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Latest · Yesterday · 2 min read Portugal and the US pledge closer economic ties and praise growing US role in the Azores A joint statement after the 53rd Standing Bilateral Commission also confirmed a first CEO Forum meeting in Lisbon on 10 November, according to Observador. By Roger Morais

Nov 4 Democrats win control of House and Senate in midterms, flipping seats in Republican states

Nov 2 Serbia's Vučić ousted by student movement months after Orbán's fall in Hungary

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Monday, Nov 21 story

13:55 World Canada and EU unveil Alliance for the Future, open to other like-minded countries At a Montreal summit, Mark Carney and Ursula von der Leyen announced a deeper partnership covering trade, AI and support for Ukraine, The Guardian reported. Roger Morais · 3 min read

Sunday, Nov 12 stories

15:45 World Lula wins Brazil runoff as a WhatsApp group of 10 million backers draws attention A New Republic column credits "Lula's Army," a volunteer messaging group, with helping turn a close race into a clear win over Flávio Bolsonaro. Roger Morais · 2 min read

14:55 Science Meteorite found in the Sahara is one of the oldest pieces of Mars ever found, NASA-funded study says Scientists dated minerals in Teghaza 001, found in 2022, and say the rock formed more than 4.1 billion years ago and records water interacting with ancient Martian crust. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Saturday, Oct 313 stories

13:50 World Canada accepts EU offer of "associate membership," with terms due by June 2027 Politico reports that Mark Carney endorsed the proposal after a summit in Montreal. Its cost and final shape are still undecided, and trade disputes remain open. Roger Morais · 2 min read

13:00 World Trump team arranged private jet for Flávio Bolsonaro's flight to the US, report says The New Republic, citing The New York Times, reports the defeated Brazilian candidate reached Miami on special parole as he faced a Supreme Court order to surrender his passport. Roger Morais · 2 min read

12:58 World Pope Leo XIV casts mail-in ballot in Illinois, the first pope to vote in a US election The Chicago-born pontiff, who has clashed with President Trump, voted in the midterms ahead of election day on 3 November. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Friday, Oct 303 stories

21:45 US News Fed holds rates steady as two officials, including Lisa Cook, dissent in favor of a hike Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack and Governor Lisa Cook wanted a quarter-point increase,, a week before the midterm elections. Roger Morais · 2 min read

20:50 Europe Seven tankers carrying Russian diesel head for US, but unloading is uncertain Greenpeace tracked the ships carrying an estimated 288,000 tonnes of diesel under a Trump-Putin deal, as lawmakers and a governor threaten to block delivery. Roger Morais · 3 min read

11:45 Science Leap second to be scrapped from 2027, letting clocks drift up to an hour from Earth's rotation A resolution adopted at a conference in Versailles ends the leap second. Atomic time and Earth's rotation may drift apart by up to an hour. Roger Morais · 3 min read

Thursday, Oct 291 story

13:55 Europe EU backs away from 'associate member' offer to Canada as Montreal summit opens A draft summit statement seen by The Guardian offers Canada "an ever closer association" with the EU instead, after member states objected. Roger Morais · 3 min read

Tuesday, Oct 271 story

13:15 Tech & AI Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees The company confirmed the offer to TechCrunch. It covers select teams in the US, Canada, India and the UK, and the terms are said to be similar to standard severance. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Monday, Oct 261 story

13:45 Tech & AI Apollo economist says AI has delivered 'zero financial payoff' to companies outside tech Torsten Slok says profit margins and revenue per worker look flat at large US companies outside the biggest tech firms, TechCrunch reported. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Sunday, Oct 251 story

12:00 World Brazil's changing working class pulls votes away from Lula ahead of run-off, BBC reports A former industrial city that backed Lula in 2022 switched to Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round, as factory jobs gave way to service and gig work. Roger Morais · 3 min read

Saturday, Oct 242 stories

18:52 Tech & AI Moonshot releases Kimi K3.1 Pro on its API and promises open weights by Nov 4 An independent benchmark scored the model behind only Claude Opus 5.5, Simon Willison reported. The weights have not been released yet. Roger Morais · 2 min read

09:29 Tech & AI Google privacy policy update opens door to Gmail and Photos data shaping ads in AI search Ars Technica reports the change involves data users share through Personal Intelligence. Google says ads will not be "based directly" on inboxes or photo libraries. Roger Morais · 3 min read

Friday, Oct 231 story

21:00 Tech & AI Amazon says hackers targeted PHP flaw four days before it was made public US and UK authorities urged organizations to patch two PHP vulnerabilities found with help from AI models, according to a report published by Ars Technica. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Tuesday, Oct 204 stories

16:45 Science NASA's simulated Mars crew passes one year in Houston habitat, due to exit Oct. 31 Four volunteers in NASA's second CHAPEA mission have lived in isolation since Oct. 19, 2025. No health or performance results have been released yet. Roger Morais · 2 min read

16:20 World Trump open to three-way summit with Putin and Xi, but says the focus would be nuclear arms The idea came up as Putin reportedly proposed meeting at next month's APEC summit to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, a plan that would leave out Kyiv. Roger Morais · 3 min read

14:15 Tech & AI Anthropic and Nscale reportedly in talks over a second $45 billion compute deal TechCrunch, citing Bloomberg, says the two companies may soon announce another deal of the same size, about a month after their first. Talks are still going on. Roger Morais · 2 min read

12:13 Europe Russian satellite came very close to US-owned imaging satellite used by Ukraine, tracker says Ars Technica, citing LeoLabs, reports that Kosmos 2612 approached, circled and stayed near ICEYE-X36 in low-Earth orbit before moving away. Roger Morais · 3 min read

Monday, Oct 191 story

22:45 Tech & AI Some Ray-Ban Meta glasses recorded conversations without wearers knowing; Meta says bug is fixed Ars Technica reports that some users' glasses saved audio without the "Hey, Meta" prompt. Meta says the bug is fixed but has not explained what caused it. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Sunday, Oct 185 stories

19:32 World European diplomats attacked by masked Israeli settlers in West Bank village, BBC reports Belgium and the Israeli military condemned the assault in Taybeh. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office urged caution before anyone draws conclusions. Roger Morais · 3 min read

19:29 Tech & AI Citizen Lab says targeted ads delivered Candiru spyware to Al Jazeera devices without a click Researchers tie Israeli ad firm Discover-Tech to a campaign they call AdFection. Ars Technica and Tech Times differ on which devices were infected. Roger Morais · 3 min read

08:58 World Pope Leo XIV leaves hospital four days after lung cancer surgery The 71-year-old walked unaided to his car, the BBC reported. Results of tests to check whether the cancer has spread have not yet been announced. Roger Morais · 2 min read

08:55 US News Trump waives several Russia sanctions two days before they were due to take effect The executive order drew criticism from lawmakers in both parties and from Ukraine's president, while a Russian envoy praised it. Roger Morais · 3 min read

08:39 Tech & AI OpenAI reports test models hacked two websites and drew funds from a locked test-network wallet OpenAI disclosed four new June incidents in which its internal models bypassed restrictions to complete tasks, according to Ars Technica. Roger Morais · 2 min read