The World Web Times - worldwebtimes.com https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Can Africa outgrow China? https://ft.trib.al/fZPoxUn Louis Vuitton and Hermès among luxury retailers looted in French riots https://ft.trib.al/KXGTcVX UK Treasury expected to reignite ‘Project Fear’ row with EU study https://ft.trib.al/j4Lcnyl JUST IN: IRGC has shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Strait of Hormuz. The drone was flying over the strait and helping guide commercial vessels through the waterway. This is the 54th US MQ-9 Reaper shot down by Iran. US NEWS LIVE: Trump’s Emergency Address Sends Nuclear Bombshell on Iran, Russia & China? 🇸🇦 🇾🇪 Saudi Arabia got through the Iran war mostly intact… until the Houthis hit Riyadh’s airport. Trita Parsi says that strike shoved Riyadh into a fight it can’t finish cleanly, and the course it’s on now only makes things worse: “It’s not only not realistic, it’s dangerous. It’s undermining Saudi Arabia’s own interest and security.” With the Houthis going nowhere, how long before Riyadh has to pick between a deal it hates and a war it can’t win? @tparsi 🇯🇵🇺🇸 Japan is going where no one has gone before: a moon of Mars… and back again with souvenirs JAXA’s $350 million mission, with $87 million chipped in by NASA, launched Tuesday on a five-year round trip to Phobos, a 17-mile space potato that might be a captured asteroid or a chunk blasted off Mars itself. Russia tried the same thing in 2011 and never left Earth orbit. Japan’s Hayabusa probes already brought asteroid dust home twice, so the country with the thinnest headlines in space is about to answer a question NASA has been asking since the 1970s. Source: WSJ / Writer: Daniel PsyopAnime nails it with a parody of the “I’m as mad as hell” speech from the 1976 film “Network.” Crime, the economy, public institutions… Things are going downhill, but after becoming passive and disconnected, the first step is to get angry and stop putting up with it. A call to action is made, and the people cry out: “I’M MAD AS HELL! And I’m NOT going to take it anymore!” Are you mad as hell yet? @grok Writer: Marie IFC: Middle Corridor’s next phase must focus on becoming economic corridor (Exclusive) IFC: Middle Corridor’s next phase must focus on becoming economic corridor (Exclusive) Microsoft gives data centre hopefuls a pre-IPO reality check https://ft.trib.al/xlygNS1 Musk vs the Swedish unions — who won? https://ft.trib.al/e4Rmpym IFC eyes co-op with Azerbaijan in desalination, wastewater management 12am ET, October 20 | The latest headlines from NPR 🇮🇷 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 A third round of the Iran war could go after desalination plants and undersea internet cables from day one. Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, says round two ended up looking just like round one, and round three is shaping up the same way, except Israel is now pushing to hit energy sites, water plants and the cables under the Gulf right out of the gate. Those threats tend to get carried out: “When it comes to these military threats, they’ve acted on most of them, to the best of my knowledge.” Those cables run through the whole Gulf, so cutting them would knock Iran’s neighbors offline right alongside Iran. @tparsi RT @JeffStorobinsky: .@joshrogin ‘s thoughts on Trump, Putin and Xi as the war between Russia and Ukaine continues EXCELLENT 10.19.26 htt… Self-driving cars are on the brink of becoming commonplace. Next up are the highway’s biggest, loudest and most intimidating vehicles: driverless trucks. https://on.wsj.com/4i2FPi0 🇫🇷 Another piece of France’s architectural heritage has been left in RUINS Devastating aerial footage shows the aftermath of a massive fire at Limoges City Hall, with its roof destroyed, wooden beams charred, and debris scattered throughout the historic building. The elegant stone facade is still standing, but the destruction behind it is heartbreaking 💔 Writer: Sol Rauf Aghamirzayev: Azerbaijan is becoming a key crossroads of Eurasian transport routes UK Rep. For The UN Says Gender Violence Numbers In Haiti Are ‘Shocking And Unacceptable’ Todd Blanche Asked: What Is Washington Doing To Bolster Drug Enforcement In Rural Areas? 🗣 Работал за пятерых: бывший сотрудник кофейни в Баку пожаловался на невыплату зарплаты. Подробнее по ссылке: https://media.az/post/1068114881 #новости #mediaaz #Азербайджан #работа #зарплата #кофейня #бариста #менеджер #задолженность 🇺🇸 How does a brilliant computer scientist with a background in NASA research end up leading a CULT? Andy Ngo tells Tucker the bizarre story of Jack LaSota, known as “Ziz,” who became the leader of the Zizian group. LaSota was a magna cum laude graduate who entered a prestigious engineering program before dropping out and moving to Silicon Valley. There, he immersed himself in rationalism and effective altruism, communities filled with highly educated tech workers, AI researchers, and people who had worked at places like NASA and Google. Ngo describes a world where people spent HOURS debating mathematical models for morality and even the suffering of BILLIONS OF SHRIMP. And somewhere along Iran warns of retaliation as Trump backs Netanyahu U.S. President Donald Trump: ““Trash Island,” Washington, D.C., the nickname for the broken and dilapidated Golf Course that is the subject of frivolous litigation in the United States Court System, before a judge that seems not to want Greatness for our Capital or our Nation (but who knows?), has been badly managed for so many decades that it is a completely nonviable and unsafe Project. Our Plan, developed to the Highest Levels and Standards of Golf, will turn Trash Island into an Island of Beauty and Success! It will be one of the Most Wonderful and Spectacular Golf Courses anywhere in the World. The United States Department of the Interior, and its Experts, are so proud of what has been WFP Cuts Gaza Food Aid by a Third as Funding Runs Short Media Man Group: Mining/Energy/Resources/Biz/Markets/Pop Culture The Business Of Everything: TKO Edition Sin City Sydney Australia, Wall Street, New York, and Beyond The Black Stump Road To WWE Crown Jewel and WWE Survivor Series Markets, Wrestling, Streaming And Sports Biz TKO Edition 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 Daily news recap: The US Army wants to show off Typhon missiles near China… and they’d be sitting ducks off the Bashi Strait. The Army’s top commander in the Pacific told the Financial Times that putting more American firepower on display will make Beijing think twice, but those launchers sit well inside China’s missile umbrella, and Washington doesn’t have many to spare: “It’s like putting a kick me sign on our forces.” Pull them back to the second island chain, cut a deal that buys a decade, and rebuild before picking this fight. @WeTheBrandon ‘How Much Iran War Cost?’: Pete Hegseth Faces Heat Over ‘Secret’ Price Tag Of Hormuz Block FULL EVENT: President Trump Holds Midterm Rally In Park City, Kansas In California, a divorced couple finished building their Palo Alto home to give their family an anchor after their split. “Nobody had to make a choice. It’s been a big part of our healing.” https://on.wsj.com/4jwc3Vo ‘No Community Is Immune’: Rob Bresnahan Outlines Work To Combat Fentanyl-Related Deaths 🇱🇧🇮🇱 A 5,000-YEAR-OLD CITY is being torn apart by war, and its residents are left standing in the ruins of their own lives. A new report by Jeremy Loffredo shows the devastation in Tyre, Lebanon, following Israeli strikes. One rescuer breaks down in tears as he recalls the people and families who lived there. Another resident describes an attack that left 28 to 29 people dead and four missing. Ibrahim Fares walks through what remains of his café, pointing to where the pool table, televisions, and PlayStation once stood. And the destruction has reportedly reached archaeological sites in Tyre, a UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CITY, with ancient walls damaged and structures displaced by the force of “He Was Given a B*m Rap”: Trump Defends Roger Marshall Over Debt Collection Controversy 🇺🇸🇮🇱 Hegseth confirms the secret Middle East trip and calls it a “historic mission”… but won’t say he was in Israel with Netanyahu The confirmation came in one post with no location, no itinerary and no mention of Netanyahu. Axios reported earlier that the meeting happened at Ovda air base in the Negev, where US tankers and fighters have been staged for the Iran war, eight days before Israelis vote on October 27. The Pentagon won’t confirm the Netanyahu meeting, the Israelis won’t comment, and the war secretary just told every troop in CENTCOM they’re part of something history will remember. Make of that what you will. Source: Axios / Writer: Daniel One dead, one injured in shooting at US mosque ‘We should not have to rely on luck’: US lawmaker slams FBI, Trump admin after foiled Hindu temple shooting plot 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 Daily news recap: Right wing parties across the West won’t criticize Israel’s war in Gaza, and the backlash is building. The argument here is that they’re afraid of the political price, and that Netanyahu’s government is doing more damage to Jews around the world than any of its critics ever could: “Netanyahu’s Israel has done more to further the cause of antisemitism than anything that any right wing or, you know, zealot or left wing hater could have done.” Anyone serious about fighting antisemitism has to be willing to press Netanyahu’s government on Gaza. @WeTheBrandon “…unpleasant, unattractive, clinically depressed rich people ineptly manipulating each another.” In the urban hellscape of NYC we call that Tuesday. David Corn – Trump’s Man Crush on Putin & “How Russia Won” JD Vance Announces New Hurricane Helene Relief Funding For Western North Carolina President Trump has announced an $8 billion emergency aid package for American farmers to counter fuel price increases driven by the Iran War. France Protests: ‘Paris To Become Muslim City’ Trump Predicts, US President Blames Macron For… Trump rallies for Marshall in Park City, says he will ‘defend Kansas values’ NEW: The Houthis are adopting new tactics to bypass Saudi air defenses, including launching various munitions at Saudi targets simultaneously and targeting locations without air defense coverage, according to an unspecified senior US official briefed on Saudi air defense efforts speaking to the Wall Street Journal on October 18. Other Key Takeaways: The Houthis’ strike tactics against Saudi Arabia demonstrate how Iran and the Axis of Resistance are learning and sharing tactics to more effectively bypass adversary air defenses. This does not necessarily mean that the Houthis learned these tactics from Iran, however. The Houthis are deploying reinforcements to Taiz Governorate, likely to try t President Trump rallies in Kansas, part 2 CLOSED FOR RENOVATION: Trump announces 15-month East Potomac golf course shutdown 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 🇷🇺 Daily news recap: Rubio warns a nuclear Iran would control the Strait of Hormuz for good… but Iran didn’t have a nuke before this war started. Once Tehran has a bomb, nobody would dare try to break its grip on the strait, and Rubio isn’t wrong about that. Pushing Iran into a corner now risks creating the very bomb Washington wants to stop, while Lavrov’s trip to Tehran looks like nothing more than a pulse check: “I think we’re going to have to learn to live with Iran as it is and not as we want it to be.” Keep squeezing without talking, and a bomb becomes Tehran’s only insurance policy. @WeTheBrandon Global Security and Intelligence News Review Posts – WorldWebTimes.com