Hard-right Trump loyalist Jim Jordan loses first vote for House speaker
The Ohio representative fell 17 votes short of the necessary majority. The second vote is expected to be on Wednesday morning
Bombing hits Gaza hospital, killing hundreds, as Israel and Palestinians trade blame
Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military said the hospital was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants. The Palestinian health ministry said at least 500 people had been killed
Syd Barrett didn’t want to be a rock star but his Pink Floyd bandmates did
‘Have You Got it Yet’ tells the story of the band’s mercurial founding member, a crazy diamond who didn’t want to shine
General Motors delays electric pickup truck production at plant near Detroit as US EV demand slows
GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said the change has nothing to do with the ongoing four-week partial strike by members of the United Auto Workers union
Wyndham rejects $8 billion unsolicited buyout offer after Choice Hotels goes public with its bid
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Choice, based in Rockville, Maryland, is offering $49.50 in cash and 0.324 shares of Choice common stock for each Wyndham share they own, a 20% premium to Wyndham’s last closing price
Biden didn’t make Israeli-Palestinian talks a priority. Arab leaders say region now paying the price
The less-ambitious approach fit with U.S. President’s determination to pivot his foreign-policy focus from Middle East hotspots to China. The United States’ angry Arab partners are pointing to America’s failure to actively engage as Israeli-Palestinian violence roars back to center stage
Russia’s assault on a key eastern Ukraine city appears to be weakening
As the Kremlin’s war entered its 600th day, Ukrainian forces repelled 15 Russian attacks from four directions on Avdiivka over the previous 24 hours compared with up to 60 attacks a day in the middle of last week
French prosecutor says alleged attacker in school stabbing declared allegiance to Islamic State
Police found an audio recording in the suspect’s phone where he declared allegiance to the Islamic State and expressed ‘his hatred for France, for the French, for democracy and the education he benefitted from in our country’
UN Security Council rejects Russia’s resolution on Gaza that fails to mention Hamas
The U.N.’s most powerful body, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security, has failed to respond to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and to Israel response with retaliatory airstrikes
Europeans already ate seaweed 8,000 years ago
Dental tartar analysis of human remains from the past shows that the consumption of aquatic plants in Europe was common until the Middle Ages
Lawyers, Trump and money: Ex-president spends millions in donor cash on attorneys as legal woes grow
Trump’s Save America political action committee has paid nearly $37 million to more than 60 law firms and individual attorneys since January 2022, Federal Election Commission records show
Israel and the definitive breakup of the old world order
China’s position following the attack by Hamas is further evidence of the deteriorating relations between Beijing and Washington, something that could lead the world to a new cold war
Angeles Torrejón focused her lens on women who left everything to go to war
The Mexican photographer has a new exhibition documenting the marginalized, rural people of her country
The Roman well-cleaner who lost a sandal 2,000 years ago in Spain
The footwear, the only example from Hispania discovered with decorative elements, is in an excellent state of preservation and has been refrigerated until it can be fully restored
Richard Curtis, screenwriter of ‘Love Actually’ and ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary,’ regrets his treatment of female characters
The director chatted with his daughter, Scarlett Curtis, 28, about his most iconic films and admitted that he regretted some decisions: ‘I feel I was unobservant and not as clever as I should have been’
Barcelona museum stages exhibition that can be visited completely naked
The Archaeology Museum of Catalonia and the Catalan Naturist Club have programmed a very special visit to the exhibition ‘The Riace bronzes’ on October 28
Fighting pedophilia at the expense of our privacy: The EU rule that could break the internet
The European Parliament and the Council are discussing a regulation that would ensure all messages get scanned for child pornography and which is perceived by many as a threat to basic freedoms
Ecuadorians want president-elect Daniel Noboa to ‘retake control of prisons and create jobs’
The 35-year-old entrepreneur is relatively unknown to his compatriots, but they elected him to counter the leftist drift initiated by former President Rafael Correa
Venezuela and opposition reach deal on electoral conditions. They plan to sign Tuesday in Barbados
Maduro’s government agreed to open up the electoral process, including allowing European Union observers and creating a process for lifting bans that have blocked his top opponents from running for president
Police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street
The suspect was Tunisian and had been denied asylum in 2019. He was known to police and had been suspected of involvement of human trafficking, living illegally in Belgium and of being a risk to state security
What will follow Hamas’ war?
Netanyahu’s political career, built on the promise of security, faces a shameful outcome. When the violence subsides and introspection arrives, it will be time for Israel to learn lessons about peace with the Palestinians
Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, has water, CO₂ and fascinating possibilities
The James Webb telescope just detected carbon dioxide on this Galilean satellite, one of the nearby worlds studied for extraterrestrial life
Brussels’ European neighborhood seeks ways to coexist with its colonial past
Etterbeek, home to the main institutions of the EU, is working to contextualize its multiple monuments and symbols of Belgium’s legacy in the Congo
Greta Thunberg was among climate activists detained at a protest to disrupt oil executives’ forum
The conference features speakers including the chief executives of Shell, Saudi Arabia’s Aramco and Norway’s Equinor, as well as the U.K.’s energy security minister
The Commerce Department updates its policies to stop China from getting advanced computer chips
The updates introduce new requirements that make it more difficult for China to manufacture advanced chips abroad. The list of manufacturing equipment that falls under the export controls has also been expanded, among other changes to the policy
House of Representatives prepares to vote on new speaker as Republican Party remains in crisis
Jim Jordan is working against the clock to secure the 217 votes he needs to be elected to the position. But there are growing calls for a candidate with bipartisan support
Israel-Hamas war: The moral insensitivity of the left
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At this moment, more than ever, we need support and solidarity from global progressives, in the form of an unequivocal call against indiscriminate violence towards civilians on both sides