Heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast for Ecuador’s coast through Sunday, with Guayas among the hardest-hit areas
INAMHI's Warning No. 82 covers Friday to Sunday night. Up to 90 mm of rain a day is possible in the wettest parts of the coast, with risks of street flooding, fallen trees and swollen rivers.
Eight inmates killed in simultaneous riots at two Ecuadorian prisons; minister hints at link to González arrest
Riots at prisons in Cotopaxi and Quito left eight inmates dead and ten people injured on Thursday, Ecuador's prison service said. The interior minister suggested a link to Luisa González's arrest but offered no evidence.
Iran claims seven tankers hit in one night in the Strait of Hormuz; Trump calls the reports fake
Iran's Revolutionary Guards say seven oil tankers were struck or disabled overnight in the Strait of Hormuz and warn US bases could be targeted. Washington disputes the account, and the claims remain unverified.
Netanyahu orders Hebron encircled and a West Bank closure prepared after shooting wounds five, days before election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered forces to encircle Hebron and prepare a total closure of the occupied West Bank on Friday, October 23, after two Palestinian gunmen wounded five Israelis at a checkpoint south of the city — four days…
Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro tied at 50% ahead of Brazil’s tense Sunday runoff
Brazil heads into Sunday’s presidential runoff with no clear favourite: a Datafolha poll released on October 22 shows President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro tied at 50% of valid votes, three days before the…
Shootings near Paris leave one dead and four seriously injured; anti-terror prosecutors probe racist motive
A gunman opened fire on people in two towns southwest of Paris on Friday, October 23, killing one person and seriously wounding four others, including a 12-year-old girl. France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) has taken…
Ecuador traces USD 725,000 allegedly linked to Aquiles Alvarez in Luisa González’s 2023 campaign
Ecuador’s Attorney General’s Office is investigating whether more than USD 725,000 linked to a fuel company owned by the family of jailed Guayaquil mayor Aquiles Alvarez secretly financed Luisa González’s 2023 presidential campaign.…
Bitcoin slips back toward $81,600 as oil above $111 revives inflation fears
Bitcoin and ether gave back Wednesday's gains on Thursday morning as Brent crude held above $111 a barrel amid attacks on Gulf shipping and energy sites.
UN report: the world can no longer avoid overshooting 1.5°C — what it would take to come back
UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2026 says the chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C without overshoot is gone, and sets out the cuts needed by 2030, 2035 and 2040 to bring temperatures back down by 2100.
PHP rushes out fixes for two critical remote-code flaws: what website owners need to do now
PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 close CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, memory bugs that can let attackers run code on web servers. The PHP Foundation's advice: update now.