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Nate Silver

Nate Silver

American statistician, journalist, and poker player (born 1978)

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    Trump's midterm election push loses in court as Democrats eye red-state Senate seats

    With the 3 November midterms less than three weeks away, courts have blocked most of Trump's efforts to reshape election rules, while Democrats look to flip Senate seats in Republican-leaning states.

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A Peshawar school roof collapses

Zelensky resumes refinery strikes as Peshawar school collapse kills dozens of children

Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian refineries after a roughly three-day US-requested pause, as Kyiv counted more than 850 Shahed drones between midnight and 9am on 15 October. In Peshawar, a private-school roof collapsed onto classrooms, killing at least 32 children and a teacher in the latest hospital count.

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  • Oregon elementary school shooting

    Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz says three children and a teacher were killed at Silver Rail Elementary, and a community member killed the 16-year-old gunman.

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China and the West: decoupling

Summit drafts and UK signals of alignment add to the expected playbook without a new adopted measure.

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