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Ghazala Hashmi will win Virginia lieutenant governor's race, becoming the nation's first Muslim woman elected to a statewide office, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4qILgGn

Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill will win New Jersey governor's race over Jack Ciattarelli, CNN projects, succeeding term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3WBApQT

Zohran Mamdani will become New York City's next mayor, CNN projects, after a meteoric rise in Democratic politics. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/43gCYeJ

Democrat Jay Jones will become Virginia's next attorney general, overcoming the disclosure of his violent text messages, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/493LzVR

Democrats defend the liberal majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a race with 2028 implications, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3JESDxJ

Dick Cheney, the influential GOP vice president to George W. Bush and chief architect of the "war on terror," has died. He was 84.
https://cnn.it/4qIm8zy

Happy Halloween from Hong Kong!

Is the Trump Administration's crackdown on immigration and the new $100,000 price tag on H1B visas killing the American Dream for Indian students?

Preliminary statistics show Indian student visa arrivals to the US plunged 45% this summer...

#India

The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice

Most of them got away.

NYT investigation reveals how top commanders from the former regime of Bashar al Assad escaped Syria [most apparently fleeing to Russia] as rebels took over Damascus.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...

At least two dead after cargo plane slides off runway at Hong Kong airport | CNN At least two people were killed after a cargo plane veered off the runway at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea, according to Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD).

A cargo plane slid off course at Hong Kong International Airport and crashed into the sea, killing at least 2 airport ground staff members

by CNN's Chris Lau and Heather Law
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/c...

Trump says he has commuted sentence of former Rep. George Santos | CNN Politics President Donald Trump said on social media Friday that he is commuting the sentence of disgraced former Rep. George Santos, who had been serving a seven-year sentence for the fraud charges that got h...

President Trump commutes George Santos' prison sentence.

The disgraced former Republican congressman pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud and served less than 3 months of his 7.25 year prison sentence

Santos is now a free man.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...

Masked fighters seen executing men in Gaza City as Hamas fights with rival groups | CNN Violent clashes have erupted between Hamas and rival groups in several areas across Gaza, including an incident that culminated in an apparent public execution, as worries grow about the security situ...

Reports of deadly score-settling after the ceasefire in Gaza.

Video shows public execution of 8 blindfolded people by masked gunmen in a Gaza City square

www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/m...

Fears of renewed US-China trade tensions send Asian stocks tumbling | CNN Business Major stocks markets across Asia Pacific region sank Monday amid mounting fears of a renewed trade war between the world’s two largest economies, after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose n...

Major stocks markets across the Asia Pacific sank Monday amid mounting fears of a renewed trade war between the world’s 2 largest economies, after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose new triple-digit tariffs on Chinese imports

By @johnliunn.bsky.social
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The NBA is back in China.

Giddy Chinese fans flock to see sold-out pre-season Phoenix Suns vs Brooklyn Nets games in Macau.

The Matrix tells me "they love [basketball] in China & I love coming here"

Team: Bex Wright, Chris Lau & Dan Hodge
#NBA

New York Fed President Backs Interest Rate Cuts to Protect Labor Market

In an interview with @nytimes.com, John Williams of @newyorkfed.bsky.social backs further cuts given his concerns about the labor market. We also discussed inflation, the shutdown, why Fed independence is important and more

thread below/gift link to the transcript: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

10 Months Later, Russia Admits Deadly Downing of Azerbaijani Plane

Russian President Vladimir Putin finally admits 2 Russian air defense missiles accidentally shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines plane 10 months ago, killing 67 passengers and crew

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/w...

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN There are not going to be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administratoin is warning. In Nashville, so many are...

There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the FAA is warning.

Now on the seventh day of the government shutdown, the same scenario is playing out at FAA offices across the country, with ripple effects hitting flights almost everywhere.

Opinion | What it looks like in the world’s data center capital Among cemeteries, baseball fields and homes, these Northern Virginia buildings power the internet.

What it looks like in the world's data center capital

Virginia has around 600 data centers, with more planned or under construction

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Famed primatologist Jane Goodall gave an interview on Netflix's show "Famous Last Words" that would only be released after her death. Goodall shared some candid words about world leaders.

China’s jobless youth aren’t happy with a plan to attract foreign professionals with a new ‘K visa’ | CNN A new visa category launched by the Chinese government to attract young science and technology professionals is causing fervent backlash in China, where well-educated young people are already struggli...

China's new K-visa, which is aimed at attracting foreign tech talent, sparks an online backlash in China, where youth unemployment stands around 19%

by CNN's Simone McCarthy

#China

www.cnn.com/2025/10/01/c...

Journalists grabbed, shoved by ICE agents in New York immigration court, video shows | CNN At least one journalist appeared to be injured after one reporter was grabbed and another was shoved by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a New York City immigration court Tuesday m...

At least one journalist appeared to be injured after one reporter was grabbed and another was shoved by masked ICE agents at a New York City immigration court Tuesday morning, video of the encounter showed.

Jimmy Kimmel received massive standing ovation during return taping, attendees say | CNN Business The ABC star taped a new episode on Tuesday evening, and he spoke at length about the controversy that enveloped the show, according to attendees who spoke with CNN afterward.

Jimmy Kimmel is back on his late-night stage — and full of emotion. https://cnn.it/4nKQHCe

Trump will never change, but Kirk’s death shines a path to MAGA’s future | CNN Politics President Donald Trump wants the world to understand that Charlie Kirk’s killing will not temper him or induce him to mend the country’s divides.

"President Donald Trump wants the world to understand that Charlie Kirk’s killing will not temper him or induce him to mend the country’s divides," Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/4gACl5g

The US economy has a new problem: Democracy is under siege | CNN Business Some political scientists see a pattern that suggests American democracy is being undermined in real time. The stakes are massive for the US economy and the business world.

"It’s as if MAGA has gone Maoist"

Nation’s top economic statistician fired. Central bank independence undermined. Federal gov't buying chunks of private companies & demanding cuts of revenue streams. Unprecedented presidential power to lob tariffs...

www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/b...

Charlie Kirk DM’d me before he was murdered. Here’s what he said. | CNN Politics The day before he was horrifically murdered, Charlie Kirk sent me a direct message on X.

Van Jones writes about the intense debate he was having with Charlie Kirk, followed by Kirk's invitation for Jones to speak on his show.

Before he could respond, an assassin shot and killed Kirk.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/p...

YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Er... youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg?... via @YouTube

Former President Barack Obama commented on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during remarks in Erie, Pennsylvania, saying that "regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy." https://cnn.it/469EiCa

Actor, director, environmentalist Robert Redford dies at 89 | CNN Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director who eschewed his status as a Hollywood leading man to champion causes close to his heart, died Tuesday, CNN has learned. He was 89.

Robert Redford, award-winning director, environmentalist and star of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "All the President's Men" dies at 89

www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/e...

Qatari prime minister says Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ for Israeli hostages in exclusive CNN interview | CNN Qatar’s prime minister excoriated Israeli Prime Minister Benajamin Netanyahu in an interview with CNN on Wednesday, calling Israel’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Doha “barbaric.”

EXCLUSIVE: Leader of Qatar calls Israeli attack on Hamas in Doha "barbaric" and "state terror"

“I think that what Netanyahu has done yesterday, he just killed any hope for those hostages" Qatari PM tells CNN

www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/m...

Kyrgyzstan Adopts the Snow Leopard as Its National Symbol - The Times Of Central Asia The snow leopard logo will become a national symbol of Kyrgyzstan and will be used at the state level, according to Erkinbek Mamayev, head of the Wildlife

Latest from our @jonathancampion.com Kyrgyzstan adopts the snow leopard as a national symbol reflecting strength freedom and heritage while boosting conservation efforts timesca.com/kyrgyzstan-a... #Kyrgyzstan #SnowLeopard #Conservation #WildlifeProtection #EndangeredSpecies