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Friday, October 23, 2026

Top news

  • Flávio Bolsonaro wins Brazil's first round presidential election and will face Lula da Silva in a runoff on October 25.
  • US weighs fresh strikes on Iran as Tehran warns of Father of All Bombs, raising concerns over possible escalation in Middle East tensions.
  • FBI arrests a 34-year-old Chinese American woman at Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly acting as unregistered Chinese agent surveilling Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te's son and family.

World

  • Russian missiles and drones killed one person and wounded 22 in Kyiv, with attacks damaging homes and civilian infrastructure across several districts.
  • Houthis struck four vessels transferring oil in the Persian Gulf, setting them on fire, while three other ships struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • The International Criminal Court won the European Union's top human rights award, the Sakharov Prize, in a show of institutional support.

Business

  • A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook, the biggest fine ever against the tech giant.
  • Tesla reported quarterly profit down 43% to $787 million while cutting its 2026 capital spending target from $25 billion to $20 billion.
  • Eli Lilly broke ground on a $5 billion manufacturing facility in Virginia for GLP-1 and other high-demand drugs.

Technology

  • Apple is planning to debut its first touch-screen MacBook at an Oct. 28 event in Los Angeles, with a new low-end MacBook Pro with an M6 chip, a refreshed iMac and a revamped iPad mini also expected.
  • DeepSeek is reportedly nearing a $15 billion funding round while Meta reported $64.6 billion in quarterly revenue, as electricity constraints are disrupting data-center expansion and regulatory risks carry enormous financial consequences.
  • Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is attracting backing from major technology and industrial companies, while American research startup Flapping Airplanes has raised $1 billion to explore whether advanced models can be developed using substantially less computing power.

Science

  • Scientists transformed blood cells from an 80-year-old into neural stem cells with a molecular age of less than 20, reversing more than 60 years of cellular aging.
  • NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled farther across another world than any vehicle before it, shattering an all-time off-world driving record.
  • Scientists confirmed that the Silverpit Crater buried 700 meters below the North Sea was caused by a massive asteroid impact, solving a decades-long mystery.

Economy

  • October payrolls added 182,000 jobs, beating expectations of 160,000, while wage growth rose 4.1% year-over-year, still above what the Fed deems consistent with price stability.
  • September inflation accelerated to 3.7% annually, up from 3.4% in August, driven largely by a 9.1% jump in gasoline prices.
  • Markets price about an 84% to 87% chance the Federal Reserve holds rates steady at 3.75% to 4.00% when it decides on October 28, with only about a 13% to 16% chance of another rate hike.

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