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Eli Lilly Leverages GLP-1 Portfolio and Stable Finances to Sustain Long-Term Growth
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Eli Lilly Leverages GLP-1 Portfolio and Stable Finances to Sustain Long-Term Growth

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) remains positioned for durable expansion, supported by its expanding portfolio of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies and consistent financial performance. The Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical manufacturer is currently highlighted among the “10 Best Rising Dividend Stocks to Buy Now,” underlining investor confidence in the firm’s ability to balance innovation with shareholder returns. […]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Requests Fast-Track Review of Prostitution Conviction
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Requests Fast-Track Review of Prostitution Conviction

Sean “Diddy” Combs has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to accelerate consideration of his appeal challenging two federal convictions tied to prostitution. In a filing submitted this week, defense counsel Alexandra Shapiro argued that the normal appellate timetable could leave her client in custody until near the end of his […]

Five Additional Suspects Detained in Connection With Louvre Jewelry Theft
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Five Additional Suspects Detained in Connection With Louvre Jewelry Theft

French authorities have taken five more individuals into custody over the October 19 robbery that removed eight pieces of royal jewelry from the Louvre Museum, bringing the total number of suspects detained in the case to seven. Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau confirmed the new arrests on Wednesday during an interview with RTL radio. All five […]

Washington Reduces Fentanyl Tariffs as Beijing Postpones Rare Earth Export Curbs After Trump-Xi Talks
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Washington Reduces Fentanyl Tariffs as Beijing Postpones Rare Earth Export Curbs After Trump-Xi Talks

Following their first face-to-face talks in six years, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a series of reciprocal trade concessions intended to ease recent economic tensions. The leaders met on 30 October 2025 at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, during Trump’s regional visit. The most immediate outcome was […]

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 […]