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October 20: Alberta Votes to Stay in Canada, U.S. Agencies Ban DeepSeek
Flooding in Spain
Spain’s Guardia Civil rescued a family and their dogs from a flooded home in Oliva, in eastern Spain. Footage shows officers carrying residents to safety as water rises through the town, while aerial images show flooding across the Valencia region.
U.S. elections
Georgia voters have cast more than a million early ballots ahead of closely watched midterm races, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The newspaper says participation in metro Atlanta and other Democratic-leaning areas offers more encouraging signs for Democrats than Republicans.
The Guardian reports that a man who confronted Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about his supposed allegiance to the Muslim Brotherhood is the son of a political operative recently paid $250,000 for campaigning against El-Sayed.
In Montana, voters will consider a November ballot initiative to bar corporate election spending, Reuters reports. Its legal strategy seeks to sidestep, rather than directly challenge, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling.
U.S. intelligence sharing with Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says U.S. intelligence sharing “works now,” following talks with a Trump envoy in Oslo. Ukraine had accused Washington of withholding key intelligence. The United States rejected that accusation as “scandalous.”
Executions in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh is seeking answers after Saudi Arabia executed two Bangladeshi nationals over what Saudi authorities described as an “immoral act” inside a mosque in Makkah. Online claims that the case involved kissing remain unverified, and questions have been raised about the judicial proceedings.
Alberta stays in Canada
Alberta voted to remain in Canada, with roughly 75 percent supporting that position in a referendum, Bloomberg reports. Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed the result as a “great day for Canada.”
Colombia mine landslide
Authorities say the death toll from a landslide at an unauthorized gold mine in southwestern Colombia has risen to 14. Twelve of those killed were women.
In tech and security
California’s Department of Education says testing contractor Educational Testing Service suffered a months-long data breach. In the Netherlands, a cybersecurity incident has halted Albert Heijn home grocery deliveries for at least 11 days after parent company Ahold Delhaize took systems offline.
The Department of Homeland Security says the United States has banned the Chinese AI app DeepSeek from IT systems across all civilian federal agencies.
Solar panel research
German company EXXOSQEL and Fraunhofer ISC researchers say a coating made thin glass samples up to seven times stronger in lab tests. The company estimates thinner glass could reduce some solar panels’ weight by 30 percent. Testing on standard-size prototypes is underway.
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