Spread of drug-resistant superbugs surging, WHO warns: nearly 40% of antibiotics became ineffective between 2018 and 2023: one in six bacterial infections confirmed by laboratories in 2023 no longer responded to standard antibiotic treatments (LINK) — ground.news: 76 media reports (LINK) 13 October 2025

Dow gains almost 600 points after US-China trade showdown hits the pause button (LINK) 13 October 2025

Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer leaves island for US exile after imprisonment (LINK) — ground.news: 105 media reports (LINK) 13 October 2025

— He was part of a group of 75 opposition figures imprisoned in 2003 and released on condition of leaving Cuba, but he refused and founded his organization instead.

Venezuela announces closure of its embassies in Norway and Australia, opening new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe as part of a foreign service restructuring (LINK) — ground.news: 69 media reports (LINK) 13 October 2025

JPMorgan targets critical minerals with $1.5 trillion security initiative (LINK) 13 October 2025

2025 Nobel economist Peter Howitt of Canada warns of AI dangers: offers "amazing possibilities" but should be regulated because of its job-destroying potential (LINK) 12 October 2025

— California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a first-of-its-kind law regulating interactions with AI chatbots, defying a push from the White House to leave the technology unchecked.

MSN Copilot: Biden begins radiation therapy for prostate cancer (LINK) 12 October 2025

— Former U.S. President Joe Biden, 82, has started a five-week course of radiation therapy to treat an aggressive form of prostate cancer that was diagnosed in May.

Afghanistan says it has killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in border operations (LINK) — ground.news: 357 (LINK) 11 October 2025

— Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghan troops captured 25 army posts from Pakistan, wounding 30 soldiers in what the Defense Ministry called "retaliatory and successful operations". Fighting stopped at midnight following requests from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

More than half of CDC staffers recently fired by Trump administration have been reinstated (LINK) 11 October 2025

— After a new round of layoff notices sent late Friday night to around 1,300 workers at the CDC, approximately 700 were reinstated on Saturday, while about 600 remain laid off, according to the union, which represents federal workers. "The employees who received incorrect notifications were never separated from the agency and have all been notified that they are not subject to the reduction in force," said Andrew Nixon, director of communications for the US Department of Health and Human Services.