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Thu, 15 Oct 2026

Thursday 15 October: Pope's cancer and a tech sell-off

Pope Leo has lung cancer, ships sink near Hormuz, US inflation sparks a tech sell-off, Albert Heijn restarts and the cabinet moves to end dolphin keeping.

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World news

Pope Leo has lung cancer, recovering after surgery

NOS | CBS News | NBC News

Ships sink near Hormuz as Saudi-Houthi fighting grows

NOS | CNBC | France 24

Russian strikes kill people in Kyiv, Starlink restricted

Meduza | Al Jazeera | CNBC | NOS

World politics

France: mass march for high school students, thousands detained

Human Rights Watch | Democracy Now | France 24

Poland: judge sworn in without the president

Notes from Poland | NOS

World economy

US inflation hits 3.7 percent, Wall Street falls

CBS News | TheStreet | ABC News

South Korea's Kospi drops more than 7 percent

US News / AP | ClickOrlando / AP

Dutch news

Albert Heijn restarting after cyber incident

NOS | NL Times | DutchNews

Regional transport strike across the country

NOS | NL Times | DutchNews

Wreck in Dronten forest is a 1943 Lancaster bomber

NOS | Flevopost

Dutch politics

Cabinet moves to phase out dolphins in captivity

NOS | NL Times | DutchNews

Amsterdam server seized at US request

NL Times | Rights and Dissent

House wants stricter rules for new small schools

NOS | Archynewsy

Dutch economy

ASML posts strong third quarter

NOS | ASML | Investing.com

Gas price at highest level since 2022

NOS | Energynews

Air France-KLM loses TAP to Lufthansa

Euronews | Aerospace Global News

AI news

Eight US states sue OpenAI over child safety

CNBC | NOS

xAI launches Grok Voice 3.0

SiliconANGLE | Technobezz

Nvidia brings AI deeper into chip design and factories

Nvidia | StreetInsider

Tech

CoreWeave shares and bonds tumble

CNBC | TipRanks

Modal raises $750 million at $15.75 billion valuation

SiliconANGLE | The Next Web

Sports

Feyenoord beat Como 3-2 in the Champions League

NL Times | VAVEL

Nature

Arctic geese arrive in the north

Vogelbescherming | Nationaal Park Lauwersmeer

On this day

1582: ten days skipped for the Gregorian calendar

Wikipedia

On the agenda today

Sweden votes on Andersson as prime minister

Bloomberg | The Local

Weather

Groningen: dry and mild, up to 19 degrees

Open-Meteo