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Brent Touches 10 as Hormuz Attacks Put Energy Markets on Edge
Oil markets flinched hard this week. Brent crude touched $110 a barrel — settling at $109.86, up 3.7 per cent — as a wave…
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Hormuz Crisis Deepens: Two Ships Confirmed Sunk as Shipping Giants Reroute
Two ships — GFS Pride and Cape Dao — sank near the Strait of Hormuz within 24 hours of each other, the second and third vessels sunk since February’s war began.
Politics
DOE Issues Emergency Grid Order as PJM Nears Reserve Margin Across 13 States
DOE Order No. 202-26-50 lets PJM dispatch power plants and tap data-center backup generation through Oct. 16 as the grid nears its reserve margin in 13 states.
Business
Fed Officials Signal More Rate Hikes as the 10-Year Yield Tops 5.3%
Senior Federal Reserve officials are signaling that interest rates may need to rise further over the coming months, even as bond markets strain under…
Technology
OpenAI Fires Three Safety Researchers; Open Letter Warns of Chilling Effect
OpenAI fired safety researchers Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni; their open letter warns the move could chill safety dissent. OpenAI denies retaliation.
Sports
Formula 1 Returns to Africa With 10-Year Rwanda Grand Prix Deal From Early 2030s
Formula 1 will return to Africa with a 10-year Rwanda Grand Prix deal from the early 2030s, racing on a new Bugesera circuit for the first time since 1993.
Entertainment
WWE Money in the Bank: Penta, Stratton Win Briefcases; Liv Morgan Takes Title
Penta and Tiffany Stratton won the Money in the Bank briefcases in New Orleans while Liv Morgan captured the Women's World Championship in a triple threat.
Health
Christa Pike Leaves Hospital, Returns to Prison After Botched Execution
Christa Pike has left the hospital and returned to prison after surviving Tennessee's botched Sept. 30 lethal injection, the first known survivor of such an attempt.
Science
NASA-Japan MMX Mission to Bring Home Phobos Samples; Launch October 19
The Japan-led MMX mission with NASA technology launches Oct. 19 to collect samples from Phobos and return them to Earth, a first for a Martian moon.
