Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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Negotiators in Egypt aimed to advance a U.S.-backed peace plan on the second anniversary of Oct. 7, as Hamas demanded guarantees from President Trump and fighting persisted.
About 200 Texas National Guard troops arrived near Chicago, Illinois, after federal officials ordered the deployment despite opposition from state and city leaders and an ongoing lawsuit.
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm for demonstrating quantum effects in macroscopic circuits that enable superconducting qubits.
Israelis held memorials near Gaza on the Oct. 7 anniversary, with tightened security, while Trump emissaries headed to Egypt amid hopes of returning 48 hostages.
The Trump administration warned on Tuesday in an OMB memo that about 750,000 furloughed U.S. federal workers may not receive back pay during the government shutdown.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was sharply criticized at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, accused by Democrats of weaponizing the Justice Department and dodging questions about Jeffrey Epstein.
The U.S. Supreme Court sounded skeptical and appeared poised to overturn Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, repeatedly questioning whether the law violated therapists’ free‑speech rights.
President Emmanuel Macron faced growing calls to resign in France after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned after failing to form a government, risking snap elections and far-right gains.
Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla bound for Gaza and detained activists, deporting many to third countries, while some detainees alleged cruel, degrading treatment and lawmakers urged government intervention.
Investors drove AI-focused shares lower on global markets after analysts questioned the profitability of cloud AI services and warned that the recent investment spree may be speculative and circular.
Gold prices topped $4,000 an ounce for the first time in New York, as investors snapped up metal as a safe haven amid U.S. political uncertainty and rising global debt.
Fred Ramsdell won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine but was unreachable while on a digital‑detox hiking trip in the western US, his wife finding the flurry of congratulatory messages.
A study in Polar Record found Ernest Shackleton's Endurance was structurally unsuited to compressive Weddell Sea ice and sank on Nov. 21, 1915, weaknesses Shackleton acknowledged.
Google rolled out an AI "Mode" for its Search across much of Europe, including Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria, but excluded France, which Google blamed on EU rules.
Amazon held its Prime Day sale Oct. 7–8, offering steep tech discounts — up to 60% on laptops — and deep cuts on Amazon devices, Apple and JBL products.
A new Ember report found renewables produced more electricity than coal worldwide in the first half of 2025, driven mainly by solar and wind growth in China and India.
Marineland warned it would euthanize 30 belugas at its Niagara Falls park unless the federal government provided emergency funding, after Ottawa denied a planned export to China.
Ken Jacobs, 92, a pioneering New York experimental filmmaker, died in hospital on Sunday of kidney failure, his son Azazel Jacobs said.
Disney’s "Tron: Ares" opened in cinemas on Thursday to largely negative reviews, with critics calling it chaotic, incoherent and overloaded with effects and AI themes.
FC Barcelona routed Bayern Munich 7-1 in Barcelona in the Women's Champions League opener, with captain Alexia Putellas scoring and providing two assists.
Jordi Alba, the 36-year-old Inter Miami left-back, announced he would retire from professional football at the end of the season, thanking fans in a social-media message.
Emergency services recovered four bodies after a partial collapse of a building undergoing renovation on Calle de las Hileras in central Madrid, and searches continued for other victims.
Dominique Pelicot told an appeals court in Nîmes that Husamettin Dogan, who was appealing a rape conviction, knew Gisèle Pelicot was sedated when he abused her.
Taylor Swift released the album The Life of a Showgirl and staged an 89‑minute theatrical release party, drawing mixed critical reviews and some fans’ accusations of possible AI use.
LeBron James revealed on social media Tuesday that his teased "decision" was an advertisement for a cognac brand, surprising fans who had expected a retirement announcement.
