World Vision: the staple basket, 1.2 hours in Ireland, a month in CAR. Not advice
World Vision published the fifth Price Shocks report. El País carried, on 15 October, the comparison of a ten-...
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China: life in prison for the lead paint at the Tianshui kindergarten
On Friday, at Lanzhou, the intermediate court closed the nursery file. Li Huifang, the de facto operator of He...
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True Detective, season 5: Banderas and Cage. Filming, in 2027
HBO has announced the cast. Antonio Banderas and Nicolas Cage, season 5 of True Detective. Spiegel, via dpa: B...
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eBay: VAT on marketplaces, yes, but not unfairly on UK small firms. The Budget is not voted
The Evening Standard, Clara Margotin, with PA: Eve Williams of eBay UK says an online VAT crackdown must not “...
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Kioxia, ¥920 billion on margin. Digestion takes time. Not advice
Bloomberg, 18 October, on TBS Cross Dig: Kioxia Holdings shares, under a mountain of margin buying. The peak,...
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Young people skip farms: money, but no time. DR-12 is open, not won
Romania’s farm managers are older than the EU average. Adevărul, on 19 October, carried Eurostat’s 2023 figure...
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Tens of people in Brussels for Georgescu. He stays in Central Arrest, the appeal is pending
Tens of people stood on Sunday 18 October in front of the European Parliament in Brussels under a large banner...
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Copper, no tariff in sight. The Comex–LME spread has tightened. Not advice
Bloomberg, 18 October, via Zhitong/Bitget: traders are wary of the copper rally, with no sign of tariffs. Sinc...
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OS82, Tel Aviv–Vienna, in Sofia. A bomb alert, not a confirmed explosive
Al Jazeera, 18 October, with AFP and AP: an A320, Tel Aviv to Vienna, an emergency landing in Sofia after a bo...
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Mumbai: BMC took down 52,448 unauthorised banners. It is not a new law
Mumbai’s municipal corporation said it had taken down 52,448 unauthorised banners, flex boards and posters bet...
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Babiš goes empty-handed in the Senate. ANO, zero seats from 13 finalists
On Saturday the Senate was counted. Andrej Babiš, prime minister, billionaire, ANO, took none of the 27 seats...
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India delays the 0.4% UPI fee until after Diwali. Cash is a reading, not a series
The Financial Times headlined that cash is “making a comeback” in digital India, against a merchant fee on UPI...
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AISA, detained at Town Hall. 50 or 80. Released, not convicted
Saturday, 17 October, at Town Hall, Bengaluru. The police lifted protesters. The Hindu: about 50 AISA members...
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157 years since the first iron road. Filaret, 31 October 1869 new style
Today's calendars mark 19 October 1869 as the day Romania gained its first iron road. Adevarul opened its anni...
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Pulivendula, Saturday: two stories, batons, gas, six shots in the air
The Hindu, 17 October, A.D. Rangarajan, updated on the 19th: after nomination day, Saturday, in Pulivendula, t...
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Kingdom Centre, remote work. The mall stays open. Two pilots dead in Najran
SCMP, 18 October, AFP: Kingdom Centre, 99 storeys, Riyadh, mandatory remote work from Sunday until further not...
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Anthropic rated BB+ in June: the highest junk notch, one step below investment grade
In June, Kroll Bond Rating Agency put an issuer rating of BB+ on Anthropic. One notch below investment grade....
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Banque du Caire, a 30% EGX IPO. Up to about $454 million. Not advice
Egypt’s financial regulator approved on Sunday, 18 October, the Banque du Caire prospectus for a listing in Ca...
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Yandex, hit. The sites went down. Cloudflare’s bots are not the trolls
El País: since Thursday, Ukrainian drones have hit three Yandex data centres. “The Kremlin’s Google.” Taxi, Pa...
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Hong Kong, 362 homes on Saturday. Wednesday, 152 more at Sierra Sea
SCMP, 18 October, Cheryl Arcibal: a sell-out weekend, more than 360 homes, two large projects. More launches a...
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Luxembourg, 4,000 people at Venture Days. ZF: 27 million euros per inhabitant
Luxembourg Venture Days ran on 14 and 15 October at Luxexpo The Box. Ziarul Financiar published, on the night...
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Ireland removed 24 convicted Romanian men on a Dublin-Bucharest charter
Ireland removed 24 Romanian men aged 24 to 57 on a charter from Dublin on Saturday 18 October. The aircraft le...
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Rahul Gandhi at Island Grounds. “Game is over” is a speech, not a vote
The NYT, 18 October, Anupreeta Das and Hari Kumar: the scion of a dynasty trying to seize his moment. Rahul Ga...
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IMF puts Romania at minus 0.5% in 2026. It is a WEO forecast, not advice
The International Monetary Fund cut its Romania forecast in the 13 October World Economic Outlook. Goldring ca...
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Karaoke with a tablet, on SBS. The show has closed. Pity is not a marriage
“My A.I. Partner: Strange Love”, six episodes, SBS and Netflix, closed last month. The NYT, Jin Yu Young, from...
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How great is Russia’s threat to Germany. The services talk in years, not days
On 12 October Sinan Selen spoke as head of the BfV, Germany’s domestic intelligence service. Russia’s covert a...
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Priest dead in Guayaquil after a crucifix fell in a livestreamed Mass. Cause not announced
The Rev. Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari died in Guayaquil on Saturday, 17 October, after a wooden crucifix...
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1926: a former Italian MP slips ashore in Rio. Folha reprints the page
Folha republishes, on 18 October 2026, the front page of Folha da Manhã from 19 October 1926. An Italian leave...
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Rajamouli in São Paulo: RRR on screen, the Leon Cakoff Prize and a masterclass
S.S. Rajamouli is due at the 50th São Paulo Mostra on Monday, 19 October. The programme puts, at 5:30 p.m. at...
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Sucu in Sopot: cohesion was an investment, not charity. Concordia opens a Brussels office
Dan Sucu took to Sopot a line he already uses in Bucharest: cohesion policy was one of Europe's best investmen...
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Rajeh, at the Barbican: dance as necessary work. The show has passed
Omar Rajeh danced at The Pit, Barbican, on 16 and 17 October. An hour, no interval. Dance Umbrella, until the...
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Lucía Caminos, in GTA VI. The trailer woke a corner of the internet. Not the whole audience
The GTA VI trailer puts Lucía Caminos, a Latina, beside Jason Duval. El País, 16 October: part of the fan base...
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