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September 26: White House Media Access and Amazon Prime Refunds
In U.S. news
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore White House access for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO. The next day, Pope Leo XIV told journalists aboard his flight to France that they were welcome, after a CNN reporter asked about colleagues having trouble accessing the White House.
Amazon will begin issuing automatic refunds to millions more U.S. Prime customers by October 1, under a revised court order governing its $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
In European diplomacy
German and Russian foreign ministers held a rare meeting at the UN General Assembly. A German delegation official said Johann Wadephul urged Russia to abandon what he called a dangerous path of escalation toward Germany, Europe and NATO.
In science
Researchers used the historically inferred date of Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 CE to refine a geological dating method. Their tests dated volcanic minerals to within 13 years of that estimate, a step that could improve dating of other eruptions.
In cybersecurity
Security firm Ontinue says malware linked to the Lunex platform is spreading through compromised Ukrainian websites. It says the attack targets Ukrainian-speaking users, starting with a fake verification page.
In European industry
France’s Orano and CEA say a pilot line in Grenoble has reliably produced high-performance rare-earth magnets. They still need to scale up production. A 2025 World Economic Forum figure says the EU sources 98 percent of its rare-earth magnets from China.
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