Wednesday, October 28, 2026

With about half the votes counted, Netanyahu's bloc stands near 55 Knesset seats and Eisenkot's near 49, Ynet, the BBC, and The Guardian report. Both remain short of the 61 seats needed to govern. Likud leads as the…

Brazil cancelled Flavio Bolsonaro's passports after he missed a court order to hand them in, the BBC, CBS News, and ABC Australia report. A US official said visas for him and his family will be granted. He denies money…

The Supreme Court refused to freeze a Texas deal with Justice that ended a Biden rule letting judges pause some deportation cases, ABC and the Washington Examiner report. Baltimore, Columbus, and New Haven had asked…

The FBI searched billionaire Stephen Cloobeck's Beverly Hills mansion Tuesday in a probe tied to former Representative Eric Swalwell, CNN, Fox News, and NBC Los Angeles report. Cloobeck was not home. His lawyers said…

UK Chancellor John Healey delivers his first budget around twelve thirty Wednesday, the Guardian and BBC report. He is expected to scrap standing charges on household gas bills for millions of homes. Reports also point…

Robinhood earned 51 cents a share in the third quarter, below the 56-cent forecast, on $1.42 billion in revenue that matched estimates, CNBC reports. Crypto revenue fell 55% to $120 million, the SEC exhibit shows…

Visa posted $3.48 adjusted earnings per share on $12.1 billion in net revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter, its SEC earnings release shows. CNBC said shares inched down about 2% after hours. The network flagged a…

Shares of Meta- and Google-backed Jio Platforms jumped about 21 percent on their India market debut Wednesday after the country's largest IPO, CNBC, The Hindu, and Mint report. The stock listed near 1,358 rupees versus…

Cooper Flagg scored 29 points with 11 assists and five steals as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 113-109, The Dallas Morning News reports. At 19, he became the first teenager with at least 25 points, 10…

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in 12 innings Tuesday night to force World Series Game 5, Sportsnet and NBC Sports Philadelphia report. Ben Williamson's walk-off single capped a bottom-12th rally…

Pete Hegseth and Japan's Shinjiro Koizumi met in Cebu on Wednesday, Kyodo and The Japan Times report. Kyodo said they agreed to raise defense spending and harden deterrence along the First Island Chain. The Japan Times…

Egypt's parliament voted to let President el-Sisi aid Saudi Arabia with military force if asked, after fresh Houthi attacks, AP and Euronews report. The vote is cast as a defensive step. A regional official said help…

South Korea's Supreme Court issued a new detention warrant for former first lady Kim Keon-hee on Tuesday, The Korea Herald and Korea JoongAng Daily report. The order keeps her in custody two more months. Her prior…

Cyclone Arnab made landfall on the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts Wednesday morning, then weakened, The New Indian Express and Telangana Today report. Two people died by electrocution in separate incidents. Winds at…

Anduril and Qualcomm unveiled BlueChip, a line of rugged laptops on Snapdragon X chips aimed at the US military, with orders planned for early 2027, The Verge reports. Anduril said the machines will be designed and…

OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra, a cheaper model it says is strong at computer use, according to The Verge. The model is available now for Plus, Pro, Enterprise, and Edu users in ChatGPT Work and Codex. OpenAI's own page…

Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, and Sai Pallavi walked the red carpet at the world premiere of Ramayana: Rise of a Legend in Los Angeles on Tuesday, The Indian Express and India Today report. The invite-only 3D screening was at…

Connor Storrie is in talks to play a villain opposite Ryan Gosling in Marvel's Ghost Rider, Variety and Entertainment Weekly report. Shawn Levy is directing the film for a July 28, 2028 release date. Marvel declined to…

Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has passed 10,000 confirmed cases, with 10,060 infections and nearly 4,900 deaths, AP and AFP report. Officials call it the country's fastest and deadliest Ebola wave so far. Cases…

First results from HuidaGene's Duchenne gene-edit trial show limited benefit after a boy's death, Nature and Science report. Four children were treated in the study. One high-dose patient died of an immune reaction…

Monkey brain recordings show quick flickers that track whether a sight is noticed, Nature reports. Patterns flipped about 15 times a second between aware and unaware states, the news piece says. The study is a preprint…

Global carbon dioxide hit a record 426.8 parts per million in 2025, according to the World Meteorological Organization, as reported by RNZ. Methane and nitrous oxide also set new highs. WMO warned the long life of CO2…