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AI is using your data to set personalised prices online. It could seriously backfire

Two people looking at the same product at the same time might see different prices. AI has turbocharged the process.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Flattery or calm confidence? How Anthony Albanese should handle Donald Trump at the White House

For Trump, meetings with foreign leaders are all about the performance. Albanese must be prepared for surprises โ€“ and stick to the script.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

CKI calls for Thames Water renationalisation after โ€˜high-riskโ€™ creditor plan

Hong Kong firm alleges bid process for troubled utility was not โ€˜market-ledโ€™

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Turkish Cypriots elect moderate leader in crucial policy switch

Tufan Erhรผrman scored a landslide victory, unseating hard-line incumbent Ersin Tatar, who was considered Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoฤŸanโ€™s favorite.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

A Problematic First Year for Indonesiaโ€™s President

Two features stand out so far in Prabowo Subianto's presidency: the concentration of power in the hands of the president, and a chaotic approach to governance.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

King Gizzardโ€™s Stu Mackenzie on leaving Spotify and making all their music free: โ€˜Sometimes you just forget that you have free willโ€™

Australian bandโ€™s decision to remove catalogue in protest of CEOโ€™s military investments an easy one, frontman says, and making music with friends remains โ€˜top of the triangleโ€™Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOver their mind-boggling 15-year, 27-album career, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have switched gears with the speed and abandon of a stunt driver in a Fast and Furious film. Can you even describe the...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Stolen treasures, a crown dropped as thieves fled - and serious questions for Louvre security

The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes Hugh Schofield.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe favicon BBC Europe

Trump on protests: 'I'm not a king'

President Trump rejected the idea that he's acting like a monarch in an interview that took place the same day as the nation's massive "No Kings" protests. โ€œTheyโ€™re referring to me as a king. Iโ€™m not a king,โ€ Trump said in a "Sunday Morning Futures" interview with Fox Newsโ€™s Maria Bartiromo recorded on Saturday, prior...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Some Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture

Some Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture Hamas says some of the 150 Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show evidence of torture, calling it โ€œa war crime against humanity.โ€ On Telegram, the group said: โ€œSome of them were handcuffed and blindfolded, while others bore signs of being strangled or crushed under the occupationโ€™s chains, confirming that the occupation executed them while they were...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Israel launches strikes on Gaza and pauses aid as ceasefire comes under strain

Military says it bombed dozens of targets after two troops killed in Hamas attack

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Kaine says Jay Jones scandal won't cause trouble for Spanberger in Virginia election

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Sunday that the scandal involving Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones and his unearthed violent text messages will not cause trouble for former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) in her race for governor as the two are both on the ballot next month. โ€œSenator, very quickly, do you worry that...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

What we know about Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire, will it hold?

Islamabad and Kabul commit to ceasefire mediated by Qatar and Turkiye, but will it hold amid mutual distrust?

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Israeli air strikes kill 35 across Gaza

Israeli air strikes kill 35 across Gaza Medical sources in Gaza told Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli air strikes on multiple areas across the territory have killed at least 35 people since this morning.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Four-minute heist at the Louvre: How priceless jewels were stolen in France

Thieves used an extendable ladder and motorbikes to steal eight precious items from Apollo's Gallery at Paris museum.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza

Two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza The Israeli military said two soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Sunday. A reserve soldier was seriously wounded in the same incident and has been taken to hospital for treatment, according to an army statement.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Kenya bids final farewell to Raila Odinga

Kenyan opposition politician Raila Odinga has been buried after days of memorial services that were marred by a stampede and clashes with police.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Manchester United stun Liverpool 2-1 as Maguire scores late winner

United end nine-year drought without victory at Anfield and deal a blow to the reigning football champions' title chase.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Bolivia holds tight presidential runoff as voters seek a leader to lift them from crisis

Bolivians voted on Sunday in an unprecedented presidential runoff between two conservative, capitalist candidates, ushering in a new political era after almost 20 years of one-party rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putinโ€™s terms or be โ€˜destroyedโ€™ by Russia

US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Israeli air strikes kill at least 33 in Gaza, civil defence says

Israeli air strikes kill at least 33 in Gaza, civil defence says Gazaโ€™s civil defence says Israeli air attacks across the territory have killed at least 33 people, revising an earlier death toll of 21. The Israeli army claimed that it attacked โ€œdozens of Hamas positionsโ€ across the Gaza Strip, although this could not be independently verified. Both sides have traded accusations of breaching the nine-day ceasefire...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Hegseth announces another US strike on alleged drug trafficking boat

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday announced there had been another U.S. strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat days prior. โ€œOn October 17th, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with Ejรฉrcito de Liberaciรณn Nacional (ELN), a Designated Terrorist Organization, that was...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Six killed as Israel bombs tent sheltering displaced people in Nuseirat refugee camp

Six killed as Israel bombs tent sheltering displaced people in Nuseirat refugee camp Al-Awda Hospital says six Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces bombed a tent sheltering displaced people in the Abu Salim area west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

New York GOP rep: Trump's commutation of Santos 'the wrong decision'

Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.) said Sunday that President Trump's commuting the sentence of former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was โ€œthe wrong decision." โ€œI do not agree with the commutation. I think it was a wrong decision, primarily because this is somebody who stole [hundreds of thousands] of dollars from his donors,โ€ Malliotakis said on...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

A run of significant political elections

Japanโ€™s Diet could elect a new PM, UKโ€™s Labour will pick a deputy leader and Ireland set to get a new president

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Moderate Democrats should reject socialism, embrace a GI Bill for all

Moderate Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey are promoting a message of tackling affordability, fixing health care, and expanding opportunity, and if they win, they could launch state-level Service Corps to provide citizens with the same benefits as soldiers, such as affordable housing, debt-free education and access to quality health care.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Yemenโ€™s Houthis detain 20 UN staff in latest raid

United Nations demands the release of its employees after Houthi forces raided a facility and detained staff in Sanaa.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Israeli strike kills displaced Palestinians sheltering in Nuseirat

Israeli strike kills displaced Palestinians sheltering in Nuseirat A medical and emergency source told Al Jazeera Arabic that several Palestinians have been killed and others wounded after an Israeli air raid struck a tent sheltering displaced families south of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Why Southeast Asia's fight against smoking isn't over

Anti-smoking activists warn the tobacco industry still wields immense power despite a drop in consumption, and that the use of e-cigarettes is surging.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Ex-Kenyan leader Raila Odinga buried after days of memorial events

The long-time opposition leader died aged 80 in India, where he had been receiving medical treatment.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

Bolivia ushers in new political era with presidential vote

Bolivian voters are electing a new president on Sunday. For the first time in two decades, the economically ailing South American nation will be run by a right-wing capitalist.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Nablus raid as settlers assault olive pickers

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Nablus raid as settlers assault olive pickers Israeliforces killed aPalestinianman in Nablus on Sunday before dragging his body through the streets, while settlers assaulted olive pickers elsewhere in the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 42-year-old Majed Mohammad Dawoud was killed during a raid on al-Ain refugee camp in Nablus in the early hours of...

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Trump calls Colombia’s Petro an ‘illegal drug leader’ and cuts off U.S. aid to the country

The United States will slash assistance to Colombia because its leader, Gustavo Petro, โ€œdoes nothing to stopโ€ drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating the friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Israel halts aid deliveries to Gaza in major breach of ceasefire

Israel halts aid deliveries to Gaza in major breach of ceasefire Israelโ€™s Channel 12 reports that the political leadership has accepted a military recommendation to suspend aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip until further notice. A security official confirmed the decision speaking to AFP, which will further tighten the blockade on a population already facing catastrophic humanitarian conditions under Israeli siege.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Israeli strikes kill 42 in Gaza as both sides say the other breached truce

Hamas maintains it is abiding by ceasefire as Israel launches at least 20 air strikes on targets in southern Gaza.

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Why Wall Street is fearful of more lending blow-ups

Both banks and private-markets giants are on cockroach-watch

Published on: October 19, 2025 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance