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Chevron beats quarterly profit expectations on higher oil output

Reuters Reuters was nearly 17 minutes ahead when Chevron released its third-quarter earnings, beating Wall Street expectations. The results sent the oil major’s shares up almost 4%. The post Chevron beats quarterly profit expectations on higher oil output appeared first on Reuters News Agency. https://www.reutersagency.com/en/reutersbest/article/chevron-beats-quarterly-profit-expectations-on-higher-oil-output/

UN says widespread sexual violence in Sudan is ‘deeply alarming’ amid bloody civil war

Fox News The 18-month civil war in Africa’s third-largest country has left tens of thousands killed and millions of others displaced amid catastrophic famine and raging diseases. The dire crisis in Sudan is currently one of the worst in the world, but as global attention remains focused on the conflict in the Middle East, the…

Kim Jong Un has sent North Korean troops to Russia. What’s in it for him?

Washington Post The cash-strapped North Korean leader has sent some 10,000 troops to help in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Moscow could be giving him money and nuclear know-how. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/01/north-korea-troops-russia-ukraine-kim-putin/

Google fined $20 decillion — more than world’s total wealth — by Russian court

Washington Post The $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 fine is a response to a lawsuit by Russian channels blocked on YouTube and is largely symbolic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/11/01/russia-google-fine-20-decillion/

Can Axions Save the Universe?

New York Times The hunt for dark matter is shifting from particles to waves named after a laundry detergent. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/science/astrophysics-cosmology-axions.html

As smuggling rings made billions from migrants, the U.S. was sidelined

Washington Post Migrant-smuggling has become a top income stream for criminal groups in Latin America but for years the U.S. government did little to dismantle these networks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/01/migrant-smuggling-us-border-cartels/

Live Briefing: U.S. pushes to rekindle peace talks; hospital hit in northern Gaza

Washington Post U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken argued that Israel had accomplished its main objectives in Gaza and thus the “focus now must be on ending the war.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/01/israel-iran-war-news-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-palestine/

The world beyond the election: The China problem

Washington Post No matter who wins the election, competition between the U.S. and China will continue. Still, there are major differences between Harris and Trump’s likely approaches. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/01/china-trump-harris-us-election/

On Baalbek’s edges, the displaced watch strikes rain down on their city

Washington Post Fleeing the Lebanese city of Baalbek ahead of Israeli airstrikes, thousands find shelter — but not necessarily peace of mind — in Deir al-Ahmar. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/31/baalbek-lebanon-israel-hezbollah-displaced/

Spain searches for bodies after unprecedented flooding claims at least 158 lives

Fox News Crews searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings Thursday as residents salvaged what they could from their ruined homes following monstrous flash floods in Spain that claimed at least 158 lives, with 155 deaths confirmed in the eastern Valencia region alone. More horrors emerged Thursday from the debris and ubiquitous layers…