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Asian and European markets follow US tech rout with many analysts predicting more waves of selling to come European and Asian stock markets fell sharply on Friday after the Democrats’ decisive victory in the midterms triggered a rout in US tech stocks a day earlier. A sell-off on Wall Street on Thursday was followed by sharp falls in Asian stock markets on Friday. The investor sentiment then reached London, where the market was, at one stage, poised for its worst day since March.

Investors had been selling off tech shares in part due to concerns the Democrat election victory would mean slower AI development.

Fears of more AI regulation appear to have sparked fear among investors, but concerns about the industry have been growing for some time.

Paul Mackenzie convicted over deaths of children and one adult after followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult disasters in recent history. The sentence, comprising 100 years for murder by starvation and 100 years by direct homicide, came two weeks after the court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa found the cult leader guilty of the crimes.

Investors have reacted to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the AI industry.

Former liberation movement’s share of national vote almost 14 percentage points below 2021 result The African National Congress is on course to suffer a bruising defeat in South Africa’s local elections, with the once dominant party of Nelson Mandela falling to under a third of the vote nationally with more than 80% of ballots counted. Wednesday’s fragmented vote marks another stage in the decline of the ANC, which has led national governments since the end of white minority apartheid rule in 1994. High unemployment, crime, corruption and poor local service delivery have all contributed to voters turning away from the party .

Investment has surged into the making of jet turbine blades - an extremely difficult component to make.

El Mediterrani s’escalfa a un ritme accelerat i els episodis de pluges torrencials posen cada vegada més a prova el territori. Però què fa que algunes tempestes acabin en inundacions? L’ARA va reunir, en col·laboració amb la Generalitat de Catalunya, el meteoròleg Francesc Mauri i el subdirector de Protecció Civil, Joan Ramon Cabello, per analitzar els nous reptes que planteja el canvi climàtic, en una xerrada moderada per Xavi Segura, meteoròleg del diari.

Musk spent nearly $500m in the 2026 US midterm elections, an individual election spending record.

La contundente victoria del Partido Demócrata en las elecciones legislativas de medio mandato de Estados Unidos ha desatado una oleada de memes en las redes sociales para celebrar la derrota del presidente, Donald Trump , y proclamar que "¡Vuelve lo 'woke'!", término utilizado por la derecha para despreciar a los progresistas. Muchas de estas publicaciones celebran con ironía la nueva mayoría demócrata tras los comicios del martes mediante la exageración de posturas vinculadas a la izquierda estadounidense. Una de las bromas más repetidas en X consiste en insinuar que, tras las elecciones, será obligatorio indicar los pronombres personales en los correos electrónicos , una práctica asociada al reconocimiento de la identidad de género de las personas trans y no binarias y que la Administración Trump prohibió a los trabajadores públicos. Otras publicaciones parodian una de las críticas habituales del mandatario, que firmó una orden ejecutiva para mantener a "los hombres fuera de los deportes femeninos", en referencia a la participación de mujeres trans en esas categorías.

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump , ha reconocido este miércoles que la guerra contra Irán ha influido en la c ontundente derrota republicana en las elecciones legislativas del martes , debido al aumento del precio de los combustibles provocado por el conflicto. Sin embargo, ha asegurado que, si tuviera que volver a tomar la decisión, ordenaría de nuevo los ataques contra la República Islámica. Preguntado por las críticas de su vicepresidente, JD Vance , que ha atribuido a la guerra la derrota electoral de los republicanos, Trump ha considerado que sus palabras son "en gran medida, ciertas", aunque ha matizado que el principal problema ha sido el encarecimiento de los combustibles. "Probablemente esa sea la razón principal, el precio, no la guerra, el precio" , ha señalado durante un acto para presentar las obras del nuevo salón de baile de la Casa Blanca.

Patient is ⁠in ​stable condition and will be transferred to a specialist ‘high consequence’ infectious disease unit A British healthcare worker with Ebola is being evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the UK for medical treatment, it has been confirmed. “A British citizen currently in the DR Congo has tested positive for Ebola,” a spokesperson for the UK government said in a statement on Wednesday. “The UK has well-established procedures for dealing with cases like this, and those processes have been activated … The risk to the UK public from Ebola remains low.” Continue reading...