Sun, 18 Oct 2026
Sunday 18 October: France protests, Russia sanctions waiver
Mass protests and riots in France, a tanker ablaze in Hormuz, the Pope home from hospital, Trump waives Russia sanctions, and Dutch infrastructure cuts.
World news
Over half a million march in France against living costs, riots in several cities
Iran says tanker hit mine in Hormuz; US says blockade has stopped 25 billion dollars of oil
The Times of Israel | RFE/RL | Gulf News
Pope Leo leaves hospital early after lung surgery
Vatican News | NBC News | Euronews
World politics
Trump waives new Russia sanctions and tariffs
Albania protests enter fifth day as Rama refuses to resign
World economy
Tech stocks slide on AI debt fears, Nasdaq has worst week since June
CBS News | CNN via ABC17 | Investing.com
Euro area inflation confirmed at 3.8 percent
Dutch news
Missing Amsterdam woman Hajar found dead, police suspect crime
Thousands of insulin pens stolen from Dutch wholesaler
Eleven people in hospital after Grolsch brewery tour
Dutch politics
Infrastructure plans: 16 billion euro for maintenance, 29 projects shelved, new Lelylijn study
NOS | NL Times | NL Times | RTV Noord
Cloud sector demands answers on server seizure at US request
Dutch economy
Albert Heijn deliveries halted until at least Tuesday after cyber incident
Poverty relief groups see more requests, some use waiting lists
100 euro note in cash machines proves popular in trial
AI news
Anthropic signs first Canadian data centre deal in Nova Scotia
Reuters via US News | The Globe and Mail | CBC
DeepSeek releases V4.1-Flash-1017 update
SpaceXAI questioned by New York City Council over Grok safety
NYC Council | CNBC | amNY
China proposes export controls on 23 AI technologies
Reuters via BNN Bloomberg | The Next Web | TechNode
OpenAI discloses four more incidents of AI agents overstepping
Fortune via Yahoo | The Decoder
Sports
Feyenoord win 4-3 at Telstar, PSV lose at ADO
NOS | NOS | Fox Sports
Nature
Wolves make deer and boar on the Veluwe more alert
On this day
1867: Alaska formally handed from Russia to the United States
National Park Service | Wikipedia