Today: October 25, 2026
Today: October 25, 2026

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Netanyahu rebuked for plan to use crypto to bypass economic sanctions

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces re-election this week, is drawing criticism from economists and political rivals after suggesting Israel

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Serbia election: Main players, voter concerns and what is at stake

Serbia is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday, in which a popular student movement is seeking to end the rule of longtime

Business|Crime|Election|Finance|Political

Massachusetts and Idaho put guns on the ballot. One seeks to restrict them, the other to honor them

Voters in Idaho and Massachusetts face contrasting gun-related ballot questions that highlight the national tension between firearm freedoms and restrictions

Arts

California election officials frustrated, rattled by DOJ demand to sequester 'noncitizen' ballots

Local election officials in California are frustrated after receiving a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice

Election|Political

Lula, Bolsonaro rally supporters on final day before Brazil presidential runoff

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro wrapped up their campaigns on Saturday

Finance|Interview|Political|Sports|World

Infantino says he's supported by 'vast, vast majority' of soccer ahead of FIFA elections

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he has the backing of the “vast, vast majority” of soccer despite his failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup

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Trump says he ordered the Justice Department's lawsuit over Alaska's US Senate race

President Donald Trump says he ordered the Justice Department lawsuit over Alaska’s U.S. Senate race

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First tanker of Russian diesel sets sail for the US in Trump's controversial deal with Putin

The Kremlin says that a first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States has set sail under a new import agreement

Science

With hurricane off Mexico sharing name with Vice President JD Vance, the social media memes fly

Vice President JD Vance is traveling the U.S. supporting Republican candidates, while another Vance is on a whirlwind tour off Mexico's Pacific Coast

Arts|Asia|Europe|Health|Political|World

Myanmar's detained leader Suu Kyi traded health concerns with her son in their first call in 5 years

Aung San Suu Kyi's son said that they spoke about health concerns when he spoke with the detained former leader of Myanmar by phone for the first time in five years

Arts|Entertainment|World

Israeli military says 2 soldiers were killed in West Bank attack that also left 2 gunmen dead

The Israeli army says two soldiers have been killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank

Political|Sports

Gianni Infantino is endorsed by the Asian Football Confederation for another term as FIFA president

The Asian Football Confederation has endorsed Gianni Infantino for another term as FIFA president in an apparent turnaround in its stance from two months ago when it criticized the head of soccer’s world governing body for a breach of trust

Election|Political

Justice Department asks appeals court to intervene in California ballot case

The US Justice Department asked an appeals court on Thursday to intervene in its lawsuit seeking to temporarily block California from counting more than 20,000 mail-in

Business|Environment|Science|Technology

Facing pushback on data centers, tech giants are promising hosts more money and fewer secrets

With host communities across the U.S. turning against their gargantuan data centers, America’s technology giants are promising to take fewer taxpayer handouts, keep fewer secrets or shower more money onto the communities willing to allow the server warehouses

Economy|Election|Health|Political

Lula hopes older voters can help power him to victory against Flavio Bolsonaro

Rony Amaral, 71, is terrified right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro will slash healthcare and pension spending if he wins

Arts|Opinion

Voters prioritize costs and Iran over investigating Trump for next Congress, AP-NORC poll finds

A new AP-NORC poll shows voters from both major political parties want the next Congress to focus on making life more affordable and ending the war in Iran

Crime|Economy|Europe

Beatings, cyberattacks and threats darken Vucic's Serbia ahead of elections

Serbian activist Marko Marjanovic was on his way back from the supermarket in Belgrade when masked officers bundled him into a car and took him to a

Arts

Serbia arrests six people suspected of plotting election-day violence

Serbian police arrested six people on Wednesday on suspicion of preparing violence against police and political opponents in a parliamentary election on Sunday,

Education|Europe

As Serbia votes, students emerge as greatest threat to Vucic’s long rule

Aleksa Simic, a political science student at Belgrade University, did not hesitate when he learned that the collapse of a railway station canopy in the

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Trump’s approval rating hits a new low as midterms enter final stretch: CNN poll

Trump’s approval rating hits a new low as midterms enter final stretch: CNN poll

Election

A look at the major candidates in Israel's election Tuesday

Israelis are set to vote Tuesday to decide if Benjamin Netanyahu will stay prime minister or if Gadi Eisenkot will take the lead

Election|Political

Trump campaigns in South Carolina to support Senate candidate Graham

President Donald Trump campaigned in South Carolina on Wednesday to support Republican Senator Darline Graham, who is in a surprisingly

Election

US high court rulings have been 'destructive to democracy,' Justice Kagan says

US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday said the court's conservative majority has undermined democracy and "created a race to the bottom" in how

Arts

Rioting in France gives Trump a new talking point as he tries to stave off GOP midterm losses

Rioting in France gives Trump a new talking point as he tries to stave off GOP midterm losses