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- Russian Troops Reported Inside Pokrovsk As Ukraine Says Forces Hold City's Defenses
on October 26, 2025 at 11:00 pmElements of Russia’s ground forces have entered the strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Kyiv acknowledged, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy labeling the situation there as “difficult” with “fierce” battles flaring in and around the regional center.
- Czech president tasks billionaire Andrej Babis with forming new government
on October 27, 2025Babis' party won the most seats in October's parliamentary election. Since then, the self-proclaimed 'Trumpist' has begun coalition talks with far-right and right-wing parties.
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
Park Life – Shanghai, by Andrew Roberts (CC BY-ND 2.0) [...]
Two posts from nationalist pundit and former Global Times Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin criticizing what he describes as a “collective silence” on Chinese social media have sparked intense discussion on Chinese and overseas websites. The posts, published earlier this month by Hu on his personal WeChat [...]
Public backlash has forced local officials in Pengyuan—a community in the city of Jiangmen, Guangdong province—to rescind an order requiring residents to surrender their keys so that sanitation workers can enter outbuildings to fumigate and eradicate mosquitos. The eradication effort is in response to an [...]
The involvement of Chinese nationals in Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine received widespread media attention earlier this year. This included an extended interview by Chinese journalist Chai Jing with one such combatant, "Macaron," which was was subsequently translated in two parts by CDT. The much [...]
The news that two more Japanese scientists were awarded Nobel Prizes in the natural sciences has been met with considerable consternation on the Chinese internet. Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University and two American scientists, Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, were awarded the Nobel Prize [...]
We believe: Faith is not a crime. Worship is not a crime. Prayer is not a crime. [Chinese] This quote highlighted by CDT Chinese this week is drawn from a statement by the Zion (锡安 Xī’ān) Church following the arrest of dozens of its members [...]
State media hailed the mass travel over this month’s "Super Golden Week" holiday as a sign of profound economic vigor. Xinhua, for example, reported that the "travel boom […] demonstrated the country’s vibrant consumption and sustained economic momentum, highlighting the vitality of the Chinese economy." [...]
Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial College London found that the spontaneous emergence of life from nonliving matter may be far more difficult than scientists once thought. [...]
GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in the brain. Early trials show reductions in alcohol intake, opioid seeking, and nicotine use. Though more research is needed, scientists believe these drugs could open a [...]
New research shows that hippos lived in central Europe tens of thousands of years longer than previously thought. Ancient DNA and radiocarbon dating confirm they survived in Germany’s Upper Rhine Graben during a milder Ice Age phase. Closely related to modern African hippos, they shared [...]
MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei, replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup. By studying radium monofluoride, they detected energy shifts showing electrons interacting within the nucleus. This breakthrough could help reveal why matter dominates [...]
Dinosaurs weren’t dying out before the asteroid hit—they were thriving in vibrant, diverse habitats across North America. Fossil evidence from New Mexico shows that distinct “bioprovinces” of dinosaurs existed until the very end. Their extinction was sudden, not gradual, and the recovery of life afterward [...]
Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic analysis revealed pathogens behind paratyphoid and relapsing fever, diseases likely contributing to the army’s massive losses. Using advanced DNA sequencing, the team pieced together centuries-old infection clues, connecting [...]
Scientists have found that mushrooms can act as organic memory devices, mimicking neural activity while consuming minimal power. The Ohio State team grew and trained shiitake fungi to perform like computer chips, capable of switching between electrical states thousands of times per second. These fungal [...]
Inside your body, an intricate communication network constantly monitors breathing, heart rate, digestion, and immune function — a hidden “sixth sense” called interoception. Now, Nobel laureate Ardem Patapoutian and a team at Scripps Research and the Allen Institute have received $14.2 million from the NIH [...]
King Abdullah tells the BBC there would need to be peace in Gaza before any international forces were deployed. [...]
Kurdish counter-terrorism officials tell the BBC so-called Islamic State cells in Syria are regrouping and increasing attacks. [...]
Unfil says the drone flew over a patrol in an "aggressive manner", but the Israeli military says it was gathering intelligence and posed no threat. [...]
Israel said the teams have been permitted to search beyond the so-called "yellow line" in the area controlled by its forces in Gaza. [...]
Around 15,000 Gazans are waiting for urgent medical treatment, according to the UN. [...]
The US secretary of state says Israel must be comfortable with participants, but it is unclear how such a force could be deployed without an understanding with Hamas. [...]
Vice-President Vance says the move by far-right lawmakers was "stupid", while Secretary of State Rubio warns of the impact on Gaza peace plan. [...]
Michael Smuss, an artist who helped make petrol bombs during the uprising, died in Israel aged 99. [...]
Both projects attracted public scrutiny and criticism, yet the contrast in approach is telling. [...]
Contrary to Trump’s claim, diversifying the supply chain won’t drive down prices. [...]
The obsession with powerful large language models overlooks the developing world. [...]
Prime Minister Mark Carney hopes to decrease Ottawa’s dependence on Washington. [...]
U.S. military planners are caught in an impossible dilemma. [...]
Test yourself on the week of Oct. 18: Japan swears in its first female prime minister, Russia conducts military drills, and a museum heist stuns France. [...]
Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller is terrifying—but falls short of true provocation. [...]
[allAfrica] Durban, South Africa -- What if Africa could use its industrial strength to protect its people's health by producing medicines locally? [...]
[Dabanga] El Fasher / Bara / Nyala / El Obeid -- The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced that after capturing the headquarters of the Sixth Infantry Division, one of the Sudanese Armed Forces' (SAF) key bases in western Sudan, they had taken full control [...]
[Unicef] N'DJAMENA/NEW YORK -- This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing [...]
[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- The war in Sudan is not an anomaly; it is a prototype. A conflict that has directly killed at least 150,000 people, displaced over 11 million, and pushed half the population into acute food insecurity sets the pace for a terrifying [...]
[Darfur Network for Human Rights] El Fasher, North Darfur State -- The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have claimed control of the Sudanese army's 6th Infantry Division headquarters in El Fasher after days of intense fighting, according to information gathered by the Darfur Network for Human [...]
[WFP] Funding cuts are forcing WFP to sharply shrink assistance to hundreds of thousands asylum seekers [...]