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The Defense Department hesitates to spend funds without Congress' guarantee of replenishment for stockpiles used, as it could affect US military readiness. Reuters

Pentagon: China expanding nuclear force faster than expected

Yahoo announced it has pulled out of China.

Yahoo pulls out of China due to ‘challenging’ business, legal environment

Another airline contends with cancellations, the world's richest man may solve world hunger, and Christmas is coming thanks to one pop star.

Straight To It: Cancelled flights, $6 billion to end world hunger, and a hostile holiday takeover

China tested a hypersonic missile that can travel faster than a mile a second, igniting concerns from President Biden and the U.S. military.

China’s new hypersonic missile can zoom faster than a mile per second

An airstrike killed six and wounded 20 in Ethiopia. A view shows the rubble of a building destroyed during an air strike in the capital of the northern region of Tigray, in Ethiopia October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Latest airstrike in Ethiopia kills six, including children

Princess Mako of Japan finally married amid controversy

Taiwan continues to express interest in rejoining the U.N. after being replaced by People's Republic of China leaders fifty years ago.

US backs Taiwan’s effort to rejoin United Nations while China pushes back

Greenhouse gas emissions set another record. FILE PHOTO: People take part in a Climate March in Brussels, Belgium, ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, October 10, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

WMO: Greenhouse gas concentrations hit record high in 2020

The Sudan military seized control in a coup. A protester waves a flag during what the information ministry calls a military coup in Khartoum, Sudan, October 25, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Sudan prime minister arrested, military seizes power in apparent coup

China responded to comments Biden made on Taiwan.

US issues new warnings on China, country responds to Biden comments

China bans NBA livestreams following controversial tweet

An amateur scuba diver found a 900-year-old sword off the coast of Israel that experts say likely dates back to the Crusades.

900-year-old sword dating back to the Crusades found off the coast of Israel

Human rights groups called for a Beijing Olympics boycott Tuesday. Beijing Communist Party Secretary and President of the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee Cai Qi transfers the Olympic flame to a cauldron at the ceremony to welcome the flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, China October 20, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Human rights groups call for Beijing boycott ahead of Winter Olympic Games

North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile Tuesday People watch a TV broadcasting file footage of a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea, October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

North Korea launches missile amid US push to resume talks

The missionaries kidnapped in Haiti mead a treacherous escape.

Kidnapped missionaries made daring overnight escape in Haiti, group says

More than two decades since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, the alleged mastermind and four Al-Qaeda conspirators still await the formal start of any trial.

20 years later: Why 9/11 terror suspects still await trial

Prince William says climate change challenges should come before space tourism, while supply chain struggles spell trouble for holiday season.

Straight To It: Prince William on space, supply chain sadness, and Congressional campaign funds

Dozens in Norway, Taiwan and Lebanon died due to violence and fire. A man prepares to fire a rocket-propelled grenade during a gunfire in Beirut, Lebanon October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Norway, Taiwan, Lebanon devastated by deadly violence, fire

The Labor Department released new numbers on unemployment and inflation A general view of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., on Friday, July 23, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. This week in Congress a bipartisan infrastructure package failed a test vote in the Senate as lawmakers and the Biden Administration rush to make progress before August recess. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Labor Department: Fewest unemployment claims in pandemic era, largest inflation spike in years

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un set a new military goal. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un presents awards to military service personnel at the Defence Development Exhibition, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on October 12, 2021 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un declares goal of obtaining “invincible military”

Netflix hit 'Squid Game' is trending on Twitter after users pointed out inaccurate translations in the auto-generated English subtitles.

Lost in translation: Netflix series ‘Squid Game’ disappoints translators and Korean speakers

Gwen's October 8 picks include the latest on the Afghanistan explosion, a postal service lawsuit, and the September jobs report.

Straight to It: Afghanistan explosion, job numbers, and snail mail

A former concentration camp guard declared his innocence Friday. A 100-year-old former security guard of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp appears in the courtroom before his trial at the Landgericht Neuruppin court in Brandenburg, Germany, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

100-year-old Nazi concentration camp guard on trial, facing 3,518 charges

At least 100 people were killed by a blast in Afghanistan. People view the damage inside of a mosque following a bombing in Kunduz province northern Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. A powerful explosion in a mosque frequented by a Muslim religious minority in northern Afghanistan on Friday has left several casualties, witnesses and the Taliban's spokesman said. (AP Photo/Abdullah Sahil)

US turns focus to Taiwan as Afghanistan blast kills 46, wounds dozens more