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A bitter generational battle over resources is boiling over as economic growth on the continent stalls.

With control of Congress hanging in the balance, nominees have attacked their rivals’ records, stock portfolios and families, with varying degrees of accuracy.

Cricket endorsements are maintaining their value despite a slowdown in celebrity-led advertising and brand budgets. Advertising spending is shifting towards digital creators as brands seek targeted audiences and measurable engagement. Renowned cricketers like Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni continue to dominate the endorsement market, contributing significantly to its growth. Brands are increasingly viewing creator-led marketing as a strategic investment for achieving specific marketing objectives.

Lisandro Martinez's future in doubt at Manchester United, Newcastle's Bazoumana Toure eyed by Manchester United and Arsenal, Getafe interested in free agent Jadon Sancho, plus more.

Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian Electoral Commissioner, Jeff Pope, has said people getting their information about voting in Australia from AI chatbots such as ChatGPT or Claude is an “emerging concern”, and has forced the commission to overhaul its website to attract bots looking for the correct information. Speaking at a hearing of the joint standing committee on artificial intelligence on Wednesday night, Pope said it was “

With a narrow presidential election looming, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his allies claim Meta is trying to give his right-wing rival an advantage.

Skydance shares closed down 22% Wednesday to end the session at just over $7 after the company distributed warrants to investors. Apple shares rose but tech stocks and overall markets mostly ended in the red after a worse-than-expected September inflation reading sparked fears of higher interest rates that hit debt-heavy companies particularly hard. Apple saw […]

CoreWeave’s bonds issued six months ago fell to 81 cents on the dollar earlier Wednesday, yielding more than 15%

YouTube will label AI-generated songs across its main website and YouTube Music, the latest service to publicly mark tracks as not produced by humans. “Generative AI is opening up new ways for artists to create, experiment, and share music,” YouTube said in a blog post on Wednesday. “As these tools evolve, our listeners have told us […]

India's smartphone market is experiencing a sharp decline in sales during the festive season. Recent data indicates a 16% year-on-year drop in unit sales, influenced by affordability challenges. Retailers are reporting similar downturns, estimating a 20% decline since the start of Navratri. While premium smartphones remain steady in sales, entry-level models are suffering significant losses. Overall, the industry anticipates further price increases after Diwali, impacting future sales.

The rupture between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over last week's diesel deal deepened Wednesday after an Elon Musk-owned satellite system used by Ukraine unexpectedly restricted service — undercutting Ukraine's fight against Russia. Why it matters: The Ukrainian military uses SpaceX's Starlink satellite communications system to control and operate its reconnaissance and intercept drones. When it doesn't operate at full capacity, Ukraine's ability to gather intellig

The Trump administration is delaying by 90 days a federal rule that could prevent Americans from obtaining prescription drugs from licensed international pharmacies.

Google's latest wearable seems like a Fitbit Air with a screen, but the two actually have less in common than you might think.

SportsLine's model has revealed its 2026 Week 7 college football picks for matchups such as Ohio State vs. Indiana, Alabama vs. Tennessee and Notre Dame vs. BYU

Party faces fresh crisis as three councillors quit after ITV undercover filming exposed violence, misogyny and racist views Reform UK has been rocked by a fresh crisis after councillors and election candidates for the party were caught on film making graphic threats of extreme violence and expressing racist and misogynistic views. Three councillors have already stood down from the party, which said it was conducting an investigation over the first revelations from an ITV undercover investigation

Thanks to devices such as the Steam Deck and Steam Machine, as well as the ongoing issues with Windows, gaming on Linux looks a lot more attractive over the last few years. Its biggest hurdle is still multiplayer games and their anti-cheat systems, but Epic Games is committed to bringing one of the biggest around to the operating system soon. Epic Games has announced that it is working on a Linux version for Fortnite. It's going to act as a test for Epic's overhaul of EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat), its

Despite burning down prom in Prime Video’s Carrie, the titular telekinetic teen still got to dance a little, thanks to Mike Flanagan’s big finale needle drop. The series creator recently noted that hearing Haute & Freddy’s single “Shy Girl” for the first time “made me rewrite” the finale episode “AP Physics” to include the track […]

Cabinet secretariat has directed the Union health ministry to investigate safety issues related to coronary stents. These concerns were raised by Rajya Sabha member Ajeet Madhavrao Gopchade regarding models withdrawn in Sri Lanka. Gopchade emphasized the need for strengthening India's regulatory framework for coronary stents. He called for improved clinical documentation and robust traceability for implanted stents. His representation highlighted the importance of patient follow-up and monitorin

An analyst sees limited room for Dell and HPE shares to continue climbing, as dynamics could shift within the market for memory components.

As a filmmaker, Markus Schleinzer owes much to his 17-year career as a casting director. “Directing a movie and being a casting director are quite similar jobs,” he tells Variety. Both require making the right choices under pressure and persuading others to believe in them. For a casting director, that means convincing a filmmaker or […]

Ms. Rooney and her publisher said that she could no longer receive royalties from British sales because she pledged to donate book revenues to Palestine Action, which is banned in the U.K.

Lithium-ion just isn't cut out for the cosmos.

Ukrainian president accused US president of picking the other side over four years of war Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he feels personally betrayed by Donald Trump after it emerged that Ukraine’s military has had its access to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite squeezed raising doubts about long-term US support for Kyiv. The Ukrainian president, on a visit to London, accused Trump of picking the other side after over four years of war, risking a breakdown in relations already strained by the US agre

McIlroy surprised many by showing up to India with wide leg pants and says he didn't bring a backup option

The power ministry has finalized a national electricity data sharing framework to be launched this month. This initiative aims to provide clarity on data sharing for electricity utilities and startups. A governance committee will help oversee the framework's implementation and ensure data consistency. Stakeholders' feedback on the draft framework was collected earlier this year to refine its structure. The effort supports planning, regulation, and research in the electricity sector.

Sally Rooney is sticking to her guns. The Irish author behind the bestselling novels “Conversations with Friends” and “Normal People” — the latter adapted into an award-winning miniseries that launched the careers of Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones — has claimed spoken out about being forced to not sell her books in the U.K. over […]

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is expanding the cast of The Challenger, its upcoming limited series starring Kristen Stewart and Will Arnett, that chronicles the events leading up to NASA’s 1986 Challenger disaster. Joining the series in recurring roles are Daisuke Tsuji (Invasion), Dennis Flanagan (Chicago PD), David Shae (Richard Jewell), Devyn Tyler (The Life and Deaths […]

Despite foot and ankle issues, the Raiders running back remains a must-start RB2 in a favorable matchup against a defense that allows the second-most points to the position

The placenta, the temporary organ that forms during pregnancy to carry oxygen and nutrients from mother to baby, is vital to healthy gestation, yet it remains understudied. While its function and purpose are well established, far less is known about what problems can occur there and their impacts on mother and child.

A new study co-authored by Tang Yinuo, a tenured associate professor at Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS), reveals that conservative communities in the U.S. are more likely to resist mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by Chinese companies due to perceived threats and uncertainties.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. , Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstService Residential, the leading property management company in Minnesota hosted its first Board of Directors' Forum & Vendor Showcase on September 24 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bloomington, bringing together approximately 250...

The road transport and highways ministry is recommending that states eliminate stamp duties on highways. States argue that linking stamp duty to project type and value could generate substantial revenue. Authorities emphasize that varying stamp duty creates compliance challenges and contractual ambiguity for contracts. Impacts on long-term public-private-partnership projects have raised concerns within the national highway sector.

SportsLine's model simulated Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cleveland Guardians in Game 3 of the ALCS 10,000 times, which will now place Thursday afternoon due to weather concerns

Here we go. The first two movies under the newly combined Paramount Warner Bros merger, Legendary’s Street Fighter via the Melrose lot and Clockwork’s limited 4K re-release of Ken Russell’s 1971 The Devils, hit theaters this weekend in what is a future of titles dated on top of each other, appealing to myriad demos. Skydance […]

Raytracing-guided laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) enhancement improves visual function and residual refractive errors in pseudophakic eyes, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, held Oct. 9 to 12 in New Orleans.

The western U.S. is facing parallel and escalating hazards in the form of ongoing drought and increasingly frequent wildfires. Although the region's ecosystems have evolved with wildfires, the intensity and frequency of blazes where people live and recreate remain a persistent challenge for communities.

ATLANTA, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Touchmark Bancshares, Inc. (OTCID: TMAK), the holding company for Touchmark National Bank, today announced the departure of Addam Taussig, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer. Bobby Krimmel, President and CEO, will assume the Chief...

A mollusk's microbial community has more to do with its family tree than its address. In other words, the composition of a mollusk's microbiome depends less on the environment in which it lives and more on what species it belongs to, say University of Michigan researchers.

A genetic switch that activates immune cells as they fight tumors: this is the new strategy developed by an international research team coordinated by Velia Siciliano at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT—Italian Institute of Technology) in Naples and described in the journal Nature Communications. The study marks another step toward engineering precise and more effective synthetic immunotherapies against solid tumors, such as melanoma and breast cancer.

DENVER, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Antero Midstream Corporation (NYSE: AM) ("Antero Midstream" or the "Company") today announced that the Board of Directors of Antero Midstream declared a cash dividend of $0.225 per share for the third quarter of 2026. The Company also repurchased...

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) assistant professor of accounting Dr. Katie Matt, in collaboration with Daniel Hebert of Syracuse University, recently published research examining the widespread fraud associated with the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their article, "Governance and Fraud Prevention in Federal Relief Programs: Insights from the Paycheck Protection Program," was published in the Journal of Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy in Septem

A device-free, on-demand active acupressure intervention offers clinical benefits for patients with rosacea when combined with pharmacotherapy, according to a study published online Oct. 14 in JAMA Dermatology.

Partnership provides growth capital to accelerate acquisitions, geographic expansion and investment in the E.A. Buck platform while existing ownership retains control NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Republic Capital Group ("RCG"), a middle-market investment bank specializing in...