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NYTimes – World Houthi attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed three Saudi nationals, Saudi Arabia said. The airport reopened after the strikes, which came amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and the kingdom, which backs Yemen's government. Airports have appeared to be the primary target in recent days.
President Donald Trump awarded the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD CEO Lisa Su. The White House ceremony recognized major contributions to science and engineering. Trump praised Musk as a "modern-day Thomas Edison," though the two have had a volatile relationship in recent years.
BBC Sport Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca said the club's titles are "absolutely not" tainted after the club was found guilty of the majority of 115 Premier League charges. Maresca also said players were focused on the upcoming Liverpool match.
NYTimes – US The Trump administration has suspended Microsoft from a program that lets employers apply for green cards for workers on H-1B visas. Vice President JD Vance singled out Microsoft, accusing the company of fraud. The action is part of a broader crackdown in which officials also accused several other companies and universities of visa fraud.
BBC Sport Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has defended forward Kylian Mbappe against what he called "ridiculous" criticism of how Mbappe is recovering from a knee injury ahead of his return. The scrutiny surfaced during the international break.
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Houthi attacks on Saudi airports have killed three people and wounded 36, and a fresh Houthi claim of a ballistic missile strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport has led airlines to suspend flights to the capital while Saudi authorities have not commented on the claim.
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Airlines suspended flights to Riyadh after the Houthis claimed a new ballistic missile strike on King Khalid International Airport that damaged a plane.
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A UK court has ruled that the search warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes ahead of his February arrest were unlawful. Thames Valley Police have retained the seized material, and the criminal investigation into his links to Jeffrey Epstein continues, leaving uncertain whether evidence from the unlawful searches can be used in any prosecution.
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A UK court ruled the search warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes were unlawful, while police retention of seized material created new uncertainty over whether it could be used in the continuing investigation.
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Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide housing protests in Spain, died on 7 October while hospitalized, according to Madrid's tenants' union. Unions have called for a nationwide general strike on 11 November.
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Maricarmen Abascal's death is now reported to have occurred on 7 October while she was hospitalized.
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The Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration in federal court, seeking a judge's order to stop the use of taxpayer funds for television ads promoting President Trump. The lawsuit alleges illegal government propaganda and comes after the ads cost more than $12 million, while Trump's super PAC has not reimbursed taxpayers despite his earlier statement that it would pay.
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The Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration to stop taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads, after the ads' cost rose past $12 million and Trump's super PAC failed to reimburse taxpayers despite his earlier pledge.
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Russian authorities continue to attribute Darya Shipilova's death to pneumonia of unknown aetiology and deny any plague cases, dismissing reports of a second suspected case as 'false information'. Quarantine and confinement measures for contacts and colleagues remain in place, while the WHO assesses epidemic risk as low and, together with Western governments, presses Moscow for more transparency.
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Reports emerged of a second suspected plague case that Russian authorities dismissed as false information, while the WHO joined Western governments in pressing Moscow for more transparency.
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Former CIA officer David Rush has pleaded guilty to a fraud scheme that included stealing hundreds of gold bars and acquiring real estate; reported losses range from more than $40 million to as much as $200 million. According to one report, he also confessed to providing secrets to a foreign government and revealing the existence of a clandestine human source.
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New reporting lowered the cited lower bound of Rush's fraud losses from about $145 million to more than $40 million and added real-estate acquisitions to the guilty-plea scheme.
