This has been Putin's dream for years: That his country, with GDP per capita lower than Poland, unable to conquer Donbas since 2014, will be treated as an equal to the US and China. wsj.com/world/russia/putin-f…

Youth in Turin take a stand for education rights and cost of living by looting and destroying bookstore.

This is what an erupting volcano looks like from space. 📽: NASA Johnson

TODAY, MASKED PROTESTERS IN LIMOGES, FRANCE SET THE 143-YEAR-OLD TOWN HALL ABLAZE. SOMETHING THAT BITES. WHERE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC LAST NIGHT? MACRON WAS AT A CÉLINE DION CONCERT IN PARIS. NEED I SAY MORE?

🚨 “GLOBALIZED INTIFADA” REACHES MILAN Violent riots have now erupted in central Milan, with masked protesters attacking police, throwing stones and other objects, setting fires and forcing shops around the Duomo to close. Police responded with tear gas, and several people were reported injured as arrests were made.

Quantum supremacy, a term coined by Caltech physicist John Preskill in 2012, is the milestone at which a quantum computer solves a problem no classical computer can solve in any feasible time, even if the problem itself isn't useful. The idea goes back to Yuri Manin (1980) and Richard Feynman (1981), who proposed that quantum computers could simulate physical systems too complex for classical machines.

Netanyahu responded on Friday to comments made by Obama, in which he accused Israel of taking "land off people and being "excessive," referring to Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. jpost.com/israel-news/articl…

🇷🇴Romanian FM: 🇧🇬”when we told Bulgaria to push for a NATO task force in Black Sea in 2016, their PM at that time Bylko Borisov said he’d rather see yachts and tourists than frigates plowing the sea”

AI cracks centuries-old ciphers. A Napoleon Bonaparte wartime missive written in code went unsolved for more than 200 years -- until AI cracked it in a matter of hours. AI is helping non-specialists unlock the secrets of historical sources, a trend described as a "turning point" in a field previously the preserve of scholars and dedicated hobbyists u.afp.com/SCsX

На 15 октомври мисията на Европейската космическа агенция „Хера“ изпълни успешно първата 93-минутна спирачна маневра, необходима за пристигането ѝ в околностите на астероида Дидим и неговата луна Диморф. cosmos.1.bg/space/2026/10/16…

Are we living in the matrix? Could the entire universe be one massive, cosmic computer simulation? ✍️

URGENT: The Islamic Republic of Iran has sentenced 23-year-old Najmeh Amini to death for “blasphemy” over a social media post. She was already serving a 12-year sentence for participating in January’s protests. .@UN_HRC, end your silence and demand Amini’s immediate release.

Astronomers analyzing white dwarf stars have for the first time found a star that would appear green to human eyes, according to a new study. cnn.it/4dHAJXd

In case you missed it - WATCH HERE: @DavidHarrisNY interviews Dr. Alexander Oscar @alekoscar in Sofia to discuss Bulgarian Jewish history, the rescue of 50,000 Jews in WWII, NEGEV (Friends of Israel in Bulgaria) & fighting modern antisemitism. youtu.be/_PPDsEvtwUk