While an S&P Global survey reported growth in October, ranking 'among some of the best performances seen over the past three years,' it was lower than September, due to drops in France's service sector and 'inflationary pressures.'
Market indicators are displayed on digital screen at the Euronext trading exchange building in La Defense business district, west of Paris, on April 7, 2025.
Netanyahu said that the Israeli army prevented what could have been a major attack in the occupied West Bank, with the two assailants allegedly carrying a large quantity of ammunition in their vehicle.
Israeli soldiers and emergency personnel gather near ambulances following a shooting attack carried out by Palestinian gunmen at a junction near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Friday, October 23, 2026.
Hindu nationalists from the Bharatiya Janata Party and their supporters, along with numerous television channels, have seized on the violence in France to attack the Cockroach People's Party movement in India.
Supporters of the Cockroach People's Party, waving national flags, demand the resignation of India's chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi, October 16, 2026.
The trial of seven healthcare professionals accused of negligence in Diego Maradona's death concluded Thursday, after six months of hearings. The football legend died in November 2020 at age 60.
A fan sits outside the court where a trial is ongoing for the medical team that treated Maradona, where they face charges of alleged homicide by negligence, in San Isidro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 21, 2026.
While the radical decision has already happened in France's history, it has only ever been implemented at times of war or revolution, and after lengthy negotiations with creditors.
BBC logo outside the BBC Broadcasting House, after US President Donald Trump sued the BBC for up to $10 billion in damages over edited clips of a speech, in London, England, December 16, 2025.
Sixty-five people were injured in the quake, and hundreds of homes collapsed in the northern regional city of Nagqu, on Thursday, according to official media.
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters inspect an earthquake-hit village houses in Baqen County of Nagqu City in China's Tibet autonomous region, on October 23, 2026.
Putin told a reporter from state TV on Thursday that any trilateral talks would focus on the security arrangements of a final peace deal and not a 'short' truce.
After years of exemption, young Tunisians are being called back to service by the authorities, who are now taking legal action against those evading the draft. These recruitment efforts are part of a broader push to modernize and, above all, strengthen the military.
The senior civil servant and director of the Institut Rousseau think tank has spent years fighting to push the idea of canceling debt held by the European Central Bank. He has faced a barrage of economic, political and legal counter-arguments but has not backed down.
The leader of Germany's far-right AfD party held a conference in Strasbourg on Wednesday that attracted few attendees beyond her own political group. She presented her vision for Europe, which focuses heavily on dismantling EU institutions.
The EU's Sakharov prize celebrates individuals or organizations' efforts to promote human rights or democracy, and this year went to the International Criminal Court, despite US sanctions against the court and its judges.
Criticized for his absence from Paris after violence shook France over the weekend of October 17, the French president said he refused to cancel his trip so as not to show 'nervousness.' On Thursday morning, he is set to meet with intelligence services at the Elysée during a security council meeting.
French President Emmanuel Macron, flanked by Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (left) and Qatar's head of state, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at the 9th annual summit of the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds network, in Lusail, Qatar, October 21, 2026.
Lawyer Assaf Gonen said in a statement that their arrests had only been 'for show,' and were 'intended to satisfy media pressure and foreign interests.' The suspects have not been identified.
An Israeli settler overlooks members of Israeli forces blocking a road preventing Palestinians from reaching groves to harvest olives in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Wednesday that Russia was 'in principle, ready to resume' the talks in mid-November, following a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff in Saint Petersburg. Ukraine quickly backed the proposal.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov attend a ceremony for newly appointed foreign ambassadors to Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on November 24, 2020.
Following a day of protests marked by violence on October 17 in France, Iranian authorities condemned what they described as 'double standards' and, without irony, called on Paris to listen to the demonstrators.
The platform informed staff of the cuts on Tuesday, according to a statement from a spokesperson. The company had 12,300 employees at the end of 2025, before announcing a first round of layoffs in February affecting 800 jobs.
Before conducting this analysis, publisher Boréal said it had tried to work with Thélyson Orélien to gather the evidence necessary to prove his innocence. However, that effort was inconclusive and Orélien 'subsequently announced that he would not provide any further information,' the publisher said.
Canadian-Haitian novelist Thélyson Orélien (L) and Rwandan author, dancer and stage director Dorcy Rugamba take part in the 28th edition of "Les Correspondances" literature festival in Manosque, France on September 24, 2026.
Received by the Russian president near Saint Petersburg on Wednesday, Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's envoy, praised the Russian leader, highlighting his 'humanitarian' profile. He left without securing any concessions from his host, who dismissed any idea of a truce with Kyiv.
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