World
A FlyDubai flight bound for Tel Aviv was diverted to Tabuk in Saudi Arabia after a pilot tried to seize the cockpit in mid-air. Passengers and crew fought back and the aircraft landed safely. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the attacker had 'Islamist radical indoctrination' and intended to bring the plane down. President Donald Trump warned Iran of fresh strikes if Tehran was involved, while Britain said there were strong indications of Iranian links to a separate air base plot. The incident has put cockpit access rules, crew vetting and pilot mental health screening back under review across the airline industry.
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Politics
With a month to go before the November 3 midterm elections, Republicans are searching for a message that answers voter anger over the cost of living. President Donald Trump announced that Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa, appearing with vulnerable lawmakers in a battleground state. An AP-NORC poll found most Americans blame Trump for high prices, and his economic approval has hit a new low. Republican strategists privately concede the Senate map has shifted toward Democrats, and Congress left Washington after a series of votes that some members described as doomed from the start.
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Business
The US economy added just 29,000 jobs in September, a sharp slowdown, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent. An outright ban on certain Canadian products took effect the same week, escalating a trade fight between the two North American neighbours and forcing importers to reroute cargo. A bond sell-off pushed mortgage rates to their highest level since 2023, and the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate for the first time in more than three years. Total US public debt passed $40 trillion for the first time, and big technology firms kept borrowing heavily to finance AI data centres.
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Technology
Nvidia broke through to a new record high even as a broad bond sell-off dragged other sectors lower. Demand for AI accelerators and high-bandwidth memory continues to outrun supply, and the companies buying them are financing an unprecedented build-out of data centres. Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey warned that the boom could trigger market shocks, saying the bank is watching the cash flowing into AI very carefully. In China, humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics soared more than 600 percent on its market debut despite a US ban on its hardware.
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Science
Astronomers report the first radio waves seen coming from an exoplanet, a signal that hints at auroras in another solar system. The detection adds a new tool for studying the magnetic fields of planets beyond our own. In a separate advance, physicists used radioactive lutetium to build what they describe as the most accurate atomic clock ever, keeping time to 19 decimal places. Canada's CHIME telescope also produced a measurement of dark energy after seven years of work, and CERN's ATLAS team found evidence of an extremely rare Higgs boson decay.
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Sports
The New York Yankees swept the Boston Red Sox without captain Aaron Judge and will meet the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS. The San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 to complete their own sweep and advance to face the Milwaukee Brewers. In England, an independent commission found Manchester City guilty of financial breaches, and the club lodged an appeal while denying wrongdoing. The Football Association warned the verdict has major implications for the integrity of the game.
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Health
A low-calorie diet combined with an exercise programme put early-onset type 2 diabetes into remission for 54 percent of participants in a new trial, offering an alternative to lifelong drug treatment for younger patients. Separate research found that almost one in three adults develop cardiorenal disease or die within five years of a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Short steroid courses were linked to higher risks of pneumonia and heart failure, and vitamin B12 deficiency was tied to a higher fracture hazard after age 50.
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Environment
Switzerland's glaciers shed more than 5.5 percent of their ice this year, according to the country's monitoring body, after a winter drought gave way to relentless summer heat waves. Half of Europe faced very strong heat stress during the summer. Nepal plans to drain four glacial lakes after deadly floods, and sunken Nazi warships are resurfacing as Europe's drought deepens. Researchers also proposed a new way to estimate the pollution and health costs of clusters of data centres.
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