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Breaking Stories (US)

• The flu strain driving this season's unusually early spread

  Scientists and healthcare professionals are keeping an eye on a mutated virus strain as flu season picks up early in the US.

  USA Today
• No one knew why a dad couldn't eat. Then a surgeon took a second look.

  Richard Satin was in constant pain and couldn't eat. He was sure he was dying — until a surgeon found something unusual.

  CBS News
• Anthropic IPO hits AI backlash after midterms show rebuke data centers

  Anthropic is poised to become the first pure-play AI company to hit the public market at a time when the public is increasingly leary of the industry.

  CNBC
• These five stock types could rally after U.S. midterms, analysts say

  Clean energy firms, specialty REITs and airline companies and others may be beneficiaries of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, per Wall Street analysts.

  CNBC
• Berkshire shares surge as Wall Street swoons amid AI fears

  Berkshire Hathaway shares roared past the S&P 500 index this week and are outperforming the benchmark for the year-to-date.

  CNBC
• Colom leads Mississippi Senate race, Hyde-Smith says she is 'not backing down'

  Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom has expressed confidence he will win the election, citing his growing lead, while Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has said her team is monitoring the counting of remaining ballots.

  Fox News
• Ukraine's power network suffers further damage after fresh Russian strikes

  The attacks come before Ukrainian and Russian delegations are due to take part in trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi next week.

  BBC
• Republicans blast Stephen Miller's promotion to Trump chief of staff

  Stephen Miller's promotion to chief of staff has House Republicans fuming after midterm election losses they blame on Donald Trump's immigration and deportation policies.

  Fox News
• Dozens killed as humanitarian crisis mounts in Yemen: What next for war?

  Government forces reclaim key territories in Taiz and Lahij but face setbacks under Houthi resistance in certain areas.

  Al Jazeera
• New Zealand election too close to call with 95% votes in

  Initial results in New Zealand show the two main parties neck-and-neck with fewer than 4,000 votes separating them. Official results aren't expected until later this month once special votes have been counted.

  DW.com