Sunday, 12 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.

Mexico: nine Americans, including six children, killed in cartel ambush of Mormons (LINK) 12 October 2025

Prince William is reportedly being 'prepared to step up fast' as King Charles' health declines (LINK) 12 October 2025

JD Vance trashes 'fake story' about Qatari Air Force facility in Idaho — just two days after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made an announcement about the facility on Friday (LINK) 12 October 2025

— "Today, we’re announcing a letter of acceptance in building a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho,"s declared Hegseth at a press conference also featuring his Qatari counterpart, Minister of Defense Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.

"Trump is letting Qatar build a military facility in the U.S." — and MAGA Is Not Happy (LINK) 12 October 2025

Hamas is back in Gaza City as truce with Israel begins (LINK) 12 October 2025

Palestinians return to ruins and US expects hostages freed on Monday as Gaza ceasefire holds (LINK) 12 October 2025

Meidas Touch on 6 January 2021 according to Trump 2025 (LINK) 12 October 2025

— At 12:37 AM, Donald Trump posted on his social media that "THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6…DO SOMETHING!!!" Donald Trump was the president on January 6, 2021. The FBI was controlled by Trump then, not Biden—and Biden would not be sworn in for another two weeks. In addition, even Trump official Kash Patel has acknowledged that the FBI was not placed in the crowd that day when Trump was president. The FBI responded to the scene of the insurrection after it took place, since its job was to respond to crimes. As of January 2025, over 1,000 insurrectionists have pled guilty to their crimes, and every one of the 220 cases that went to jury trial ended in a conviction. In all of those cases, the defendants were given all the evidence and never made a claim that the FBI was behind January 6, as Trump now claims while tweeting at 12:37 AM.

Thousands of travellers still stranded across Europe, facing significant disruptions as 140 flights have been canceled and 2,890 flights delayed (LINK) 12 October 2025

— The chaos spans several countries, including Iceland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, and more. Major airlines like Air Iceland, Pegasus, Ryanair, SAS, and Vueling are heavily impacted, with flights to and from key airports in Reykjavik, Alicante, London, Saint-Louis, and Izmir experiencing delays and cancellations.

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.

Types of crypto press releases and their impact: which ones actually drive real results? The ones that align the announcement type with a clear audience and a measurable outcome (LINK) 12 October 2025

Top crypto PR agencies of 2025: Compare data-driven, boutique, and global firms redefining Web3 communications and brand visibility (LINK) 12 October 2025

Mapped: the world’s 20 fastest growing populations: 1. Syria (LINK) 12 October 2025

The most budget-friendly towns for a stay in Switzerland, according to travel guides and tourism data (LINK) 12 October 2025

Saturday, 11 October 2025

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.

Clashes between Hamas and armed clan members kill 27 (LINK) — ground.news: 80 media reports (LINK) 11 October 2025

Donald Trump and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to chair Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday: will include leaders of the UK, Italy, Spain and France (LINK) 11 October 2025

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.

Sudanese paramilitary attack kills at least 53 people in Darfur on 10 October, Sudan Doctors' Network says (LINK) 11 October 2025

Power returns to Kyiv after Russian strike (LINK) 11 October 2025

Fox News: "Trump directs Hegseth to pay troops during ongoing government shutdown standoff as he rails against Schumer" (LINK) 11 October 2025

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll (LINK) 11 October 2025

Europe’s most dangerous cities, according to citizens: No.1 Bradford, England, France has most in top 30 (LINK) 11 October 2025

GearPatrol: "This new Swiss [Tissot] automatic just blew up my expectations for a $500 watch: this kind of accuracy for this little money is basically unheard of" (LINK) 11 October 2025

Since his arrest last month by immigration agents, the public has grappled with how Ian Roberts became a public schools leader despite lacking authorization to work in the U.S., a history of criminal charges and falsified credentials: superintendent arrested by ICE had a consulting gig. His districts repeatedly hired firm that marketed Roberts as a consultant and speaker, sold his books and helped raise his profile firm (LINK) 11 October 2025

Friday, 10 October 2025

U.S.gov: "Taking Action to Defend America from the UN's First Global Carbon Tax — the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) “Net-Zero Framework” (NZF) — United States Department of State" (LINK) 10 October 2025

— "The United States will not accept any international environmental agreement that unduly or unfairly burdens the United States or harms the interests of the American people."

Stock market: Dow sinks 800 points, S&P 500 and Nasdaq see worst day since April as Trump's renewed tariff threats spook Wall Street (LINK) 10 October 2025

Trump announces 130% tariffs on China (LINK) 10 October 2025

— CNN: Trump's announcement is tied to Beijing ramping up export controls on its critical rare earths, which are needed to produce many electronics. As a result, Trump appeared to call off a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that was scheduled for later this month in South Korea.

Major US online retailers remove listings for millions of prohibited Chinese electronics (LINK) — ground.news: 7 media reports (LINK) 10 October 2025

Trump to visit Egypt and Israel Monday amid ceasefire deal in Middle East (LINK) 10 October 2025

— Trump told reporters he will visit Cairo while in Egypt, and he plans to speak at the Knesset. He indicated many other world leaders would be in attendance.

Trump says Israeli captives to be released from Gaza on Monday (LINK) 10 October 2025

Thousands of Palestinians return to what's left of their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes effect (LINK) 10 October 2025

Trump promised not to let Israel break Gaza ceasefire to get deal (LINK) 10 October 2025

Plastic pollution treaty not dead in the water, says UN Environment Chief (LINK) — ground.news: 47 media reports (LINK) 10 October 2025

— Luis Vayas Valdivieso, Ecuador's ambassador to Britain who chaired the last three of six negotiation rounds, has announced he is stepping down, leaving the process rudderless. The Guardian reported that staff from Andersen's UNEP team held a covert meeting on the last night in Geneva, aimed at coaxing members of civil society groups into pressuring Vayas to quit. Andersen: "I did not know and obviously had not asked anyone to do something of this sort."

Guinea charges 60 over deadly gold mine riot (LINK) — ground.news: 5 media reports (LINK) 10 October 2025

— Reuters: Unrest broke out on October 4 after locals demanded the release of 17 people detained over an earlier vandalism incident at the same site, Siguiri's public prosecutor Ibrahima I. Camara said in a statement. Protesters stormed the mine, torching 10 buses, two pickup trucks — including one belonging to the gendarmerie — and two buildings. Two people were killed and several others injured, it added. The charges include voluntary arson, destruction of property, and complicity in murder.

— Guinea, which holds the world’s largest bauxite reserves and vast iron ore deposits at Simandou, has seen rising unrest at mining sites amid a regulatory crackdown. The military junta, in power since 2021, has sought to boost economic growth by renegotiating mining contracts, accelerating project development, and increasing state earnings from Guinea’s vast natural resource wealth.

Burkina Faso refuses to take deportees as US stops issuing visas (LINK) 10 October 2025

José Jerí sworn in as Peruvian President after Congress impeaches Boluarte (LINK) — ground.news: 475 media reports (LINK) 10 October 2025

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown (LINK) 10 October 2025

— In a court filing, the budget office said well over 4,000 employees would be fired, though it noted that the funding situation was "fluid and rapidly evolving".

MIT turns down Trump's policies for preferred funding (LINK) 10 October 2025

Macron reappoints outgoing PM Sébastien Lecornu, far right calls for snap legislative elections (LINK) 10 October 2025

Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado dedicates award to Trump (LINK) — ground.news: 156 media reports (LINK) 10 October 2025

Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado (LINK) 10 October 2025

Machado: "a brave and committed champion of peace" — (LINK)

Turkey and Iraq reach draft agreement on sharing water as drought worsens (LINK) — ground.news: 7 media reports (LINK) 10 October 2025

Taliban government blames Pakistan for a 9 October air strike on Kabul (LINK) — ground.news: 36 media reports (LINK) 10 October 2025

Pakistani forces kill 30 militants after deadly ambush that killed nine soldiers and two officers in country's northwest (LINK) — ground.news: 9 media reports (LINK) 10 October 2025

Violence erupts in eastern Pakistan as Islamists try to march on capital for pro-Palestinian rally (LINK) — ground.news: 12 media reports (LINK) 10 October 2025

— In a statement, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party, or TLP, claimed that two of its supporters had been killed and 50 others injured since Thursday.

Nobel-winning economists Duflo and Banerjee will leave US for Switzerland (LINK) 10 October 2025

— The University of Zurich said that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, known for their work in development economics, will move from the US to Switzerland, amid Donald Trump's attacks on universities. Now at MIT, they will establish a new center for development economics.

— The couple will each have an endowed professorship at UZH funded by the Lemann Foundation, the university said. They will also establish and co-lead the new Lemann Center for Development, Education and Public Policy, with an aim to foster policy-relevant research and connect researchers and education policymakers around the world, it added. "We are delighted that two of the world's most influential economists are joining UZH," university president Michael Schaepman said. Duflo said the new Lemann Center would enable the couple, who will retain part-time positions at MIT, to "build on and expand our work, which bridges academic research, student mentorship and real-world policy impact."

Boat services between Switzerland and France to be reduced from 2026 (LINK) 10 October 2025

— Évian–Lausanne line set to lose weekend sailings and have fewer boats operating overall. The biggest cuts will hit the Lausanne–Thonon-les-Bains route, where crossings will be halved and no boats will run at weekends. The Yvoire route will also see fewer sailings, but peak-time services will stay in place to ensure cross-border commuters can still get to work.

— swissinfo: "The adjustments follow the renewal of a cross-border agreement between canton Vaud and French local authorities. France had refused to extend the deal under its current terms, which involved splitting costs equally. After months of negotiations, both sides have agreed to continue sharing the costs of services not covered by ticket sales, but with a scaled-back timetable."

Scott Bessent's $20 billion lifeline for Argentina a bailout for 'his hedge fund buddies', Says Paul Krugman (LINK) 10 October 2025

Ukraine updates: Russia launches 'massive attack' on Kyiv (LINK) 10 October 2025

Decades of studies link suicide risk with common hair loss treatment finasteride (LINK) — ground.news: 7 media reports (LINK) 10 October 2025

Thursday, 9 October 2025

UN Rights Chief says 53 civilians killed during 3 days of attacks in and near el-Fasher camp in western Sudan (LINK) — ground.news: 9 media reports (LINK) 9 October 2025

Peru's Congress vote removes President Boluarte as crime grips nation (LINK) — ground.news: 191 media reports (LINK) 9 October 2025

Fox News: Israel, Hamas agree to phase 1 of Trump peace deal to release hostages, begin ceasefire (LINK) 9 October 2025

Mission to evacuate north Gaza babies suspended amid ongoing fighting, UNICEF says (LINK) — ground.news: 6 media reports (LINK) 9 October 2025

Indonesia to block Israeli team from competing at gymnastics world championships in Jakarta this month (LINK) — ground.news: 64 media reports (LINK) 9 October 2025

South Sudan president fires military chief after three months, reinstates predecessor with no explanation (LINK) — ground.news: 9 media reports (LINK) 9 October 2025

Myanmar's military acknowledges attacking Buddhist festival on 6 October, accuses resistance forces of using human shields: witnesses reported about two dozen people killed, including children (LINK) — ground.news: 20 media reports (LINK) 9 October 2025

Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,323 (LINK) 9 October 2025

• The Russian Ministry of Defence said its forces had taken control of the settlement of Novohryhorivka in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address that his country's forces had killed thousands of Russian soldiers in the Dobropillia region of eastern Ukraine since August 21, when they launched a counteroffensive against Moscow's occupying troops.
• Zelenskyy also said Ukraine's attacks on Russia's oil facilities had degraded them to an extent that the country was experiencing energy shortages.
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said recent drone incidents and other airspace violations show Europe is facing hybrid warfare to which it must respond with measures that go beyond traditional defences. Von der Leyen said it was clear Russia's aim was to "sow division" and "weaken support for Ukraine", and that Europe could "either shy away and watch Russian threats escalate, or meet them with unity, deterrence and resolve".

'Major Win for Ukraine, Baltics' — US Senate defies chaos to pass Defence Bill (LINK) 9 October 2025

— By 77-20 US Senators approve funds for the Baltic Security Initiative and mandate action on Ukraine children abducted during the conflict.

Nobel Prize in literature goes to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai for work confronting 'apocalyptic terror' (LINK) — ground.news: 21 media reports (LINK) 9 October 2025

Canada-based Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official (LINK) 9 October 2025

— Trump and his allies falsely accused Dominion of engaging in a plot to steal the 2020 election for Joe Biden. Dominion later sued Fox News, whose on-air personalities had echoed Trump's claims, for defamation. Fox settled the case in 2023, and paid Dominion $787.5 million. In August, Newsmax agreed to pay Dominion $67 million to settle a similar lawsuit. In August, Newsmax agreed to pay Dominion $67 million to settle a similar lawsuit.

'Sharpiegate' meteorologist, found to have violated the agency's code of ethics during the first Trump administration, is officially the head of NOAA (LINK) 9 October 2025

— Trump, then in his first term, insisted that Hurricane Dorian posed a threat to Alabama (it was not), eventually producing a map that appeared to have been altered with a Sharpie pen to prove his point. Jacobs was the acting administrator at NOAA at the time.

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term (LINK) 9 October 2025

What to expect in the stock market after a three-year bull run (LINK) 9 October 2025

— "Every recent bull run that has made it to its third birthday has continued at least until year five."

Select Swiss airports to roll out new entry-exit system on Monday (LINK) 9 October 2025

— It will allow third-country nationals to be registered electronically, replacing the current manual stamping of travel documents. First in Basel and Geneva on October 12, while in Zurich the date chosen is November 17.

Scientists just discovered what the earliest animals actually looked like: more like humble sea sponges than glowing jellyfish (LINK) 9 October 2025

EPFL study: "In the future, [Swiss] dams will serve a variety of purposes" (LINK) 9 October 2025

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

UN to slash a quarter of peacekeepers globally over lack of funds (LINK) 8 October 2025

Nigerian woman officer wins UN award (Trailblazer Award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers) for transforming prisons in Congo (LINK) 8 October 2025

— Passblue: Olukemi Ibikunle, as a corrections official, got the authority to literally knock down the wall of Nigeria's oldest prison to create a service gate for deliveries of large supplies into the fortress and evacuating human waste out. She proposed and led the installation of a biogas system, a renewable-energy source, in the Kirikiri Maximum Security Custodial Center, in Lagos, housing the most-hardened criminals in 2018. But perhaps the toughest success for her was getting the government, weighed down by decades-long fights with a range of rebel groups, to agree to creating a prison system respecting the dignity of inmates and protecting incarcerated women from sexual violence. Ibikunle and her team of correctional experts with the UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo, called Monusco, developed a policy and a construction prototype that was adopted by the Kinshasa government to improve aspects of the country's prison system. She is now based in Beni, eastern Congo.

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of preparing for war as Red Sea tensions rise (LINK) 8 October 2025

UNICEF warns that number of children in Haiti displaced by violence has nearly doubled to 680,000 (LINK) — ground.news: 73 media reports (LINK) 8 October 2025

Gaza ceasefire talks resume as Israel intercepts another aid flotilla (LINK) 8 October 2025

Molecular discovery that won Nobel Prize in chemistry is likened to 'Harry Potter' enchanted handbag: could play a part in solving some of humanity's greatest challenges (LINK) 8 October 2025

— AP: From capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or sucking water out of dry desert air, the trio's new form of molecular architecture can absorb and contain gases inside stable metal organic frameworks.The frameworks can be compared to the timber framework of a house, and Hermione's famous beaded handbag, in that they are small on the outside but very large on the inside, according to Olof Ramström, a member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. "Metal-organic frameworks have enormous potential, bringing previously unforeseen opportunities for custom-made materials with new functions," according to Nobel Chemistry chair. The committee cited the potential for using the frameworks to separating so-called "forever chemicals" from water.

Colombia carries out largest domestic debt swap in history for $11.2 billion (LINK) — ground.news: 7 media reports (LINK) 8 October 2025

Shayne Coplan becomes youngest self-made billionaire at 27 after Polymarket's $2B investment (LINK) 9 October 2025

How to teach critical thinking when AI does the thinking: "When Deloitte consultants outsourced thinking to ChatGPT, they produced a $291,000 disaster [it had to repay to the Australian government]. Students will fail the same way unless we teach dialogic engagement with AI." (LINK) 8 October 2025

— The AI-based report contained nonexistent references, fabricated citations, and invented court cases. "Consistent LLM users exhibit the weakest brain connectivity patterns. According to a recent MIT study, users couldn't accurately quote their own work and self-reported the lowest sense of ownership over what they'd created. Students who've learned dialogic engagement with AI behave completely differently. "

Scientists reveal what a single photon really looks like for the first time: reseachers uses quantum simulations to vizualize the shape of a photon emitted by a single nanoparticle — in this case, it's lemon-shaped. (LINK) 8 October 2025

Elon Musk agrees to settle with fired Twitter execs over $128 million severance not paid since he bought what is now X in 2022 (LINK) 8 October 2025

— The executives, including former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, former CFO Ned Segal, former Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde and former General Counsel Sean Edgett, sued in 2024 alleging Musk withheld severance payments as a form of "revenge" after he was forced to go through with the $44 billion acquisition deal, which he had tried to get out of.

Google AI news announced in September: "AI upgrade for Chrome, a new visual search option in AI Mode and the next step in bringing helpful robots into the physical world" (LINK) 8 October 2025

ChatGPT eerily reveals the 10 jobs in the UK and US 'it will replace' by 2030 (LINK) 8 October 2025

— Telemarketers / call centre agents / customer support representatives; Data entry / clerical / transcription roles; ookkeepers / payroll clerks / basic accounting roles; Travel agents / reservation clerks; Warehouse operatives / pickers / packers; Proofreaders, copy editors (basic levels); Paralegals / legal assistants (for routine tasks); Insurance underwriters / claims processors; Retail cashiers / point-of-sale roles; Routine manufacturing / assembly line operators.

Scientists in Japan uncover biological cause of Long COVID brain fog: people with Long COVID experience widespread increases in AMPA receptor activity, a type of molecule crucial for learning and memory (LINK) 8 October 2025

Chad cuts ties with Prince Harry's charity African Parks over "recurring indelicate and disrespectful attitude toward the government" (LINK) 8 October 2025

Hamas says it handed over list of Israelis and Palestinians for swap deal (LINK) — ground.news: 37 media reports (LINK) 8 October 2025

Cristiano Ronaldo, 40, of Portugal becomes first football billionaire with reported $400m Saudi contract (LINK) — ground.news: 27 media reports (LINK) 8 October 2025

Nouvelliste: Gault & Millau: 10 Valais restaurant chefs in the guide: top is Franck Reynaud of the Hostellerie du Pas-de-l'Ours in Crans-Montana (18 points out of 20)(in French) (LINK) 8 October 2025

Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Five detained after alleged assassination attempt on Ecuador's Noboa (LINK) 7 October 2025

— Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa's car was surrounded by about 500 protesters hurling rocks as he arrived for an event in Canar province, a minister said on Tuesday, adding there were "signs of bullet damage" on the vehicle.

Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded for work in quantum mechanics (LINK) 7 October 2025

Canada's Trilogy Metals shares soar over 200% after U.S. government takes stake in minerals explorer as part of a push to unlock domestic supplies of copper and other critical minerals in the Ambler mining district in Alaska (LINK) 7 October 2025

Newsweek: Russia may be in 'phase 0' of preparation for NATO war (LINK) 7 October 2025

Drones Hit 2,000 km inside Russia as Ukraine unleashes 209-drone barrage on Putin's birthday (LINK) 7 October 2025

Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown (LINK) 7 October 2025

Heather Cox Richardson: In 2019, during the last government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed a law designed to make it clear that furloughed workers would get paid — (LINK)

French President Emmanuel Macron faces increased pressure to resign after the collapse of his latest government: two of his former prime ministers sharply distancing themselves from him (LINK) 7 October 2025

— Macron's stunning decision in June 2024 to dissolve parliament's powerful lower house was the root of the current crisis

Uber driver, 29, arrested for California's deadly Palisades fire in January: fire destroyed more than 6,800 homes and buildings and injured four people, including one firefighter. "It took the defendant several tries to contact 911 to report the fire." (LINK) 7 October 2025

Al Jazeera: Day one of Israel and Hamas indirect talks ends on 'positive' note in Egypt (LINK) 7 October 2025

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina appoints army general as PM: protesters have rejected the appointment and have demanded the president step down within 48 hours (LINK) 7 October 2025

— BBC: The protests began on 25 September, triggered by public anger over repeated water and power cuts and have since morphed into wider dissatisfaction over corruption, high unemployment and the cost-of-living crisis. The protest movement is known as Gen Z Mada.

Amid Trump's threat of shutdown layoffs, more federal employees being brought back to work (LINK) 7 October 2025

— The General Services Administration on Monday brought hundreds of employees back to work to manage its governmentwide real estate portfolio, after rescinding reduction-in-force notices they had delivered months ago. Monday afternoon, the Senate, for a fifth time, failed to pass stopgap funding bills introduced by both Democrats and Republicans.

Russian newspaper chief plunges 20m to death from window at home on 4 October (LINK) 7 October 2025

— The secretive head of Pravda publishing house, Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, was believed to be knowledgeable about the secret fortune of the party.

Nouvelliste: Gault & Millau: 10 Valais restaurant chefs in the guide: top is Franck Reynaud of the Hostellerie du Pas-de-l'Ours in Crans-Montana (18 points out of 20)(in French) (LINK) 8 October 2025

Anthropologists unearthed ancient teeth in Ethiopia that have just completely rewritten the story of human evolution: points to a brand-new species of Australopithecus that lived side by side with the very first humans nearly 2.6 million years ago (LINK) 7 October 2025

Monday, 6 October 2025

UNHCR cuts close to 5,000 jobs amid funding shortfall (LINK) 6 October 2025

UN Human Rights Council sets up investigative mechanism on Afghanistan (LINK) 6 October 2025

ICC convicts militia leader in first Darfur war crimes verdict: 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in massacres and other atrocities in Darfur region in 2003 and 2004 (LINK) — ground.news: 208 media reports (LINK) 6 October 2025

Ukraine says Swiss components found in Russian drones (LINK) 6 October 2025

Trump ends Venezuela talks, military options loom, new report (LINK) 6 October 2025

Shutdown costing US economy about $15B a week, about a tenth of a percent of GDP: National Economic Council Director Hassett (LINK) 6 October 2025

AP: Trump says the US has secured $17 trillion in new investments. The real number is likely much less (LINK) 6 October 2025

— The White House website lists total investments at $8.8 trillion, though that figure appears to be padded with some investment commitments made during Joe Biden's presidency.

More trouble for Emmanuel Macron as another French PM resigns (LINK) 6 October 2025

Al Jazeera: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,321: IAEA said that "two rounds of shelling struck around 1.25 km" from the perimeter of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Monday afternoon (LINK) 6 October 2025

EU nears decision on using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine as divisions persist on new sanctions (LINK) 6 October 2025

Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to immune system researchers (LINK) 6 October 2025

ACLU lawsuit says ICE is unlawfully punishing immigrants at a notorious Louisiana detention center (LINK) 6 October 2025

Trump sends California troops to Portland after court denies order: The move appears aimed at circumventing an order barring the deployment of National Guard troops in Oregon (LINK) 6 October 2025

Trump said he "will have to take a look at" a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell after the US Supreme Court rejected her appeal: "Haven't heard the name in so long" (LINK) 6 October 2025

More than 200 hikers still stranded after blizzard hits Mount Everest (LINK) 6 October 2025

Oil rises 1% after lower-than-expected OPEC+ output hike (LINK) 6 October 2025

Israel deports Greta Thunberg and 170 other Gaza flotilla activists (LINK) 6 October 2025

— "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment, trust me, but that is not the story," she said.

Study finds US asthma inhalers produce same emissions as 500,000 cars (LINK) 6 October 2025

Matt Groening finally reveals the original inspiration for Homer Simpson: a Muncie, Indiana, pizza producer (LINK) 6 October 2025

8 fascinating foreign words with no English equivalent (LINK) 6 October 2025

About 1 in 5 U.S. workers now use AI in their job, up since last year (LINK) 6 October 2025