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Dollar Posts Its Biggest One Day Gain Since September
The dollar posted its biggest one day gain since September on Tuesday as the hot October inflation report pushed Treasury yields higher and the Fed December hike into near certainty.
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2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine Honors the Scientists Who Let Us Control the Brain With Light
Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine for optogenetics — using light to control brain cells. An FDA therapy decision is due in 2027.
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Trudy Nears Mexico’s Pacific Coast: What a Major Hurricane Means This Weekend
Hurricane Trudy is closing in on Mexico’s Pacific coast as a major hurricane, with landfall expected late Saturday — and the forecast is stark:…
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Roof Collapse at Peshawar School Kills 32 Children and a Teacher as Families Demand Justice
A roof collapse at a private school in Peshawar, Pakistan, killed 32 children and a teacher on Thursday morning, and a grieving community is…
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Trump Says US May Have to Strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain Site — but Rules Out Nuclear Weapons
Donald Trump has said the United States may have to strike Pickaxe Mountain, the fortified underground site linked to Iran’s nuclear programme, while ruling…
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New Zealand Jobless Rate Hits 5.7 Percent, Highest Since 2015
New Zealand jobless rate climbed to 5.7 percent, its highest since 2015, in a labour market warning that will shape the central bank next decision.
Politics
Iowa Democrat Wins State House Race Despite Suspending Campaign
An Iowa Democrat won a state House race despite suspending the campaign, in one of the strangest results of a midterm night full of surprises.
Business
The Jobs Report Rewrites the Summer: Revisions Add 84,000 Jobs
August payrolls were revised up to 186,000 and September to 60,000, a combined upward revision of 84,000 jobs that says the summer was stronger than first reported.
Technology
Apple’s ‘Welcome Home’ Event Today: Smart Home Hub, New Apple TV and HomePod Mini Expected
Apple is expected to unveil a smart home hub, a refreshed Apple TV 4K and a new HomePod mini at its Welcome Home event in New York today.
Sports
From Expectation to Record: How the Parade Crowd Doubled the Forecast
Organisers prepared for 400,000 fans at the Brewers parade, police estimated more than 750,000, and the gap between forecast and turnout is itself a story about first championships.
Entertainment
Jailer 2 Is Now the 4th Biggest Tamil Film Ever, and Leo Is Next
Jailer 2 has destroyed Coolie to become the fourth highest grossing Tamil film in history, and Rajinikanth’s juggernaut is now chasing down Leo and…
Health
Breast Cancer Before 40: New Study Finds Younger Patients Face Higher Risk of Delayed Diagnosis
A Dana-Farber study in the journal Cancer finds women diagnosed with breast cancer before 40 face higher odds of delays — and urges better awareness.
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95 Gigahertz: The Physics of the Pentagon’s ‘Heat Ray’
The Pentagon's "heat ray," the Active Denial System now on a seven-month loan to the Department of Homeland Security, is a case study in applied physics.
