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U.S. Officials Try to Advance Israel’s Cease-Fire Talks With Hezbollah and Hamas

William Burns, the C.I.A. director, made a last-ditch attempt to move Gaza talks along before U.S. elections next week.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 31

Manchester United Has Decided On Its Next Head Coach

The Premier League team is said to have reached an agreement with the Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon to hire Ruben Amorim.

Sports - The New York Times - October 31

Microsoft's stock has worst day in two years after disappointing forecast

Microsoft's stock fell more than 6% on Thursday after guidance fell short of analysts' estimates.

Business - CNBC - October 31

USC’s Kiki Iriafen heads list of transfers in women’s basketball

USC's Kiki Iriafen can’t wait to start delivering highlight-worthy plays with JuJu Watkins now that the former Pac-12 rivals are teammates in the Big Ten Conference.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31

Bond traders shake off weak jobs report, send 10-year Treasury yield to 4-month high

Long-dated Treasury yields ended at their highest levels since early July on Friday as traders looked past October’s nonfarm-payrolls report, which came in well below expectations.

Business - MarketWatch - November 1

Manchester United announce Rúben Amorim’s appointment as head coach

Amorim to leave Sporting and start on 11 November He signs contract to 2027 with extra year’s option Manchester United have announced that Rúben Amorim is to take over as their head coach on 11 ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

Tiki the dog helps Illinois man survive gunshot to the head

Leslie Reeves and Chris Smith were both shot on their first date. Only Smith survived.

NFL scores: Lions make huge statement with win at Packers, Eagles hold on for win vs. Jaguars

The Lions have staked their claim to being the best team in the NFC, and maybe the NFL.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 3

Head of Myanmar's military government visits close ally China for the first time since taking power

Myanmar's state media says the head of Myanmar’s military government embarked upon an official visit this week to China, the embattled Southeast Asian nation’s most important international ally

World - ABC News - November 5

Trump and Harris make final push to break US election deadlock

Presidential candidates descend on Pennsylvania as polls in most crucial swing state show a dead heat

Business - Financial Times - November 5

Trump and Harris face a persistent gender gap heading into Election Day

Female voters are much more likely to say they support Harris, with some polls showing the vice president holding a double-digit advantage. Surveys show Trump leading with men.

Politics - NBC News - November 5

Inexperienced, poorly trained and underfed: the North Korean troops heading to Ukraine

Kim Jong-un has called his army the ‘strongest in the world’ but they are vulnerable to malnutrition, and none have seen combat or know the terrain in Russia’s war. Depending on whom you ask, they ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

Why Europe is crossing its fingers as America heads to the polls

Also in this newsletter: How the EU’s incoming trade commissioner wants to police online retailers

World - Financial Times - November 5

Voters head to polls with roughly 82M early ballots already cast

More than 82 million voters took advantage of early voting as Election Day kicks off. The number is slightly more than half the total turnout in the presidential election in 2020, The Associated ...

Politics - The Hill - November 5

Eye Opener: Tens of millions of Americans head to the polls on Election Day

Tens of millions of Americans head to the polls this Election Day. Former President Donald Trump closed out his campaign hitting his key themes plus personal attacks and false claims. Kamala Harris ...

OpenAI hires Meta's former Orion head to lead its robotics efforts

The former head of Meta's augmented reality glasses initiative has joined OpenAI to lead the startup's robotics and consumer hardware efforts.

Business - CNBC - November 5

NASCAR's championship field heads to Phoenix with no clear favorite to win Cup title

There is no clear favorite among NASCAR's four championship contenders as they had to Phoenix Raceway for Sunday's winner-take-all finale

Sports - ABC News - November 5

Hurricane Rafael plows across Cuba as a Category 3 storm after knocking out power on the island

Hurricane Rafael has pushed into the Gulf of Mexico after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country’s power grid

World - ABC News - November 6

Navy fires head of Leadership and Ethics Command San Diego

The head of the Navy’s Leadership and Ethics Command (NLEC) San Diego was fired Wednesday over a “loss of confidence” in his ability to command, according to a service statement. Capt. Lester Brown ...

Politics - The Hill - November 6

Why mortgage rates could be heading to 8%, despite a Fed cut

The 30-year rate inched up for the sixth week in a row ahead of an expected interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

Business - MarketWatch - November 8

Indonesia’s president seeks closer ties to Xi and China

First foreign trip in office signals Beijing’s importance for investment but will be followed by US visit

World - Financial Times - November 8

COP29 chief exec caught on film promoting fossil fuel deals

Undercover filming shows COP29 chief exec discussing new oil and gas projects ahead of climate summit.

'I think you can be consistent': How NFL refs decide who gets ejected (or not) for head hits

How can one player cause a concussion and not get ejected, while another is tossed for a milder hit to the head?

Sports - ESPN - November 8

Spanish central banker set to inherit big challenges as next BIS head

Pablo Hernández de Cos to take over amid fears Donald Trump will derail progress on setting capital standards for world’s biggest lenders

Business - Financial Times - November 8

The N.F.L. Is Heading to Germany. The Country Has Fallen for American Football.

Close to 70,000 fans will visit the sold-out Allianz Arena in Munich on Sunday as the Giants and Panthers face off.

Sports - The New York Times - November 8

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