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Tuesday October 27

Morning Digest

  1. Nvidia to invest $3B in Meta stock offering ai-tech Nvidia will take $3 billion of the shares Meta began offering Monday for AI buildout, and Meta will add more Vera Rubin systems, tying the chipmaker closer to a top customer.
  2. Ripple gets final OCC nod for trust bank crypto The bank will manage reserves for the roughly $2.5B RLUSD stablecoin, which Ripple's New York trust company still issues, so RLUSD now has state and federal oversight.
  3. OpenAI cuts API prices 50% with GPT-6.1 Terra ai-tech The mid-tier model, aimed at computer use and office tasks, is rolling out to paid ChatGPT Work and Codex users and developers at half GPT-5.6 Terra's standard API rates.
  4. Keystone to destroy 18,835 wallets after hack crypto Keystone says an Oct 20 site breach exposed 25,964 buyer records and its device-authenticity key, so it is scrapping unsold units and pausing shipments.
  5. Binance files for Brazil license before Oct 30 crypto Binance applied via local unit BBrasil and cut 8 services and 22 tokens for Brazilian users.

Asia Digest

  1. South Korea's economy grows 1.0% in third quarter as chip boom lifts exports and investment economy South Korea's gross domestic product expanded 1.0% in the July-September quarter, beating forecasts as semiconductor exports and investment surged, the Bank of Korea said on Tuesday.
  2. Taiwan's defense minister calls China's satellite images of Taipei on handover anniversary 'cognitive warfare' politics Taiwan Defense Minister Wellington Koo said Beijing's release of satellite footage of Taipei landmarks to mark the 1945 handover of Taiwan amounted to cognitive warfare.
  3. Singapore plans to strengthen haze law to close enforcement gaps, Grace Fu says regulation Singapore is reviewing its Transboundary Haze Pollution Act and may amend it or add new laws to hold companies responsible for the regional haze to account, Environment Minister Grace Fu said.
  4. South Korea's Supreme Court keeps former first lady Kim Keon Hee in custody with new warrant courts South Korea's Supreme Court issued a new detention warrant for former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Tuesday, keeping her in custody for two more months, citing flight risk and possible evidence destruction.
  5. Malaysia's Anwar says new law will tighten governance of government-linked companies policy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told parliament a proposed Government-Owned Entities Bill would set stricter rules and limit the powers of those who lead government-linked firms and investment funds.

Health Digest

  1. Congo's confirmed Ebola cases top 10,000 in its largest outbreak on record public-health Confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 10,060, with 4,887 deaths, according to the latest situation report from the country's public health institute, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
  2. FDA approves Pfizer's Talzenna with Xtandi for earlier-stage prostate cancer with HRR mutations regulation The FDA on October 26 approved talazoparib (Talzenna) with enzalutamide (Xtandi) for adults with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer that carries HRR gene mutations detected by an FDA-authorized test.
  3. Medicare's AI-assisted prior authorization pilot cut use of targeted services, JAMA study finds policy Use of services covered by Medicare's WISeR prior authorization pilot fell in its six participating states, according to the first study of the program, published in JAMA.

Travel Digest

  1. US suspends visa-free travel program for Chinese visitors to the Northern Mariana Islands immigration The Department of Homeland Security is suspending EVS-TAP, which lets pre-screened Chinese nationals visit the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa, effective 2 p.m. EDT on October 30, according to a Federal Register notice.
  2. JetBlue posts wider third-quarter loss as fuel costs jump 57% aviation JetBlue reported a third-quarter net loss of $257M, up from $143M a year earlier, as its average fuel price rose 57% to $3.91 a gallon, even as revenue grew 21.1% to $2.8B.

World Digest

  1. Israelis vote in first election since Oct. 7 attack as Netanyahu faces Eisenkot challenge elections Polls opened in Israel on Tuesday for the first national election since the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, 2023, with surveys showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a tight race with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot.
  2. Local truce takes hold in occupied Oleshky as Russia strikes Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities conflict A limited ceasefire brokered by US first lady Melania Trump began on Tuesday in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky to allow aid deliveries and evacuations, while Ukraine said Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles and more than 280 drones elsewhere overnight.
  3. Jordan strikes southern Syria over church attack; Syria closes main border crossing conflict Jordan's military said it hit "terrorist" hideouts in southern Syria linked to Friday's deadly church attack in Karak, while Syria said it was not notified and closed the Nassib crossing, the only passenger and trade route between the two countries.
  4. Brazil's Supreme Court bars defeated candidate Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving the country courts Justice Alexandre de Moraes cancelled Flávio Bolsonaro's passports and barred him from leaving Brazil in a money-laundering investigation, a day after the senator lost the presidential runoff to Lula.
  5. UK sanctions 15 Sudanese commanders over El Fasher atrocities, including sexual violence diplomacy Britain imposed travel bans and asset freezes on 15 commanders from both the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan's army on the first anniversary of the fall of El Fasher, citing suspected atrocities including conflict-related sexual violence.