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Bitcoin price

9th of October: $121,745

Now: $62,900Link

BREAKING: Crude oil rises to $67, the highest since August.Link

Gold has now overtaken the US Dollar as the world's top reserve asset.Link

JUST IN: Trump post about Gavin NewsomLink

BREAKING: Trump denies reports he is considering 'limited strike' on Iran, says if no deal with Tehran, it will be 'bad'.Link

BREAKING: IBM share price falls by over 13%, biggest single-day loss since the dot-com bubble.Link

US 30-year mortgage rates have fallen to below 6% for the first time since 2022, according to Mortgage News Daily.Link

BREAKING: Amazon is set to invest $12 billion building AI data centers in LouisianaLink

BREAKING: IBM share price has plunged by over 10%Link

BREAKING: American AI startup Anthropic says that Chinese AI companies set up over '24,000 fraudulent accounts' and used over 16 million prompts for 'siphoning information from Anthropic’s system to train and improve their own products', according to WSJ report.Link

BREAKING: Axios reports that 'several of the voices' in Trump's circle are urging caution regarding campaign against Iran, though some sources 'think Trump himself is leaning towards a strike'Link

BREAKING: US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says his party will attempt to block Trump's plan to extend tariffs.Link

BREAKING: Peter Mandelson has been arrestedLink

Generation Z is 'less cognitively capable than previous generations, despite its unprecedented access to technology' and it is the first generation in modern history to 'score lower on standardized tests than the previous one', according to neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath as reported by FORT....

China and India are 'among winners' after US Supreme Court blocked Trump's tariffs, with lower tariff rates for shipments to the US, according to Bloomberg report.Link

The United States military has 'significantly increased' the number of fighter aircraft at bases in the Middle East, for a 'potential weeks-long military campaign against Iran', according to Financial Times report.Link

JUST IN: Bitcoin down 5%, now at under $65,000.Link

BREAKING: Trump is considering a 'targeted strike' against Iran, followed by larger attack if it does not accept US demands, according to NY Times report.Link

BREAKING: Footage shows large mobilization of Mexico military in Jalisco StateLink

BREAKING: Several people, including security personnel, have been killed in attacks by CJNG cartel.Link

BREAKING: Mexico's government says that there are 21 highway blockades in Jalisco stateLink

BREAKING: Operations in Mexico's busiest port in Manzanillo have been suspended amid cartel violenceLink

BREAKING: Reports of CJNG cartel targeting Mexico's military in several statesLink

BREAKING: CBS reports that the US played a role in the operation that killed Mexican cartel figure El MenchoLink

BREAKING: Several American airlines, including United, Southwest, Delta and Alaska airlines, as well as Air Canada, cancel flights to Puerto Vallarta International Airport in Mexico, according to CBS News report.Link

BREAKING: Reports of flight cancellations at Manzanillo International Airport amid cartel violenceLink

BREAKING: Cartel violence against private property and attacks on Mexican military in several statesLink

BREAKING: Reports of cartel gunmen at Guadalajara International Airport and flight cancellations at Manzanillo International Airport amid cartel violenceLink

BREAKING: US embassy issues security alert for Mexico's states of Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacan, Guerrero and Nuevo León and says American citizens should 'shelter in place until further notice'Link

BREAKING: Leader of Mexico's CJNG cartel has been killed in an operation involving Mexico's armyLink