Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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Hamas negotiators in talks in Egypt demanded guarantees from U.S. President Trump that Israel would not resume military operations after any deal, while fighting around Gaza continued.
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm for demonstrating quantum effects in superconducting circuits that underpin quantum computers.
Texas National Guard troops arrived in the Chicago area to support federal operations, despite lawsuits and fierce opposition from Illinois officials and city leaders.
France's prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, resigned on Monday, deepening the political crisis in France and leaving President Emmanuel Macron under pressure to call snap parliamentary elections or resign.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi faced intense questioning at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington as Democrats accused the Justice Department of political weaponization for President Trump.
Israelis marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks with memorials in Tel Aviv and subdued nationwide commemorations, honoring victims amid widespread mourning.
The Trump administration, via an Office of Management and Budget memo, said furloughed federal employees during the government shutdown were not guaranteed back pay, escalating tensions in Washington.
Investors and analysts grew increasingly skeptical about AI's economic promise, cutting valuations and questioning profitability and investment robustness, spurring market weakness and rising public unease.
The World Trade Organization raised its 2025 global trade growth forecast but warned growth would slow in 2026, citing U.S. tariffs, frontloaded imports and tariff uncertainty.
Immunologist Fred Ramsdell won the Nobel Prize in Medicine and learned it while off‑grid on a hiking trip in the western U.S. after the Nobel committee initially couldn't reach him.
A structural analysis found Endurance was unsuited to Antarctic ice compression and that Shackleton had warned it was weak before the ship sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915.
Google rolled out its new AI Mode in Europe, including Germany, Italy and Switzerland, but excluded France, which the company said was blocked by French regulatory rules.
Google launched an AI "KI‑Modus" for its search in Germany and across Europe, converting queries into conversational assistant responses and prompting concerns for users and website owners.
Renewable energy sources generated more electricity worldwide than coal in the first half of 2025, driven by solar and wind growth in China and India, a new report found.
Marineland threatened to euthanize 30 belugas at its Niagara Falls park unless the Canadian government provided emergency funding, the park said.
Critics across major outlets panned Disney's "Tron: Ares" as a muddled, visually noisy sequel struggling with AI themes ahead of its Thursday release.
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Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia inaugurated the Europalia festival dedicated to Spain in Brussels on Oct. 8, 2025, and were received by Belgium’s King and Queen.
LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers star, revealed his teased "decision" was an advertisement for Hennessy cognac, prompting backlash after fans expected a retirement announcement.
Jordi Alba, the 36-year-old Spanish left back for Inter Miami, announced he would retire from professional football at the end of the season, saying he felt it was time.
German officials and Jewish leaders said antisemitism in Germany had surged since Oct. 7, leaving Jews feeling threatened and their quality of life extremely restricted.
Rescue teams in central Madrid recovered two bodies and continued searching for two missing after a building under renovation on Calle Hileras partially collapsed, cause unknown.
Taylor Swift staged an 89-minute theatrical release party for her new album and faced fan backlash over alleged AI use, while critics gave mostly lukewarm reviews.
Zelda Williams urged followers on Instagram to stop sending AI-generated videos of her late father Robin Williams, calling them disrespectful and not what he would have wanted.
