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A supply crunch means old homes are now nearly as expensive as new builds
Measured on a 12-month rolling average, the premium for buying a new home over an existing one is the lowest it’s been since the 1980s.
Associated Press
Trial opens of Serb gunmen accused of attacking Kosovo police
A Kosovo court on Wednesday opened a trial of 45 people charged over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily armed Serb gunmen last year, as tensions remain tense between Serbia and its former breakaway province. The trial at the Pristina District Court was held under tight security. Only three Serb defendants were present and the others are at large.
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US sanctions a leader of Sudan's paramilitary group for fueling a brutal war
The United States sanctioned a senior leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for “leading efforts” to supply weapons for the 17-month-long war, which has killed more than 20,000 people and wrecked the northeastern African country. Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa controls the UAE-based Tradive General Trading LLC, a front company that imported vehicles to Sudan on behalf of the paramilitary RSF and retrofitted them with machine guns, the U.S. Department of Treasury said Tuesday.. Algoney is the brother of RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
Reuters
Hamas, Fatah leaders to hold Palestinian unity talks in Cairo
Leaders from the Islamist group Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement will hold further unity talks in Cairo on Wednesday, a Hamas official told Reuters. It was led by Khalil Al-Hayya, the group's chief negotiator and Hamas' second-in-command, currently based in Qatar.
AFP
Chinese stocks tumble on stimulus upset, Asia tracks Wall St higher
Stocks in mainland China and Hong Kong tumbled on another volatile day Wednesday after Beijing disappointed investors over a lack of fresh stimulus and scant detail on its plans for implementing a raft of measures already unveiled.Hong Kong had soared more than 20 percent between the first batch of measures being announced and Monday, but it collapsed more than nine percent on Tuesday -- its worst day since 2008.
Associated Press
Macron will inspect Ukraine troops at French military camp as his domestic sway wanes
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday will meet for the first time with some of the 15,000 Ukrainian troops that France has trained for the country's fight against the Russian invasion. Macron's scheduled visit to a military camp in eastern France where French officers are training what will become a full new brigade of 4,500 Ukrainian troops comes as the country's Western allies are mulling a victory plan championed by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Macron's renewed focus on Ukraine also reflects how shifting politics in France have weakened his sway over domestic affairs.
AFP
Pyongyang to 'permanently' shut border with South Korea
North Korea's army said on Wednesday it was moving to "permanently shut off and block the southern border" with the South and had informed the US military to prevent an accidental clash.It said it had sent a telephone message to US forces to "prevent any misjudgement and accidental conflict".
CNN
North Korea to cut off road and rail links to South Korea
North Korea’s army said it will take the “substantial military step” of completely cutting off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months of fortifying its heavily armed border.
Associated Press
The Nobel prize in chemistry is being awarded in Stockholm
The Nobel Prize in chemistry is being awarded Wednesday, a day after two artificial intelligence pioneers won the physics award. The Nobel committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is set to announce the chemistry prize late morning. Last year, the award went to three scientists for their work on quantum dots — tiny particles just a few nanometers in diameter that can release very bright colored light and whose applications in everyday life include electronics and medical imaging.
AFP
Japan PM dissolves parliament for 'honeymoon' snap election
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved parliament on Wednesday ahead of October 27 snap elections, banking on his honeymoon popularity and a fragmented opposition to lead his scandal-tainted party to victory.But the prime minister's decision to call a snap election this early was also criticised for contradicting his previous vows to prioritise facing the opposition in parliament.
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The big question hanging over banks as earnings season starts
Investors have questions about how a new Federal Reserve rate-cutting cycle will affect the biggest US banks, and they will be looking for some answers as third-quarter earnings season begins Friday.
CNN
Senate candidate Dave McCormick led hedge fund that bet against some of Pennsylvania’s most iconic companies
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AFP
US weighs Google breakup in landmark trial
The US Department of Justice said on Tuesday it would demand that Google make profound changes to how it does business and even consider the possibility of a breakup, after the tech juggernaut was found to be running an illegal monopoly.An order to break up Google or require deep changes on how it does business marks a profound change by the US government's competition enforcers that have largely left tech giants alone since failing to break up Microsoft two decades ago.
USA TODAY
Over 200 price gouging complaints as Florida residents evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton
Florida's Office of the Attorney General has received over 200 complaints about price gouging as residents prepare to evacuate from Hurricane Milton.
Associated Press
Middle East latest: 18 dead after Israeli strikes in Gaza
Palestinian officials said Wednesday that Israel’s bombardment of central and northern Gaza killed at least 18 people, including five children and two women. Two strikes hit tents for displaced people in the urban Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps in central Gaza. The bodies of nine people, including three children, were brought to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the nearby town of Deir al-Balah.
TODAY
‘Love is Blind’ stars Amber and Matt Barnett announce pregnancy
Congratulations to “Love Is Blind” Season 1 couple Amber and Matt Barnett.
Associated Press
Ishiba dissolves Japan's lower house to set up an Oct. 27 parliamentary election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved Japan's lower house of parliament Wednesday to set up an Oct. 27 snap election and seek a mandate from voters for his 9-day-old government. Ishiba took office last week as Fumio Kishida resigned after leading the governing Liberal Democratic Party for three years as it was dogged by corruption scandals. With the early election, Ishiba is seeking to secure a majority in the lower house for his governing party while he is still fresh and before the congratulatory mood fades.
AFP
SE Asian summit seeks progress on Myanmar civil war
Southeast Asian leaders met for talks with a Myanmar junta representative at a regional summit Wednesday as they try to kickstart faltering diplomatic efforts to broker an end to the country's civil war.The bloc barred junta leaders from its summits in the wake of their February 2021 coup and the generals refused invitations to send a "non-political" representative instead.
Yahoo Finance
The Harris and Trump campaigns are both taking advice from one Wall Street titan: Jamie Dimon
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has been talking regularly to both presidential campaigns. The question now is whether he will throw his support behind either one.
Popular Science
The next lifesaving antibiotic might be a virus on your toothbrush
There is a bevy of biodiversity lurking in your home right now. Shower heads and toothbrushes are brimming with a collection of viruses that is so varied, that many of them have never been seen before. However, you don’t need to worry or stop bathing and brushing your teeth. These viruses don’t go after us. […]

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