WORLD

1. Novartis to buy Avidity Biosciences for $12bn

   Financial Times » 2 hours ago

   Deal for specialist in rare diseases is biggest acquisition under chief executive Vas Narasimhan...

   Category: Business  Finance

1. Nigeria’s Dangote plots refinery expansion part financed by stake sale

   Financial Times » 1 hour ago

   Africa’s richest man plans capacity increase to 1.4mn bpd at his Lagos refinery with $5bn backing from Afreximbank...

   Category: Business  Finance

1. German police bust an art forgery ring trying to sell fake Picasso, Rembrandt works

   NPR » 2 hours ago

   The alleged leader of the scheme, a 77-year-old German man from Bavaria, also tried to sell counterfeit works supposedly by Frida Kahlo, Amadeo Modigliani and Peter Paul Rubens, authorities say....

   Category: World  North America

1. Newsom, Harris both considering runs for president in 2028

   LA Times » 1 hour ago

   Gov. Gavin Newsom says he's considering a run for president in 2028 — a day after former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris made the same pronouncement....

   Category: Politics  

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   Moment jackknifed lorry crushes car killing two after losing control on slippery road

   Mirror » 2 hours ago

   Two men were killed when a lorry jackknifed and crashed into the car they were travelling in on Friday in northern Romania, local outlets report...

   Category: World  Europe

1. UK agency warned Peter Kyle over £1.5bn JLR loan guarantee

   Financial Times » 4 hours ago

   UK Export Finance told business secretary that deal to help carmaker fell outside ‘normal underwriting criteria’ ...

   Category: Business  Finance

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   US and China agree framework of trade deal ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

   BBC » 4 hours ago

   US trade secretary says the two will sign a deal on TikTok, while hinting at agreement on rare earths and tariffs....

   Category: World  

1. US and China say trade deal drawing closer as Trump and Xi prepare for meeting

   NPR » 4 hours ago

   China's top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, told reporters the two had reached a "preliminary consensus," while Trump's treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said there was "a very successful framework."...

   Category: World  North America

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   Epping migrant sex offender will be deported 'this week', says Justice Secretary Lammy

   BBC » 3 hours ago

   Hadush Kebatu was arrested in north London, two days after being mistakenly released from an Essex jail....

   Category: World  

1. Start-ups warn Reeves over budget tax bombshell

   Sky News » 3 hours ago

   A lobbying group representing UK start-ups will this week warn Rachel Reeves against a tax raid on limited liability partnerships (LLPs), arguing that it would hit the backers of Britain's most innovative companies....

   Category: Business  

1. Israel allows Red Cross and Egyptian teams into Gaza as search for bodies of hostages widens

   Sky News » 4 hours ago

   International teams searching for the bodies of hostages have been allowed to cross Israel's military boundary in Gaza, according to an Israeli government spokesperson....

   Category: World  Europe

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   Disgraced peer Michelle Mone snaps up £10m Florida pad despite £122m PPE scandal

   Mirror » 5 hours ago

   The lavish pad, located on Florida's 'Billionaire Island' was bought just before the High Court ruled Mone and her husband must repay £122 million to the Government...

   Category: World  Europe

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   Sick Jeffrey Epstein chatbot encourages thousands of teenagers to 'spill secrets'

   Mirror » 5 hours ago

   WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Thousands of Character.AI users have been speaking with the AI bot 'Bestie Epstein' - based on paedophile Jeffrey Epstein - on a platform which is particularly popular among teenagers...

   Category: World  Europe

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   The Biden blunder that allowed an alleged October 7 'monster' to become a restaurant worker in Louisiana

   Daily Mail » 3 hours ago

   This week, Mahmoud Al-Muhtadi appeared in court in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he had recently been working in a restaurant and posted pictures of himself on social media with a gun....

   Category: World  North America

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   Chicago locals up in arms after Border Patrol deploy tear gas on street just minutes before kids' Halloween parade

   Daily Mail » 3 hours ago

   The agents descended onto the neighborhood on Saturday morning to arrest a suspect - ahead of a local Halloween parade that was taking place just around the block....

   Category: World  North America