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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.
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EQT Qiagen Takeover: €10.8bn Deal at a 40.3% Premium Explained
Qiagen's boards back the all-cash offer, with ADIA and CPP Investments as co-investors. It needs 50% plus one acceptances, an EGM vote and regulatory clearances, with closing expected in mid-2027.
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Barclays job cuts: 5,000 roles to go, Unite says AI is an excuse
About 1,000 roles have already gone and 4,000 more are due by the end of the fourth quarter, finance director Anna Cross said. Chief executive C. S. Venkatakrishnan called AI "the icing on the cake, not the cake".
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Bank Indonesia Tahan BI-Rate 5,75%, Meleset dari Ekspektasi Kenaikan
Bank Indonesia mempertahankan BI-Rate di 5,75% pada 21 Oktober 2026, berbeda dari ekspektasi kenaikan ke 6%, tetapi menaikkan suku bunga Deposit Facility ke 5,00% serta memakai insentif lindung nilai dan penurunan GWM untuk menopang rupiah.
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Bank Indonesia BI-Rate held at 5.75%; deposit rate up to 5.00%
Bank Indonesia kept the BI-Rate at 5.75% on 21 October 2026, against expectations of a hike to 6%, but raised its deposit facility rate to 5.00% and turned to hedging incentives and reserve cuts to support the rupiah.
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IBM Q3 2026 results: revenue rises 5% to $17.1 billion
Results beat analyst consensus as Data rose 19% and Red Hat 11%, offsetting flat consulting and a 20% drop in IBM Z mainframe revenue. IBM now expects free cash flow to rise by more than $1 billion year over year.
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China seeks to confiscate Qian Zhimin's 61,800 bitcoin held in UK
The court opened a six-month window for investors and other interested parties to join the case. At CoinGecko's price of $82,262, the coins are worth roughly $5.0 billion, one of the largest bitcoin holdings controlled by any government.
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NZ vs IND 1st T20I: Iyer wins toss, India bowl at Hagley Oval
Shreyas Iyer won the toss and put New Zealand in to bat at Hagley Oval as India opened a five-match T20I series, their first meeting with New Zealand since the T20 World Cup final in March.
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Trump says US is 'not negotiating' with Iran ahead of midterms
Trump said "most people seem to think it's after the election", a reference to the November 3 midterms. The New York Times, citing US officials, reports US-Israeli plans for renewed strikes; it is not certain Trump will approve any strike.
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Meta New Mexico $25 billion judgment over Facebook privacy claims
Judge Francis J. Mathew cut a theoretical $219.5 billion maximum to $25 billion after a Santa Fe jury counted about 43.9 million violations of New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act. Interest runs at 15% a year until Meta pays.
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Bose acquires Skullcandy; brand stays separate in Park City
The Park City headphone maker joins Bose's Premium Consumer Audio business after a Sound by Bose partnership that began in April 2025. Bose says the deal widens its reach; price, closing date and product plans remain unknown.
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Meta non-voting stock: one Class C share for each A or B share
The charter amendment is set to take effect on Jan. 19, 2027, with record and payment dates not yet set. Meta announced it with Q3 results showing revenue up 26% to $64.60 billion and costs up 68% to $51.61 billion.
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Dammam airport attack kills one, injures eight in Saudi Arabia
GACA said injuries ranged from minor to critical and all the wounded were taken to hospital. The attack came hours after a drone interception over the Shaybah oil field killed two people.
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US orders embassy staff to leave Saudi Arabia after Houthi attacks
Spokesperson Tommy Pigott said the order covers Saudi Arabia only, not the wider Gulf. Saudi authorities say three people were killed on October 21 at the Aramco-operated Shaybah oil field and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam.
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New Mexico sues Epstein lawyer, accountant to block estate payouts
Attorney General Raúl Torrez alleges Jeffrey Epstein's longtime lawyer and accountant knowingly helped finance and conceal his sex trafficking, including at Zorro Ranch. These are civil allegations; a lawyer for the two men called the suit "baseless."
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Hang Seng today: index slides 2.11% to 23,152.33 in early trade
Hong Kong's benchmark dropped about 500 points within 25 minutes of the open, extending a three-day slide. No exchange, official or newswire source has yet confirmed what triggered the move.
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KOSPI falls 0.95%, giving back part of 3.29% rebound
The index was about 0.95% below the previous close at 01:15 UTC (10:15 Seoul time), with chip and battery heavyweights weaker. The Bank of Korea kept its base rate at 3.00%, but no source has linked the decline to that decision.
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EA shuts down BioWare as part of about 400 job cuts
The cuts equal roughly 3% of Electronic Arts' workforce, with about 50 at BioWare's Edmonton studio, according to Bloomberg. EA also cancelled a Sims project code-named Project Lotus; the fate of the Mass Effect and Dragon Age brands is unknown.
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Natural gas futures fall 4.83% on mild US weather outlook
Market reports tie the slide to forecasts of warmer-than-normal weather in the central and eastern US into early November. Storage stood at 3,567 Bcf as of 9 October, 1.3% above the five-year average, with the next EIA report due 22 October.
