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Friday, 13 November 2026

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Russia cuts Kyiv's power during peace talks, Nvidia's founder quits, and US home sales slump

The day’s signals

Russia's war on Ukraine going on through the talks High ↑
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  • World

    Russia attacked Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, with 123 drones on the day Europe was promised a seat at the next peace talks. Putin told US envoys he still wants 4 Ukrainian regions in full.

  • Climate

    Russia hit energy sites in 8 of Ukraine's regions in one night. Some Kyiv families now go up to 20 hours without power, and one wrecked power station stays down until summer.

  • Space

    Ukraine says speed limits on Starshield, SpaceX's military satellite network, are back.

  • Sports

    Norway will refuse entry to Russian and Belarusian athletes while the war in Ukraine goes on.

What is going on

Russia keeps hitting Ukraine's power stations while the talks go on, and repair crews cannot mend them as fast. Ukrainian families pay first, with long hours in the cold and dark, and so far the talks have brought a prisoner swap, not a ceasefire.

Where it is heading

The next test is the next round of talks, where Europe has been promised a seat but has not agreed who fills it.

The Iran war keeping oil dear High ↑ · Day 5
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  • Finance

    A barrel of Brent crude, the main world oil price, rose 3.3% to $95.82 after Trump said the US needs no deal with Iran. Burberry said its sales in Europe and the Middle East fell, partly because of the war.

  • Climate

    Iran's Revolutionary Guards said 2 supertankers carrying more than 4 million barrels caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz. Greenpeace has spotted more than 500 oil spills in the Gulf since February.

  • World

    The Houthis, an armed group in Yemen, said they hit a pumping station on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they destroyed a US radar in Bahrain.

What is going on

Attacks on tankers and pipelines make oil riskier to move, so its price goes up. Firms that sell in the region, like Burberry, are already selling less.

Where it is heading

The next test is whether more tankers or pipelines are hit while the US government says it needs no deal with Iran.

Borrowing getting dearer, and fewer homes sold High ↑ · Day 3
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  • Finance

    The 10-year US government bond paid 5.1% on Thursday. Japan's yen crossed 160 to the dollar, and economists now expect India's central bank to raise its rate in December.

  • Money

    The US 30-year mortgage rate averaged 7.11%. Americans bought existing homes at a yearly pace of 3.75 million in October, the fewest since 2010, yet the typical price still rose 0.4% to $416,700.

What is going on

Higher rates make a mortgage cost more each month, so fewer Americans buy a home. Prices still hold up because only 2% of sales were forced, so buyers wait longer for a home they can afford.

Where it is heading

The next test is India's rate decision in December, where economists now expect a rise.

Nvidia's founder quits, and AI money shakes Building ↑
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  • Finance

    Jensen Huang quit as boss of Nvidia with no named successor, and its shares fell as much as 14%. CoreWeave, which rents out AI computers, fell about 9%.

  • Tech

    An analyst said Huang's exit removes the industry's most effective lobbyist against tighter US chip rules. US Senate leader John Thune put a 'high probability' on new curbs on chip sales to China.

What is going on

Many AI companies borrowed money because Nvidia promised to stand behind them. With its founder gone, lenders and investors doubt those promises, and firms like CoreWeave and Anthropic are the ones whose value is now questioned.

Where it is heading

The next test is who Nvidia names as its new boss, and whether that person keeps Huang's promises to the companies it backs.

Workers pushing back as bosses bet on AI Building ↑
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  • Gaming

    A survey of more than 2,600 game workers by GDC, a games industry conference, found 34% laid off in two years, and 54% of those still without a job. Xbox's boss wrote that a small team will soon build what now takes hundreds of developers.

  • Tech

    Oakland's city workers won a tentative deal to be retrained or moved, not fired, when AI takes over their work. Two unions asked a UK body to back a union vote at Google DeepMind, an AI lab.

What is going on

Bosses in games say AI will let small teams do the work of hundreds. The workers it would replace are organising for retraining and union votes, and the game workers already laid off are still looking for jobs.

Where it is heading

The next test is the UK body's ruling on whether Google DeepMind's staff get a union vote.

AI finding more than people can check Building ↑ · Day 2
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  • Cyber

    An AI tool found 99 flaws in smart-device code in 90 hours, and maintainers have fixed 24 of 66 new ones so far. Anthropic's code scanner first reported this week's critical flaw in Apache, widely used web server software.

  • Space

    The team behind Euclid, Europe's space telescope, says no human can look at all its data any more. ESA, Europe's space agency, expects about 100,000 satellites by 2030.

  • Tech

    AI agents reported finding a Maya site that archaeologists already knew about.

What is going on

AI tools now find software flaws, galaxies and old ruins faster than people can check them. The fixing and checking still fall to a few maintainers and astronomers, so many of the problems found wait their turn.

Where it is heading

The next test is Euclid's first dark matter results, due next summer, built on more data than any person can check by eye.

Health money going astray or running short High ↑
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  • Biotech

    Donors cut their money for tuberculosis by 14% in 2025, to $0.94 billion. In Congo, MSF, a medical charity, says Ebola workers go unpaid while hundreds of millions of dollars for the response go astray.

  • Mind & body

    US states and towns spent or committed about $3.7 billion of opioid settlement money in 2025, some on streetlights and a pickleball court. In 12 states, 30% or more of it cannot be tracked in public reports.

What is going on

Money meant for sick people passes through governments and agencies before it reaches care. When it is cut or cannot be tracked, health workers go unpaid and people with TB or an addiction get less help.

Where it is heading

The next test is whether US states start checking how towns spend the settlement money: Iowa does not check, and Indiana cannot enforce its own rules.

Health watchdogs stretched thin Building ↑
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  • Biotech

    The FDA, the US drug regulator, had 1,343 fewer staff in its drug review centres in September than two years earlier. STAT reports it has shelved its fastest review scheme.

  • Mind & body

    Pew, a US research group, found 38% of health influencers' posts promoted a product or service. A wrist device for Tourette's is sold as a wellness gadget before any medical approval.

What is going on

With fewer reviewers, health products reach people before anyone independent has checked them. Patients pay when the person saying a product works is the person selling it.

Where it is heading

The next test is whether the FDA fills its empty review posts or brings back its fastest review scheme.

Governments checking what crosses their borders Building ↑
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  • Food

    Lithuania will hold Russian and Belarusian grain at its port of Klaipeda until lab tests show where it grew. Brazil banned the weedkiller paraquat in 2020, yet Paraguay next door imported 5,500 tonnes in under two years, mostly from China.

  • Tech

    A US senator asked for CXMT, a Chinese memory chip maker, to be blacklisted. Chinese AI firms are trying to rent Nvidia computing abroad before new curbs arrive.

What is going on

Governments are checking where grain, chemicals and chips come from, and when one route closes the trade moves to the next one. Banned pesticides reach Brazil through Paraguay, and 1 in 3 Brazilian towns that test find them in their drinking water.

Where it is heading

The next test is the new US curbs on chip sales to China that Senate leader John Thune called highly likely.

Dry weather cutting food and power Building ↑
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  • Food

    Peru cancelled its anchoveta fishing seasons because of El Nino, a warming of the Pacific that shifts rain around the world, which raises the cost of salmon feed. The Philippines and Malaysia are buying more Thai rice over El Nino fears.

  • Climate

    Europe's Loire, Po, Rhine and Danube rivers all fell to record lows by August. In Norway, a dry winter has left dams short of water and made power dearer.

What is going on

Dry spells cut fish catches, rice harvests and the water that turns hydropower dams at the same time. Fish farmers and rice buyers pay more first, and in Norway so do power users.

Where it is heading

The next test is Southern Africa's rains: the World Meteorological Organization expects drier weather there from November.

Germs spreading and beating the drugs Building ↑ · Day 3
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  • Biotech

    About 370,000 people had TB that resists rifampicin, its main drug, and only 42% were treated. England counted 21,129 blood infections that resisted antibiotics in 2025, up 16.8% from 2019.

  • Food

    Bird flu from a backyard flock in Illinois turned up in a farm cat and in wild rats. Oysters from Virginia's Little Wicomico River tested positive for Salmonella a third time.

What is going on

Germs move between birds, animals and people, and the drugs that kill them work less well each year. Patients with resistant TB or blood infections pay first, with longer and harder treatment.

Where it is heading

The next test is whether bird flu turns up in more animals around the Illinois flock.

Stolen and weak logins opening doors High ↑
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  • Cyber

    An attacker used stolen logins for 4,837 GitHub accounts to plant a password stealer. Other attackers opened SQL databases by trying common passwords.

  • Gaming

    Humble Bundle, an online game shop, dropped its two-factor login check in a redesign. Workers say summer layoffs left it with only 2 engineers.

What is going on

Most of the day's break-ins came through a real login, not a new flaw. Firms that cut staff or checks leave that door easier to open, and it is their customers' accounts that get taken.

Where it is heading

The next test is whether Humble Bundle brings back its two-factor login check.

Fake pictures and calls made to trick people Building ↑
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  • Cyber

    The US took down the servers behind FaceStealer, a North Korean scam that faked video calls using recordings of victims' friends.

  • Money

    One in five UK home buyers in a survey had viewed a listing with enhanced photos. Scammers now use AI pictures of lost pets to take money from their owners.

What is going on

Cheap AI tools make fake faces, rooms and pets look real. The people tricked pay, from home buyers misled by a listing to pet owners who send money to a scammer.

Where it is heading

The next test is whether police take down more scams like FaceStealer, which faked video calls with friends' faces.

The day in brief

What happened that day

  1. 1 Russia hit power stations in 8 of Ukraine's regions in one night, while Europe was promised a seat at the next peace talks.
  2. 2 Jensen Huang quit as boss of Nvidia, which makes the chips AI runs on, and its shares fell as much as 14%.
  3. 3 Americans bought the fewest existing homes since 2010 in October, with mortgage rates above 7%.
  4. 4 A survey found a third of game workers laid off in two years, as Xbox's boss said small teams will soon do the work of hundreds.
  5. 5 WHO's report on tuberculosis counted 1.13 million deaths in 2025, while donor money for TB fell 14%.

The day, connected

What is really going on

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  • Europe gave Ukraine about EUR 200bn in aid from 2022 to February 2026, more than the US's EUR 115bn, the Kiel Institute counts.

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  • EU countries spent about EUR 8.7bn on Russia's Arctic gas in the first 10 months of 2026, 21% more than in the whole of 2025.

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  • Oil buyers paid more as Brent rose 3.3% to $95.82, after Trump said no deal with Iran was needed and fears grew that the Iran war will go on.

    Finance →
  • Leaders of both main US parties back new limits on selling AI chips to China, which US Congress is likely to add to its yearly defence law.

    Tech →
  • Paraguay imported 5,500 tonnes of paraquat, a weedkiller Brazil banned, almost all from China, and banned pesticides are being smuggled on into Brazil.

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  • Russia hit energy sites in 8 regions in one night and cut power in 6, part of stepped-up attacks on Ukraine's power grid since October.

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  • Ukraine's drones targeted Russia's Ust-Luga port, where Russia loads its oil for export, and hit a warship nearby.

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  • The US envoy, Steve Witkoff, said Europe will get a seat at the next round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks.

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  • The Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group allied with Iran, said they hit a pumping station on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline.

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  • Many AI companies borrowed cheaply because Nvidia promised to stand behind them, and lenders may now want more interest as those promises look weaker.

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  • Donors gave TB programmes abroad 14% less money in 2025, down from $1.1 billion to $0.94 billion.

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  • Norway will refuse entry to Russian athletes, and Belarusian ones, while the war in Ukraine goes on.

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How the world worked

  1. 1 A seat at the table goes to whoever a deal cannot work without. Europe pays more and more of Ukraine's bills and holds Russia's frozen money, so the US now wants it in the talks.
  2. 2 Money keeps moving even between sides at war. EU countries paid Russia about EUR 8.7bn for Arctic gas in 10 months, while they fund Ukraine's defence.
  3. 3 Today's wars were fought on power stations, pipelines and oil ports. Russia hit energy sites in 8 Ukrainian regions in one night, and the Iran war kept oil near $96 a barrel.
  4. 4 When one man's promises hold up many companies, his exit shakes them all. Nvidia's founder quit, and the AI companies that borrowed on Nvidia's promises fell with it.

What to carry from the day

Most of today's fights were over who pays and who holds what. Seeing that is how a person stops being played, and still cares about the Kyiv families living without power.

Where the day is heading

  1. 1 Wars in Ukraine and the Gulf are hitting power stations, pipelines and tankers, so Ukrainian families lose power and oil stays near $96 a barrel.
  2. 2 Borrowing is getting dearer, so fewer Americans buy homes, and doubt over Nvidia's promises reaches the AI companies that borrowed on them.
  3. 3 AI is taking on more work, from building games to finding software flaws, while laid-off game workers and city staff push for jobs and retraining.
  4. 4 Governments are checking more of what crosses their borders, from grain to chips, and banned goods keep finding another way in.
  5. 5 Health money is shrinking or going untracked and drug regulators have fewer staff, so patients with TB and drug-resistant infections get less help.
  6. 6 Dry weather is cutting fish catches, rice and hydropower together, so fish farmers, rice buyers and power users pay more first.

Every beat

The whole day, beat by beat

World

So what is really going on? Europe pays more and more of Ukraine's bills, and holds Russia's frozen money. So the US now wants it at the table, and Russia sets conditions first.

5 signals: Fighting goes on during talks · Attacks on oil and power · Leaders squeezed at home · Critics jailed or hunted · Europe pushing for its own say Open the World signals
  • Fighting goes on during talks High →

    Russia attacked Kyiv with 123 drones hours after the Abu Dhabi talks ended. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they destroyed a US radar in Bahrain, their first such claim since September.

  • Attacks on oil and power High ↑

    Ukraine's drones targeted Russia's Ust-Luga oil export port and hit a warship nearby. The Houthis said they hit a pumping station on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline. Russia said its strikes on Ukraine aimed at power substations.

  • Leaders squeezed at home Building ↑

    The Dutch government survived a no-confidence vote after a tax deal angered its own partner. Chris Van Hollen challenged Chuck Schumer to lead the Democrats in the US Senate. The PUK, a big Kurdish party, quit Iraqi Kurdistan's government.

  • Critics jailed or hunted Building ↑

    A Russian court jailed a 66-year-old rights lawyer for 12 years for treason. A London court convicted two men of spying on journalists for Iran. Men with axes attacked an opposition rally in Lagos, Nigeria.

  • Europe pushing for its own say Building ↑

    European leaders told Russia that Europe alone decides its own security. The European Commission must examine its trade deal with Israel after 1.1 million people signed a petition.

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Finance

The truth: Nvidia lost its founder on Thursday, and many AI companies had borrowed money because Nvidia promised to stand behind them.

4 signals: Borrowing getting dearer · Nvidia's trouble spreading · Oil dear while the war goes on · AI spending still paying some Open the Finance signals
  • Borrowing getting dearer High ↑

    The 10-year US government bond paid 5.1% on Thursday. Japan's yen crossed 160 to the dollar on Friday, for the first time since early September. Economists in India now expect a rate rise there in December.

  • Nvidia's trouble spreading Building ↑

    CoreWeave, which rents out AI computers, fell about 9% on Thursday. A venture investor told Fortune that doubts over Nvidia's $10 billion order could cut Anthropic's value. Australian tech shares fell at Friday's open.

  • Oil dear while the war goes on High ↑

    Brent crude rose 3.3% to $95.82 a barrel after Trump said no deal with Iran was needed. Burberry said its sales in Europe and the Middle East fell, partly because of the Iran war.

  • AI spending still paying some Building →

    Applied Materials, which makes chip-making machines, had its biggest quarter ever. Cisco expects $9 billion of AI sales from big cloud firms this year. Britain's IT firms led its fastest growth in two and a half years.

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Tech

The truth: Microsoft 365 stayed down for more than 9 hours because failing servers pushed their users onto the rest, which then failed too.

4 signals: Chip rules getting tighter · AI agents doing more jobs · Workers pushing back on AI · Updates breaking things Open the Tech signals
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    US Senate leader John Thune put a 'high probability' on new chip curbs. Senator Tom Cotton asked for CXMT, a Chinese memory maker, to be blacklisted. Chinese AI firms are trying to book Nvidia computing abroad first.

  • AI agents doing more jobs Building ↑

    Meta's Muse assistant can now phone US businesses for paying users. Google built Gemini 4 Hydrogen for agents that take several steps. Anthropic now lets firms run its agent service on their own servers.

  • Workers pushing back on AI Building ↑

    Oakland's city workers won a tentative deal to be retrained or moved, not fired, when AI displaces them. Two unions asked a UK body to back a union vote at Google DeepMind.

  • Updates breaking things High →

    A recent settings change lined up with the start of Microsoft's long outage. November's Windows update can stop some documents printing. A Fitbit app update left health figures missing for some users.

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Mind & body

The truth: US towns and counties spent opioid settlement money on streetlights, town bills and heart kits.

4 signals: Sellers giving health advice · Health money hard to follow · Care out of reach · Leaders answering for failure Open the Mind & body signals
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    Pew found 38% of health influencers' posts promoted a product or service. Some US online clinics sell tiny doses of weight-loss drugs to slow ageing. A Tourette's wrist device is sold as a wellness gadget before medical approval.

  • Health money hard to follow Building ↑

    In 12 US states, 30% or more of opioid settlement money cannot be tracked in public reports. New Brunswick, New Jersey, filed $520,000 of it as budget offsets.

  • Care out of reach High ↑

    Afghan women are being turned away by male doctors and dentists. Rural US women are 20% less likely to be up to date on cervical screening. The UK has about 170,000 young carers aged 5 to 17.

  • Leaders answering for failure Building →

    Scotland's watchdog found recurring harm across NHS Grampian, and its chief executive misled it. At least 7 doctors and nurses won seats in the US Congress promising fixes to health care.

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Climate

The truth: Russia is breaking Ukraine's grid faster than crews can mend it: one wrecked power station gets only 1 or 2 hours of repair work a day, so it stays dark until next summer.

4 signals: War hitting energy · Electricity use climbing · Oil and gas still growing · Rivers and ice shrinking Open the Climate signals
  • War hitting energy High ↑

    Russia hit energy sites in 8 of Ukraine's regions in a single night. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said 2 supertankers carrying more than 4 million barrels caught fire in Hormuz. Greenpeace has spotted more than 500 oil spills in the Gulf since February.

  • Electricity use climbing Building ↑

    The head of the International Energy Agency expects 12,000 gigawatts of new power capacity in the next 10 years. US power plants will make a record amount of electricity this year. South Australia now lets gas help power its planned AI data centres.

  • Oil and gas still growing High ↑

    OPEC's oil output rose by 1.97 million barrels a day in October. EU countries spent about EUR 8.7bn on Russian Arctic gas in 10 months. Venezuela told COP31 it has a right to grow its oil industry.

  • Rivers and ice shrinking Building ↑

    Central Asia's glaciers have shrunk by about 30% in 60 years. Europe's Loire, Po, Rhine and Danube rivers all fell to record lows by August. In Norway, a dry winter leaves dams short of water and makes power dearer.

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Space

The truth: ESA's Euclid release is a starting map, not an answer: its 15,000 lenses are probable cases, and its first dark matter results are due next summer.

4 signals: NASA science money squeezed · Armies watching orbit · Start-ups building in orbit · More data than eyes can check Open the Space signals
  • NASA science money squeezed High →

    A US Senate panel wrote $7.43 billion for NASA science, against a House figure of $6 billion. The Planetary Society counts more than 50 NASA science missions facing shutdown under the budget plans.

  • Armies watching orbit Building ↑

    The UK's military and spy agencies are working with astronomers to spot foreign satellites spying on others. SpaceX flew a second secret US Space Force mission in 6 days. Ukraine says speed limits on SpaceX's military network are back.

  • Start-ups building in orbit Building ↑

    NeuralSat, a German start-up, raised 2.9 million euros for 72 data relay satellites. OwlO Cloud, from Luxembourg, wants 10 data craft working by 2030. Spaceium is licensing its fuel port for $1.

  • More data than eyes can check High ↑

    Euclid's team says no human can look at all its data any more. One astronomer runs satellites' reflected light through AI to identify them. ESA expects about 100,000 satellites by 2030.

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Biotech

The truth: WHO's report shows TB treatment working: deaths fell 35% since 2015, while the rate of new cases fell only 14% and 2.2 million sick people were never found.

5 signals: Health money running short · Germs beating the drugs · Too few people protected · The US drug regulator stretched · Outside money paying for drug tests Open the Biotech signals
  • Health money running short High ↑

    Donor money for TB fell 14% in 2025, to $0.94 billion. In Congo, MSF says Ebola workers go unpaid while hundreds of millions of dollars for the response go astray.

  • Germs beating the drugs Building ↑

    About 370,000 people had TB that resists rifampicin, and only 42% were treated. England counted 21,129 blood infections that resisted antibiotics in 2025, up 16.8% from 2019.

  • Too few people protected Building →

    Only 26% of people living with TB patients got medicine to stop them falling ill. Just 28.2% of UK 18- and 19-year-olds have had a first meningitis B vaccine dose.

  • The US drug regulator stretched High ↑

    The FDA's drug review centres had 1,343 fewer staff in September than two years earlier. It has also shelved its fastest review scheme, STAT reports, citing Reuters.

  • Outside money paying for drug tests Building ↑

    Blackstone, an investment firm, will pay up to $1.5 billion of Pfizer's obesity drug trials. ARPA-H, a US research agency, will spend up to $4.9 million testing ibogaine for PTSD.

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Money

The truth: Americans bought the fewest existing homes since 2010 in October, yet the typical price still rose 0.4% to $416,700.

5 signals: Borrowing staying dear · Home sellers holding firm · Fuel getting cheaper · Winter energy bills rising · Shoppers misled or overcharged Open the Money signals
  • Borrowing staying dear High →

    The US 30-year mortgage rate averaged 7.11% in the week to November 12. Australia's central bank has raised its rate five times this year.

  • Home sellers holding firm Building ↑

    The US had 70.5% more home sellers than buyers in October. New York's new listings of $1 million to $3 million condos fell 11% as a second-home tax arrived.

  • Fuel getting cheaper Easing ↓

    Australian unleaded petrol fell almost 22 cents a litre, to $2.23. EU household gas was 10.2% cheaper in the first half of 2026.

  • Winter energy bills rising Building ↑

    Jersey's gas supplier will raise prices about 5% from 1 December. Gas prices tracked in EU capitals rose 12% between February and September.

  • Shoppers misled or overcharged Steady →

    One in five UK buyers in a survey had viewed a listing with enhanced photos. Lawyers say USAA overcharged about 200,000 enlisted military customers for car cover.

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Sports

The truth: Manchester United are sacking a coach mid-season for the third season running, and will pay about $10 million to take the US national coach.

4 signals: Coaches losing their jobs · Schools paying to keep stars · Team values climbing · Governments stepping into sport Open the Sports signals
  • Coaches losing their jobs High ↑

    Crystal Palace sacked Pierre Sage after 16 games, on the same day as Carrick went. Columbia's basketball coach returned from a 3-game ban as 15 former players asked for more action.

  • Schools paying to keep stars Building ↑

    Wake Forest gave its football coach a new contract that raises his staff and player pay pools. Oregon State kept its quarterback, the country's leading passer, helped by a $48 million fund.

  • Team values climbing High ↑

    The average Formula 1 team is worth $4.55 billion, up 33% in a year, Sportico estimates. The University of Washington sold its stadium's name for a reported $70 million over 10 years.

  • Governments stepping into sport Building ↑

    Norway will refuse entry to Russian and Belarusian athletes while the war in Ukraine goes on. Colorado voters raised the state's top income tax to 8.4%, which hits its best-paid players. A New York council bill would ban face scans at arenas without consent.

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Gaming

The truth: GDC's survey of more than 2,600 game workers found a third laid off in two years, and 54% of those still without work.

5 signals: Fewer jobs in games · Bosses betting on AI · Discs giving way to downloads · Old games sold again · Everyone planning around GTA 6 Open the Gaming signals
  • Fewer jobs in games High ↑

    Of the game workers GDC surveyed who were laid off, 54% have no new job. Workers say only 2 engineers were left at Humble Bundle after summer layoffs. GameSpot says id Software lost half its staff this year.

  • Bosses betting on AI Building ↑

    Xbox's boss wrote that a small team will soon build what now takes hundreds of developers. The head of the US actors' union says 10% to 15% of members want AI blocked.

  • Discs giving way to downloads Building ↑

    Take-Two says 98% of its business is already digital. GTA 6 ships with no disc, only a code in a box. In Japan, the Ocarina of Time remake still sold 537,041 boxed copies.

  • Old games sold again Steady →

    Xbox put 21 more games from its first console on PC, for 25 in all. Barbie Rewind gathers 16 Barbie games from 1991 to 2007. Square Enix moved its remake of a 1995 game forward to 4 February.

  • Everyone planning around GTA 6 High ↑

    Pocketpair gave staff 5 days off for GTA 6's launch on 19 November. A Florida burger chain turns into the game's Burger Shot from 13 November.

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Food

The truth: Brazil banned paraquat in 2020, yet Paraguay next door imported 5,500 tonnes of it in under two years, mostly from China.

5 signals: El Nino squeezing food supply · Borders checking what crosses · Farm costs outrunning support · Food firms reshuffling brands · Germs in unexpected places Open the Food signals
  • El Nino squeezing food supply Building ↑

    Peru cancelled its anchoveta fishing seasons because of El Nino, raising salmon feed costs. The Philippines and Malaysia are buying more Thai rice over El Nino fears. The World Meteorological Organization expects drier weather in Southern Africa from November.

  • Borders checking what crosses Building ↑

    Lithuania will hold Russian and Belarusian grain at Klaipeda until lab tests show where it grew. Banned pesticides cross into Brazil from Paraguay, over a border more than 1,300 kilometres long. The UK plans powers to ban goods made with forced labour.

  • Farm costs outrunning support High ↑

    Turkish cotton farmer Mehmet Kabak says his costs rose 40% to 60% as state payments lagged. In at least 10 Midwest US states, farmers got back under 80 cents in claims per premium dollar.

  • Food firms reshuffling brands Steady →

    Conagra will close its plant in Macon, Missouri, laying off 442 workers. Nestle sold SimplyCook, a UK meal-kit firm, to Jardox. Premier Foods says it can now afford bigger takeovers.

  • Germs in unexpected places Steady →

    Bird flu from a backyard flock in Illinois turned up in a farm cat and wild rats. Oysters from Virginia's Little Wicomico River tested positive for Salmonella a third time.

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Cyber

The truth: The US moved to seize $1.2 billion of the coins stolen from Binance.

4 signals: Police seizing criminals' machines · Stolen logins opening doors · Attack code out before fixes · AI finding flaws faster Open the Cyber signals
  • Police seizing criminals' machines Building ↑

    Police in 9 countries seized 235 servers and 257 web addresses used by three malware kits. The US seized the cloud servers behind FaceStealer, a North Korean video-call scam.

  • Stolen logins opening doors High ↑

    An attacker used stolen logins for 4,837 GitHub accounts to plant a password stealer. Luna Moth, an extortion gang, talks law firm staff into handing over login tokens. Attackers opened SQL databases by trying common passwords.

  • Attack code out before fixes High ↑

    Attackers used a new N-able flaw within hours of its code going public. Code for a Windows flaw is public, and Microsoft has no fix yet. Microsoft stopped fixing Exchange 2016 and 2019 email servers.

  • AI finding flaws faster Building ↑

    Anthropic's code scanner first reported this week's critical Apache flaw. Forescout says an AI tool found 99 flaws in smart-device code in 90 hours. AI lab researchers reported 18 of Chrome's latest flaws.

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