Putin puts Russian assets of France’s Tarkett, Germany’s Menshen and Swedish and Dutch packaging firms under temporary state management
(Reuters / Kommersant)
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Indonesia stocks plunge more than 10% after MSCI warns of a downgrade from emerging-market status
8% drop at the open triggered a 30-minute halt. (AP / Jakarta Post)
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Albania’s PM Edi Rama refuses to resign as student-led protests turn violent for a third day in Tirana.
Riot police used tear gas and water cannon; about 89 injured, including 61 officers. Students demand lower education costs and an end to corruption.
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Ukraine’s Patriot interceptor stocks hit a critical low, CNN and WaPo report.
A source told CNN Kyiv has run out of US-made Patriots after a recent ballistic strike largely went unintercepted; WaPo said only a couple remained.
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DOJ sues California over 20,000+ alleged noncitizen voters ahead of midterms
Seeks to block counting their mail ballots until citizenship verified. (AP / WaPo)
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Rubio: returning seized Hezbollah explosives to the group “should be out of the question”
Hezbollah acknowledged a ~780 kg TNT/C-4 truck and demanded it back. (Al Jazeera / AP / Reuters)
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UPDATE: Ukraine says Starshield for military drones restored after White House limits
Connectivity while on the move working again after ~100 mph caps. (Kyiv Independent / Axios / NPR)
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US draws up MOAB strike options on Iran; Trump says no nukes or ground troops
CNN: GBU-43/B options prepared. Trump: “I wouldn’t use nuclear.” (CNN/Newsmax)
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White House ordered Starshield limits for Ukraine’s military drones, Reuters reports
Order amid Trump pressure over Russian refinery strikes. (Reuters/CNBC)
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Ukraine strikes a Russian oil refinery after ending Trump’s energy ceasefire
Zelenskyy: pause is over. Drones hit Rosneft’s Ryazan plant. (AP/Reuters)
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Flash floods kill three in Istanbul after record October rain; several still missing
14-year-old electrocuted; two drowned. 3,000+ rescued. (AA/AP/Xinhua)
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Canada’s PM Mark Carney warns the US is trying to break the country as Alberta’s separation referendum nears
Campaigning in Calgary ahead of Monday’s vote on starting a separation process. (AP/BBC)
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UPDATE: Nicolás Maduro pleads not guilty in New York to new US torture charges, calling them false
Judge entered the plea after Maduro refused; trial June 14, 2027. (AP/BBC)
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A minibus collides with a Le Shuttle train at the Eurotunnel loading platform near Calais, injuring 19 people
HGV drivers’ bus hit a departing shuttle at Coquelles ~7:27 p.m.; 2 airlifted, none life-threatening. (BBC/AP)
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A Calgary Transit bus sets off a fiery eight-vehicle crash in northeast Calgary, killing three passengers and injuring 19 people.
The bus hit a car, then a parked natural gas-powered bus that burst into flames. Cause under investigation. (AP/CBC/Global News)
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Iraq’s parliament completes PM Ali al-Zaidi’s cabinet, approving a US-sanctioned militia leader as a deputy prime minister.
11 posts filled; new deputy PM Laith al-Khazali is a senior leader of Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq. (Reuters/AP/Al Jazeera)
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Ukraine says a Neptune missile strike hit six Russian Su-34M jets at Borisoglebsk airfield, destroying four.
Zelensky: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged in Voronezh region. Russia unconfirmed. (Kyiv Independent/Reuters)
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UPDATE: Trump says Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan’s Dec. 3 firing-squad execution will not be livestreamed.
Execution still set; families may attend in person. (AP/ABC/BBC)
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Houthi missiles and drones hit Yemen’s presidential palace in Aden, killing at least five people, officials say.
5 dead, 16 wounded at al-Maashiq; PM safe. Houthis claim Saudi HQ. (Al Jazeera/Reuters/AP/BBC)
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A 16-year-old gunman kills three children and a teacher at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, before a community member shoots him, police say.
Victims aged 5, 8 and 11. Two others critical. (AP/BBC/CNN)
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