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The edition of Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Every news article the Bureau published that day — 24 articles, newest first. Past editions never disappear: the links below are the original, permanent URLs.

World

Russian Strikes Hit Key Kyiv Power Plant as Zelensky Reports No Early Warning

A ballistic missile attack late on Tuesday hit the Darnytska power plant and a residential building in Kyiv, killing one person and injuring 13, as Ukraine's pr

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
Economy

China Is Bringing Car Production to Europe, and Tariffs Cannot Stop It

Chinese carmakers are moving from shipping cars to Europe to building entire production ecosystems inside the bloc, with factories and local partnerships multip

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

Sudan famine risk grows as El Niño drought meets three years of war

The world's hunger monitor warned Monday that famine risk grows in Darfur and Kordofan, where an El Niño drought meets three years of war — and the money to fig

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

King Felipe VI visits crisis-hit Ceuta in first Spanish royal trip since 2007

Felipe VI and Letizia stood Tuesday before the unmarked graves of July’s drowned migrants, as Spain asserted its presence in Ceuta — and Morocco answered with m

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
Markets

Russia's $320.7 Billion Energy Ledger: Europe Paid, Sanctions Held, Gas Flowed

Moscow says the EU paid it $320.7 billion for energy since 2022. Brussels disputes the number, Sweden wants frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, and a US diesel d

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
Culture

Pope Leo XIV lung operation: what a week at Gemelli means for the papacy

The 71-year-old pope announced the lung surgery himself on Sunday, enters Rome's Gemelli hospital on Tuesday, and still plans November's South America trip. Her

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
Tech

China's Paris auto assault: 20 brands test Europe's defenses

A record twenty Chinese brands storm the Paris show as Brussels caps hybrid imports at 350,000 a year — and Europe answers with cheap retro EVs.

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

Immigration agents search Ilhan Omar's home weeks before midterms

Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home at dawn Monday in a criminal immigration probe, three weeks before the midterms. She calls it pol

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
Science

Hurricane Simon and Storm Rachel Kill Five on Mexico's Pacific Coast

Five dead and dozens missing as Hurricane Simon churns off Mexico and storm Rachel floods Baja California — capping the most energetic Pacific hurricane season

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
Economy

IMF: Global Growth Holds at 3.1%, but 'Resilience Is Reaching Its Limits'

At the Bangkok annual meetings, the Fund's October outlook credits artificial-intelligence investment with offsetting war and energy shocks — and warns that inf

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
Sport

Formula 1 Signs 10-Year Rwanda Deal, Returning to Africa for First Time Since 1993

The African Grand Prix, presented by Visit Rwanda, will race on a new FIA Grade 1 circuit in Bugesera in the early 2030s — ending a three-decade absence and ans

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

Gaza Marks a Year of 'Ceasefire' With More Israeli Killing

On the truce's first anniversary, monitors say it exists 'in name only': one Palestinian killed or wounded every 90 minutes, no stabilisation force, aid at a th

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
Culture

Breaking Bad Actor RJ Mitte Dies Aged 34

The actor who played Walter White Jr. — cast at 14, living with cerebral palsy like his character — became one of television's most visible disability-rights ad

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

Ethiopian Forces Enter Adwa as Border War with Eritrea Looms

Ethiopian troops took Adwa, 40 km from the Eritrean frontier, a day after entering Adigrat. As the UAE backs Addis Ababa and Riyadh stays silent, the Red Sea st

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

Riyadh Airport Closed Until October 17 as Houthi Strikes Enter Third Day

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister vows a 'serious' response as King Khalid International Airport stays shut through Saturday after three straight days of Houthi mi

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
Markets

Musk's $366 Million Midterm Bet: Buying the Republican Congress

Elon Musk has become the largest donor of the 2026 midterms, pouring $366 million into Republican races after vowing he had done enough. The money says this is

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

Morocco's Four-Party Coalition: El Mansouri Secures 207 Seats to Govern

Three weeks after the September 23 vote, El Mansouri sealed a pact with Istiqlal, USFP and PPS — a 207-seat majority for Morocco's first woman head of governmen

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

Kabila takes command of a new politico-military front with M23 rebels

Sentenced to death in absentia a year ago, Congo's ex-president formalized his alliance with the eastern rebellion in Goma — upending the Doha peace talks and t

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
Tech

French supermarket cyberattack turned fridges into 50°C ovens

Hackers seized Danfoss refrigeration controllers in hundreds of French stores overnight, forcing defrost cycles that spoiled food, sparked fires and cost tens o

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

Alberta secession vote: Carney warns of fault lines as October 19 referendum nears

Six days before Albertans vote on whether to start the road toward a binding independence referendum, the prime minister warns a divided Canada cannot build its

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

NATO's Top Commander Vows to Destroy 'Anything and Everything' if the Alliance Is Attacked

General Alexus Grynkewich told the Warsaw Security Forum that NATO would block, blunt and then break any attacker's warfighting system — while insisting war is

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

Cyberattack Turns French Supermarket Freezers Into Ovens, Spoiling Food Worth Millions

Hackers seized Danfoss refrigeration systems overnight and forced defrost cycles that drove temperatures to 50°C; Paris prosecutors opened a cybercrime investig

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

South Africa's Deputy Police Chief Resigns in Custody on Rape and Grooming Charges

Shadrack Sibiya, 59, quit on Monday as his disciplinary hearing opened; the police service classed his departure a dishonourable discharge. He denies rape, chil

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau
World

Israeli Drone Strike Kills Three in Khan Younis Tent as Gaza Ceasefire Frays

Medics say a drone-fired missile hit a tent used as a phone-charging point near Nasser Hospital on Sunday; funerals were held Monday. Israel says it struck mili

13 Oct 2026 · Magna Bureau