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Voters went to the polls to decide their governor, while others considered changes to abortion rights. Source link

Indecent artificial intelligence-generated pictures are believed to have swept across the globe. Source link

Hospitals, transport and emergency services were hit by the Optus disruption. Source link

“When you look at the world today, and you look at the growth of antisemitism, and the growth of hatred in all forms, whether it’s Islamophobia, whether it’s hatred of homosexuals, we have a responsibility to stand up and say: no, never again, must mean never again,” says Mr Saunders, who works for March of

“If the ballot initiative passes really easily it will confirm that voters are still mad,” said Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, and a leading expert on the US abortion debate, before polls closed. “But it won’t confirm abortion is a priority issue for them, that’s a different question.” Source

Abiy Ahmed says that access to a port is an existential question for his landlocked country. Source link

The 17.61 carat, pear-shaped “Blue Royal” diamond, set in a ring, fetched $43.8 million, reports said Source link

António Costa says he handed in his resignation during a meeting with the Portuguese president. Source link

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to “examine” whether asylum applications could be processed abroad. Source link

Jerry Boylan failed to train his crew before a fire ripped through the boat in California, a jury found. Source link

Mateusz Morawiecki’s party came top in recent elections, but will have a hard job finding allies. Source link

Over 30,000 bronze coins, possibly from a 4th Century shipwreck, have been found off the coast of Sardinia. Italy’s Ministry of Culture said in a statement that the pieces were “in an exceptional and rare state of preservation”. The discovery comes after an amateur diver spotted something metallic in the shallow waters and alerted local

The co-working giant, once seen as the future of the workplace, has been plagued by financial problems. Source link

The judge urged the former president’s lawyers to “control him” as he took the stand in a civil fraud trial. Source link

Deputy political leader Moussa Abu Marzouk says Hamas will release hostages only if Israel stops fighting. Source link

Judge Engoron placed Mr Trump under a gag order in early October after he made disparaging comments about his clerk, who sits to his right. So far, he has fined Mr Trump $15,000 (£12,150) and put his attorneys under a gag order as well, after they claimed the clerk was biased. Source link

Ms Meloni, who heads the right-wing, nationalist Brothers of Italy party, is known for her staunch anti-immigration views. Since becoming PM, she has announced a string of interventions to end illegal immigration, including the detention of irregular migrants. Source link