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Europe · New YorkPresident Joe Biden said Thursday that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials speak of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in the eight-month invasion of Ukraine. Speaking at a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin was “a guy I know fairly well” and the Russian leader was “not joking when he talks about the use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons.”See the Story
Biden: Nuclear 'Armageddon' risk highest since '62 crisis
48% Center coverage: 199 sources
Europe · OsloHuman rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties have won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.See the Story
Ukraine, Russia, Belarus rights activists win Nobel Peace Prize
41% Left coverage: 91 sources
Business · San FranciscoTwitter and Elon Musk now have until Oct. 28 to close the deal. A trial originally set for Oct. 17 will happen in November if they don't, a judge says. Musk revived the takeover offer on Monday but said he needed time to get the financing in order. Twitter disputed Musk's claim that the company is refusing to accept the new bid.See the Story
Judge delays Twitter trial, gives Musk time to seal buyout
49% Center coverage: 87 sources
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Europe · BrusselsEU leaders converge on Prague Castle to try to bridge differences over a natural gas price cap. Russia has reduced or cut off natural gas to 13 member nations, leading to surging gas and electricity prices. Price cap is one of several measures the 27-nation bloc is preparing to contain an energy crisis.See the Story
EU leaders struggle to bridge gas price cap divide
60% Center coverage: 20 sources
Europe · ZurichTroubled bank Credit Suisse offered to buy back up to 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.03 billion) of debt securities Friday, as it navigates a plunging share price and a rise in bets against its debt.See the Story
Credit Suisse to buy back $3 billion in debt, sell landmark hotel as credit fears persist
58% Center coverage: 12 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin has given the go ahead to alter the names of some 1,111 military installations and facilities related to the Confederacy, according to a new memo released Thursday.
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Pentagon chief gives go ahead to change military bases named after Confederate generals
70% Center coverage: 10 sources
Middle East · TehranSirvan Hassan is one of 10,200 Iranian Kurds registered as refugees or asylum seekers in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region. He fled Iran after he was briefly arrested about 14 years ago. Hassan said they were all gripped by the "revolution" that started in Iran's northwestern region before spreading nationwide.See the Story
From refuge in Iraq, Kurdish exiles hope Iran's 'revolution' prevails
50% Left coverage: 8 sources
Climate Change · IslamabadUN has warned of a "second wave" of catastrophe, with the risk that deaths from water-borne disease and malnutrition will outstrip the 1,700 drowned and electrocuted in the initial cascade. Standing water has curdled into a pestilent soup breeding malaria, cholera and dengue. Sindh has been worst-hit by the catastrophic flooding which put a third of Pakistan underwater.See the Story
After the floods, a wave of disease plagues Pakistan
Coverage: 4 sources
TeslaIndia's annual car sales fell for the first time in a decade in the financial year just ended. India has resumed talks with the region, home to firms such as Volkswagen AG and Mercedes-Benz. India hopes to finalise a deal by the end of 2023.See the Story
Exclusive: Indian car makers propose tax cut on imports in trade deal with Britain
60% Center coverage: 5 sources
InternationalPutin has seen his army depleted by seven months of gruelling military action and his country diplomatically isolated. The Russian leader has even brandished veiled threats of using nuclear weapons. It is a far cry from the turn of the millennium, when a fresh-faced 47-year-old Putin replaced the ailing Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin.See the Story
Putin, The Leader Dreaming Of Russian Grandeur At Any Cost
34% Center coverage: 3 sources
BusinessEuropean shares slipped on Friday, led by semiconductor firms after weak earnings and forecasts from Samsung and Advanced Micro Devices. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index was down 0.3%, as of 0800 GMT, in line with a downbeat Asian trading session. The index closed lower on Thursday after minutes from the European Central Bank's last meeting fanned fears about the state of inflation in the euro zone.See the Story
Chipmakers weigh on European shares; focus on U.S. jobs data
67% Center coverage: 3 sources
