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October 21, 2026

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☰ × CBC Canada

-	Bank of Canada increasingly expected to raise interest rates this month
-	Alberta premier to speak to media at 1:30 p.m. ET after strong support for 'remain' in referendum
-	Meta's AI agent Muse set up Marketplace sale without telling him — and gave out his address
-	More than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips leaked, CBC exclusive finds
-	Publisher cuts ties with Quebec author accused of AI use in award-winning novel
-	Carney, Ford to announce funding for clean auto investments: source
-	Problem gambling jumps, suicides triple in Ontario after expansion of online casinos
-	Australian MP loses both legs after alleged vehicle attack as suspect appears in court

☰ × BBC World

-	Russia says it is ready to resume talks with Ukraine and US to end war
-	Macron accuses foreign leaders of exploiting French riots
-	Australian MP loses both legs after alleged car attack, husband says
-	Elon Musk confirms he is considering merging Tesla and SpaceX
-	Pakistan arrests man wanted by US over $126m postage fraud case
-	Gambia to pay victims of Yahya Jammeh's rule from proceeds of his seized US mansion
-	Family of prison officer killed by IRA receives state apology
-	Nigeria confirms Ebola case linked to East Africa

☰ × Global News

-	Angine de Poitrine announce 2027 world tour
-	First Nations say Elections Alberta unprepared for referendum turnout
-	Bank of Canada expected to raise rates next week, some economists say
-	Calgary fire crews battle blaze outside southeast Calgary business
-	New poll shows deadlock between Chow and Bradford days before Toronto election
-	Putin to resume three-way talks with Ukraine, Washington: Kremlin
-	Carney to make Turkey trip for 1st bilateral visit aimed at deepening ties
-	RCMP investigate potential criminal activity following overdoses in rural N.B.

☰ × NPR News

-	How Trump's attacks on voting system integrity might affect upcoming elections
-	Why local officials are feeling 'on edge' as election day approaches
-	Supreme Court upholds pause on Trump's anti-trans prison policy
-	New human data hints at psychedelics' potential to combat inflammation
-	Sentenced to death at 17, at 68, quilt artist receives solo museum exhibition
-	Israel detains dozens of Americans, including a congressional candidate, in West Bank
-	Trump leans into unprecedented power ahead of midterm elections
-	DOJ's noncitizen voter list is unreliable, officials say. And, U.S. pollution rises

☰ × The Guardian

-	Severely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates say
-	Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa
-	RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau
-	US grants deportation reprieve to migrants from Ukraine and Sudan
-	Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult
-	Alberta voters overwhelmingly reject plan to leave Canada in referendum
-	‘Bad decisions’: Man convicted for taking Peachy the flamingo from Las Vegas hotel
-	Flavio Bolsonaro’s ‘corrupto’ stunt sparks viral meme before Brazil election runoff

☰ × Al Jazeera

-	Macron’s surprise ‘solidarity’ visit to Saudi Arabia
-	Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig LIVE: Champions League
-	Bayern Munich vs Arsenal LIVE: Champions League
-	What’s behind protests in Portugal?
-	Canada wants to expand its LNG business. Critics raise red flags
-	Catalonia’s new far right: How anti-Muslim sentiment is reshaping politics
-	What are Italy’s new measures against violent protests?
-	Trump says AI data centres should pay ‘dividends’ in pre-midterm shift

☰ × The Verge

-	Supernatural’s comeback starts today, with more music and VR workouts coming soon
-	Apple Music has a new logo
-	Conversational Gemini navigation comes to Apple CarPlay
-	Samsung’s 5K monitor has good gaming chops and a great price
-	Apple says it only has ‘limited’ iPhone Duo units for in-store sales
-	Blink brings 4K to its low-cost security camera lineup
-	OpenAI says an AI agent lied about disabling its safety monitoring system
-	Now Serato DJ works on your iPhone

☰ × TechCrunch

-	Foursquare co-founder says equity holders saw no returns from the company’s acquisition
-	AI promises productivity, but for managers, it’s mostly a headache for now
-	Heat pump tech is 170 years old — Pascal thinks it’s time for an update
-	Mach9 raises $34M after pivoting to AI CAD software
-	Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed
-	SpaceX and Tesla boards form special committees to review merger
-	Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix’s OpenAI hack documentary isn’t accurate
-	Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy

☰ × TechRadar

-	Three dormant US nuclear reactors are being restarted to power AI data centers
-	SACD's are making a big comeback and Esoteric's new $45k / £38k player proves it
-	Dell put Nvidia DGX Spark silicon into its Pro Precision workstation — and undercut it by $1,000
-	How to watch Bayern Munich vs Arsenal: FREE live Streams, TV channels & kick-off time for Champions League 2026/27
-	Stranger Than Heaven director says Makoto Daito's life story is 'not just entertainment' and hopes it will break the barriers of racism — 'I hope that Makoto’s life journey really speaks to people around the globe who have had similar experiences'
-	Wikipedia was down for many—here's what we know about the outage
-	Amazon's brand-new and improved Fire TV Stick 4K just dropped to its lowest price ever
-	Website admins across the world bracing for impact following major PHP flaw reveal

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