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President Donald Trump boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on October 6, 2026. File photo.

File photo: Photo: The White House, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

World · Data

At 31 percent, Trump's approval has never been lower

A Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday puts the president at the lowest approval of either term, with gasoline prices doing the damage and a 12 point Democratic lead on the generic ballot, fourteen days before the midterms.

A village in the Haraz Mountains in Yemen. A location photo, not the training camp in Shabwa.

File photo: Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

World · News

At least 18 killed in a Houthi strike on a Yemen training camp

Three ballistic missiles hit a government military training camp in Shabwa province during morning training, according to Reuters, in one of the deadliest single strikes on Yemeni government forces in months.

A student march in Paris on October 6, 2026, part of the school protest movement that widened into the nationwide demonstrations now answered with curfews. File photo.

File photo: Photo: FreCha, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

World · Analysis

France puts its biggest cities under curfew, and buys itself one quiet night

Overnight curfews now cover parts of Paris, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Nice and Marseille after the worst unrest in years. The government calls it control restored. Its critics call it a confession, and the movement has already called the next march for Saturday.

Downtown Edmonton across the Walterdale Bridge, in the province that voted on Monday to remain part of Canada. File photo.

File photo: Photo: Chris Woodrich, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

World · Analysis

Alberta answers, and it is not close: three in four choose Canada

The province that was asked whether to start walking out of Canada voted by a landslide to stay, handing Mark Carney the decisive result he campaigned for and leaving the separatist movement beaten, but measured at one voter in four.

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