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Data Center Developers Adopt Natural Gas Generators to Bypass Lengthy Grid Connection Delays
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Data Center Developers Adopt Natural Gas Generators to Bypass Lengthy Grid Connection Delays

Natural gas generators, long relegated to emergency use, are moving into the spotlight as primary power sources for large-scale data centers across North America. Pressured by rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) processing and frustrated by protracted utility interconnection timelines, developers are installing gas-fired units to secure electricity more quickly than traditional grid upgrades can […]

Trump Scales Back Fentanyl Tariffs, Strikes One-Year Rare-Earths Deal With China
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Trump Scales Back Fentanyl Tariffs, Strikes One-Year Rare-Earths Deal With China

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a rollback of certain trade penalties on Chinese products after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One late Thursday, Trump said tariffs tied specifically to fentanyl shipments would drop from 20% […]

U.S. National Guard to Establish State-Level Rapid-Response Units for Civil Unrest by January
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U.S. National Guard to Establish State-Level Rapid-Response Units for Civil Unrest by January

WASHINGTON — All 50 states and four U.S. territories must have National Guard rapid-response teams dedicated to civil disturbance operations ready for activation by 1 January, following an executive order issued in August by President Donald Trump. According to an internal National Guard memorandum dated 8 October, up to 500 service members per state will […]

Bank of Japan Keeps Key Rate Unchanged in First Policy Meeting Under Prime Minister Takaichi
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Bank of Japan Keeps Key Rate Unchanged in First Policy Meeting Under Prime Minister Takaichi

Tokyo, Oct. 31 — The Bank of Japan (BOJ) left its short-term policy rate at 0.5% on Thursday, marking the central bank’s first decision since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi assumed office earlier this month. The outcome, in line with forecasts compiled by Reuters, comes despite consumer prices having exceeded the BOJ’s 2% inflation target for […]

Oil Prices Slide as Market Assesses Russia Sanctions and Possible OPEC+ Supply Increase
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Oil Prices Slide as Market Assesses Russia Sanctions and Possible OPEC+ Supply Increase

Oil futures retreated about a dollar per barrel on Tuesday, extending a three-session downturn as traders evaluated the potential impact of new U.S. sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil producers and weighed reports that OPEC+ could agree to lift production in December. At 10:44 a.m. EDT (1444 GMT), Brent crude was down $1.09, or 1.7%, […]

Trump Directs Immediate U.S. Nuclear Tests Ahead of Rare In-Person Meeting With Xi
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Trump Directs Immediate U.S. Nuclear Tests Ahead of Rare In-Person Meeting With Xi

President Donald Trump instructed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing shortly before sitting down with Chinese President Xi Jinping for their first face-to-face talks in six years, adding fresh tension to an already critical encounter aimed at easing a prolonged trade conflict. The two leaders met early Thursday local time, late Wednesday evening on […]

US Airstrike on Suspected Narco-Trafficking Boat in Eastern Pacific Leaves Four Dead
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US Airstrike on Suspected Narco-Trafficking Boat in Eastern Pacific Leaves Four Dead

WASHINGTON – Four men were killed on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, when U.S. military aircraft struck a vessel that Pentagon officials described as a narco-trafficking boat operating in the Eastern Pacific. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed the operation in a social-media statement, calling it the 14th strike against suspected maritime drug targets since early September. […]

Microsoft races to restore Azure and 365 services after widespread outage before earnings release
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Microsoft races to restore Azure and 365 services after widespread outage before earnings release

Microsoft experienced a broad service interruption on Wednesday that affected its Azure cloud platform and Microsoft 365 productivity suite, leaving customers around the world reporting slowdowns, time-outs and errors only hours before the company’s scheduled quarterly earnings announcement. User reports consolidated by monitoring site Downdetector indicated that difficulties began at approximately 11:40 a.m. ET. Within […]

Seagate Technology Expands Storage Portfolio Through Strategic Acquisitions and Investments
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Seagate Technology Expands Storage Portfolio Through Strategic Acquisitions and Investments

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC, a longstanding supplier of hard disk drives and related storage products, has pursued a series of transactions over the past decade aimed at reinforcing its position across personal computer, enterprise server, retail and consumer device markets. The company’s most significant recent move occurred in December 2011, when it finalized the purchase […]

Coastal erosion claims more houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks
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Coastal erosion claims more houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Several ocean-front houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks have collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean, underscoring the ongoing vulnerability of the barrier islands to relentless coastal erosion. Video recorded at the scene shows entire structures breaking apart and washing away as waves undercut the wooden pilings that once kept them above the surf. The latest collapses […]

Former Illinois Deputy Convicted of Second-Degree Murder in 2024 Shooting
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Former Illinois Deputy Convicted of Second-Degree Murder in 2024 Shooting

A Peoria County jury on Wednesday found former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey inside her Springfield, Illinois, home in July 2024. The seven-day trial, relocated from Sangamon County because of extensive pre-trial publicity, concluded with jurors rejecting an initial first-degree murder charge and […]

Fed Delivers Second Consecutive Rate Cut and Announces End of Balance-Sheet Runoff
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Fed Delivers Second Consecutive Rate Cut and Announces End of Balance-Sheet Runoff

The U.S. Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate for the second meeting in a row on Wednesday, trimming the federal funds target to a range of 3.75%–4%. The decision, reached by a 10–2 vote of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), also set Dec. 1 as the final day for its balance-sheet reduction program, commonly […]