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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Monsalve, at the UN: famine is being normalised. The interview is not a verdict
Sofía Monsalve Suárez, 56, a Colombian, speaks in Turin, at Terra Madre, to El País, on 15 October. She has be...
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European Council did not close the 2028-2034 budget. Costa must return. It is not law
The European Council met in Brussels on 15 and 16 October without closing the seven-year budget. The 2028-2034...
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The EU wants an AI revolution. In Dublin, the question stayed: on whose terms?
In Dublin, on 14 October, the hall was not a Council chamber. It was the RDS, Ballsbridge. The International A...
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Martin rejects O'Leary's claim he would buckle to unions. WRC starts Monday
Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Sunday, 18 October, at Bodenstown, rejected Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary’s sugges...
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Steve McQueen, in Bilbao: the era is one of fear. What interests him is love
On the eve of the opening, 8 October, Steve McQueen spoke to the guides at the Guggenheim Bilbao. The installa...
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IMD keeps Andhra wet until the 21st. Saturday’s orange has closed
The IMD is keeping Andhra Pradesh wet until 21 October. The Hindu, from Vijayawada: isolated heavy rain on the...
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IPJ Vaslui and “Fulger”: €274,985, 18 months. The training has not started
IPJ Vaslui and the Police of the Republic of Moldova opened, on 16 October in Chișinău, the TACTIC+ “Joint Fro...
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Kerala court denies a stay. The Waqf Board, reconstituted, still sits under the writs
On Saturday, 17 October, the Kerala High Court refused to stay a government order dated 16 October. The order...
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Norte Fire, Orange County: houses burned, 16,000 evacuated, Santa Ana wind
On Friday the wind came down from the interior towards the shore. Santa Ana. The Guardian put the Orange Count...
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Glucksmann has 66%. The young, at Ipsos, still with Mélenchon. It is not the runoff
Raphaël Glucksmann, 46, an MEP for Place Publique, took 66.17 per cent in the first round of the social-democr...
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The Effect, at The Cultch: two companies, one show, money split from the room
The Effect, by Lucy Prebble, is running at The Cultch’s Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables, Vancouver, 15–25 Octo...
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