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7:51 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Russia has hosted a delegation of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government and warned against any foreign military presence in the country

7:40 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Tropical Storm Jerry forms in the Atlantic Ocean on a path toward the Caribbean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center says

7:15 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Fiction by Rabih Alameddine, Megha Majumdar, and Karen Russell, along with a memoir by Yiyun Li, are among this year's National Book Award finalists

7:11 AM on Tuesday, October 7

The U.S. government shutdown could raise a caution flag for private companies considering a move to the public market for investors

6:48 AM on Tuesday, October 7

NASCAR has asked a federal court for a judicial settlement conference to mediate an antitrust suit filed by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports

6:45 AM on Tuesday, October 7

The World Trade Organization has sharply raised its forecast for trade growth in goods this year

6:37 AM on Tuesday, October 7

New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange is investing up to $2 billion in Polymarket and will partner with the company on future tokenization initiatives

6:14 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Gold futures rise above $4,000 per ounce for the first time on soaring demand for the safe-haven metal

5:54 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Attorney General Pam Bondi goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning as federal agents surge into cities across the U.S. She's facing growing questions about political influence over a Justice Department that has already criminally charged one of President Donald Trump’s longtime foes and is facing intense White House pressure to prosecute others

5:31 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Sports entrepreneur Mike Repole isn't discouraged by the long odds facing pro spring football as a business model

4:33 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico says his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build a new nuclear reactor

4:00 AM on Tuesday, October 7

French President Emmanuel Macron faces increased pressure to resign after the collapse of his latest government

3:12 AM on Tuesday, October 7

The Vatican announces first trip of Pope Leo XIV's papacy, to Turkey and Lebanon from Nov. 27-Dec. 2. (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously left out Leo's full title.)

2:52 AM on Tuesday, October 7

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis win the Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in quantum mechanics

2:02 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Hurricane Priscilla strengthens to a Category 2 storm and is expected to strengthen further later in the day

1:54 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Early-season snowfalls have stranded hikers in two mountainous areas in western China, including several hundred at the base of Mount Everest

12:08 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Deloitte Australia will partially refund the Australian government for a report filled with apparent AI-generated errors

9:03 PM on Monday, October 6

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3:01 PM on Monday, October 6

Chanel has made a dramatic return to showmanship at Paris Fashion Week

1:22 PM on Monday, October 6

FIFA is employing an alternative review system that allows coaches to appeal two referee’s decisions per match at the Under-20 soccer World Cup in Chile