The 5 things you should know this October 26: The biggest crisis in the history of Facebook

A “triple threat” of weather events will unfold this week across the United States. This is what the impressive California shipping jam looks like. This is what you need to know to start the day. Truth first.

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“Facebook papers”: the biggest crisis in the history of the company

Facebook faces a combination of headaches in what could be the most intense and far-reaching crisis in the company’s 17-year history. A consortium of 17 US news organizations (which includes CNN) began publishing a series of stories, collectively called “The Facebook Papers,” based on a hundred internal company documents on how the groups coordinated on Facebook they sow discord and violence, including on January 6 in the Capitol, as well as the challenges of Facebook to moderate content in some non-English speaking countries, and how human traffickers have used their platforms to exploit people .

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Failure looming at COP26?

Just a few months ago, consensus was growing that COP26 would be a unique opportunity for leaders to come together and make new climate commitments to save the planet. But the pandemic, among other factors, is putting a question mark on what could be achieved. Luke McGee analysis.

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Winter arrives in Europe and covid-19 generates chaos and uncertainty

Despite the wide availability of vaccines this winter compared to the previous one, Europe is the only part of the world that has seen an increase in new cases of covid-19 worldwide, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. (WHO). This is the third consecutive week that the region has registered an increase in cases.

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Here’s what the stunning California shipping jam looks like

Cargo ships are literally circling the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, waiting to unload household items and critical manufacturing supplies. To visualize the recent supply chain bottleneck, CNN used location data transmitted by each container ship and collected by MarineTraffic.

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A “triple threat” of meteorological events this week in the United States

It’s time to keep an eye on the weather, as a barrage of weather threats unfolds across the United States this week, creating dangers from coast to coast. From a “cyclonic bomb” to bad weather and the phenomena known as nor’easters, in English, this week has it all.

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At coffee time

In 7 years, marijuana vaping by teenagers doubled

Teen vaping of marijuana doubled in just seven years, with potentially harmful consequences for young people’s health, a new study found.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wants to build a tourist space station almost as big as the ISS

Blue Origin, the rocket and space tourism company founded by Jeff Bezos, is proposing a massive new commercial space station called Orbital Reef that could be used to host science experiments, vacation getaways, and potentially even fabrication in space.

No, your kid probably shouldn’t watch ‘The Squid Game’

As fascination with Netflix’s “The Squid Game” series takes over the world, doctors have advice for parents: don’t let your kids watch it. These are the reasons.

Scientists discover traces of ancient life in a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby

A sample of ruby ​​from Greenland, where the oldest known ruby ​​deposits are found, contained graphite, a mineral made from pure carbon with signatures. This is what it means.

A tourist returns Harrison Ford’s credit card after the star lost it in Italy

It wasn’t the Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark saga, in this case it was Harrison Ford and the lost credit card.

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The number of the day

US $ 85

Oil exceeds US $ 85 a barrel for the first time in seven years.

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Quote of the day

Mohammed bin Salman “represents a threat to his people, to Americans and to the planet”

Former Saudi Arabian Intelligence Agent Describes Crown Prince As “A Psycho” who boasted of being able to kill the acting monarch in 2014.

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Day selection

MacBook Pro or Air: Which Apple Device Is Right For You?

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And to finish…

Tom Brady’s beautiful gesture when he saw this banner