Ukraine Says Russian Missile Hit Grain Ship in Black Sea

Treasury should have told us about overspend by law, says OBR

Richard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, says officials have questions to answer as to why details of an overspend were not shared.

UK house prices hit record high in October, says Halifax

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Climate breakdown will hit global growth by a third, say central banks

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A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup

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Tiny grain of nuclear fuel pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant in a step toward cleanup

A robot at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel in what officials said was the start of the cleanup.

Trump says Black and Latino Harris supporters need their 'head examined,' echoing frequent barb

Former President Donald Trump has directed the same "head examined" message at Democrati voters from several different demographic groups.

Politics - NBC News - October 16

Call of Duty MW3's Poor Reception Did Not Affect Black Ops 6 Campaign, Developer Says

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Tech - GameSpot - October 18

Chris Kaba verdict has left people traumatised, black community leaders say

Community leaders say London's black communities are traumatised over the Chris Kaba court case.

Black man fatally shot by police in Ohio in 2020 complied with orders, prosecutors say

An unarmed Black man who was fatally shot four years ago by a now-fired Ohio police officer complied with commands and was wrongly killed as he walked out of a garage, prosecutors said Thursday.

Jim Cramer says buy Stanley Black & Decker's post-earnings plunge 'aggressively'

Shares of the Club stock tumbled Tuesday after the DeWalt owner reported earnings.

Business - CNBC - October 29

Harris showed minimal losses among Black men, but analysts say she should have won more

The national exit poll shows 78% of Black men selected Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election, down 2% points from the last election.

Black Ops 6 On Game Pass Helped Bring Back Lapsed Players, Activision Boss Says

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's creative director has commented on how Game Pass positively affected the game's launch, saying it helped improve player numbers in multiple ways.. Speaking to the BBC , ...

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Justice Department says Mississippi Senate paid a Black attorney less than her white colleagues for years

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The release of a new Call of Duty game is almost always one of the best-selling titles in any given year. But since Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 debuted on Game Pass on day one of its release, there ...

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Satellite images show North Korean special forces sent to Russia disguised as Russian soldiers with fake IDs, South Korean spies say

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