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Gold bars, cash-stuffed envelopes: New indictment of Sen. Menendez alleges vast corruption (apnews.com)

Inside Intel's Chip Factory, I Saw the Future. It's Plain Old Glass (www.cnet.com)

Japan TV network will acquire Totoro creator Studio Ghibli as animation studio prepares for future (apnews.com)

UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years (abcnews.go.com)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Wednesday that he’s delaying by five years a ban on new gas and diesel cars that had been due to take effect in 2030, watering down climate goals that he said imposed “unacceptable costs” on ordinary people....

France accused of attack on press freedom after journalist arrest (www.theguardian.com)

No Thanks. (i.imgur.com)

House Republicans release short-term bill to avert government shutdown until Oct. 31 (www.nbcnews.com)

Key factions of the House Republican conference reached a tentative agreement Sunday to keep the government funded temporarily and avert a shutdown currently scheduled for the end of this month, pairing it with a conservative border security measure, multiple GOP sources with knowledge told NBC News....

Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts (www.bbc.com)

Turkey could part ways with EU if necessary, Erdogan says (www.reuters.com)

Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself (techxplore.com)

Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations (www.theguardian.com)

Florida Man Charged Over Failed Attempt to Cross Atlantic in Giant ‘Hamster Wheel’ (www.thedailybeast.com)

America Has Reached Peak Therapy. Why Is Our Mental Health Getting Worse? (time.com)

Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI (gizmodo.com.au)

Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI::Pokémon Go publisher Niantic has aroused fans’ suspicions after a promotional image showed some telltale signs of potentially being AI artwork, rather than something made by an actual human artist. The image in question appears in promotional material for Adventures...

Nobel Foundation reverses decision to invite Russia to prize ceremony following backlash (www.cnn.com)

The Nobel Foundation has U-turned on a controversial decision to invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel Prize award ceremony after facing widespread criticism....

Nobel Foundation retracts invite to Russia, Belarus and Iran representatives to attend ceremonies (apnews.com)

The Nobel Foundation retracted its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies after the controversial decision “provoked strong reactions”.

'We Have to Act Fast': 2 Degrees of Warming Could Cause 1 Billion Deaths Over Next Century (www.ecowatch.com)

TIL about a collection of math problems, known as “The Millennium Problems” that will earn the solver a $1 million prize (www.claymath.org)

A collection of mysterious and unsolved math problems, also known as “The Millennium Problems” are 7 extremely challenging and complex mathematical problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. Solving any of these problems would not only advance our understanding of mathematics but also earn the solver a...

Will Donald Trump be allowed conjugal visits with Melania if he's sent to prison? (www.the-express.com)

Amazon begins rolling out AI-generated review summaries (www.engadget.com)

Taiwan vice president heads to United States on sensitive trip (www.aljazeera.com)

William Lai is officially making only transit stops in the US on his way to and from Paraguay, but China has reacted with anger.

US Supreme Court refuses Epic bid to let App Store order take effect in Apple case. (www.reuters.com)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a setback to Epic Games, maker of the popular video game “Fortnite,” in its legal battle against Apple (AAPL.O), declining to let a federal judge’s injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store.