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1. Melbourne Cup LIVE: Punters brave a rainy day at Flemington; Trustyourinstinct among favourites in 3pm main race Nine · 2 Nov 2026

   It’s Melbourne Cup Day, and we will bring you all the news, colour, analysis and action from the track, the Birdcage, the movers and shakers and much more. Follow it live.

2. Zoe Kazan’s ‘East Of Eden’ Adaptation Manifests Audience Growth Comparable To ‘Adolescence’ — Here’s How It Happened Deadline · 2 Nov 2026

   EXCLUSIVE: Zoe Kazan’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic American novel East of Eden is slowly but surely staking its claim on Netflix. The series has now amassed 4.4x its debut-week views, Deadline can reveal exclusively, growing from 6.5 million views in Week 1 to a cumulative 28.9 million…

3. Man charged with arson after fire destroys historic Napier church TVNZ · 2 Nov 2026

   A 54-year-old man has been charged with arson after a fire destroyed Napier's St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, a building that rose from the ruins of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Police arrested the man overnight. He was due to appear in Napier District Court today on one count of arson. The fire…

4. Vandals spray-paint Jewish school buses with antisemitic, anti-Zionist graffiti in Williamsburg, NY Jerusalem Post · 2 Nov 2026

   According to local media outlet Williamsburg 365, the buses belonged to the Satmar and Klausenburg hassidic sects, as well as Tiferes Yisroel.

5. Former Xbox COO Issues Lengthy Departure Statement To 'Set The Record Straight' Pure Xbox · 2 Nov 2026

   "This is not how I ever imagined my story here would end.". This time last week, we mentioned how newly-promoted Xbox Chief Operating Officer Helen Chiang was suddenly leaving Microsoft after 21 years , with a suggestion at the time that she may have been "terminated for policy violations". Chiang…

6. I bonds now pay 5.51% — but there are trade-offs. What to know before buying CNBC · 2 Nov 2026

   I bonds are now paying 5.51%. Here are some key things to know before investing, according to financial experts.

7. US midterms campaign 'shattering' spending records to be most expensive ever BBC News · 2 Nov 2026

   The 2026 campaign is projected to cost nearly $12bn - BBC Verify looks into where all that money has come from.

8. Millennium pulls over $1.5 billion from two external hedge funds, Bloomberg says Investing.com · 2 Nov 2026
9. Bright Minds shares fall as BTIG cuts price target on clinical hold Investing.com · 2 Nov 2026
10. From St. Petersburg to Crocus City Hall: How U.S. warnings of terrorist attacks in Russia have played out Meduza · 2 Nov 2026

    On October 31, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow warned on its website of a possible terrorist attack at the Tsaritsyno museum and park complex. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) confirmed that it had received a warning from the United States, after which the complex closed “for technical reasons.”…