NBC Los Angeles, by Helen Jeong: The latest sales tax increase in Los Angeles County went into effect Thursday, four months after voters in June approved a half-cent hike to support health care and other essential services. As of Oct….

The Guardian, by Patrick Wintour: Governments across the Middle East are bracing for an escalation of violence after Iran claimed it had received intelligence that the US was preparing for a renewed bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic. In a…

MSN, by Melanie Swan: Donald Trump has approved the sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel in one of the largest ever transfers of the munitions. The $2.8bn (£2.1bn) weapons package, funded by American taxpayers, includes 20,000 MK-84 bombs, 20,000…

The Associated Press: Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations this week facing new fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten humanity even as climate shocks and escalating prices are already…

Iran International, Iran has conveyed seven conditions to Washington for the start of any negotiations, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs whether to resume major attacks on Iran. “The United States, if…

DAWN, by Syed Irfan Raza: The federal government reintroduced austerity measures on Thursday in an effort to conserve fuel amid renewed tensions in the Middle East, setting 9pm as the time for closing markets and reducing fuel provision for official…

AXIOS, by Herb Scribner: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a surprise call from President Trump onstage at the All-In Summit Monday in Los Angeles, where the two dismissed fears of an AI takeover. Why it matters: Trump and Huang are…

CBS News, by Joe Walsh: The Defense Department’s inspector general released estimates Monday on the cost of the Iran war in its first four months, tallying up the cost of expended munitions, damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities and destroyed equipment….

Vatican News, by Isabella Piro: How can humanity respond, from a Christian perspective, to the “ecological and social crisis” into which it has fallen, a crisis that is “short-sighted and suicidal”? This is the question at the heart of the…

AP News, by Shonal Ganguly and Sheikh Saaliq: Rajendra Dawadi was inside his classroom when a colleague rushed in with a warning: Floodwaters were racing through Nepal’s Trishuli Valley, tearing apart homes, bridges and entire villages. Then a teacher received…

Vatican News, by Isabella H. de Carvalho: During the Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter’s Basilica on August 26, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the importance of the liturgical reform enacted by the Second Vatican Council, which encouraged the faithful to…

Katholische Kirche Steiermark: The Catholic Church in Styria opposes the latest call to further relax Sunday rest regulations in the state, following the model adopted in Vorarlberg. Since late June, grocery stores in Vorarlberg with a maximum floor area of…