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Tue, 27 Oct 2026

Tuesday 27 October: Serbian students win, Brazil slumps

Serbia's student movement wins, Lula's victory rattles Brazil's markets, the Dutch cabinet plans 25,000 fewer civil servants, and Anthropic files for a record IPO.

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World news

Student movement wins Serbian election, Vucic concedes

NPR | Euronews | NOS

Jordan strikes southern Syria after Karak church attack

ABC News | Xinhua | NOS

Highway crash in Kenya kills Catholic pilgrims

AP via AJC | NOS

Lula wins fourth term in Brazil, Bolsonaro refuses to concede, markets slump

Al Jazeera | CNBC | NOS

Trump steps up midterm campaign and attacks on El-Sayed

NPR | NBC News | Fox News

Oil eases as Saudi minister visits Tehran

CNBC | NOS

Wall Street rises ahead of tech earnings and Fed decision

TheStreet | Yahoo Finance

Dutch news

Storm Boelo leaves one dead, flooded quays and a missing kitesurfer

NOS | NL Times | Omroep West

Significant minority of Dutch feel disadvantaged, SCP finds

NOS | FD via Headliner

New Schiphol noise limits allow more noise, not less

NL Times | HBP Media | Rijswijks Dagblad

Cabinet wants 25,000 fewer civil servants by 2035

NOS | NL Times | DutchNews

Tax plan talks with opposition resume without breakthrough

NOS | DutchNews | NL Times

Doctors criticise cabinet's long covid policy

NOS | NL Times

PostNL international parcels down 32 percent after EU levy

NOS | NL Times | DutchNews

Big supermarket brands pricier, budget brands cheaper

NOS | NL Times

KLM skips Dubai all winter

NOS | NH Nieuws | KLM

AI news

Anthropic files publicly for record IPO

CBS News | PBS NewsHour | CNBC | SiliconANGLE

Meta launches share sale to fund AI build-out

CNBC | The Irish Times | UPI

Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees

CNBC | TechCrunch | NOS

Musk warns of neocloud shakeout

CNBC | The Next Web

Also

Harry Kane and Alexia Putellas win the Ballon d'Or

NBC Sports | Yahoo Sports

Nature: why autumn leaves change colour

McGill | The Weather Network

On this day: New York City subway opens in 1904

History.com | The Nation

Weather in Groningen

NOS Weer | Weeronline

On the agenda today

Israel votes in a close election

NBC News | The Jerusalem Post

Federal Reserve begins two-day meeting

Raisin

Dutch tax plan talks continue

NOS