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At least 30 people were confirmed dead after two high-speed passenger trains collided near Urda in central Spain on Wednesday morning, October 28, in a disaster that left carriages off the track, disrupted a major transport corridor and prompted a large-scale emergency response. The regional…
Israel’s October 27 parliamentary election has produced an unsettled result rather than a clear transfer of power. Partial counts put Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-religious bloc ahead of the opposition alliance led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, but the gap is not enough to…
Israel’s election on Tuesday is producing a striking early measure of public engagement, but not yet an answer to the question that brought the country to the polls: whether Benjamin Netanyahu can assemble another parliamentary majority or whether a divided opposition can finally replace him.…
A localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine took effect in designated areas around the occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky on October 27, opening a limited opportunity to deliver humanitarian assistance and organize the departure of civilians trapped near the front line. The agreement is notable…
Anthropic's proposed stock market debut puts two defining tensions in the artificial intelligence industry into a single regulatory document: the extraordinary commercial demand for advanced AI systems and the difficulty of managing the financial, technical and societal risks that accompany their development. On October 26,…
As the United States approaches its November 3 midterm election, the question of who will be watching the vote has become almost as politically charged as the contest itself. Democratic Party networks, nonpartisan voting-rights groups, Republican-aligned organizations and the Justice Department are preparing overlapping operations.…
