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Trump BBC lawsuit: judge orders Trump deposition by December 11
Trump had cancelled an agreed October 16 deposition, citing "matters of national importance," and his lawyers proposed January 2027. The judge also allowed the deposition to be videotaped, NBC News reported.
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DeepSeek funding round reportedly reaches $15 billion
DeepSeek has reportedly raised about $15 billion, with Tencent and CATL among its largest backers, days after the US ordered federal civilian agencies to remove its technology. The company has not confirmed the round.
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FCA DeFi guidance: two UK consultations close 18 November
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published two DeFi papers. They say decentralisation is a spectrum, not a legal carve-out, and set out when protocols, front ends and firms may need authorisation before the regime starts on 25 October 2027.
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Canada midterm interference: Ottawa rejects US embassy claims
The US embassy in Ottawa says Canadian ministers and premiers are trying to sway the November 3 midterms through tariffs, ads and meetings with Democrats. Canada's leaders reject the charge, and US election law is narrower than the accusation suggests.
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Shamonda virus: France confirms first known human infection
France has confirmed the first documented human infection with Shamonda virus, a midge-borne livestock virus, in a severely immunocompromised patient who died in Lyon. The WHO says wider spread is unlikely.
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Tesla Q3 2026 results: shares fall 2% after capex cut to $20bn
Tesla's third-quarter margins and cash flow beat forecasts, but it cut its 2026 capital-spending plan to about $20 billion from more than $25 billion. Reuters says the shares slipped as investors questioned Musk's AI and robotics push.
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US banks block AI agents from logging in to customer accounts
JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Charles Schwab are shutting out third-party AI agents that log in with customers' passwords. Read-only data sharing survives, but who pays for an agent's mistakes is still unresolved.
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LEGO Daft Punk partnership starts with Alive 2007 pyramid set
The LEGO Group and Daft Punk have announced an official partnership. Its first product is a set of the Alive 2007 pyramid stage, based on a fan design from 2020. Price and release date have not been announced.
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Bukangi shark slips back into Busan canal after third rescue
Hours after officials said a third rescue had guided Busan's celebrity dusky shark to open sea, Bukangi swam back under a net. She is now held near the canal mouth while the oceans ministry monitors her.
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Norway wealth fund Q3 return is -0.5% as bonds drop 3.5%
Fixed income was the weak spot while unlisted renewable energy infrastructure gained 7.5%. A stronger krone cut the fund's value by a further NOK 472 billion, leaving it at NOK 22,014 billion at end-September.
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Claude Duet: Anthropic opens preview of background agent app
Anthropic's Claude Duet sends morning briefs, monitors work apps and runs tasks on its own cloud computer, asking before it pays, sends or signs. Here is who can join the preview and how it compares with rivals.
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Meta Zuckerberg California deal: new shares, eight-year pledge
Meta will give Mark Zuckerberg non-voting Class C shares he can sell to cover a possible California wealth tax. In return, he pledges to stay in the state, or wherever Meta is headquartered, for eight years.
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US Jobless Claims Fall to 194,000, Lowest in Three Months
Layoffs remain rare, but hiring is slow: payrolls grew by only 29,000 in September and continuing claims rose by 25,000. The data is among the last before the Fed's October 28 rate decision.
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Hermès Q3 sales growth slows to 4.3%, weakest since early 2020
Hermès grew third-quarter revenue 4.3% at constant exchange rates to €4.1 billion, missing forecasts. Asia-Pacific excluding Japan was flat and ready-to-wear and accessories fell as Chinese shoppers cut back, while Birkin and Kelly leather goods still grew 10.8%.
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P&G Q1 results: sales up 4% as costs hold EPS growth to 1%
Procter & Gamble beat sales and profit forecasts as shoppers bought more Tide, Dawn and premium hair care, but commodity and freight costs cut 150 basis points from core gross margin. The company kept its fiscal 2027 targets and returned $3.9 billion to shareholders.
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Final Fantasy Resonance out October 22 with prices from $49.99
Square Enix's first HD-2D Final Fantasy is out October 22. Here is what is confirmed about platforms, the $49.99 to $209.99 editions, its Brave Exvius roots, developer Lancarse and demo save carry-over.
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CSI 300 bear market: China's index closes 20.2% below June peak
China's CSI 300 closed 20.2% below its June 22 peak on October 22 after a 1.8% daily fall and ten straight weekly losses. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Tech Index fell 5.03% in its worst session since April 2025.
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ICC Sakharov Prize 2026: court honoured amid new US sanctions
The European Parliament has awarded its 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the International Criminal Court and its officials, less than two weeks after Donald Trump announced new US sanctions on the court.
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Bukele launches Haiti rescue operation for 4 Salvadorans held by gangs
El Salvador's president warned Haitian gangs of a harsher response if four Salvadoran members of the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force are not freed alive. No group has claimed the abduction and no rescue has been reported.
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Ukrainian drones hit three Yandex data centers in four days
Three Yandex data centers were hit in four days, taking down cloud, payment and AI services in Russia and beyond. Two weeks on, the fate of the company's AI supercomputers is still unknown.
