Trump said no one knew who is running Iran during the war, though Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei said the US knows the decision-making process in Iran.
Mass rioting continues across France with hundreds injured and over 735 schools shut after lycée student protests, with riot police clashing with protesters in Paris, Montpellier, Nantes and Marseille.
Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee prompted the Pentagon to announce that Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December at Fort Hood, marking the military's first such execution since World War II.
World
An Interpol crackdown on environmental crime in Latin America led to 233 arrests and uncovered links between large-scale Amazon deforestation and 161 companies, identifying 60,000 hectares of illegally cleared forest.
North Korea criticized the United States over arms sales and military support for Taiwan, warning whether the U.S. is ready for frontal confrontation with China.
President Trump said no one knew who was running Iran during the war, but Iran's Foreign Ministry disputed this, saying the United States knows its leadership and decision-making process.
Business
Paramount officially closed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery after months of legal disputes, reshaping the media landscape.
The merged company, now called Skydance, combines two film studios, two streaming services, CBS and HBO networks, CNN and CBS News, and sports including CBS Sports and TNT Sports.
ICICI Group veteran Anup Bagchi will become HDFC Bank's new MD and CEO from October 27 after RBI approval, becoming the bank's first leader from outside HDFC in 32 years.
Technology
Google launched Playground, an AI platform that turns text prompts into playable video games, with free and paid access.
Mistral unveiled trillion-parameter Large 4 as Europe's latest open-weight AI push to compete with U.S. rivals.
Wall Street has begun syndicating a record $60 billion financing package tied to Broadcom and Anthropic.
Science
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found signs of Mars-sized worlds smashing together, revealing the types of violent collisions that may have shaped our solar system.
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
Blocking a receptor called P2X7 significantly reduced inflammation in human brain tissue, revealing a potential new treatment strategy for neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Economy
PCE inflation reached 3.4 percent in August, stubbornly above the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target as energy prices drive price gains.
The effective federal funds rate stands at 3.88 percent, with futures markets pricing in a rise to about 4.1 percent by January as the Fed maintains a restrictive stance.
The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 percent in August, though labor market job growth has slowed from previous levels even as overall economic growth remains modest.
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