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“appalled & deeply saddened”
“while in the custody of the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen”
“had been arbitrarily detained by the Houthis since 2024”
“the second death of a UN staff member in Houthi detention”
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“Daylight Saving Time ends at 2am overnight tonight for those of you that applies to, so turn clocks back one hour before bed if they don't do it on their own”
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Energy
“The Strait of Hormuz transit levels are back to pre-conflict levels minus Iranian barrels.”
“The world can live without Iranian oil.”
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Tech
“Happy Hubble Halloween! This new image of the Cat's Head Nebula shows a star-forming region with an eerily feline resemblance.”
“have captured a hauntingly dynamic star-forming scene”
“about 7,500 light-years away from Earth”
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At their 21st Summit in Montréal, EU and Canadian leaders launched the "EU-Canada Alliance for the Future", their joint statement said.
World
“after securing his release from Russian captivity.”
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The State Department said Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on the margins of the G20 in Atlanta.
World
The State Department said it "has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine" of five hundred PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles, with an estimated total cost of $2.1 billion "funded entirely by partners and allies."
Economy
Eurostat said "seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU" in the third quarter, compared with the second, in a preliminary flash estimate.
Economy
Eurostat said the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.5% in September, unchanged from August and up from 6.3% a year earlier.
Economy
The Treasury's par yield curve showed the 10-year yield at 4.94% on Friday, from 4.98% on Thursday. The 2-year yield fell to 4.56% from 4.61%, the 1-year to 4.36% from 4.42% and the 30-year to 5.31% from 5.32%.
Economy
The European Commission said it paid €6.1 billion to France, €306 million to Austria and €92.2 million to Luxembourg under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, part of NextGenerationEU.
Companies
ExxonMobil reported third-quarter earnings of $15.413 billion under US accounting rules (GAAP), or $3.72 a share, up from $14.525 billion in the second quarter.
Companies
Chevron reported earnings of $9.9 billion, or $5.06 a diluted share, for the third quarter, compared with $3.5 billion a year earlier.
Companies
AbbVie said third-quarter net revenues rose 10.3% on a reported basis to $17.404 billion. Diluted earnings per share were $2.37 on a GAAP basis and $3.82 on an adjusted (non-GAAP) basis.
Regulation
The SEC said it issued exemptive relief from its Treasury clearing rules related to "inter-affiliate repo transactions and non-U.S. repo transactions."
Lead story
The ECB said Christine Lagarde "informed the Governing Council and the President of the European Council António Costa that she will step down from her position on 7 February 2027."
World
The State Department said Marco Rubio and Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen "signed the U.S.-Finland Technology Prosperity Deal and a Critical Minerals Framework Agreement".
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The State Department said Rubio and Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán signed two memoranda of understanding, "codifying Hungary’s commitment to energy diversification under the Trump Peace Pipelines Framework (TPPF) and a bilateral commitment to combatting far-left terrorism."
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“we carried out two missile strikes, destroying two Russian Su-34s and hitting an Iskander launcher.”
“packages of interceptors, primarily for Patriots, that our partners can provide us.”
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