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Israel’s Deadlock Follows a Familiar Knesset Pattern

Provisional results leave Netanyahu’s bloc on 53 seats and Eisenkot’s on 48, while a record Arab-party showing sharpens an old question: who can turn fragmented votes into a government?

29/10/2026

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Opinion

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The Thin Blue Line Held in France

18/10/2026

GOP will lose, but the course is set

29/09/2026

Europe

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Europe

EU Inc Moves Forward, With National Limits Intact

The proposed 28th corporate regime would offer online incorporation in two days for up to €100, but national safeguards and cutbacks now head into negotiations with Parliament.

25/10/2026

Europe

Britain Invokes Norway as Jackdaw Wins Approval

23/10/2026

Europe

France and Italy Put Soldiers on Streets Before Protests

21/10/2026

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World

US Banks Draw a Line Around AI Agents

JPMorgan, Schwab and other lenders are permitting limited data access while blocking agents that use customer passwords or move money, exposing a US regulatory and liability vacuum.

23/10/2026

World

DataRepublican Links Ex-USAID Officials and Veterans’ Network to Midterm Planning

21/10/2026

World

Chinese Carmakers Crowd Into Paris Motor Show

20/10/2026

Ives Sees Up to 1,000 New US Data Centres

29/10/2026

EU Inc Moves Forward, With National Limits Intact

25/10/2026

EU Strikes First SIU Deal on Securitisation

25/10/2026

Britain Invokes Norway as Jackdaw Wins Approval

23/10/2026

US Banks Draw a Line Around AI Agents

23/10/2026

BioWare Closure Shadows Gaming’s Blockbuster Autumn

22/10/2026

Business

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Business

Ives Sees Up to 1,000 New US Data Centres

The analyst’s estimate comes as SpaceX pours tens of billions into AI capacity, while indebted neocloud rivals and local opposition make power, permits and financing the scarce resources.

29/10/2026

Business

EU Strikes First SIU Deal on Securitisation

25/10/2026

Business

Tesla’s Roadster Turns a Product Reveal Into a Flight Test

17/10/2026

Culture

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Culture

BioWare Closure Shadows Gaming’s Blockbuster Autumn

EA’s most prominent move since its August buyout ends the next Mass Effect while Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto VI test the market’s appetite for increasingly concentrated AAA bets.

22/10/2026

Culture

Holmes’s Film Revival Tests Theranos Memory

19/10/2026

Focused editorial scene editorial illustration for “Rubio’s Athens Speech Recasts America First”.

Culture

Rubio Pitches a Stronger West From Athens

10/10/2026

Technology

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Technology

Anthropic Links IPO Push to Public-Benefit Shares

Reported revenue of about $16.8bn in the third quarter strengthens the case for a November listing, but the company’s public-good equity pledge is a layered commitment rather than a single 20% fund.

19/10/2026

Technology

SpaceX Turns AI Compute Flexibility Into Pricing Power

10/10/2026

Technology

Norway Moves Toward Public-Space Ban on AI Glasses

07/10/2026

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Israel’s Deadlock Follows a Familiar Knesset Pattern

Opinion

The Thin Blue Line Held in France

GOP will lose, but the course is set

Europe

EU Inc Moves Forward, With National Limits Intact

Britain Invokes Norway as Jackdaw Wins Approval

France and Italy Put Soldiers on Streets Before Protests

The Last Daily Podcast

World

US Banks Draw a Line Around AI Agents

DataRepublican Links Ex-USAID Officials and Veterans’ Network to Midterm Planning

Chinese Carmakers Crowd Into Paris Motor Show

Ives Sees Up to 1,000 New US Data Centres

EU Inc Moves Forward, With National Limits Intact

EU Strikes First SIU Deal on Securitisation

Britain Invokes Norway as Jackdaw Wins Approval

US Banks Draw a Line Around AI Agents

BioWare Closure Shadows Gaming’s Blockbuster Autumn

Business

Ives Sees Up to 1,000 New US Data Centres

EU Strikes First SIU Deal on Securitisation

Tesla’s Roadster Turns a Product Reveal Into a Flight Test

Culture

BioWare Closure Shadows Gaming’s Blockbuster Autumn

Holmes’s Film Revival Tests Theranos Memory

Rubio Pitches a Stronger West From Athens

Technology

Anthropic Links IPO Push to Public-Benefit Shares

SpaceX Turns AI Compute Flexibility Into Pricing Power

Norway Moves Toward Public-Space Ban on AI Glasses

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