Shooting near Florida A&M University in Tallahassee leaves at least 12 injured
A shooting occurred near the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, last night. Authorities said at least 12 people were injured, including minors.
A shooting occurred near the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, last night. Authorities said at least 12 people were injured, including minors.
According to the Financial Times, reporting on the 25th, Russia and Ukraine have escalated attacks on commercial ships and port facilities in the Black Sea, killing at least 40 crew members this year. The death toll now exceeds that in the Strait of Hormuz, making the Black Sea the waterway with the most commercial seafarer deaths worldwide. The crisis has sent war risk insurance premiums soaring and is affecting global grain supplies.
A PHP vulnerability that has existed for more than a decade reportedly affected Japanese government agencies and Sukiya, a beef bowl restaurant chain.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said today that his company had at one point restricted Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, affecting communications Ukraine uses for its combat operations against Russia.
On the 23rd, U.S. President Donald Trump said at the White House South Lawn that the United States could launch another military operation against Iran if Tehran does not agree to negotiations. At a rally in Florida the same day, he said, "We may do one more small-scale Epic Fury operation, or they will agree to negotiate." He also said he would address Cuba after the conflict with Iran is resolved.
Yemen's Houthi-linked Youth Movement has recently stepped up attacks on Riyadh and Saudi oil facilities. Egypt's president said that if Saudi Arabia makes a request, Egypt will take necessary measures. Experts point to economic and security considerations behind Egypt's position.
France will hold its presidential election in six months, and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is scheduled to deliver her first campaign speech today.
Non-partisan analysts said Democrats have a good chance of winning a majority in the US House of Representatives in the November 3 midterm elections and may also take the Senate.
Ten days before the U.S. midterm elections, both parties intensified their mobilization efforts. On the 24th, President Trump voted early in Florida and urged supporters to turn out in large numbers. Former President Obama, a popular Democratic figure, began campaigning across several states, calling on voters to use their ballots to check Trump's policies.
The UN Secretary-General arrived in Egypt on the 24th to discuss regional crises in Gaza, Sudan and Libya. Egypt, citing diplomatic considerations and its own economic and security interests, is actively mediating between the United States and Iran.
Democratic US Representative Ami Bera said in a recent interview that he had confirmed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the United States will not use Taiwan as a bargaining chip in dealings with China.
According to the Financial Times, reporting on the 25th, Russia and Ukraine have escalated attacks on commercial ships and port facilities in the Black Sea, killing at least 40 crew members this year. The death toll now exceeds that in the Strait of Hormuz, making the Black Sea the waterway with the most commercial seafarer deaths worldwide. The crisis has sent war risk insurance premiums soaring and is affecting global grain supplies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine wants to end its military conflict with Russia as soon as possible and is willing to reach a ceasefire through an agreement, but will not give up more territory to achieve peace. Earlier, in a Fox News interview, he had said he was open to a peace deal that keeps at least 75% of territorial control. In an interview with ABC on the 23rd, he rejected a proposal to give up 25% of its territory.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said today that his company had at one point restricted Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, affecting communications Ukraine uses for its combat operations against Russia.
On the 23rd, U.S. President Donald Trump said at the White House South Lawn that the United States could launch another military operation against Iran if Tehran does not agree to negotiations. At a rally in Florida the same day, he said, "We may do one more small-scale Epic Fury operation, or they will agree to negotiate." He also said he would address Cuba after the conflict with Iran is resolved.
At a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, on the 24th, US President Donald Trump defended his tariff policies and announced that Audi, a brand of Germany's Volkswagen Group, will invest $4.2 billion in the United States.
Goldman Sachs' equity strategist team on the 25th sharply lowered its 12-month target for the Korean stock market by 25%, from 12,000 points to 9,000 points. The main reason cited is concern that artificial intelligence (AI) trading in South Korean stocks has become overcrowded.
TS Lombard chief macro strategist Dario Perkins, in an October 22 report, outlined a scenario in which the AI bubble bursts in early 2028. Under that case, US tech stocks could drop 40%, the S&P 500 could fall 30%, and about 20 trillion US dollars in market value could evaporate. The analysis considers a mild US recession more likely than a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. The report notes that US tech companies spend roughly 1 trillion US dollars a year on AI infrastructure, one of the largest infrastructure investments in history.
Bloomberg reports that the European Union is advancing plans to shield more industries from a surge in Chinese imports. The EU's trade chief has warned that the bloc's trade deficit with China could reach a record high this year.
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission has blocked Grab's acquisition of foodpanda's Taiwan business. Lo Ping-kuan, founding chairman of the Chinese Independent Directors Association, says the market still faces four risks after the ban: weaker competition between the two major platforms, reduced investment by foodpanda, new uncertainty from Uber's global acquisitions, and difficulty for a third platform to enter. He urges the commission to take five specific steps, arguing that a merger ban alone cannot ensure competition.
Nanya Technology announced record third-quarter 2026 results on the 12th, with single-quarter after-tax net profit of NT$87.63 billion. Despite the record profit, its shares fell sharply, and Changxin's capacity expansion drew attention.
Fubon plans to split the Fubon Taiwan 50 ETF (006208), with an initial estimated split ratio of eight-to-one. A shareholder vote will be held by written ballot on December 18 to decide whether the split proceeds. The split aims to lower the unit trading price and investment threshold, so buying one lot would cost about NT$30,000. If the proposal passes, the actual ratio will be based on the fund's net asset value on the day of the vote. The fund, which tracks Taiwan's 50 largest listed companies, launched in 2012 at NT$30 per unit. As of October 6, 2026, its net asset value was NT$266.74 per unit and its market price was about NT$265.9.
US chip stocks have fallen more than 15% this month. This week, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon are scheduled to report earnings, and markets will examine the funding sources and returns of heavy AI spending. Federal Reserve decisions, inflation data and oil prices approaching $117 per barrel are also testing whether tech stocks can stabilize.
The Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan will announce their interest rate decisions this week, with the outcomes expected to influence financial markets. Markets widely expect all three central banks to keep rates unchanged. Investors are closely watching the Fed chair's press conference remarks on the outlook for rates in December.
Rising AI borrowing and higher oil prices have pushed global credit markets to their strongest hedging signal in over a year. The cost of credit default protection on U.S. investment-grade corporate debt has reached its highest level since March, and global corporate bond spreads have widened. This is making it harder to agree on pricing for SpaceX's $40 billion chip financing deal.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said demand for compute driven by generative AI keeps surging, and that even with $220 billion in investment this year, large potential demand remains unmet. He said Amazon's compute capacity for 2026 is fully sold out, 2027 is nearly sold out, and most of 2028 capacity has also been sold. In an interview with the a16z Podcast, Jassy discussed Amazon's AI strategy, including cloud investment, custom chips and enterprise applications.
In an exclusive interview with the British newspaper The Observer, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said artificial intelligence will continue to cause job losses, and that robotics will significantly reshape the labor market. He argued that wealthy individuals should pay more tax to help governments cope with the impact.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is leading the company's transformation and competing with Nvidia, AMD and TSMC in different fields. Speaking in Silicon Valley about the company's vision, he said he has a management philosophy centered on developing people who can contribute.
Intel CTO Pushkar Ranade said that, given the current global semiconductor manufacturing equipment base, expanding advanced-node wafer output tenfold is difficult, while roughly doubling it is more realistic. According to a Dwarkesh Podcast interview with Intel executives and a visit to Intel fabs, bottlenecks also involve upstream equipment supply, including EUV lithography, etching and thin-film deposition tools, and equipment supply chains must grow in step with any capacity expansion.
A research team at Texas A&M University reported that large language models that are repeatedly exposed to large volumes of low-quality content that is highly popular on social media may show a decline similar to "brain rot" in humans. The study warns that the reasoning deterioration may be difficult to reverse.
Bladder cancer can recur after treatment, and patients often need regular cystoscopy to check for new tumors. Because this invasive procedure must be repeated, researchers are exploring whether RNA left by cancer cells in urine could serve as a supplementary detection method.
According to foreign media reports, MIT scientist Pattie Maes told The Washington Post that AI may implant false memories in users without their awareness, potentially affecting judgments, including those of experts.
Elon Musk said SpaceX had restricted Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine. The service has since recovered a stable connection.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on the 23rd that demand for AI infrastructure continues to surge and that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is still unable to expand its infrastructure fast enough to meet market demand. He said the company's available cloud computing capacity for this year has been fully booked, capacity for 2027 is largely sold out, and a considerable amount of capacity for 2028 has also been reserved by customers.
OpenAI said its most advanced AI model has begun cutting network connections during training, following an incident in which one of its AI models intruded into other companies' systems.
A PHP vulnerability that has existed for more than a decade reportedly affected Japanese government agencies and Sukiya, a beef bowl restaurant chain.
The 2026 CPBL Taiwan Series has been repeatedly postponed due to Typhoon Qiangpi. The Wei Chuan Dragons announced on the 25th that, after coordination among the CPBL, both teams and related parties, Game 7, if played, will be held at Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium instead of Taipei Dome, starting at 6:35 p.m. on Tuesday the 27th. The Dome's schedule could not accommodate the game.
In Game 5 of the 2026 CPBL Taiwan Series on Thursday at Taipei Dome, the CTBC Brothers defeated the Uni-President Lions 4-3 to prevent their opponents from clinching the championship. Uni-President had tied the score with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. In the top of the ninth, Huang Wei-sheng hit a key sacrifice fly to put the Brothers back ahead. Jiang Kun-yu led his team with three hits and two RBIs.
Former Hong Kong TVB news anchor Tan Shiya said in a social media post that, early in her entertainment career, a senior executive at an entertainment company hinted that she should trade her body for performance opportunities and asked her to undress. She said she refused on the spot, was subjected to verbal insults and threats, and broke down crying on the street after leaving the company.
U.S. President Donald Trump said a Middle East war would be over within weeks, but as the conflict enters its eighth month, it appears set to escalate.
Prosecutors indicted US Marine Devin Ballard, 20, on Sunday on suspicion of robbing and murdering a woman in Okinawa earlier this month. Ballard, who is stationed at Futenma Air Base, is charged with killing the woman by wrapping a phone cord around her neck at a hotel in Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, and taking her backpack, which contained a wallet. The case has renewed anti-base sentiment among residents of Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of US military installations in Japan.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun a pivotal trial of vaccines against the Ebola strain driving a deadly outbreak across parts of Africa. The first participant was vaccinated on Friday in Bunia, eastern Congo, with Merck & Co.'s Ervebo, which has been approved against a different Ebola species. The trial also involves an experimental vaccine developed by Moderna specifically against Bundibugyo. The epidemic originated in the DRC, which has recorded the vast majority of cases and deaths.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said SpaceX restricted Ukraine's Starlink connection. He accused Ukraine of violating the company's terms of service by using the network for military activity. The service has since been restored.
Polls opened Sunday in Serbia's parliamentary election, described as the most fiercely contested in more than 14 years. A student-led movement seeks to oust the party of veteran leader Aleksandar Vucic. The snap vote follows nearly two years of student-led protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people, a tragedy widely blamed on corruption. The disaster triggered some of Serbia's largest protests.
Rightwing challenger Jair Bolsonaro seeks to oust leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a Brazilian election expected to be very close. Bolsonaro's victory would bring Latin America's largest country closer to Donald Trump.
Deaths of commercial sailors caught in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine now exceed those in the Gulf, according to reports.
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Sunday that all parties that have signed commercial gas supply contracts are expected to "honour their commitments," after Indonesia cut its natural gas exports to Singapore. Speaking at the People's Action Party convention, Wong said Singapore's gas importer will take the necessary steps to protect its rights and interests. Indonesia began reducing natural gas exports to Singapore on Saturday.
Flávio Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's jailed former president, is presenting a strong challenge to Lula, 80, who is seeking a fourth term in office.
Russia is intensifying its campaign against Ukraine's energy infrastructure, and some residents are leaving the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv as power outages continue. Residents fear the coming winter could be the hardest since the war began.
Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis said they launched attacks on Saudi oil facilities and airports on Saturday. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the group said it downed two missiles. Attacks were also reported in Aden.
Ukraine said on Saturday that the Starlink satellite system and its military version, Starshield, were fully functional again after more than a week of restrictions that disrupted military operations. Musk accused Kyiv of violations.
An intelligence memo warns that Iran has ramped up efforts to target U.S. personnel, and that lethal plots by Tehran against American citizens have reached "advanced stages," according to a senior intelligence official in the Trump administration.
Hundreds of thousands of people joined another day of mass protests across France, and clashes broke out. Almost 1,000 people were arrested. So far, officials have avoided a repeat of last weekend's rioting and looting.
On Saturday, Elon Musk said his company SpaceX had throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting operations the country relies on to defend itself against Russia. Musk made the admission on social media. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to pre-restriction speeds, after the restrictions disrupted frontline operations for more than a week.
Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications plans to amend regulations on children's vans to attract more manufacturers, as only one domestic company currently produces them. The amendment is targeted to take effect by year-end. Parent groups worry that reduced interior space could hinder responses to emergencies, while child welfare groups recommend more safety testing and drills.
Zhu Zhisheng, a cardiologist at the Zhonghe Memorial Hospital affiliated with Kaohsiung Medical University, was riding his motorcycle back to the hospital to treat a patient on the evening of the 15th when he crashed, apparently while swerving to avoid a stray cat. He died the afternoon of the 16th. His high school friend Feng Qiyan, head of surgery at Daqian Hospital in Miaoli, wrote on Facebook that Zhu lay on the ground for 27 minutes before being taken to hospital, and that surveillance footage showed a rider passing by without stopping to help.
Japan's MBC Minami Nippon Broadcasting reported that at 3:54 p.m. local time on the 25th, the Minamidake summit crater of Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture erupted, sending a plume up to 1,000 meters high drifting northeast. This is Sakurajima's 31st eruption this year.
A shooting occurred near the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, last night. Authorities said at least 12 people were injured, including minors.
Western Sydney International Airport opened to passengers today in Sydney, Australia's most populous city. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described it as a milestone for Sydney. The new airport went through years of planning and cost A$5.6 billion (about NT$128.3 billion).
Typhoon Yanhua could strengthen into a moderate typhoon as early as tonight and may further intensify into a strong typhoon. Over the next week, two northeast monsoon surges will bring temperatures down to around 20 degrees in various areas, with northern Taiwan turning cooler during the day. Rainfall will increase in the north and east from the day after tomorrow.
Prosecutors in New Taipei indicted five people on the 21st on charges including attempted serious bodily harm and violating the Personal Data Protection Act over a car attack that injured Taiwanese comedian Huang Yi-hao. Prosecutors allege that a Chinese national known as "K", angered by Huang's criticism of the Chinese Communist Party, offered NT$450,000 to Taiwanese individuals to tail Huang and stage a fake car accident. According to a magazine report that interviewed national security figures and gang members, some gang members earn less than outsiders might expect.
Wildfires in Indonesia, linked to slash-and-burn land clearing, have covered skies in yellow haze and exposed neighboring Southeast Asian countries to toxic smoke. On September 25, Indonesian rescue teams were working in Central Kalimantan amid the fires. Singapore has filed a transnational lawsuit seeking accountability.
Taiwan's Central Emergency Operation Center reported that strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Qiangpi killed one person and injured 634 others. Nearly 10,000 incidents were reported across the island. Level 10 strong gusts in 87 townships were identified as the main cause of damage, and falling signboards, toppled trees and snapped power lines were seen in many areas. The Central Weather Administration has lifted the land and sea typhoon warnings.
According to a family's online post, a postpartum care center in Renwu District, Kaohsiung, asked eight new mothers to leave during Typhoon Qiangpi, citing insufficient staffing, and did not refund fees already paid. The center reportedly said it will compensate each of them.