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US midterms enter final weekend as Alaska, California ballot fights heat up

Federal prosecutors intensify a probe into Alaska's Senate race, while the Justice Department signals a likely Supreme Court appeal over California mail-in ballots ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections

South Korean exports nearly double in October on AI investment boom

Exports from Asia's fourth-largest economy, a bellwether for global trade, rose 93.7% from the same ‌month last year to $115.28 billion

US judge dismisses Trump's multibillion-dollar defamation suit against WSJ

US District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice on Saturday, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice

Opec+ agrees in principle to keep oil output targets steady in Dec

The meeting comes as Gulf members have been boosting exports that have been disrupted for months ​by the Iran war

Iranian envoys meet Qatar mediators as US strike threat looms post-midterms

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that President Donald Trump has not decided whether to launch new strikes against Iran, but would prefer to resolve the conflict diplomatically

France protests turn violent again as police brace for Halloween unrest

Scuffles erupt in Paris and other cities after nationwide demonstrations draw 320,000 people, with anger over inflation, fuel prices and strained public services fuelling unrest for a third weekend

North Korean hackers behind $6.3 billion Binance crypto heist, says FBI

The FBI asked crypto exchanges, blockchain analytics companies and others to block transactions linked to various addresses to make sure the money is not laundered to cover up its origins

Quad foreign ministers express grave concern over economic coercion

Quad foreign ministers reiterated their commitment to building reliable and open global supply chains and trusted and resilient infrastructure

42% of California voter names flagged by Trump admin not on rolls: Analysis

It's the first outside analysis of a list that the Department of Justice has used to threaten prosecution of election officials

G20 foreign ministers end Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issue

The group did not release a joint communique but relied on a chairman's statement summarising the talks that Secretary of State Marco Rubio released after the meetings closed

French government says 320,000 people protested nationwide on Saturday

Mass protests on October 17 drew more than 500,000 people around France, and demonstrations on October 24 drew 410,000, according to government estimates

Iran warns of wider retaliation even as diplomatic talks with US progress

Diplomatic shuttling continued on Saturday, with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying an Iranian delegation was in Qatar for talks with mediators there

US Secretary of State Rubio hosts Quad meet, wraps up G20 gathering

Rubio hosted a final plenary session with ​foreign ministers from the Group of 20 major economies during a two-day summit in Atlanta

Indian-American-led firm to build $8.2 bn deepwater port off Texas coast

India-born Sharad Tak's ST LNG deepwater port will be built approximately 10.4 miles offshore Matagorda, Texas

Meteorite found in Sahara turns out to be 4.1 bn year old piece of Mars

Minerals in the space rock provide hints about the early history of the red planet, when water was flowing on the surface

Binance's $6.3 bn hack signals the start of a risky era for crypto security

The largest cyber heist in history came as attackers increasingly use artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques to steal crypto and quickly launder the funds

US-Iran draft proposes uranium transfer, reopening Hormuz within 7 days

The reported proposal calls for Iran's enriched uranium stockpile to be transferred to a third country or its enrichment level reduced, with China potentially acting as guarantor

Binance crypto exchange's $6.3 bn heist rattles crypto, draws scrutiny

The US agencies are coordinating with private-sector partners to assess the breach and recover stolen funds, while Binance pledged to cover all losses

US probing possible North Korean link to $6.3 bn Binance hack: Trump

The US president said Washington was investigating whether North Korean hackers were behind the record cryptocurrency theft, as Binance said about $3 billion of the stolen assets had been frozen

Apple overtakes Nvidia to become world's most valuable company at $5.03 trn

Apple's market value edged past Nvidia's as concerns over returns from heavy AI infrastructure spending weighed on technology stocks, while the iPhone maker's shares have gained 27 per cent in 2026