying Venezuelan crude had arrived, according to a congressional aide and two U.S. officials.
The oil was intended for processing at Texas refineries.
The article’s headline says Venezuela sent Trump 1 million barrels of oil as a gift.
Trump planned to visit Port Arthur with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Trump had campaign rallies scheduled in Corpus Christi and Lubbock.
Trump was campaigning for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton.
Paxton was in a tight race against Democratic candidate James Talarico.
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UK MPs warned that replacing copper-wire landlines with internet-based phone services could leave people in remote areas unable to call for help during power cuts or storms. The government and phone operators say the switch is needed because the old network is becoming less reliable, and ministers say they will consider the concerns.
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Operators aim to complete the UK landline switchover by the end of January next year.
Traditional landlines can work during power cuts because they do not rely on mains electricity.
Digital landline services may stop working if a home loses power and its router backup battery runs out.
MPs from the Western Isles, the West Country and the Lake District raised concerns about weak mobile coverage and emergency access.
BT Openreach has supplied backup battery packs to vulnerable customers; MPs questioned whether the backup is sufficient.
Security minister Dan Jarvis said he would examine concerns and raise telecoms issues with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The government says providers must give vulnerable customers, including telecare users, a free backup battery unit.
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President Donald Trump said his administration will replace “AI” and “Artificial Intelligence” with “SI” and “Super Intelligence” in relevant federal documents. The White House says the change is intended to highlight the technology’s potential and U.S. leadership; it does not restrict AI development.
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Trump said on Truth Social that the administration would ban the terms “AI” and “Artificial Intelligence” in relevant documents and other materials.
The White House said Trump signed an executive order in September directing executive branch agencies to use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” instead.
White House spokesperson Liz Huston said the new terminology reflects the administration’s focus on innovation, economic growth and U.S. leadership.
Trump described “artificial intelligence” as an inaccurate name and said “Super Intelligence” better describes the technology.
The article says the terminology change does not slow or restrict development of the technology.
Researchers, policymakers and technology executives have raised concerns about possible job losses, misinformation, cybersecurity threats and loss of human control.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned in September that AI’s future could go badly if companies fail to maintain control as systems grow more powerful.
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Brazilian congressman Andre Janones helped Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign build a large WhatsApp following during the 2026 presidential runoff. His channel, Lula’s Army, grew from about 60,000 followers after the first round to nearly 11 million by election day, using frequent messages and simple tasks to encourage supporters to share campaign material and recruit others.
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Janones is a 42-year-old congressman from Minas Gerais who previously helped coordinate Lula’s digital campaign in 2022.
Lula thanked Janones at his victory celebration and called him “our general.”
Janones launched the WhatsApp channel Lula’s Army months before the runoff.
The channel had about 60,000 followers after the first round and nearly 11 million by election day.
Janones urged supporters to recruit friends, share campaign videos and promote hashtags.
The channel sent messages that followers could forward or react to, but not reply to.
Researchers described the approach as “electoral gamification,” using shared targets to involve supporters.
The article says Lula had finished behind Flavio Bolsonaro in the first round before winning the runoff.
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