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UK charity shop profits plummet amid shift in secondhand clothes market

By Peter NovakOctober 31, 20260

Oxfam describes ‘exceptionally challenging’ trading after retail profit reportedly fell 23% year on year

World

A cure for Trump? Why Democratic doctors are running in the 2026 midterms

By Peter NovakOctober 31, 20260

San Francisco, California – Three words stretch across the front page of Richard Pan’s campaign website: “Public Health Hero”.

France’s third weekend of social protests sees lower turnout

October 31, 2026

Flesh-eating screwworms spread to third state and are attacking pets

October 31, 2026

Technology

Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation

By Peter NovakOctober 1, 20260

Flow Engineering, a startup that offers AI tools for hardware design, has raised a $50 million Series B round at a $750 million valuation from some big-name investors, the company announced on Wednesday.

News

EU funds help Swedes on lower incomes go electric

By Peter NovakOctober 1, 20260

“I couldn’t understand why people bought electric cars, because it didn’t look like it was trustworthy,” says project manager Olivia Almquist, who replaced her unreliable 30-year-old petrol car with an electric one. “And now I can’t understand why not everyone is buying an electric car.”

Travel

A complete guide to Amex’s 1-bonus-per-lifetime restrictions

By Peter NovakOctober 1, 20260

These days, nearly every major credit card issuer has rules in place to prevent applicants from repeatedly earning welcome offers, and American Express is no exception. While Amex doesn’t follow a defined policy like Chase’s 5/24 rule, it has its own restrictions on card applications and welcome offers.

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