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Today — 31 October 2026Main stream

Wanted: New Central Bank Chief. Expertise and Political Acumen Required.

✇NYT - Business
By: Eshe Nelson
31 October 2026 at 04:01
The looming departure of the European Central Bank’s president, Christine Lagarde, has set in motion a high-stakes search for her successor.

© Heiko Becker/Reuters

The European Central Bank president, Christine Lagarde, will step down in February.

El-Sayed Clashes With Former Primary Rival Who Demanded His Apology

✇NYT - Home Page
By: Tim Balk
31 October 2026 at 04:15
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens traded sharply critical comments Friday, escalating intraparty tensions in Michigan’s pivotal Senate race.

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Representative Haley Stevens of Michigan has agreed to campaign with her former Senate primary opponent Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.

Liu Yandong, Rare Woman Among China’s Political Elite, Dies at 80

✇NYT - World
By: Alexandra Stevenson
31 October 2026 at 04:12
The former vice premier was one of just six women to have served on the Chinese Communist Party’s elite Politburo, though she was excluded from the top ranks of power.

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Liu Yandong, a former vice premier of China who was one of the country’s highest-ranking female officials, died in Beijing on Wednesday.

Will Digging Up Vietnam’s War Dead Heal Old Wounds or Reopen Them?

✇NYT - World
By: Damien Cave， Tung Ngo and Chang W. Lee
31 October 2026 at 04:01
A 500-day campaign to find and identify fallen soldiers has unearthed hundreds of bodies, but not everyone gets a chance at closure.

The remains of Communist soldiers found at a park in Ho Chi Minh City, lined up for a memorial service.

Britain’s Prime Minister Says He’s Open to a Formal Apology for Slavery

✇NYT - World
By: Michael D. Shear
31 October 2026 at 03:32
The premier’s comments represent a major change in British policy, but they are unlikely to satisfy those who hoped that reparations would follow.

© Pool photo by Russell Cheyne

Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain in Glasgow on Friday.
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