A Venezuelan man was injured in an officer-involved incident with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel in Austin, Texas, the New York Times reported. The man was transported to hospital and the subsequent handling of the enforcement action has sparked local protests and broad public attention.
After Meta unveiled its new-generation AI agent product Muse, global chip stocks surged broadly, with AMD’s market capitalisation crossing one trillion US dollars for the first time and Intel and Qualcomm also advancing, the Bloomberg reported.
US President Trump visited New York City Hall during the UN General Assembly week and held an extended meeting with Mayor Mamdani, discussing affordable housing, the White House press ban, Netanyahu, and the midterms. Both sides sent clear signals of goodwill afterwards, the CNN reported.
The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Missouri must use its 2025 redrawn congressional map for the November midterm elections, overturning a lower court injunction and allowing the Republican-led redistricting plan to proceed, US media reported.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that California Governor Newsom formally declared a statewide state of emergency in anticipation of an incoming strong El Niño climate event. The El Niño is expected to bring extreme weather including heavy rainfall, strong winds, massive waves, and flooding to the California coast, posing severe tests to residents’ safety, critical infrastructure, and the operation of the economy and society.
The Guardian reported that US President Trump called off a major airstrike campaign against the Houthis at the last minute, after which the Houthis moved to seize strategically significant terrain across multiple parts of Yemen. The rapid shift has prompted widespread international concern about Middle Eastern security, the coherence of US Middle East policy, and the safety of Red Sea shipping.
Crypto industry political action committee Fairshake has pledged $30 million to oppose former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown’s Senate bid, a continuation of crypto industry political action after the recent failure of the Clarity Act in the Senate.
The UK has brought its first charges over crimes related to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the BBC reported, marking an important development in UK international criminal justice.
Google has been hit with a €403 million GDPR fine by the Irish data protection watchdog, the BBC reported, in the latest case of EU data protection authorities tightening enforcement against tech giants.
The European Central Bank is reportedly planning to use its own funds to buy tokenized bonds, a move seen as a major breakthrough for traditional central banks in blockchain asset allocation.