Saturday, October 31, 2026

The Hourly News

Global News, Business, AI & Markets — Hour by Hour

The Hourly News

Global News, Business, AI & Markets — Hour by Hour

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An O2 store in The O2, London, UK.

Virgin Media O2 Plans to Cut Up to 4,000 Jobs in Sweeping Cost-Cutting Drive

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who moved the resolution at the opposition's symbolic public impeachment proceeding in New Delhi.

India Opposition Stages ‘Public Impeachment’ of Election Chief Over Voter-Roll Row

Pope Leo XIV greets crowds from the loggia of St Peter's Basilica after his election in May 2025.

Pope Leo XIV Becomes First Pontiff to Vote in a US Election

Mount Everest rising above clouds in the Himalayas in Nepal.

Nepal and Bhutan Seek Dedicated Himalayan Agenda at COP31 as Floods Mount

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the EU-Canada Summit in Montreal, October 2026.

Canada and EU Launch ‘Alliance for the Future’ at Montreal Summit

A trio of CubeSats in Earth orbit, seen against the blackness of space.

Google’s First Space Data Centre Satellite Answers from Orbit — with a Haiku

An Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone, pictured during an earlier outbreak.

Congo’s Ebola Death Toll Passes 5,000 as Outbreak Spreads Across Three African Regions

Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, with Table Mountain behind the stands.

Rabada Fastest to 350 Test Wickets as South Africa Thrash Australia to Top World Rankings

Afghan evacuees boarding a US military transport aircraft at Kabul airport during the 2021 evacuation.

Trump Administration Plans to Deport More Than 150 Afghans to Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan

Independence Square in Dakar, Senegal, with the port and the island of Gorée in the background.

Senegal Opens Africa’s First Olympic Event as Dakar 2026 Youth Games Begin

Australia