Houthis target Ras Tanura, Israel votes, Nvidia backs Meta, Mbappé row

Houthis claim missile strike on Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura as Riyadh intercepts three missiles and Brent retreats

Israelis vote with noon turnout at 31.5%, the highest since 1977, as Netanyahu faces Eisenkot

Israel elects all 120 seats of its 26th Knesset on October 27. The Central Elections Committee put noon turnout at 31.5%, the highest for that hour since 1977, against 28.4% in 2022.

Finland's Stubb and Norway's Støre call Putin, the first allied European leaders to do so since July 2025

Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre spoke with Vladimir Putin on October 27. They said they initiated the call in consultation with Ukraine.

Futures edge up as the Fed opens its two-day meeting and UPS beats with $1.69 adjusted EPS

Before the October 27 open, S&P 500 futures rose 0.3%, Nasdaq-100 futures 0.5% and Dow futures 129 points. The Fed starts a two-day meeting, with Chair Kevin Warsh's Wednesday press conference the focus.

Nvidia buys $3 billion of Meta's record equity raise and expands Muse AI agent partnership

Nvidia said on October 27 it will buy $3 billion of the stock offering Meta launched a day earlier. Reports put Meta's final raise at $97.5 billion, its largest ever.

Trump rallies in Corinth, Mississippi for Hyde-Smith, who leads 43-40 eight days out

Trump rallied at Crossroads Arena in Corinth, Mississippi on October 26 for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

DOJ sends over 1,000 election monitors, its largest effort ever, up from 289 in 2022

The Justice Department plans to send more than 1,000 monitors to polling places on November 3. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon calls it the biggest DOJ election observer effort in history.

DHS suspends visa-free entry for Chinese visitors to the Northern Mariana Islands from October 30

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin signed an order suspending EVS-TAP, the visa-free program for Chinese visitors to the Northern Mariana Islands, effective 2 p.m. ET on October 30.

Mbappé's Mao meme row: Chinese sponsors cut ties, state TV drops La Liga and Beijing's foreign ministry weighs in

After a clip appeared to show Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappé joking about a Mao Zedong meme, Chinese brands Dongpeng and Mengniu ended their deals with immediate effect.

Corning's core sales jump 19% to $5.08 billion as AI fiber demand lifts optical sales 44%

Corning reported third-quarter core sales up 19% to $5.08 billion on October 27, its fastest growth since launching its Springboard plan. Core EPS of $0.91 grew nearly twice as fast.

Johns Hopkins worker uploads data on nearly 3,200 patients to an unapproved AI tool

Johns Hopkins disclosed that an employee uploaded a spreadsheet of patient information to an AI tool the health system had not approved on September 21.

Pew: men took nearly all job growth in the most AI-exposed occupations, up 17.8% versus 0.5% for women

A Pew Research Center analysis on October 22 compared employment in 2017-19 with January 2023 to June 2026. In the most AI-exposed occupations, men's employment grew about 17.8% and women's about 0.5%.