Saudi Arabia pumped 10.563 million barrels a day in October, OPEC said, as the U.S. average gas price fell to $3.94, its first time under $4 in months.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has passed 11,000 cases and 5,387 deaths, its health ministry said Nov. 11, as Kenya began a 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status.
Spain held its first general strike in 14 years on Nov. 11 over housing costs. Masked groups clashed with police in Barcelona as 120,000 marched in Madrid.
Cost of living by country for mid-2026: the most expensive and cheapest nations, the biggest changes over the year and official inflation, with charts.
Russia hit six major power substations overnight, Kyiv said, a second night of strikes that left outages in eight regions and darkened city streetlights.
Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large prisoner exchange as Abu Dhabi talks ended Wednesday with no breakthrough. Envoys go to Moscow and Dublin Thursday.
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Mayor Wu endorsed Question 7 starter homes, joining real estate groups that gave $875,000. What the lot-size measure does, who opposes it and why it skips Boston.
South Korea Germany partnership: Lee and Merz agreed Oct. 29 in Seoul on closer defense ties, a military intel-sharing pact and chip and battery cooperation.
The Vance letter to Rezaei seeks direct U.S.-Iran talks with the nuclear program on the table as Qatar mediates and a possible post-midterm strike looms.
Commissary freezer cyberattack: the Pentagon treats failures that spoiled food at 6+ U.S. base stores as a suspected hack tied to a French supermarket attack.
Geopolitics and business report, Oct. 29, 2026: oil dips on Iran talk, Shell posts record refining margins, Russian diesel heads to U.S. and Lagarde exits.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro led an ASEAN aid mission to Shan State and Naypyitaw, targeting more than 11,000 households through November.
Boston early voting ends Friday, Oct. 30, at 5 p.m. The city says 39,352 ballots are in. Sites, drop box closures and how results will be reported Nov. 3.
Boston is removing the O'Connor Way bike lane in South Boston two months after it went in, and the City Council approved a hearing on how it was decided.
Christine Lagarde will step down as ECB president on Feb. 7, 2027, nine months early. EU leaders begin choosing her successor; here's how the process works.
Geopolitics and business report for Oct. 28, 2026: oil climbs on Iran strike reports, war costs hit $47 billion, UK wartime budget, Israeli markets slide.
On Nov. 9, 1872, a fire at Summer and Kingston streets destroyed 776 buildings across 65 acres of downtown Boston. Here is how it happened and where to trace it.
When Massachusetts election night results come on Nov. 3, 2026, why late mail ballots are counted after, and the official sources for certified results.
Voters in 14 Massachusetts House districts face nonbinding Nov. 3 questions on stipends, single-payer, a carbon fee, social housing and Norfolk County.
Republicans claim Abdul El-Sayed has Muslim Brotherhood ties. Fact-checkers found no evidence. Here's what records show about him and his family.
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