Italian inflation jumped to 5.4% in October while France’s economy shrank 0.1% and Fitch cut its outlook to negative, raising pressure on the ECB.

Russia’s Novaya Gazeta said Oct. 30 it will shut its servers and leave its Moscow office on Nov. 9, blaming a coordinated state campaign.

Frederick Banting wrote down the idea that led to insulin on Oct. 31, 1920, after reading a journal article late at night at his home in London, Ont.

Sailor William Hall, son of Black refugees from slavery, fired a 24-pounder at Lucknow in 1857 and became the first Black recipient of the Victoria Cross.

WestJet’s chief executive told the Calgary Chamber of Commerce that Canada’s aviation system has few shock absorbers left as jet fuel costs surge.

Early voting in the 2026 U.S. midterms is running near 2018 levels, with seven Senate toss-ups and tariffs part of the Canadian angle.

Riot police were deployed at Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal after its president was suspended, and President Karol Nawrocki turned back from a trip to Senegal.

Carney said he expects to conclude talks in June on making Canada the EU’s first associate member, though the Montreal joint declaration did not use the term.

More than 300 U.S. soldiers are training with Colombian forces at the Tolemaida military fort until Nov. 11 on drug trafficking, illegal mining and drones.