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Russia Launches Massive Strike on Energy Infrastructure in Kyiv and Kharkiv After Trump's Announced 'Energy Truce'

On the night of October 14, Russia attacked the energy and critical infrastructure of Kyiv, Kyiv region and Kharkiv region. Four people were killed in Kyiv and more than 25 injured. According to Zelensky, 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 drones were used; at least 600,000 people were left without electricity. This came after Trump's October 11 statement about an 'energy truce,' Russia's participation in which Moscow has not confirmed.

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Iran says it’s ‘counting the moments’ until it can strike U.S. warships; Saudi Aramco facilities attacked

Saudi officials said Wednesday that an administrative building belonging to oil giant Saudi Aramco was targeted overnight, as the Tehran-backed Houthi militants step up their attacks on the kingdom. The strike caused a fire, but no injuries were reported at the site in the city of Dhahran on the country's eastern coast, according to a statement from the Saudi Ministry of Energy. The Houthis, a Yemen-based militia group backed by Iran, have launched a series of strikes on Saudi targets over the

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Royal Caribbean cruise passenger who went overboard rescued after she spent 20 hours at sea, Greek coastguard says

Updated on: October 14, 2026 / 9:51 AM EDT / CBS/AFP A woman who allegedly jumped off a cruise ship into the Ionian Sea was rescued over the weekend after 20 hours in the water, the Greek coastguard said. The incident occurred early on Friday when the Royal Caribbean Cruises ship Odyssey of the Seas was sailing southwest of the island of Zakynthos, the coastguard said . The 44-year-old Salvadorian woman subsequently told her rescuers she had jumped because "she wanted to disembark," a coastgu

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Central Asian and Azerbaijani Leaders Discussed Trust, Water, Trade and Transport at the Avaza Meeting

On October 8, the eighth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and Azerbaijan took place in the Turkmen resort zone of Avaza — the first since Azerbaijan became a full participant of the format in November 2025. The presidents of the five countries discussed the future of the format, security, water scarcity, and proposed projects in trade, transport and energy.

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Perspective - Trump's crackdown on migrants: New documentary investigates ICE operations

A new documentary from our sister channel France Télévisions explores US President Donald Trump's relentless crackdown on immigration and the agency carrying it out – United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE. "ICE : La chasse a l'homme", or "A Manhunt Named ICE" interviews agents and also some of the people who lives have been turned upside down by ICE operations. In Perspective, we spoke to the film's co-writer Marine Pradel.

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Trump meme coin buyers vie for dinner with the president. Many appear to be overseas.

Updated on: October 14, 2026 / 9:40 AM EDT / CBS News More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers, indicating that many of the buyers are based overseas, according to a CBS News analysis. The gala, set for Nov. 22 at the Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, D.C., will seat the 185 largest holders of the $TRUMP meme coin, according to the website for Fight Fight

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World

The Internet’s undersea backbone is slipping into the danger zone

Elisabeth Braw’s book Undersea War on rising risks for undersea infrastructure. Despite the expansion of Starlink and other communications satellite services, most of the world’s Internet traffic still travels through subsea cables crisscrossing the ocean floors. Those fiber-optic cables coexist with a network of oil and gas pipelines and submarine power cables—and all these crucial links connecting countries and continents now face growing sabotage risks as gray-zone warfare and open conflicts

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Technology

OpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say

Attack method exposes flaws in OpenAI, Google safeguards against AI nudes. Safety researchers continue to warn that a large volume of AI-generated explicit content is spreading unchecked, while regulators do little to meaningfully stop it. This non-consensual content is commonly shared in text and direct messages or stored in private clouds where it’s less likely to be detected or reported, a Google co-authored study of Internet users across the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom

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Economy

UzPost Placed in Trust Management with Wildberries Contrary to Statement by Head of the State Assets Management Agency

The minutes of the extraordinary shareholders meeting of UzPost dated September 21 showed that the state stake of 92.9% of shares was transferred to trust management of WB INT EXPORT (a Wildberries subsidiary) under a contract dated December 30, 2025. Earlier, the head of the State Assets Management Agency (SAMA) Sokhibjon Murodov claimed that no trust management contract existed. The meeting did not approve a 100 billion soums loan from Wildberries, but elected a supervisory board with a majority of Wildberries representatives.

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Uzbekistan

New overpass worth 280.8 billion soums opened on the Tashkent — Nurafshon highway

The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced that a new overpass near Food City on the exit from Tashkent toward Nurafshon has been officially put into operation. The project cost 280.8 billion soums, whereas in July the figure cited was 240 billion. The project also included an underground road, a ring road and underground pedestrian crossings.

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World

Portugal's Parliament approves extension of paid parental leave

Portugal's parliamentary working group approved a joint proposal by the PS and PSD parties to extend parental leave: 180 days at full pay when shared between parents, or 150 days for a single parent. The document will go to the relevant committee and then to a plenary vote. The new rules will apply only to leave beginning next year.

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Cornell University faculty to begin debating no-confidence resolution

Approximately 150 faculty members are said to be in support of the resolution. Cornell University’s faculty senate on Wednesday will begin deliberating a no-confidence resolution to condemn the school’s response to sexual violence on campus. One month after allegations of a “gang rape” at a campus fraternity shook the Ivy League school, the resolution, if adopted, could mark the clearest repudiation of Cornell’s leadership since the controversy began. “We're saying we have no confidence in ho

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Nighttime strike on Kyiv: missiles and drones kill three people, CHP-4 damaged

A series of Russian missiles and drones overnight on October 14, 2026 struck residential buildings and energy infrastructure in Kyiv. At least three people were killed and 22 injured. In the Desnianskyi district, a strike on a nine-story building claimed two lives, and one more in the Holosiivskyi district. Zelensky confirmed a ballistic missile hit CHP-4. More than 600,000 people across Ukraine were left without electricity.

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Merz addressed the Bundestag ahead of the EU summit: reforms, intergenerational justice and support for Ukraine

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a programmatic speech in the Bundestag ahead of the EU summit, warning of a growing gap of justice between generations and calling for reforms of the social systems. He rejected accusations that aid to Ukraine comes at the expense of social spending, and accused the extreme flanks of stoking chaos. Meanwhile, in Hamburg the trial began of Ukrainian Serhii K., accused of sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, and inflation in Germany rose to 3.3%.

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Economy

Portugal's 2027 Budget: taxes, minimum wage, pensions, housing and tuition fees

Portugal's draft state budget for 2027 (OE2027) provides for updated income tax brackets, a rise in the minimum wage to 970 euros, pension indexation of about 3%, increased social benefits and housing measures. At the same time, from the 2027/2028 academic year tuition fees at public universities are set to be unfrozen. The draft still needs to pass parliamentary approval and receive the president's signature.

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World

Marco Rubio to Visit Samarkand October 17–22 Accompanied by More Than 200 Business Representatives

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Samarkand on October 17–22, and then Mumbai and Jamnagar in India. In Uzbekistan, he will focus on the C5+1 platform and bilateral meetings with the leadership of the five Central Asian countries. The State Department views the arrival of more than 200 business leaders as an important step in strengthening US–region trade cooperation.

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Technology

China Launches Ultra-High-Voltage Power Line to Transmit Nuclear Energy in Shandong

A 1000 kV ultra-high-voltage transmission line has been commissioned in China's Shandong province to carry electricity, including nuclear power, from the Yantai and Weihai areas to other regions. The line's equivalent length is 1197 km; a new substation was built and two existing ones expanded, with 2124 towers installed. The line forms China's first regional ultra-high-voltage network shaped as two rings resembling the figure '8'.

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