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The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it. Published seven days a week and updated three times a day, this daily news briefing keeps you ahead on the stories that matter.
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China’s exports unexpectedly fell by 1.1% year on year in October, the first such contraction since February. Also, airlines in America began cancelling flights ahead of enforced schedule cuts.
Over 75% of Tesla’s shareholders voted to approve a mega pay packet for the firm’s boss, Elon Musk.
Nancy Pelosi will retire from Congress in 2027.
America will cut flights at 40 major airports from Friday in an effort to help alleviate shortages of air-traffic controllers caused by the longest government shutdown in America’s history. Also, the Philippines declared a state of emergency as Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 114 people.
America’s Supreme Court weighed the legality of Donald Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs, which he authorised without congressional approval by invoking an emergency economic-powers law.
America’s Supreme Court weighed the legality of Donald Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs, which he authorised without Congressional approval by invoking an emergency economic-powers law.
Zohran Mamdani promised to bring light to New York in a moment of “political darkness” after the Democratic Socialist was elected the city’s mayor. Also, global stocks fell as concerns over an artificial-intelligence bubble mount.
Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, won New York City’s mayoral race.
1With hours to go until polls closed in New York City’s mayoral race, officials said some 1.45m people had already voted, overtaking the total turnout of 1.15m during the last election in 2021.
Xi Jinping said that relations with Russia were advancing despite a “turbulent external environment” and called for greater economic co-operation. Also, Israel arrested Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, formerly the country’s top military lawyer.
OpenAI, ChatGPT’s creator, agreed to a $38bn deal with Amazon’s cloud-computing company.
OpenAI, ChatGPT’s creator, agreed to a $38bn deal with Amazon’s cloud-computing company.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near Mazar-i-Sharif, a city of 682,000 people in northern Afghanistan. Also, Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in for a second term as Tanzania’s president following a disputed election.
British police released one of the two men that they arrested on suspicion of indiscriminately stabbing passengers on a train in Cambridgeshire in eastern England.
British police release train-attack suspect; Iran seeks to rebuild nuclear facilities, and more
Nine people suffered life-threatening injuries after attackers indiscriminately stabbed passengers on a train in Cambridgeshire in eastern England.
Berkshire Hathaway reported selling about $12.5bn of stock and buying $6.4bn in the last quarter
Tens of thousands of Serbians protested on the first anniversary of a fatal accident that sparked months of mass anti-government demonstrations
Rob Jetten, leader of the liberal D66 party, claimed victory in the Dutch general election as the count drew to a close.
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to tap emergency money set aside for food stamps, saying “irreparable harm” could occur
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