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NBC News
Paucity of air traffic controllers halts flights to LAX - More

NBC News
Largest federal workers union calls for an end to the shutdown

The Associated Press
No federal food aid will go out Nov. 1

ABC News
Trump claims he got 'perfect' MRI at Walter Reed

The Daily Beast
Trump Trolled After Giving Quack Medical Advice - More

Deutsche Welle
Gavin Newsom is considering 2028 presidential run

Politico News
Trump says he’d ‘love to’ run in 2028

The New Republic
The Cases That Could Unleash Trump’s War on Blue Cities

The Guardian
Rand Paul calls Trump’s military airstrikes ‘extrajudicial killings’

The New Republic
DOD Gives Massive Contract to Company With Ties to Don Jr.

Fox News
Shingles vaccine connected to ‘exciting’ health benefits in large study - More

The Guardian
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off

The Associated Press
US coffee prices spike because of tariffs and poor weather

The Guardian
Night-flying insects over UK in decline, weather radar study reveals

The Guardian
Ten people go on trial in Paris for online harassment of Brigitte Macron

CNN News
DNA from Napoleon’s ill-fated 1812 army reveals what likely led to the soldiers’ demise

Deutsche Welle
Italian court approves extradition in Nord Stream case

The Guardian
Lithuania closes border with Belarus after balloons shut down Vilnius airport

Politico News
Poland arrests two men from Ukraine for spying on military

The Guardian
Russia claims test of nuclear-powered missile condemned as ‘flying Chornobyl’

The Associated Press
Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable missile, Putin and top general say

Deutsche Welle
Sudan's el-Fasher: Civilians suffer in 'terrible escalation'

The Associated Press
Sudanese paramilitaries advance into military’s last stronghold in Darfur

The Associated Press
Mali closes schools as militants enforce fuel blockade - More

The Associated Press
Clashes with security forces in Cameroon kill four protesters

The Associated Press
Kenya’s navy intercepts a meth consignment worth $63 million

The Associated Press
Kurdish rebel group PKK says it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq

The Associated Press
Hamas expands search for the remains of hostages in Gaza

The Guardian
Fears Gaza ‘temporary’ ceasefire line could become permanent new border

The Associated Press
Conflicting accounts emerge after UN peacekeepers shoot down Israeli drone

Deutsche Welle
Stocks buoyed by potential of US-China deal

ABC News
USS Nimitz: Navy helicopter, fighter jet both go down in South China Sea - More

The Associated Press
For Sanae Takaichi, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 - More

The Associated Press
Milei emerges triumphant in high-stakes Argentine midterm elections

The Associated Press
Lula is optimistic there will be a U.S.-Brazil trade deal

Deutsche Welle
Venezuela calls US exercises with Trinidad a 'provocation'

NBC News
Hurricane Melissa intensifies to Category 5 storm - More

The Associated Press
Today in History: 27 October - More

This Day in Aviation
27 October

Paris Match
Katy Perry et Justin Trudeau officialisent leur relation à Paris

Paris Match
Le rôle secret joué par Usha Vance pour l’Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Israël affirme son droit de veto sur la force internationale à Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Argentine : Milei remporte largement les législatives de mi-mandat

Agence France-Presse
Arrivée d'un navire de guerre américain à Trinité-et-Tobago, face au Venezuela

Agence France-Presse
Un destroyer américain s’amarre à une trentaine de kilomètres du Venezuela

International Commentary

Justin McCurry | The Guardian
Japan’s new PM will hope the Abe effect endears Trump to her at crucial talks

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
The importance of government support for renewable energy

Heather Stewart | The Guardian
Do populists always crash the economy?

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