US natgas output and demand to hit record highs in 2023 -EIA (www.reuters.com)
Hospital director in China's Hubei under investigation for selling birth certificates (www.reuters.com)
Explosion at Canadian embassy in Nigeria kills two (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk's X restructuring curtails disinformation research, spurs legal fears (www.reuters.com)
Social media researchers have canceled, suspended or changed more than 100 studies about X, formerly Twitter, as a result of actions taken by Elon Musk that limit access to the social media platform, nearly a dozen interviews and a survey of planned projects show.
Migrants reaching Spain's Canary Islands near 32,000 this year (www.reuters.com)
OpenAI to make models cheaper, more powerful in its first developer conference (www.reuters.com)
ChatGPT maker OpenAI is expected to announce product enhancements that will make its AI models cheaper, with more functionality, in its first-ever developer conference on Monday.
Hunted by Hamas: reconstructing the attack on Israel’s Kibbutz Be’eri (www.reuters.com)
Survivors recount their life-and-death struggle at Be’eri, a main target in the Hamas assault on Oct. 7 that has set off a major war.
Ex-crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding FTX customers (www.reuters.com)
Chile recalls Israel ambassador for talks after Gaza attacks (www.reuters.com)
Man, 86, arrested after two women held hostage in Japan post office -media (www.reuters.com)
Pakistan to start expelling undocumented immigrants on Thursday - minister (www.reuters.com)
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Pakistan will start rounding up and expelling undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of people from neighbouring Afghanistan, on Thursday, the caretaker government’s interior minister said.
G7 calls for immediate repeal of bans on Japanese food, pressing China (www.reuters.com)
The Group of Seven (G7) industrial powers called on Sunday for the “immediate repeal” of import curbs on Japanese food products, a reference to China’s restrictions after Japan began releasing wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant....
Canada top court to get first woman majority bench with Trudeau's new nominee (www.reuters.com)
The naming of Moreau will give Canada’s top court five female judges and four male judges. Moreau was most recently the chief justice of Alberta’s superior court, and has worked in that court for 29 years. She will fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the resignation of Russell Brown in June....
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not terrorist organisation, cancels trip to Israel (www.reuters.com)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands....
California sidelines GM Cruise's driverless cars, cites safety risk (www.reuters.com)
Governments, firms should spend more on AI safety, top researchers say (www.reuters.com)
“Companies will complain that it’s too hard to satisfy regulations - that ‘regulation stifles innovation’ - that’s ridiculous,” said British computer scientist Stuart Russell....
Julian Assange to be made honorary citizen of Rome (www.reuters.com)
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First emergency convoy reaches Gaza after overnight Israeli air strikes (www.reuters.com)
Out of 200 trucks waiting to cross into Gaza through the Rafah border, Israel is allowing up to 20 … with fuel being banned. So hospitals and water stations can’t run their generators.
IMF wants strong budget, narrower deficit from Sri Lanka (www.reuters.com)
Chinese chip equipment makers grab market share as US tightens curbs (www.reuters.com)
Chinese chip equipment makers grab market share as US tightens curbs (www.reuters.com)
Israeli air strike hits Gaza hospital, hundreds dead, health officials say (www.reuters.com)
Romania seeking to postpone shutdown of lignite power plants (www.reuters.com) Romanian
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Polish opposition braces for coalition talks after ruling party loses majority (www.reuters.com) Romanian
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