Vance-Walz debate, new Mexico president and ‘ever present’ AI assistants

The US warns of ‘significant’ threats ahead of November’s election, several polls show that Kamala Harris holds a slight lead over Donald Trump, a North Korean defector steals and crashes a bus while trying to return home, Singapore’s former transport minister is jailed for receiving illegal gifts, the EU sues Hungary over its ‘National Sovereignty Law,’ Georgia’s parliament speaker signs a controversial LGBTQ+ bill into law, OpenAI’s liquidity surpasses $10B after receiving a $4B credit line, new evidence in Trump’s Jan. 6 case challenges his presidential immunity, dozens of tigers die from bird flu in Vietnam, and scientists map the entire brain of a fruit fly for the first time. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

JD Vance and Tim Walz square off in the US vice presidential debate, Mexico swears in Claudia Sheinbaum as the nation’s first female president, the UN Secretary General is banned from entering Israel, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer travels to Brussels for key EU talks, Justin Trudeau survives a second no-confidence vote in Canada, Russia captures the town of Vuhledar in Donetsk, Donald Trump says he would veto a national abortion ban, while California governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill expanding IVF access, a tragic school bus blaze in Thailand kills over 20 children, and Microsoft says it’s developing an ‘ever present’ AI assistant. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Iran fires ballistic missiles at Israel as Israel launches 'limited’ ground attacks in Lebanon, Mark Rutte officially steps in as the chief of NATO, Russia plans a record increase in its defense spending,Georgia’s six-week abortion ban is overturned, The US opens its first-ever probe into the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes his first public comments since being freed, The FBI settles a $22M sexual discrimination lawsuit, Over 45K dock workers across the eastern US go on strike, and Switzerland’s glaciers are found to be receding at an above-average rate. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

  Israel is reportedly preparing for a limited ground invasion into South Lebanon, the Israeli Defense Forces strike the Houthis in Yemen, the right-wing Freedom Party wins Austria’s general election, France's Le Pen faces trial for allegedly embezzling EU funds, Japan's Shigeru Ishiba announces snap polls for Oct. 27, Trump says ‘one rough hour’ of policing would end crime, California's governor vetoes an AI safety bill, as he signs a statewide ban on artificial additives in schools, a study raises new doubts about Meta’s claims that it isn’t polarizing, at least 193 are killed in floods and landslides in Nepal, and the UK closes its last coal-fired power plant. Sources: verity.news

Israel states that the target of its Beirut strike was Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, The southeast US reels from the impact of Hurricane Helene, Argentina's poverty rate has reportedly grown to 52.9%, Darien Gap, Panama migration crossings are reportedly down 35% this year, Donald Trump meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower in New York, Kamala Harris travels to Arizona to deliver remarks on immigration, New allegations in the Mohamed Al Fayed abuse scandal are tied to Fulham Football Club, Japan acquits a man who spent 46 years on death row, US east coast ports face a possible dockworkers' strike next week, and a US official claims that China’s most advance nuclear submarine sank at a PRC shipyard. Sources: verity.news

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is indicted on bribery charges, Canada's Justin Trudeau survives a no-confidence vote, Russia’s Vladimir Putin proposes changes to the nation’s nuclear doctrine, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu rules out a cease-fire with Hezbollah, a Japanese warship sails through the Taiwan Strait, Kamala Harris makes an economy pitch to American voters, as a Marist poll places Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck in three key states, OpenAI reportedly makes moves to become a for-profit company, US Congress approves a three month funding extension, and Europe suspends its approval of Pfizer’s sickle cell anemia drug Oxbryta. Sources: verity.news

China conducts its first publicized ICBM test in decades, the US is reportedly seeking a temporary Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire as tensions simmer, the Russian parliament backs a ban on adoptions from countries that allow gender changes, Thailand signs a law legalizing same-sex marriages, a House committee votes to hold US Secretary Blinken in contempt over the Afghanistan probe, Washington State will maintain an abortion pill stockpile if Donald Trump wins the presidency, while a source indicates that a Trump meeting with Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy won’t happen, a Democratic Party group prepares for election lawsuits, a boat with 30 bodies is found off the coast of Senegal, and Visa is sued over an alleged monopoly on credit card swipes. Sources: verity.news

US Pres. Joe Biden delivers his last address to the UN General Assembly, the UK’s Keir Starmer addresses the Labour Party’s annual conference, a Gallup report finds that this year’s US election environment favors a GOP win, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the US to present his ‘victory plan,’ the US moves to ban Chinese technology from connected vehicles, Telegram agrees to hand over users’ data upon ‘valid’ court requests, Earth crosses seven of nine planetary boundaries, a study links dating apps to income inequality in the US, two Russian cosmonauts return to Earth after a record stay on the International Space Station, and a new 'ghost shark' species is discovered in New Zealand. Sources: verity.news

Israel launches a barrage of strikes across Lebanon, Anura Kumara Dissanayake is sworn in as Sri Lanka's president, The US House agrees on a temporary government funding bill, Trump says he won’t run for president again in 2028 if he loses in November, The UN urges Sudan's RSF to end its siege of North Darfur’s capital city, The UN adopts a pact to 'bring multilateralism back,' Four are killed and over 20 injured in an Alabama mass shooting, Nurses in England reject an offer of a 5.5% pay rise, Two major Australian supermarkets are sued over 'illusory' discounts, Floods leave six dead in Japan, and the WHO says mpox cases in Africa are approaching the 30K mark. Sources: verity.news

Brazil fines X and Starlink over a brief X restoration, The US House unanimously votes to increase protection for presidential and VP candidates, Israel targets a Hezbollah operations commander in Beirut, The US reportedly remains unconvinced about Ukraine's possible use of long-range weapons in Russia, A jailed Cuban dissident leader wins a human rights award, North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson denies a controversial CNN report, Georgia’s Election Board will require the hand counting of ballots in the US election, More women accuse the ex-Harrods owner of sexual assault in the UK, Boeing will furlough thousands of staff amid a factory strike, and Earth will soon be temporarily orbited by a “mini-moon.”  Sources: verity.news