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Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:05:00 GMTCanada-EU summit seeks deepened alliance as US ties fray
Prime Minister Mark Carney said "Europe and Canada are stronger together," in an address to the EU Parliament last month, after EU chief Ursula von der Leyen suggested Canada could become the 27-nation bloc's first "associate member."
Leaders at th...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:00:53 GMT'Historic victory': Leftist leaders in the Americas celebrate Lula's re-election
Lula's win was also acknowleged by right-wing leaders, despite his challenger Flavio Bolsonaro refusing to accept the loss.
Lula received 51.8 percent of the vote compared to 48.2 percent for Bolsonaro.
Mexico's leftist President Claudia Sheinbaum...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:54:55 GMTSenegal to host Youth Games, Africa's first ever Olympics
Over the course of two weeks some 2,700 athletes aged 17 or younger are expected to compete across 25 sports, including Russians who are returning to the Games following a ban.
Events ranging from athletics to beach wrestling, rugby sevens to break...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:24:54 GMTNew levy on non-EU parcels kicks in November 1
The new levy -- coming just weeks before the Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas season shopping rushes -- will be on top of the EU's three-euro fee on small parcels.
How will it work?
The fee will apply to each type of item in a package...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:10:08 GMTReal Madrid win Clasico against FC Barcelona thanks to Kylian Mbappé
Real Madrid defeated FC Barcelona in La Liga (2-1) thanks to a brace by Kylian Mbappé, as the title race gets tighter.
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 05:28:55 GMTTrump says Canada trade deal coming 'soon'
Tensions between the North American neighbors have been high since trade talks broke down in August, with Trump imposing a slew of new tariffs in response.
"We'll have that settled pretty soon. They're willing to give us anything at this moment," t...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:30:53 GMTChina's Communist Party elite hold key talks on governance
Roughly 300 members of the ruling Communist Party's Central Committee in attendance at the meeting, called the fifth plenum, will be looking to tighten discipline within their ranks, according to state media.
That includes measures to reduce corrup...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:34:52 GMTDoncic dominates for Lakers as James' Sixers fall to Pistons
Now the undisputed superstar of the Lakers since James departed this summer for Philadelphia, Doncic also provided 10 assists and eight rebounds in a masterful performance, with eight three-pointers and two steals.
Doncic was supported by Austin Re...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:22:52 GMTStock markets mixed ahead of tech earnings, central bank decisions
AI-linked firms continued to struggle amid worries about the sustainability of the colossal investment boom that pushed stock markets to multiple record highs in the first half of the year.
Traders are growing increasingly worried about when the va...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:01:30 GMT🔴 Live: Bolsonaro refuses to recognise Brazil election results
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 01:54:55 GMTFrance's debt woes in focus as ECB meets
The ECB is set to keep interest rates on hold, having already hiked them twice this year, walking a fine line between tamping down inflation fuelled by the Iran war energy shock and supporting the eurozone economy.
But the focus of Thursday's meeti...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 01:24:57 GMTChina's Communist Party elite gather for governance talks
Roughly 300 members of the ruling Communist Party's Central Committee in attendance at the meeting, called the fifth plenum, will be looking to tighten discipline within their ranks, according to state media.
That includes measures to reduce corrup...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 01:24:56 GMTData center next door divides old Massachusetts mill town
But a few streets away, contractor Louis Haas is grateful to Markley, the company running the facility, for redeveloping an abandoned site he says was rife with drug use.
Dubbed "the Dungeon" by some locals for the imposing black silhouette it cast...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 01:22:53 GMTAI ad blitz distorts US midterms
Reality-bending deepfake ads -- dubbed AI "slopaganda" by researchers and used by both sides of the political aisle to target rivals -- are proliferating across the airwaves and social media ahead of the November 3 vote.
"His family values are wron...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 01:20:56 GMTMaine logging, cross-border ties whipsawed by US-Canada tariff war
Residents in Maine's frontier towns express worry that the tariffs have also triggered a rupture in cross-border relationships built up over decades, and that the intricate community fabric could take years to repair.
"Tariffs are definitely, econo...