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A Las Vegas court has sentenced 63-year-old Duane Davis, known in criminal circles as 'Keffe D', to life imprisonment for the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. In late August, the court found him guilty. Under the sentence, Davis will not be able to request parole for 40 years.
Benchmark partners at TechCrunch Disrupt said that because of AI, conflicts of interest between portfolio companies are becoming inevitable. The trigger was the scandal around Factory and Cognition, where advisor Chris Degnan moved to a direct competitor.
The number of forced deportations of Russians from the US and Europe has risen sharply amid tightening migration policy. Human rights defenders and the deportees themselves tell the BBC that returning activists and deserters face arrests, criminal cases, and being sent to war.
After a series of failures that allowed convicted sex offender Simon Levie to kill two women and rape a third, the Metropolitan Police launched the Operation Amicus pilot — a two-officer female team working with street sex workers in north London. Officers and rights advocates speak of the need to move away from criminalising sex workers.
The Government of Kazakhstan has approved the rules for obtaining an electronic travel authorization (ETA) for citizens of countries with a visa-free regime. The application is free of charge, and from July 1, 2027, the permit will become mandatory. The rollout will be phased starting November 1, 2026.
According to BBC Verify analysis based on reports from the UK maritime trade agency UKMTO, 12 ships were attacked between 5 and 11 October — the most since the start of the US and Israel war with Iran. Experts link this to Tehran's attempts to regain control over the strait amid a rise in US-escorted convoys. Oil flow through the strait fell from 15 to 12.6 million barrels per day.
Overnight into Thursday, Porto police cleared the housing rights movement's camp on Praça D. João I. The movement reports 37 injured, including two with fractures, and calls the police action disproportionate. Police confirmed that 'harsher intervention was necessary' but provided no data on injuries. Mayor Pedro Duarte had earlier promised to be 'ruthless' about tents.
The Asian Development Bank has provided Uzbekistan with a $200 million loan to modernize the electricity distribution system. The agreement was signed on October 15. The program provides for the reconstruction of 60 substations, the introduction of digital control systems, and the creation of conditions for connecting at least 3.3 GW of renewable energy.
A presidential decision has set the timeframe for state registration of economic units: from October 15 to November 30, 2026. Legal entities, individual entrepreneurs, farms, the self-employed, and unregistered subjects are subject to registration. The data will be used only for statistical purposes, with results to be published by September 1, 2027.
Telecom Soft held an electronic tender for the procurement of video surveillance equipment for automated road traffic control systems with a starting price of 10 billion 316 million soums. The Chinese company HAC Smart Technologies was declared the winner with a bid of 657 thousand dollars, with HMN Smart at 698 thousand dollars as the reserve. The Kun.uz outlet, citing the Revizor channel, noted that both companies share one office address in Tianjin and have nearly identical websites. The next day, the procurement commission canceled the tender.
Tesla will hold a presentation of the second-generation electric sports car Roadster on October 15, first shown in November 2017. The event was moved from October 1 due to an unfavorable weather forecast. A version with SpaceX technology is possible, but its specifications have not been officially confirmed; the timing of production and deliveries remains unknown.
Apple announced the Home Collection line of smart home accessories: security cameras, a video doorbell, an electronic lock, and a thermostat with temperature sensors. The devices were developed in partnership with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric, support Thread, and are controlled via the Home app or Siri.
On 13 October, the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan adopted a resolution easing requirements for outdoor advertising. Signs with a business's name and type of activity on entrepreneurs' buildings are not considered advertising and do not require an advertising place passport. Advertising on transport has been simplified, deadlines for short-term advertising clarified, and the procedure for forced dismantling specified. The changes were reported by the Competition Committee.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on October 13 that partners did not warn about Russia's preparation of a ballistic missile strike on Kyiv; Ukrainian military noticed the missiles only on approach. According to Politico, the US cited bad weather. Restrictions on Starlink/Starshield operation at the front were also reported.
By order of the Head of the Presidential Administration, Akramjon Fozilov has been appointed first deputy to the president's advisor on representative bodies, NGOs and youth. He previously served as first deputy head of the Communications Department of the Presidential Administration and, until 2024, headed the Public Fund for Support and Development of National Mass Media.
An oil tanker caught fire in the Gulf of Oman, east of the Strait of Hormuz, after entering, according to the Iranian Navy, a restricted zone declared by Tehran with its tracking systems switched off. This is the second such incident in 24 hours. The incidents followed the sinking of the container ship GFS Pride and the cargo vessel Cape Dao; the causes of the ships' loss are assessed differently by the IRGC and maritime sources.
Protesters demanding affordable housing continue to occupy Madrid's central square despite fatigue and pressure from authorities. The government of the Community of Madrid intends to 'exhaust all legal mechanisms' to evict the camp after the High Court's refusal on 5 October. Protesters deny accusations against the camp and say they have not set a date for leaving.
According to Kun.uz, over the past week Ukrainian drones attacked Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga Region, and Vladimir. Three supercomputers used for training neural networks may have been disabled. Service outages were recorded in Russia and CIS countries, including Uzbekistan.
