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1. Binance resumes customer withdrawals after record $6.3bn hack
Binance has resumed customer withdrawals after a record $6.3bn hack. The exchange says 90% of losses are covered, while the FBI blames North Korean state-sponsored group TraderTraitor.
Source: The Guardian World
2. South Korea exports nearly double in October on AI investment boom - Reuters
South Korea’s exports nearly doubled in October, driven by an AI investment boom. As a leading supplier of semiconductors and tech goods, the country’s trade figures are closely watched as a gauge of global demand.
Source: Reuters World (via Google News)
3. Spain train crash: four US citizens, and nationals from Japan, Canada among dead, authorities say
A high-speed train collision in Spain last week killed 69 people, one of Europe’s deadliest rail disasters this century. Authorities said victims included 54 Spaniards, four US citizens and one national each from Japan, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic. Families endured agonising waits as forensic teams identified the dead.
Source: The Guardian World
World news
1. Armed police start patrols in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack
Sydney has deployed armed police patrols as a security measure by a new police unit. The move responds to last year’s deadly shooting attack at a Hanukkah festival.
Source: BBC World
2. Shops looted as German cost-of-living protests turn violent
Protests over the cost of living turned violent in German cities including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt, with shops looted. The unrest came as hundreds of thousands demonstrated in France the same day, highlighting rising social tensions over living costs in Europe.
Source: BBC World
3. House prices fall for seventh consecutive month as interest rates dent demand
Australian home values have fallen for a seventh consecutive month, with capital-city prices dropping at the fastest pace in 40 years as rising mortgage rates deter buyers. The downturn is shifting away from Sydney and Melbourne toward mid-sized cities.
Source: The Guardian World
4. Ukraine air raid app apparently hacked as users receive false radiation threat, Air Force says
Ukraine’s Air Force said the air-raid alert app was apparently hacked, sending users a false radiation threat. Authorities said there is no threat and advised the public to stay calm and rely on official information channels.
Source: BBC World
5. AI is stealing Indigenous Australian art and churning out ‘Temu slop’, artist says
Sally Scales, chair of the National Gallery of Australia’s First Nations advisory group, says AI is stealing First Nations art and producing “Temu slop.” The Pitjantjatjara artist argues the technology undermines Indigenous artists’ agency and the authenticity of their work.
Source: The Guardian World
6. Northern Territory water plan condemned as ‘blatant and shameless’ attack on nature
The Northern Territory government plans to scrap a legal requirement to allocate water for the environment. Green groups condemned the move as a “blatant and shameless” attack on nature, calling it extreme even for the NT government.
Source: The Guardian World
7. France launches attempted murder investigation after petrol bomb thrown at police
France has opened an attempted murder investigation after a petrol bomb was thrown at police. Hundreds were arrested as protesters returned to the streets in cities across the country for a third consecutive weekend.
Source: BBC World
8. Police clear new Lisbon housing protest camp after thousands rally - Reuters
Police cleared a new protest camp in Lisbon after thousands rallied over housing. The action highlights social tensions over housing pressure in Portugal’s capital.
Source: Reuters World (via Google News)
9. Teenage violinist wins BBC Young Musician 2026, after first all-female final
Teenage violinist Sofia Demetriades has won BBC Young Musician 2026, in the competition’s first all-female final in 48 years. Judges praised her performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as insightful, poetic and mature.
Source: The Guardian World