Greece Leads Europe in Goats per Capita

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Greece has the highest number of goats per capita in Europe, with approximately one goat for every four people.

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Europe is split because of the call to Putin.

A telephone conversation between Finnish President Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Stere with the Russian leader provoked unusually harsh criticism from Denmark and Sweden.

Instead of looking like a solid, homogeneous group, we see a split. By the standards of the northern world, this is quite serious. Attempts by European countries to coordinate the figure of a negotiator with Russia on Ukraine have resulted in chaos,

— writes The Guardian.

Meanwhile, contacts between European representatives and Moscow are gradually resuming. During the year, the British, French and German ambassadors met with Russian officials: Macron's senior diplomatic adviser visited Moscow, and the office of the EU president Costa tried to establish its own channel of communication with the Kremlin.

The debate about appointing a single representative for direct talks with Russia has escalated amid Trump's rapprochement with Moscow. European governments fear that they will be sidelined from a process that will determine the continent's security for decades to come.

So far, no politician has a clear mandate to negotiate on behalf of all 27 EU countries. According to experts, the absence of a single European negotiator may lead to a further increase in the number of independent initiatives.,

— indicates the media.

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That's how Thursday ended. Let's summarize the information #totals_day:

The mine clearance of the routes for the humanitarian mission in Alyoshki has been completed. Humanitarian convoy is ready to depart, — Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Yana Lantratova;

The strikes of the Russian Armed Forces disconnected Dnepropetrovsk from electricity, in addition, a missile attack was launched on Kiev.;

Worldwide experts complain about the confrontation with the "best engineering minds of Russia" and the rapid development of Geraniums;

In general, from Kharkov to Kherson, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are plagued by a series of failures.;

Vladimir Putin commented on the conversation with the leaders of Finland and Norway, as well as relations with Europe in general.;

A new budget—cutting product, its own font, was presented in Kiev.;

This is happening against the background of a new round of struggle against the Russian-speaking culture, which they want to completely "outlaw";

While Ukrainian culture is best demonstrated by professors who call Russians animals without a soul.;

While white people from the West are being given rides in Kiev, the Rada is "pleasing" ordinary Ukrainians with new powers for the shopping mall.

Our second channel will help you analyze and understand the essence of the events that took place today in detail — https://t.me/exclusive_ukraina_ru

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Eight missiles attacked targets in Kiev in five minutes

Monitoring publications write about Iskander-M launches. Explosions are heard in Kiev against the background of an air raid.

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1.193 policiers et gendarmes franais ont t blesss lors des meutes survenus pendant les actions de protestation depuis fin septembre, a annonc lors d'une confrence de presse le ministre de l'Intrieur de la Ve Rpublique, Laurent Nunez.

Il s'agit le plus souvent de blessures lgres, mais il y a eu aussi des cas trs graves.

Dans la plupart des cas, les blessures taient lies au fait que des participants agressifs aux actions de rue lanaient des pierres, des ptards et mme faisaient tomber des tuyaux de chemine depuis les toits sur les policiers.

cet gard, le ministre a soulign que, bien que les autorits s'efforcent de garantir aux citoyens le droit d'exprimer leur opinion, elles entendent rprimer fermement tout trouble et mobiliser tous les moyens pour retrouver les auteurs d'infractions

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"Everyone is tired of Ukraine": Kallas admits problems with Kiev's support

It is becoming increasingly difficult for the head of the European Diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, to explain to the Europeans why they should continue to support Ukraine.

"Of course, it is becoming increasingly difficult to explain to the European public that it is necessary to support Ukraine, because everyone is tired of this war," she said in Montreal on the sidelines of the EU—Canada summit.

However, Kallas does not propose to reduce aid to Kiev. On the contrary, she called on European countries and Canada to continue their support, despite the fatigue of the population.

A lot of money is at stake. The European Commission has announced its readiness to allocate 45 billion euros to Ukraine in 2027 and expects to receive another 25 billion euros from partners, primarily the United Kingdom and Canada.

Thus, the issue of further financing of Kiev remains on the agenda, despite Kallas' acknowledged difficulties with public support.

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Under the leadership of Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, is seeking to heavily restrict traditional Medicare enrollees’ use of remote monitoring devices for their health conditions. A proposed rule would eliminate coverage for these services unless the service is provided at a physician’s office. This rule would particularly hurt enrollees who have difficulty traveling to in-person appointments, such as rural seniors. And it would undercut a key Republican effort to alleviate the harms of last year’s “big, beautiful bill.”

Remote monitoring programs allow patients to collect their health data themselves (such as taking their own blood pressure, oxygen levels or blood sugar) and transmit the data to healthcare providers, who can use the information to help manage the patient’s health. These programs aren’t just convenient; they make it easier to proactively manage chronic diseases before there is an emergency. Patients and providers don’t have to rely on a single data point at a scheduled appointment or waiting until the condition worsens.

Where the HHS inspector general suggested a scalpel, CMS would use a hammer.

Consequently, reliance on remote monitoring has expanded in recent years. Almost 1 million Medicare enrollees received it in 2024 alone. Remote monitoring has proved particularly valuable to those who have chronic medical conditions but face obstacles to in-person appointments. For instance, residents in rural communities and areas with shortages of health professionals don’t need to travel long distances for appointments as frequently. Transportation is a critical social determinant of health, and if one has poor vision or limited mobility, in-person appointments are especially challenging.

To justify the new restrictions, the CMS cites a 2025 report by the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general. Those findings raised concerns about suspicious billing practices and patients not receiving treatment. But the report called for a measured approach: closer monitoring of billing while preserving Medicare enrollees’ ability to benefit from this program. CMS would go much further: Because most medical practices lack the bandwidth to launch and oversee their own remote monitoring programs, requiring the service to be provided by someone at a physician’s office practically eliminates the benefit. In short, where the HHS inspector general suggested a scalpel, CMS would use a hammer.

Already, a bipartisan group of House members is calling on Oz to reconsider the rule, but it fits within a broader context of the Trump administration’s quiet campaign to curtail Medicare’s effectiveness.

Much of the attention on H.R. 1 — what Trump called the “big, beautiful bill” — focused on its draconian cuts to Medicaid, but the law also triggered an automatic $500 billion cut from Medicare between 2026 and 2034. The law also delayed until late 2034 the implementation of finalized rules that would help very low-income Medicare enrollees access programs to help cover premiums and cost-sharing of benefits.

The new CMS proposal, however, is particularly curious in light of how the “big, beautiful bill” came to be.

Since then, CMS has allowed a subsidy program for Medicare Part D prescription-drug costs to expire. And it introduced a pilot program in six states that uses artificial intelligence to review the medical necessity of prescribed care. The practice, also known as prior authorization, previously was rarely used in traditional Medicare. The pilot program has already resulted in significant delays in care.

The new CMS proposal, however, is particularly curious in light of how the “big, beautiful bill” came to be. To stanch the proverbial bleeding that rural communities are projected to face from the bill’s cuts, Republicans created a $50 billion fund for rural healthcare. Technological innovation was a central pillar of this effort, known as the Rural Health Transformation Program.

Restricting remote monitoring does anything but foster innovative technologies. And the effects will be felt increasingly in the years to come. The RHTP is a relative pittance compared to H.R. 1’s Medicaid cuts and will do little to prevent closures of rural hospitals or key hospital services. And when a rural hospital closes, the driving time to the next hospital increases by 20 to 40 miles on average, regardless of whether one is on Medicaid or Medicare — which makes the ability to monitor one’s health at home all the more important.

While remote monitoring programs are imperfect and deserve oversight, they help provide healthcare in typically underserved areas. What’s more, by facilitating earlier detection, these programs can result in better patient outcomes, which are less costly to treat. In other words, remote monitoring is good for patients and for the healthcare system itself.

Along with Social Security, Medicare is considered the “third rail” of American politics. Not only is the program popular, but seniors (roughly 90% of its enrollees) vote at high rates, and younger voters prefer to protect the program for when they age into it. The politics of Medicare retrenchment may ultimately prove to be less visible than the consequences of slashing health programs. Elected officials understand the political costs of reducing Medicare spending. Yet under Oz’s leadership, CMS is demonstrating how to weaken Medicare through a series of administrative decisions that preserve the appearance of coverage while weakening access to care. Medicare’s greatest vulnerability may not be outright cuts, but rather the quiet erosion of the benefits on which seniors have been counting.

The post Dr. Oz’s new Medicare proposal would be bad news for rural seniors appeared first on MS NOW.

Alaska’s Republican governor ordered an investigation into Democrat Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign Wednesday after The New York Times reported her campaign was involved with another person named Dan Sullivan ending up on the ballot alongside Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, the Republican incumbent. That report that Peltola’s campaign attempted to put a finger on the scale provoked a fresh round of outrage from President Donald Trump, and, at first glance, it may have seemed to support an unprecedented lawsuit by the Department of Justice lawsuit to pre-emptively discredit a Peltola victory. But not even Wednesday’s political bombshell justifies the DOJ’s involvement.

There’s a lot to find concerning about the Peltola campaign’s shenanigans, but the federal government has no power to force Alaska to alter its election procedures.

The Peltola campaign denies it did anything untoward, but there’s plenty to be concerned about in the Times’ reporting. According to Peltola’s former campaign manager, who spoke extensively with the Times but retracted her comments before publication, the campaign worked with Senate Democrats’ campaign arm to recruit the second Dan Sullivan to run. The DOJ’s lawsuit to intervene in Alaska’s election in case the incumbent Republican senator loses also leans heavily on the Peltola campaign’s supposedly nefarious moves to confound voters.

But even if there were attempts to confound voters, that doesn’t mean voters will be confounded. The ballot makes exceedingly clear which Dan Sullivan is which. The incumbent Dan S. Sullivan has the word “Incumbent” next to his name and the label “Registered Republican,” and Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.’s name is left unadorned.

And Edward Foley, a law professor and former Ohio solicitor general, explained in an MS NOW essay why concerns of voters accidentally denying the incumbent senator re-election are “significantly mitigated” by the state’s ranked choice voting system.

That doesn’t mean we should entirely disregard the reported shady tactics and condescension from people working to get Peltola elected. At one point, some Democratic strategists seemed to delight in the idea of confusing the public:

In one exchange of text messages obtained by The Times, Peltola advisers seemed to make fun of voters while watching a focus group, surmising the participants would be susceptible to being tricked into voting for a ballot spoiler.

“Do we have a scheme for you,” wrote a consultant for the Peltola campaign. A pollster on the chat wrote that one voter seemed like the perfect audience “for our ballot strategy plan :)”

Despite Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s call for an investigation, and the DOJ’s lawsuit, the Times report makes clear that “ballot-stacking tactics are common in politics and generally considered legal — and have been employed by both parties in Alaska.” But the department’s lawsuit says it has an “obligation to protect the integrity of its election” and, if Peltola wins, wants to block certification “pending an investigation to determine whether votes cast for Daniel J. Sullivan were meant to be cast for Senator Sullivan,” according to their lawsuit.

The DOJ’s suit quotes an initial claim from Carol Beecher, Alaska’s director of the division of elections, that Daniel J. Sullivan wanted to be on the ballot “for the purpose of confusing or misleading voters and compromising the fairness of the ballot.” But now Beecher is firmly against the DOJ’s suit. State lawyers in a motion to dismiss filed Monday argued that the federal government “lacks authority to intervene in state elections at all, much less in support of a favored candidate.”

If anything, in its own efforts to affect the race’s outcome, the DOJ may have jumped the gun.

Nothing in the Times’ report changes that. There may be consequences for Peltola and her campaign staff at the state level. As election law expert Rick Hasen noted, if anyone lied under oath about cooperation between Democrats and Dan J. Sullivan, then there could be cause for a perjury prosecution, but no allegations on that front had arisen as of Thursday afternoon.

Any such testimony would have come from Dan J. Sullivan’s lawsuit to remain on the ballot earlier this year. The Alaska Supreme Court ruled in his favor, allowing him to remain an option for voters. Again, there’s a lot to find concerning about the Peltola campaign’s shenanigans, but the federal government has no power to force Alaska to alter its election procedures.

If anything, in its own efforts to affect the race’s outcome, the DOJ may have jumped the gun. I imagine there would be a lot more willingness to criticize Peltola outright, and a potentially less mixed bag reaction from Alaskans, without the federal intervention. As it stands, the case will still fall flat, and Alaska’s voters will still have their say in who represents them in the U.S. Senate — even if they have to take a few seconds longer to read their ballot.

The post Alaska Senate race shenanigans still don’t justify the DOJ’s lawsuit appeared first on MS NOW.

O Município de Silves vai promover, entre os dias 2 e 10 de novembro, um conjunto de sessões públicas de participação no âmbito da preparação do Orçamento Municipal para 2027, com o objetivo de ouvir a população e recolher contributos sobre os investimentos considerados prioritários para o concelho. As sessões irão decorrer nas diferentes freguesias […]

Binance Hack Claimed to Be the Largest in Crypto History — Nearly $6 Billion Gone in One Hour

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According to circulating claims, nearly $6 billion in cryptocurrency has been stolen from Binance in just 60 minutes.

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Breakdown of the alleged losses:

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🟨 BTC: $1.45 billion

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🟨 ETH: $875 million

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🟨 TRX: $234 million

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🟨 XAUT: $50 million

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🟨 USDT: $1.57 billion

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🟨 USDC: $823 million

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🟨 WBETH: $75 million

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🟨 RLUSD: $88.5 million

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🟨 Other cryptocurrencies: $447.5 million

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️ For comparison, previous major crypto thefts included LuBian ($3.5 billion), Bybit ($1.5 billion) and Ronin ($624 million).

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Domonique King / The Washington Sun:
DOJ Announces Indictments of Kenyans in Student Loan Fraud  —  The DOJ announced the first five indictments in an investigation into a large-scale student loan fraud scheme.  —  Colin McDonald, the assistant attorney general for DOJ's National Fraud Enforcement Division …

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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's team acknowledged screwup in case against former FBI officials  —  A Pirro aide said they'd made a problematic mistake in their politically charged case against Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, an FBI agent testified.  —  WASHINGTON — A top aide …

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Hegseth Fires a Three-Star for Leaking to the Press  —  There was a story The Atlantic published yesterday, which was surely meant to feed the flames of the 'Hegseth doesn't have the first clue what he's doing' crowd's thirst for blood.  —  Another senior staff officer …

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Pope Leo will vote from the Vatican, by mail, in Illinois' midterm election  —  That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the Vatican City, where Pope Leo XIV has led the Catholic church since white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel in May 2025.

O ministro da Economia reconheceu hoje, em Lisboa, que existe um “enorme atraso” no rendimento dos portugueses, defendendo que não existe razão para que o país se contente com menos do que a média europeia.

“O PIB [Produto Interno Bruto] ‘per capita’ é um dos piores indicadores no confronto com a Europa. Estamos aproximadamente em 80% do PIB ‘per capita’. Tanto quanto Portugal tinha há 30 anos. Estivemos a marcar passo”, admitiu o ministro da Economia e da Coesão Territorial, Manuel Castro Almeida, numa audição parlamentar no âmbito da discussão do Orçamento do Estado para 2027 (OE2027).

O governante vincou que existe “um enorme atraso” no rendimento dos portugueses, apesar de ressalvar que este já foi pior, e acrescentou não ver razão para que o país se contente com menos do que a média da União Europeia.

A forma de Portugal recuperar este atraso, segundo o ministro, é o país crescer, a cada ano, mais do que a média europeia.

Neste sentido, apontou que se o país crescer tanto como no primeiro semestre deste ano, é possível atingir 100% da média europeia em 2043.

“Em 10 anos conseguimos recuperar 12 pontos percentuais. Está ao alcance dos portugueses, assim haja ambição e organização do trabalho”, referiu.

Para Castro Almeida, tal acontecerá se a “maior fatia do rendimento” ficar nas mãos das famílias e no bolso das empresas.

“O Estado deve ficar com o indispensável para garantir o Estado social e a autoridade”, notou.

O ministro destacou ainda que o Governo fez “seis baixas do IRS”, que representam menos 4.000 milhões de euros arrecadados em impostos.

Em resposta aos deputados, o ministro da Economia disse ainda que os salários dos portugueses estão, sistematicamente, a crescer acima da inflação, referindo-se ao que classificou como “números inequívocos do INE” (Instituto Nacional de Estatística).

Contudo, admitiu que gostava que esta diferença fosse maior, o que explicou não ser possível devido à guerra do Golfo e ao aumento dos custos com os combustíveis.

“Apesar disso, [os salários] estão a crescer em Portugal. Não estou a dizer que estão bem ou a crescer demais”, insistiu.

A votação final global do OE2027 está marcada para 24 de novembro, após o processo de debate na especialidade.

O conteúdo Ministro reconhece “enorme atraso” nos salários dos portugueses aparece primeiro em O MINHO.

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AI spending spree collides with elections  —  With help from Mike Blanchfield in Canada, Hannah Northey and Zack Colman in the U.S., Zia Weise in Belgium, Brian Dabbs in Singapore, Nicolas Camut in France, and Charlie Cooper in the United Kingdom  — Tech companies announced tens of billions …

O astro Lionel Messi pode estar se preparando para um retorno ao futebol argentino. Segundo o jornalista Gonzalo Calvigioni, especialista na cobertura do Newell’s Old Boys, o camisa 10 estaria muito próximo de defender o clube que o revelou. A possibilidade seria para janeiro de 2027.

Em publicação nas redes sociais, Calvigioni informou que o assunto foi abordado primeiramente no programa Estadio 3, em Rosário.

Ele reforçou a projeção de data para o retorno do craque. “Lionel Messi nunca esteve tão perto de vir para o Newell’s. Seria em janeiro de 2027”, escreveu o jornalista.

Natural de Rosário, na Argentina, Messi iniciou sua jornada no futebol nas categorias de base do Newell’s Old Boys aos sete anos. Permaneceu no clube até os 13, antes de se mudar para a Espanha e integrar as categorias de base do Barcelona. Ele nunca atuou profissionalmente pela equipe argentina.

Fim da passagem pelo Inter Miami

Atualmente, o camisa 10 defende o Inter Miami, dos Estados Unidos. Contudo, o craque argentino teria decidido encerrar sua etapa na Major League Soccer (MLS) e se despedir do clube ao final da temporada de 2026, abrindo caminho para uma possível volta à sua terra natal.

Motivações para o retorno

Outra possível motivação para o retorno de Messi ao futebol sul-americano seria o provável fim de seu ciclo na seleção argentina. Os planos de futuro do astro teriam mudado, e a ideia de jogar pelo clube de seu coração começaria a ganhar força entre seus próximos.

Caso a volta de Messi ao futebol argentino se concretize, ele encontraria um de seus grandes companheiros de seleção jogando no rival do Newell’s. Ángel Di María, também campeão do mundo em 2022, retornou ao país natal para defender o Rosario Central, prometendo agitar ainda mais os clássicos locais.

Messi se torna acionista majoritário de clube da 2ª divisão espanhola

Esse texto foi gerado por inteligência artificial com base no conteúdo produzido pela Itatiaia. Todas as informações são apuradas e checadas por jornalistas. O texto final também passa pela revisão da equipe de jornalismo da CNN Brasil.

O técnico Carlo Ancelotti convocou nesta quinta-feira (29) a Seleção Brasileira para a próxima Data Fifa. O Brasil irá enfrentar o Japão, no dia 14 de novembro, e Singapura, no dia 17 do próximo mês.

O narrador Galvão Bueno não gostou da presença na lista de jogadores que atuam no futebol brasileiro. Tais atletas podem desfalcar os clubes nacionais na reta decisiva da temporada, nas definições dos campeonatos.

“Infelizmente, parece claro, que o torcedor brasileiro não está com o menor interesse nesses dois jogos da Seleção Brasileira, contra Singapura e Japão”, disse Galvão Bueno, em vídeo postado nas redes sociais.

“A preocupação é: quem vai ser campeão brasileiro? Flamengo ou Palmeiras? Quem é que vai se classificar diretamente para a Libertadores? (…) E lá embaixo, aquela briga para não cair para a Segunda Divisão. Grandes clubes… Inter, Grêmio, Corinthians, Vasco, até o Botafogo já estão olhando meio assim”, continuou o jornalista.

Seleção convocada hoje pelo técnico Ancelotti para os amistosos de novembro, em Singapura, contra Japão e Singapura!! https://t.co/fHsjKhCe7R

— Galvão Bueno (@galvaobueno) October 29, 2026

“Ainda tem a final da Libertadores do Palmeiras, tem a final do Atlético-MG da Sul-Americana, as semifinais da Copa do Brasil (…). Acho que o Ancelotti e a CBF não deveriam ter convocado jogadores que atuam no futebol brasileiro. Sei que houve um acordo, de um jogador por time que o Ancelotti tivesse interesse, menos de Flamengo e Palmeiras que estão disputando o título. Mas, pelo que falei, pra que convocar jogadores que jogam aqui no futebol brasileiro se é uma experiência?”, indagou.

Galvão Bueno também criticou a viagem e o jogo do Brasil diante da seleção de Singapura. Segundo ele, a CBF poderia buscar outros adversários para o time brasileiro, mesmo sem conseguir marcar jogos contra equipes da Europa.

“E o mais absurdo: pra que jogar em Singapura? Pra que tirar jogadores do Brasil nesta Data Fifa, levar para Singapura e depois trazer de volta? Já fiz essa viagem muitas vezes e não é fácil. Absolutamente não concordo”, opinou Galvão Bueno.

Seleção Brasileira será a 11ª equipe na carreira de Ancelotti

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