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Politics
- Burnham sets November 20 Brussels summit to advance post-Brexit deals
  Oct 13, 2026
  Lithuania calls on EU to label Russia's military intelligence agency a terrorist organisation
  Oct 12, 2026
  US Army inducts first robotics technicians to keep pace with drone warfare
  Oct 12, 2026
  Burnham sets Brussels summit to seek EU deals worth more than £10 billion a year
  Oct 12, 2026
World
- Slovakia restores military ties with Russia for first time since 2022 invasion
  Oct 13, 2026
  Iran rebuilds nuclear-linked and missile sites in secret as inspectors go dark
  Oct 13, 2026
  Houthi missiles hit Riyadh airport four times in five days, killing 14 and halting flights
  Oct 13, 2026
  US Marines to deploy anti-ship missiles to island 110km from Taiwan for the first time
  Oct 13, 2026
Business
- Ireland proposes €141 billion in cuts to the EU's next long-term budget
  Oct 13, 2026
  Visa wins China's approval to set up a domestic card clearing business
  Oct 13, 2026
  Von der Leyen puts simpler business rules at heart of EU economic agenda
  Oct 13, 2026
  A civil servants' strike cuts flights at Charles de Gaulle and Marseille
  Oct 13, 2026
Markets
- El Niño has pushed cocoa prices up 250% and sugar to an over-decade high
  Oct 13, 2026
  Qatar's LNG exports have nearly tripled in price since Iranian missiles struck Ras Laffan
  Oct 12, 2026
  Saudi Arabia eyes 10 million barrels a day of pipeline capacity outside the Gulf
  Oct 12, 2026
  Trump offers 40 million more barrels from US oil reserve he promised to rebuild
  Oct 12, 2026
Tech
- Google bought 100 million Spirit Airlines emails for AI training. Workers got nothing.
  Oct 13, 2026
  AI brought a $1.5 million children's fantasy film to life after studios balked at $80 million
  Oct 13, 2026
  AI data centres are being built far faster than the power grids that feed them
  Oct 13, 2026
  Police can now identify a home from a single interior photo
  Oct 12, 2026
Science
- Light can develop spinning patterns in empty space without lenses or special materials
  Oct 13, 2026
  Higher cellular recycling in older adults is tied to poorer physical health, study finds
  Oct 13, 2026
  Europe's rivers hit their lowest flows in over 30 years in summer 2026
  Oct 10, 2026
  France and Germany record their worst-ever PISA scores as results fall across OECD
  Oct 9, 2026
Health
- Chinese border city warns travellers after Russian plague lab worker's death
  Oct 13, 2026
  Nearly 1.7 million babies in the Western Pacific missed their first vaccine dose in 2025
  Oct 13, 2026
  Snakebites kill up to 513,000 people a year, far more than records show
  Oct 13, 2026
  More than 400 US hospitals have closed since 2010, with a net loss of 24,000 beds
  Oct 9, 2026
Law & Crime
- Three leaders of Myanmar scam syndicate sentenced to death in China
  Oct 13, 2026
  Lockerbie bombing suspect says he was hooded and abducted to stand trial in the US
  Oct 13, 2026
  Pope Leo calls death penalty inadmissible as US plans to livestream a firing-squad execution
  Oct 11, 2026
  Prosecutors seek up to 12 years for Maradona's medical team
  Oct 11, 2026
Culture
- A 4chan horror image turned YouTube series has become A24's biggest film ever, grossing $402 million
  Oct 13, 2026
  Israeli army weighs legal action against filmmakers behind Venice prize-winning Gaza documentary
  Oct 13, 2026
  A24's 'Backrooms' crosses $400 million to become the studio's biggest film ever
  Sep 24, 2026
  'Angh' wins Toronto Platform Prize and a path to the 2027 Academy Awards
  Sep 23, 2026
Lifestyle
- Bentley unveils its first electric car, the Torcal SUV, starting at £173,000
  Sep 25, 2026
Sports
- CAF reverses course on Africa Cup of Nations four-year cycle plan
  Oct 13, 2026
  Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial rule breaches and launches appeal
  Oct 13, 2026
  Manchester City found guilty of 114 Premier League financial rule breaches
  Oct 13, 2026
  Women's football is heading for $1 billion in revenue, but half its players are thinking of quitting
  Oct 13, 2026

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