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Sunday, October 25, 2026

Top news

  • Brazil's presidential runoff between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro occurs today, with results expected starting at 4 p.m. ET.
  • The National Park Service confirms Hawaii's Big Island Hōlei Sea Arch has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean.
  • The FBI arrests a 34-year-old Chinese American woman at Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly acting as an unregistered Chinese agent and surveilling Taiwan's president's son.

World

  • Typhoon Champi brought deadly travel chaos and school closures across Taiwan, with high waves hitting northern coastal areas.
  • A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Tibet's Nagqu city, affecting livelihoods of many residents.
  • A man killed in a shooting near Paris on Friday was identified as an amateur mixed martial arts fighter in what President Emmanuel Macron called a racist terror attack.

Business

  • American Express announced it was cutting about 5% of its global workforce, citing the need to prepare for AI.
  • The merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery into Skydance took effect.
  • The Dow tumbled more than 600 points as oil prices rose and a market sell-off hit most sectors.

Technology

  • DeepSeek neared a $15 billion funding round while Meta reported $64.6 billion in quarterly revenue, underscoring AI investment momentum despite growing constraints.
  • Elon Musk is exploring a possible merger between SpaceX and Tesla that could create a technology giant worth more than $3 trillion.
  • Apple's iPhone Duo failed durability testing, with a green line appearing across the inner display during a bend test that rendered the screen unresponsive.

Science

  • Samples from asteroid Bennu are rewriting scientists' understanding of how our Solar System formed.
  • A two-year clinical trial found fish oil supplements failed to improve memory or protect against Alzheimer's-related brain shrinkage.
  • Researchers developed a revolutionary microscope using a powerful laser to reveal previously invisible cellular structures.

Economy

  • U.S. employers added 182,000 non-farm payrolls in October, exceeding expectations of 160,000, with wages rising 4.1% year-over-year, keeping the Fed cautious about cutting rates.
  • September consumer inflation rose to 3.7% annually, up from 3.4% in August and above the forecast of 3.6%, as gasoline jumped 9.1% and accounted for more than half the monthly increase.
  • The Federal Reserve's next meeting is October 27-28, with inflation pressures and strong wage growth likely to influence decisions on whether to pause rate cuts.

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