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KING CHARLES TO HOST QATAR’S EMIR FOR STATE VISIT-Qatari investment in the UK is estimated to be over £40 billion King Charles and Queen Camilla will host Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at Buckingham Palace for a state visit from Dec. 3-4. This comes after the King hosted a Commonwealth event at St James Palace last week ahead of his forthcoming visit to Samoa. London is seeking a trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council, of which Qatar is a member.  The government says a deal could boost the UK economy by some £1.6 billion ($2.1-billion) and…

AMAZON ALEXA SAYS HURRICANE HELENE WAS ARTIFICIALLY CREATED – Cloud seeding used to control and manipulate the weather  The US state of Florida faced back-to-back major hurricanes in September and October, which has led to many theories pinning the natural disasters on weather manipulation. Some social media users shared videos of their Amazon smart speakers appearing to confirm the claims about Hurricane Helene, but a company spokesperson said Alexa’s answers were incorrect and that it is working to resolve the issue. One user said online “I asked my daughter’s Alexa this question,” says an October 5, 2024 X post sharing…

MESSI TRAINS WITH ARGENTINA FOR QUALIFIER AGAINST VENEZUELA – Argentina captain Lionel Messi trained with his team in Fort Lauderdale Argentina captain Lionel Messi trained with his team in Fort Lauderdale a day before their match against Venezuela in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers. The team by the return of Messi for their World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Bolivia after Messi recovered from a right ankle injury, which he picked up during the Copa America final against Colombia in July. Argentina are set to face Venezuela at the Monumental Stadium of Maturin, and with the team training at Inter…

MAJOR MCDONALD’S CHIPS SUPPLIER CLOSES PLANT IN WASHINGTON – 375 employees, or 4% of Lamb Weston’s workforce, would be laid off A major chips supplier is cutting jobs as customers continue to count their pennies amid inflated prices at fast-food chains. Lamb Weston, the largest producer of chips in North America, announced last week it was closing its plant in Connell, Washington, meaning 375 employees, or 4% of its workforce, would be laid off, according to an earnings report released last week.  The company’s president and CEO, Tom Werner, said that restaurant traffic and the demand for frozen potatoes relative…

BROADBAND PROVIDERS SAID TO HAVE TO HAVE ‘MISLED’ CUSTOMERS – BT, EE, Plusnet, TalkTalk, O2 & Virgin Media Broadband accused of misleading ads The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said BT, EE, Plusnet, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media Broadband misled consumers by placing important information about price rises separately to headline prices and in areas of less prominence on their websites. The ASA ruled the ads must not appear again and told all six providers to ensure they make sufficiently clear that their broadband contracts would be subject to mid-contract price increases, and that information about the nature of such rises…

DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SAVE DEMOCRACY – Pennsylvania is a swing state electoral votes are crucial to Nov. 5 election  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. It was Trump’s second visit in just five days to Pennsylvania as he held rallies in regions heavily populated by the working class, who are seen as a key voting bloc. The two candidates are locked in a tight battle in Pennsylvania, a swing state whose 19 electoral votes are likely to prove crucial to who wins the Nov. 5 election. Trump also told the people…

FINAL CANDIDATES FOR UK CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP – New leader to be announced on Nov. 2  Former MPs will go head-to-head to win votes from members of the Conservative Party and become its next leader after making it through to the final round of a contest set to shape the future of Britain’s once dominant party. Wednesday’s vote by Conservative MPs was the penultimate step in a race that has been marked by the kind of in-fighting that some Conservatives blame for their party’s defeat in July’s national election. Party members nationwide will now choose between former business and trade minister…

GEORGIA STATE ELECTION BOARD FACES SCRUTINY-  Concerns voiced about the board’s recent actions and their implications for election integrity Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board met on Tuesday to consider potential election violations and rule changes.  In September the board voted to require a labour-intensive hand count of potentially millions of ballots in November, a move voting rights advocates say could cause delays, introduce errors and lay the groundwork for spurious challenges in the battleground state. The hand-count rule is the latest rule change passed in recent months by the conservative majority of the board who say they are attempting to make…

RUSSIA’S AIR DEFENCE DESTROYS 47 UKRAINE DRONES – 24 drones were intercepted at the southwestern border region of Bryansk The Russian Defence Ministry said that Russia’s air defence units destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones targeting its west. The ministry said about 24 drones were downed over the southwestern border region of Bryansk, with the rest destroyed over the regions of Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov and Krasnodar and the waters of the Sea of Azov,  Regional governor Vasily Golubev said fire sparked by debris falling in undeveloped areas in the southern region of Rostov bordering Ukraine was contained. Bryansk head Aleksander Bogomaz said…

OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN TRAFFICKING – Guatemalan authorities have arrested 25 individuals, most of whom are active police officers Guatemalan authorities have arrested 25 individuals, most of whom are active police officers, for their involvement in a human trafficking network operating along a route frequently used by migrants heading to the United States.  Guatemala has been a major transit country for decades for migrants from Latin America and beyond as they travel north to Mexico’s border with the United States. Guatemalan authorities have said the group has operated for several years while accumulating millions of quetzals, the local currency.…