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AI trade reversal pierces Asia’s star picks-and-shovels stocks

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-18T05:13:09+00:00

The pressure intensified last week as oil surged to $110 a barrel for the first time since May, stoking inflation concerns, and investors turned their attention to the trillions of dollars being borrowed to build AI infrastructure

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St Petersburg under attack from Ukrainian drone swarm

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-18T04:51:01+00:00

Video posted on social media shows multiple explosions in St Petersburg, Russia after a suspected Ukrainian drone swarm.

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What if a cheque bounces?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-18T04:40:59+00:00

A cheque may bounce for several reasons, including insufficient funds, account closure, stop-payment instructions or signature mismatches

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Finances for disabled

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-18T04:40:55+00:00

To sustain a life of dignity and independence, PwDs must pivot to calculated, aggressive investing.

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Your claim may be cashless, but not costless

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-18T04:38:41+00:00

Cashless claim settlement promises a simpler way to handle hospitalisation insurance claims. But does it also promise freedom from hospital bills? Not quite

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At least 19 dead in stampede at Kolkata Hindu festival

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-18T04:21:46+00:00

A seven-year-old girl was among at least 19 people killed in a stampede during a Hindu festival in Kolkata, India.

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‘I felt disgusted’: MEP speaks out over nude deepfakes and urges EU action

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-18T04:00:50+00:00

Lena Schilling of Austrian Greens says images are ‘digital violence against women’ and a threat to democracyAn Austrian MEP has spoken out about her experience of being “stripped naked” online without her consent and has urged the EU to take action, as a report found that one in six female MEPs had been targeted by sexualised AI-generated content.Lena Schilling of the Green party said she had learned last month about nude deepfakes of herself circulating online. When she opened the links, she found herself staring at images from one of her first ever press conferences – but the images had been

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‘4,000 people minding our own business’: four decades on, Falklands again face a hostile Argentina

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-18T04:00:49+00:00

Facing a slump in the polls, Argentina’s president is making economic attacks on the islands’ oil industry, and suggesting its key fisheries industry could be next A dozen local people and a uniformed military police officer (“Do you mind if I sit in?”) took their seats at the back of the handsome wood-panelled courtroom that doubles as the Falkland Islands’ legislative assembly. Outside, it was a typically blowy early evening. It may nominally be spring in the south Atlantic, but Stanley harbour, with its dark grey water speckled with historical shipwrecks, was a cauldron of swells and churn.

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Is sisterhood the secret to a long life? The Sardinian village that could hold key to women’s longevity

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-18T04:00:49+00:00

Meet some of the elderly residents of Bolotana, in line to be the world’s sixth ‘blue zone’ for its high number of female centenariansWhen Giovanna Marras opens the door to her home in Bolotana, a mountain village in central Sardinia, her eyes are bright with curiosity as she sizes up her visitors. Her sister, Mariangela, peeks out too, soon ushering her guests inside and handing out dishes of ice-cream. The sisters are full of life, talking animatedly. Giovanna is 101 and Mariangela is 99.Sitting in their living room, Giovanna swiftly recaps her life story: she excelled at school before movin

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Trump exempte la Russie de nouvelles sanctions, alors que Moscou cible les infrastructures énergétiques ukrainiennes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-18T04:00:22+00:00

Le président des Etats-Unis a gelé l’application d’une loi prévoyant de lourdes sanctions contre les importateurs d’hydrocarbures russes. Après l’accord annoncé le 11 octobre pour acheter du gazole à la Russie, Donald Trump multiplie les parades pour montrer qu’il est sensible au coût de la vie, grande préoccupation des Américains en amont des Midterms, le 3 novembre.

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Donald Trump exempte la Russie de nouvelles sanctions, alors que Moscou cible les infrastructures énergétiques ukrainiennes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-18T04:00:14+00:00

Le président des Etats-Unis a gelé l’application d’une loi prévoyant de lourdes sanctions contre les importateurs d’hydrocarbures russes. Après l’accord annoncé le 11 octobre pour acheter du gazole à la Russie, Donald Trump multiplie les parades pour montrer qu’il est sensible au coût de la vie, grande préoccupation des Américains en amont des Midterms, le 3 novembre.

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Singing, Dancing and Getting Dumped by A.I. on Korean TV

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-18T04:00:07+00:00

Three celebrities date artificial intelligence avatars on a reality show made in South Korea, where A.I. is hugely popular.

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Indigenous woman shackled to hospital bed while in labour in Queensland

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-18T03:59:02+00:00

Birth happens days before Labor and Coalition block bill to ban ‘barbaric practice’ of shackling incarcerated women during childbirthGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAn incarcerated Indigenous woman was shackled to a hospital bed in Queensland while she was in labour last weekend, an advocacy group has said.The birth happened just days before Labor and the Coalition blocked a bill to ban the “barbaric practice” of shackling incarcerated women during childbirth. Continue reading...

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Bernard-Henri Lévy, l’influenceur diplomate

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-18T03:45:05+00:00

A 77 ans, l’écrivain publie ses « Mémoires provisoires », sans songer à quitter la scène. Des fronts de guerre aux coulisses du pouvoir, le philosophe conjugue sens du spectacle et diplomatie parallèle. Portrait d’un homme résolu à peser sur l’histoire au nom d’un universalisme militant, mis à l’épreuve par son soutien indéfectible à Israël.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Marco Rubio relativise la décision de Donald Trump d’exempter la Russie de nouvelles sanctions

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-18T03:41:20+00:00

Le chef de la diplomatie américaine a assuré qu’il s’agissait d’une pause de soixante jours destinée à « analyser » les répercussions économiques de ces sanctions, qui devaient principalement viser le secteur énergétique russe, sur l’économie mondiale et celle des Etats-Unis. Donald Trump a, pour sa part, invoqué « l’intérêt national » pour exempter Moscou des mesures prévues par la loi Graham, qu’il avait promulguée en septembre.

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Ucrania, en punto muerto: asediada por Putin y abandonada por Trump

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-10-18T03:30:01+00:00

Tras una semana calamitosa, Kiev trata de retomar las negociaciones. Zelenski asegura que el presidente ruso quiere la “destrucción” y no solo la “rendición”

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