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McDonald's Boo Buckets Return Oct. 20 With Disney Villains Like Ursula And Maleficent For 40th Anniversary

McDonald's Boo Buckets Return Oct. 20 With Disney Villains Like Ursula And Maleficent For 40th Anniversary

CHICAGO — McDonald's is bringing back its popular Halloween Boo Buckets on Oct. 20, marking the collectible pails' 40th anniversary with a...

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Scott Lance

Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino Concedes Government Knew Of ATO Credit Card Ban Plans In July

Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino Concedes Government Knew Of ATO Credit Card Ban Plans In July

SYDNEY - Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino has acknowledged that the federal government was aware as early as July that the Australian Taxation Office...

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Hannah Kim

Victorian Opposition Vows to Scrap Labor's Gas Appliance Ban Within 100 Days of Election Win

Victorian Opposition Vows to Scrap Labor's Gas Appliance Ban Within 100 Days of Election Win

MELBOURNE — Victoria's Liberal-National opposition has pledged to immediately scrap the Labor government's ban on gas appliances if it...

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Hannah Kim

(VIDEO) MrBeast Couple Loses 150 Pounds in 163 Days to Win $250,000, Then Gets Married in Wedding Finale

(VIDEO) MrBeast Couple Loses 150 Pounds in 163 Days to Win $250,000, Then Gets Married in Wedding Finale

NEW YORK — An engaged couple took on one of MrBeast's most demanding challenges yet, losing a combined 150 pounds in 163 days to win $250,000...

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Joe Green

NYT Connections Today: Hints and Answers for Puzzle 1224 on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, With 'La' Purple Twist

NYT Connections Today: Hints and Answers for Puzzle 1224 on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, With 'La' Purple Twist

NEW YORK — The New York Times released its latest Connections puzzle at midnight local time Saturday, featuring a mix of smartphone sounds,...

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Joe Green

Australia Records Unusually Wet El Niño as Storms and Heavy Rain Sweep the Nation

Australia Records Unusually Wet El Niño as Storms and Heavy Rain Sweep the Nation

SYDNEY - Australia is experiencing an unusually wet period during a strong El Niño event, with widespread storms, heavy rainfall and flash flooding...

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Hannah Kim

Kospi Rebounds Nearly 2.5% After Seven-Day Rout As Samsung, SK Hynix And Hanwha Aerospace Lead Recovery

Kospi Rebounds Nearly 2.5% After Seven-Day Rout As Samsung, SK Hynix And Hanwha Aerospace Lead Recovery

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean stocks rebounded Friday, snapping a seven-session losing streak that wiped about 20% off the benchmark index, as...

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Mike Clair

Seoul Subway Riders Lost $2.2 Million In Cash Since 2021 As Return Rate For Lost Items Falls Below Half

Seoul Subway Riders Lost $2.2 Million In Cash Since 2021 As Return Rate For Lost Items Falls Below Half

SEOUL, South Korea — Passengers on Seoul's subway system have left behind nearly 3 billion won, or about $2.2 million, in cash since 2021, and...

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Anthony Will

PayPay Stock Jumps Nearly 7% As Japanese Payments Giant Rebounds Ahead Of Late-October Earnings Report

PayPay's American depositary shares were up $1.01, or 6.92%, at $15.67 in late-morning trading on the Nasdaq. The company has a market value of...

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Mike Clair

Sony Revives Walkman With $5,899 Gold-Plated Flagship As Premium Music Players Target Wealthy Audiophiles

Sony Revives Walkman With $5,899 Gold-Plated Flagship As Premium Music Players Target Wealthy Audiophiles

TOKYO — Sony has unveiled three new high-end Walkman digital music players, led by a gold-plated flagship priced at $5,899, as the Japanese company...

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George Anton

Independent Bank Corp. Shares Rise Nearly 5% As Rockland Trust Parent Beats Third-Quarter Profit Estimates

Independent Bank Corp. Shares Rise Nearly 5% As Rockland Trust Parent Beats Third-Quarter Profit Estimates

NEW YORK — Shares of Independent Bank Corp. rose nearly 5% on Friday after the parent company of Massachusetts-based Rockland Trust reported...

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Tony Jackson

OpenAI Upgrades ChatGPT For Chrome So It Can Read Your Tabs And Act For You After Shutting Down Atlas Browser

OpenAI Upgrades ChatGPT For Chrome So It Can Read Your Tabs And Act For You After Shutting Down Atlas Browser

SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI has given its ChatGPT extension for Google Chrome a major upgrade, allowing the artificial intelligence assistant to read...

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George Anton

OECD Points To Energy Price Shocks As Primary Driver Of Persistent Cost-of-Living Pressures

OECD Points To Energy Price Shocks As Primary Driver Of Persistent Cost-of-Living Pressures

SYDNEY — The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has named sharp increases in energy costs as the primary driver of the renewed...

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Hannah Kim

Australia Issues 'Do Not Travel' Warning For Saudi Arabia After Deadly Airport Strikes, Advises Shelter In Place

Australia Issues 'Do Not Travel' Warning For Saudi Arabia After Deadly Airport Strikes, Advises Shelter In Place

CANBERRA — The Australian government has elevated its official travel advice for Saudi Arabia to the highest level of "Do not travel,"...

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Hannah Kim

Frequent or Unintended Daytime Naps May Signal Higher Dementia Risk in Older Adults, Johns Hopkins Study Finds

Frequent or Unintended Daytime Naps May Signal Higher Dementia Risk in Older Adults, Johns Hopkins Study Finds

BALTIMORE — Older adults who nap frequently, fall asleep during the day without meaning to or take short naps may face a higher risk of developing...

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Jerry Thompson

FIFA Orders Review Of Trump Peace Prize As Council Members Push Infantino To Scrap Or Depoliticize The Award

FIFA Orders Review Of Trump Peace Prize As Council Members Push Infantino To Scrap Or Depoliticize The Award

ZURICH — FIFA has ordered a review of its controversial Peace Prize, awarded for the first time last year to U.S. President Donald Trump, after...

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Chris Walker

Hyatt Shares Extend Rally For Second Day As Investors Bet On Resilient Luxury Travel Demand Before Earnings

Hyatt Shares Extend Rally For Second Day As Investors Bet On Resilient Luxury Travel Demand Before Earnings

NEW YORK — Shares of Hyatt Hotels rose more than 2% on Friday, extending a two-day rally as investors bet on resilient demand for luxury travel...

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Ibtimes Newsroom

Microsoft Stock Falls Nearly 2% As AI Rout Weighs On Tech Giants Despite Wave Of Price Target Increases

Microsoft Stock Falls Nearly 2% As AI Rout Weighs On Tech Giants Despite Wave Of Price Target Increases

NEW YORK — Shares of Microsoft fell nearly 2% on Friday, giving back the previous day's gains as a sell-off in artificial intelligence stocks...

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Mike Clair

Meta Shares Slide Again As AI Spending Fears Mount Ahead Of Third-Quarter Earnings Report Next Wednesday

Meta Shares Slide Again As AI Spending Fears Mount Ahead Of Third-Quarter Earnings Report Next Wednesday

NEW YORK — Shares of Meta Platforms fell more than 2% on Friday, extending a pullback this week as investors weighed concerns about the...

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Mike Clair

GitLab Down? Service Resolves Limited CI/CD and Interface Issues Affecting Some Users

GitLab Down? Service Resolves Limited CI/CD and Interface Issues Affecting Some Users

SAN FRANCISCO — GitLab said Friday that problems causing continuous integration and continuous delivery failures and slower interface performance...

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Joe Green

BTS Becomes First Group to Reach 10 Billion Spotify Streams in a Single Year

BTS Becomes First Group to Reach 10 Billion Spotify Streams in a Single Year

SEOUL — K-pop group BTS has become the first musical group to accumulate more than 10 billion streams on Spotify in a single calendar year, its...

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Jason Taylor

iPhone Duo Sells Out in Minutes as Shipping Dates Slip to January 2027 Amid Preorder Frenzy and Tight Supply

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple's first foldable iPhone sold out within minutes of preorders opening Friday, with shipping estimates for new orders...

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George Anton

Kate Reportedly Tells William Rift With Harry 'Can't Go On' as Sussexes Settle Back Into Life in Britain

Kate Reportedly Tells William Rift With Harry 'Can't Go On' as Sussexes Settle Back Into Life in Britain

LONDON — Kate, the Princess of Wales, has grown frustrated by the lack of progress in repairing the rift between her husband, Prince William, and...

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Jason Taylor

Sunrise Energy Metals Shares Rebound More Than 12% a Day After Steep Sell-Off Tied to US Listing Plan

Sunrise Energy Metals Shares Rebound More Than 12% a Day After Steep Sell-Off Tied to US Listing Plan

SYDNEY — Shares of Sunrise Energy Metals rebounded more than 12% on Friday, recovering a large part of the previous session's steep losses as...

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Mike Clair

Minerals 260 Shares Climb Over 7% as Gold Rally Lifts Developer of Bullabulling Project in Western Australia

Minerals 260 Shares Climb Over 7% as Gold Rally Lifts Developer of Bullabulling Project in Western Australia

SYDNEY — Shares of Minerals 260 climbed more than 7% on Friday, as a rally in gold prices lifted Australian gold developers and producers. Minerals...

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Tony Jackson

BDO Australia Restructures Clients & Markets Unit While Rolling Out Senior Partner Hires

BDO Australia Restructures Clients & Markets Unit While Rolling Out Senior Partner Hires

SYDNEY — Mid-tier accounting and advisory powerhouse BDO Australia has confirmed a structural operational realignment within its internal clients...

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Hannah Kim

Bank Of America Hired 1,000 Contractors To Patch Software Flaws Exposed By Anthropic's Mythos AI, CEO Says

Bank Of America Hired 1,000 Contractors To Patch Software Flaws Exposed By Anthropic's Mythos AI, CEO Says

NEW YORK — Bank of America brought in 1,000 outside contractors to help patch software vulnerabilities exposed by advanced artificial intelligence...

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George Anton

Booming ETF Popularity Drives Record Number Of Australians To Invest Outside Super And Property

Booming ETF Popularity Drives Record Number Of Australians To Invest Outside Super And Property

SYDNEY — A unprecedented surge in Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) adoption combined with accessible digital investment platforms has driven a record 11.5...

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Hannah Kim

Woolworths Shares Jump 4% to Five-Year High as Investors Seek Defensive Stocks Amid Global Market Turmoil

SYDNEY — Shares of Woolworths Group rose more than 4% on Thursday to their highest level in five years, as investors sought out defensive stocks...

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Mike Clair

Intel Shares Slide Amid Israel Plant Explosion and Sector Sell-Off

Intel Shares Slide Amid Israel Plant Explosion and Sector Sell-Off

NEW YORK — Shares of Intel fell Thursday, extending losses after an explosion at one of its manufacturing facilities in Israel and a broader decline...

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Tony Jackson

(VIDEO) Mini Hearts and Brains Head to Space Station in First-Ever Test That Could Unlock Secrets of Aging

(VIDEO) Mini Hearts and Brains Head to Space Station in First-Ever Test That Could Unlock Secrets of Aging

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Miniature human organs are on their way to the International Space Station for the first time, in an experiment researchers...

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Jerry Thompson

Top 5 Melbourne Accounting Firms Helping SMEs Manage ATO Scrutiny and Compliance Changes in 2026

Top 5 Melbourne Accounting Firms Helping SMEs Manage ATO Scrutiny and Compliance Changes in 2026

MELBOURNE - businesses are facing a stricter compliance environment in 2026. The Australian Taxation Office has intensified data-matching across...

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Priscilla Capistrano

SpaceX Faces Another Insider Share Unlock as 319 Million Shares Become Eligible for Sale on Monday, Oct. 26

SpaceX Faces Another Insider Share Unlock as 319 Million Shares Become Eligible for Sale on Monday, Oct. 26

NEW YORK — SpaceX, which completed the largest initial public offering in history in June, is approaching another milestone that could put pressure...

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Tony Jackson

Rooney Criticizes Ronaldo's Portugal Exit as 'Wrong in Every Sense

Rooney Criticizes Ronaldo's Portugal Exit as 'Wrong in Every Sense

MANCHESTER, England — Former Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney has criticized Cristiano Ronaldo's decision to leave the Portugal national...

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Chris Walker

Social Security Benefits to Rise 3.6% in 2027, Largest Increase Since 2023

Social Security Benefits to Rise 3.6% in 2027, Largest Increase Since 2023

BALTIMORE — The Social Security Administration announced Wednesday that benefits will increase 3.6 percent in 2027, the largest cost-of-living...

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Mike Clair

Dodgers' Alex Call Calls Out 'Soft Porn' Ads in MLB Playoff Broadcasts Amid Sydney Sweeney Novig Backlash

Dodgers' Alex Call Calls Out 'Soft Porn' Ads in MLB Playoff Broadcasts Amid Sydney Sweeney Novig Backlash

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Alex Call has called on Major League Baseball and its broadcast partners to remove what he described as...

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Patrick Jordan

5 Accounting Firms Sydney SMEs Trust to Navigate Rising ATO Scrutiny and New Reporting Rules in 2026

5 Accounting Firms Sydney SMEs Trust to Navigate Rising ATO Scrutiny and New Reporting Rules in 2026

SYDNEY - small and medium-sized businesses are operating in a noticeably tougher compliance environment in 2026. The Australian Taxation Office has...

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Hannah Kim

Joel Embiid Lands No. 2 on NBA's Top Trade Candidates List as Anthony Davis Tops Rankings Before Season Opener

Joel Embiid Lands No. 2 on NBA's Top Trade Candidates List as Anthony Davis Tops Rankings Before Season Opener

NEW YORK — With the NBA's 2026-27 season set to tip off Monday, trade speculation is already building, and one name on a new list of top trade...

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Patrick Jordan

Hillary Clinton Urges Musk Not to Abandon Ukraine as Starlink Restrictions Disrupt Operations

Hillary Clinton Urges Musk Not to Abandon Ukraine as Starlink Restrictions Disrupt Operations

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly appealed to Elon Musk on Wednesday to continue supporting Ukraine after Ukrainian...

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Anthony Will

Nancy Guthrie Remains Missing After Eight Months as Bone Fragment and Ransom Claims Draw Attention

TUCSON, Ariz. — Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for more than eight months,...

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Anthony Will

South Korea's KOSPI Falls More Than 7 Percent As Chip Stocks Lead Global Tech Sell-Off

South Korea's KOSPI Falls More Than 7 Percent As Chip Stocks Lead Global Tech Sell-Off

SEOUL — South Korea's benchmark KOSPI plunged more than 7 percent Thursday, extending a multi-session decline as technology shares fell sharply...

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Tony Jackson

ASX 200 Turns Positive After Early Slump As Weak Australian Jobs Data Cools Rate Hike Bets On Thursday

ASX 200 Turns Positive After Early Slump As Weak Australian Jobs Data Cools Rate Hike Bets On Thursday

SYDNEY — Australian shares recovered from an early sell-off on Thursday and edged into positive territory after weaker-than-expected employment data...

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Tony Jackson

Australian Powerball Offers $100 Million Jackpot, Sixth-Largest in Lottery History

SYDNEY — Powerball will offer a $100 million division-one prize in Thursday night's draw, the largest jackpot of any Australian lottery game so...

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Joe Green

(VIDEO) LASK vs Liverpool Live Stream: Where to Watch Champions League Clash and Who Will Win in Linz, Austria

(VIDEO) LASK vs Liverpool Live Stream: Where to Watch Champions League Clash and Who Will Win in Linz, Austria

LINZ, Austria — Liverpool looks to bounce back from a weekend defeat when it visits Austrian champion LASK in the Champions League on Wednesday,...

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Chris Walker

Liquidia Stock Soars More Than 26% After $380.7 Million Settlement Ends Legal War With United Therapeutics

Liquidia Stock Soars More Than 26% After $380.7 Million Settlement Ends Legal War With United Therapeutics

NEW YORK — Shares of Liquidia surged Wednesday after the drugmaker agreed to pay United Therapeutics $380.7 million to settle a yearslong legal...

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Tony Jackson

Dow Edges Up as S&P 500 and Nasdaq Slip on Hotter-Than-Expected Inflation, Bank of America Shares Tumble

Dow Edges Up as S&P 500 and Nasdaq Slip on Hotter-Than-Expected Inflation, Bank of America Shares Tumble

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged higher in early trading Wednesday, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell after a report showed...

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Tony Jackson

(VIDEO) Royal Caribbean Passenger Who Went Overboard Rescued After 20 Hours in Ionian Sea Floating

(VIDEO) Royal Caribbean Passenger Who Went Overboard Rescued After 20 Hours in Ionian Sea Floating

ATHENS, Greece — A woman who allegedly jumped from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship into the Ionian Sea was rescued after spending about 20 hours in...

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Anthony Will

Women With Autoimmune Conditions More Often Told Symptoms Are Psychological, Study Finds

Women With Autoimmune Conditions More Often Told Symptoms Are Psychological, Study Finds

LONDON — Women with autoimmune diseases are substantially more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological or psychosomatic and face...

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Jerry Thompson

Gold Holds Near $4,150 an Ounce as Traders Await U.S. Inflation Data

Gold Holds Near $4,150 an Ounce as Traders Await U.S. Inflation Data

NEW YORK — Spot gold traded near $4,150 a troy ounce on Wednesday, little changed on the session as investors awaited U.S. consumer price data that...

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Scott Lance

Pope Leo XIV Diagnosed With Early-Stage Lung Cancer After Surgery Removes Part of Right Lung, Vatican Says

Pope Leo XIV Diagnosed With Early-Stage Lung Cancer After Surgery Removes Part of Right Lung, Vatican Says

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons removed part of his right lung, the Vatican said, with the...

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Joe Green