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Tech stocks erase $1 trillion of wealth as oil surges to $110 for the first time since May

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The sharp drop in tech shares came as concerns resurfaced about ballooning AI debt, rising interest rates and high gas prices. Tech stocks shed more than $1 trillion in value Friday, as the price of oil soared to its highest levels in five months. The Nasdaq 100 index, which tracks most of the …

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Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters (shared)

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One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections. Less than three weeks from elections that could shift the balance of power in Congress, more signs are emerging that Russia and other foreign governments are once again …

Tech stocks erase $1 trillion of wealth as oil surges to $110 for the first time since May

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The sharp drop in tech shares came as concerns resurfaced about ballooning AI debt, rising interest rates and high gas prices. Tech stocks shed more than $1 trillion in value Friday, as the price of oil soared to its highest levels in five months. The Nasdaq 100 index, which tracks most of the …

‘Blatant Corruption’: Donors Pouring $330 Million Into Trump Ballroom—and Reaping Benefits

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"Under Donald Trump, there’s a two-tiered justice system," said one watchdog leader. "Big Tech plays by a different set of rules because they bought …

‘We’re done’: Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries as ‘only leverage’ for peace talks

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Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, Founder and Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, LIVE from Kyiv. As Zelensky declares Ukraine "done" with Trump's self-declared energy ceasefire and resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries, Zalmayev warns: "When you talk about the …

Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All

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If President Trump does not understand what will happen to him if he proceeds with his plan to trade away support for Ukraine’s democracy for Russian diesel, let me spell it out: He will enter the history books in the chapter on leaders who sold out their country’s democratic values to appease a …

Is the world pricing the risk of a US diesel export ban?

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A spike in diesel prices is hammering broad sectors of the U.S. economy – especially agriculture and shipping – and becoming a flash point ahead of …

Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space

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The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition is each other.

What’s behind the BBC’s funding crisis? An expert explains

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In the run-up to the renewal of the BBC charter in January 2028, the corporation is facing perhaps its greatest ever funding crisis. It is staring …

Ukraine Finds a New Set of Targets (shared)

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As Donald Trump intervenes to protect Russia’s oil refineries, Ukraine plays the few cards it has left. Ukrainians have gotten used to awful news. But even by their standards, the past several days have felt dismal. Russian missile strikes are pounding Ukrainian cities relentlessly. Donald Trump …

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Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.

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It wasn’t the kind of call a grocery store gets every day. A customer with a thick Eastern European accent was on the phone saying he wanted to buy …

How Trump Is Selling Out Ukraine (shared)

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The Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko on his new book, The Land of Tears and Hope, a history of his country Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum discusses President Trump’s announced diesel deal with Russia, the …

Fed Interest Rate Hike Seems More Likely This Month After Alarming Inflation Data

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New inflation data released on Wednesday is raising the odds of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike later this month, potentially putting a …

Houthis reportedly strike Saudi national oil company headquarters

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Iran-backed Houthi fighters reportedly hit the headquarters of Saudi Arabia’s national oil company in overnight strikes, stoking a conflict that …

Operation Vivaldi: success of Ukraine’s counteroffensive shows it has learned to manoeuvre on a drone-filled battlefield

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Russia’s drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s population and infrastructure continue to dominate coverage of the conflict. But on the ground, …

Inflation worsened last month to 3.7% in sign that prices remain elevated as midterm elections near

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gasoline and many other goods and services became more expensive, evidence that rising prices remain an economic challenge just a few weeks before midterm elections that have focused heavily on affordability. The consumer price index rose …

Across the US, people don’t want data centers coming to their communities

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Regardless of their views on politics or climate change, most Americans oppose the development of data centers in their communities. These large …

Why the Paramount-Warner merger is a problem for democracy

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Media critic Ben Bagdikian warned in 2004 that five corporations had accumulated “more communications power than was exercised by any despot or …

The Forces Driving Up Bond Yields Take a Troubling Turn (shared)

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Some analysts say investors are demanding a higher “term premium” to buy government debt, reflecting growing worries about debt levels and deficits. Analysts have attributed much of the rise in government bond yields this year to inflationary pressures from the war in Iran and the bullish growth …

Inside Trump, Netanyahu’s dilemma: Strike Iran before elections or wait

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump last week discussed the possibility of launching a major new operation against Iran …

Choose Your Overlord (shared)

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Musk vs. Bezos The Adriatic has been crossed by Odysseus and Caesar, by Venetian fleets and Napoleon’s navy, by countless men bent on dominating the world. It has seen its share of courage and folly. But one day in June 2025, off the island of Cres, it witnessed something genuinely new: a man worth …

Two Years On, We Can See What Trump Has Done To The U.S. Economy

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As we approach the two-year mark since Donald Trump’s second election victory, it’s a good time to do a little economic scorekeeping. Before getting …

Donald Trump aligns with Vladimir Putin yet again, leaving Ukraine – and US relations with Europe – under pressure

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The deal struck by Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on October 9 to allow Russia to sell millions of tonnes of diesel is a …

Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear (shared)

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The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. In the past 72 hours, Donald Trump has dropped all pretense, torched a couple decades of American policy, and undermined 18 months of his own diplomacy. He lifted sanctions on the import of Russian diesel …
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Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space

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The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition is each other.

A Lab-Leak Story You Haven’t Heard (shared)

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes that RSV originated in a government science experiment. You’ve almost certainly had RSV. Most of us catch it before we turn 2. Usually it feels like a cold: runny nose, cough, maybe a fever. But RSV (short for “respiratory syncytial virus”) can take a dangerous turn. …

How bionic eyes are becoming a reality

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Clues to Why a Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Drug Eventually Stops Working (shared)

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Researchers are asking why patients, like former Senator Ben Sasse, inevitably develop resistance to the drug daraxonrasib. Last week, the former senator from Nebraska Ben Sasse announced that his Stage 4 pancreatic cancer had developed resistance to a cutting edge treatment. Cancer specialists were …

‘Consumers Will Pay the Price’: Fury as Trump Pushes Through Rule Change to Make Vehicles Less Efficient, More Polluting

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"Oil companies will get a windfall from gutting the fuel economy standards, but the rest of us are going to be handing over more of our hard-earned …

An AI model has found a new ‘CRISPR-like’ biological system. Here’s what it means for science

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Anthropic announced today that its Claude artificial intelligence (AI) system identified a previously unknown biological system in the DNA of viruses …

What the U.S. Supreme Court’s pesticide ruling means for gardeners and farm workers

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In June, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state goverments’ duty-to-warn laws do not oblige chemical manufacturer Monsanto to disclose a …

Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype

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Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown. Concerns that artificial …
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