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Les Publications gaspésiennes suspendent leurs journaux

Un peu moins de huit mois après avoir relancé Le Pharillon (Gaspé), La Voix gaspésienne (Matane) et L’Avant-Poste (Amqui), l’entreprise Les Publications gaspésiennes suspend la production de ses trois hebdomadaires.

La nouvelle a été confirmée au Journal Le Soir, lundi en journée (26 octobre), par des employés à l’interne. Cette décision compromet les emplois de neuf personnes, dont cinq journalistes.

Pour l’instant, ceux-ci conservent leur lien d’emploi. Toutefois, la compagnie prendra une décision définitive sur l’avenir de ses journaux d’ici les six prochains mois.

Son président, Simon Brisson, estime avoir tout tenté pour assurer la santé financière de ses journaux. Pour les sauver, il espère une vaste mobilisation régionale des élus, des organisations et des entreprises.

L’entreprise compte communiquer avec les élus et les différentes instances afin d’évaluer leur intérêt pour les médias qu’elle publie.

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5 Key Moments From Israel’s Pivotal Election Campaign

New political alliances, a contentious A.I. video and accusations about security failures all featured in the run-up to Tuesday’s election, widely seen as one of the most consequential in Israeli history.

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Naftali Bennett, left, and Yair Lapid announced in April that they would join forces in the hope of ousting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But polls have suggested that their new party is likely to finish third.
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Gaz : Poutine réunit les grands producteurs à Moscou sur fond de flambée des prix

Malgré les sanctions occidentales, Vladimir Poutine accueille mardi à Moscou les principaux pays exportateurs de gaz. Une démonstration de puissance diplomatique, alors que les tensions sur les approvisionnements font s'envoler les prix à l'approche de l'hiver.

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What Marco Rubio’s sidestepping of New Delhi says about the US’s stance on India

Rubio’s decision not to meet Narendra Modi last week was seen by some as a snub – but by focusing on business leaders and oil, the secretary of state made American priorities clear. Plus: the artist bringing a female perspective to men’s clothing

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When the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited India for the second time this year, headlines concentrated on who he met and where he went.

The fact that Rubio bypassed New Delhi and did not meet the prime minister, Narendra Modi, during his trip last week, and instead traveled to the financial capital, Mumbai, where he met India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (pictured top with Rubio), and business leaders, did not go unnoticed. Nor did his decision to travel to Jamnagar, the small Gujarati town that is home to Reliance Industries’ colossal oil refinery complex.

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Election Officials Fear Federal Interference in Voting Next Week

State and local plans for Election Day include how to react to potential I.C.E. raids, misbehavior by federal election monitors and attempts to seize votes or machines.

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State and local election officials across the country have been redoubling training efforts to prepare for the potential for federal interference.
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Joe Redner, the ‘Strip Club King’ of Tampa, Has Died

More than just the owner of an adult venue, Joe Redner was a political gadfly and fierce advocate for free speech and gay rights. He was 86.

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Joe Redner at his Mons Venus club in 2019. During his 50-year career in adult entertainment, Mr. Redner owned multiple strip clubs in and around Tampa, Fla.
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A Tight Senate Race in Mississippi? Trump and Others Seem to Think So.

President Trump on Monday was the latest big political star to swing through Mississippi and boost a candidate in a red-state Senate race that suddenly seems competitive.

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President Trump and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith at a rally on Monday night in Corinth, Miss.
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The Key Election Issues Dividing Israelis as They Vote

The question of accountability for the government’s failures in the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, looms over the election.

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Ultra-Orthodox Israelis protesting military conscription for members of their community in Jerusalem last year.
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Hong Kong’s ‘Apartment Horror’ Films Skewer Its Ghastly Property Market

Par : Hari Raj
In one of the world’s least affordable housing markets, high-density housing is a backdrop for exploring superstition and socioeconomic anxiety.

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GPS detour leads Alabama driver to save Georgia family from house fire

Casey Sparks inadvertently ended up in Lyerly, Georgia, where he noticed burning home and helped to save family

An Alabama driver’s unintended, GPS-directed detour in Georgia positioned him to help save a couple and a dozen children in their care from a fire that enveloped their home while they slept recently, according to the family and their rescuer.

As he recounted in an interview with television station WRCB that quickly went viral among internet circles dedicated to uplifting news stories, James Burke had fallen asleep in his recliner while his wife, 12 adopted children and one grandchild slept in their beds on the night of 17 October in the community of Lyerly, Georgia.

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RCMP probe potential fraud, money laundering in Alberta health care procurement controversy

The RCMP is investigating fraud, breach of trust and money laundering in connection with Alberta’s health care procurement controversy, according to a letter filed in court that reveals for the first time the potential criminal activity police are examining.

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An Alberta Health Services sign is pictured outside the Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary, Thursday, March 20, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Nate Silver Predicts a ‘Momentous’ Midterm

“If the election goes roughly as the polls say it will go, then in some ways it would mark the end of the Trump era,” Nate Silver told me.

The midterms are a week away, and it looks entirely possible that Democrats will win not just the House, but also the Senate. Democrats are polling competitively deep into red territory – Texas, Ohio, Alaska, Iowa, Kansas – states that Trump won in 2024 by double digits.

But Democrats have been burned by big polling misses before. So can we really trust what the polls are telling us? And what stories have emerged in the data that we might see play out on election night?

Silver is an internationally famous elections nerd, one of the people who made election forecasting a core part of American political discourse. He edits The Silver Bulletin on Substack, co-hosts the podcast “Still Counting” and is the author, most recently, of “On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything.”

Mentioned:

“Data centres are turning Trump voters into Democrats” by The Economist

“We Gave Four Good Pollsters the Same Raw Data. They Had Four Different Results.” by Nate Cohn

“FINAL Silver Bulletin 2024 presidential election forecast” by Nate Silver and Eli McKown-Dawson

Book Recommendations:

The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon

You Can Just Do Things by Cate Hall, with Sasha Chapin

The Biggest Game in Town by Al Alvarez

Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.

You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.

This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Jack McCordick. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, Kate Sinclair, Julie Beer and Jordyn Flaherty. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota and Pat McCusker. Our recording engineer is Aman Sahota. Cinematography by Bets Wilkins. Video editing by Arpita Aneja, Mahdokht Mahmoudabadi and Brandon Belk-Yee. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Annie Galvin, Marie Cascione, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck, Rollin Hu, Marina King and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser.

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Mort du pompier Pierre Lacroix | Cinq ans après, la famille aurait aimé voir plus de changements

« C’était comme une roulette russe, puis c’est tombé sur mon père. » Stéphanie Lacroix a encore de la difficulté à faire le deuil de son père, un pompier d’expérience mort lors d’une tentative de sauvetage dans les rapides de Lachine à l’automne 2021. Sa famille dénonce le peu de changements mis en place pour éviter des drames similaires.

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Assistance sociale | Quand des politiques publiques trahissent des préjugés

Les politiques publiques d’assistance sociale trahissent des préjugés nocifs pour la santé, le bien-être et la participation sociale de personnes vivant dans la pauvreté, révèle un rapport de recherche de l’UQAM, qui sera rendu public ce mardi. À l’heure où la lutte contre l’itinérance est une priorité du gouvernement St-Pierre Plamondon, les chercheurs appellent à revoir de façon urgente des politiques d’aide financière contre-productives qui condamnent à l’extrême pauvreté.

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Procès sur le climat contre le gouvernement fédéral | Ottawa plaide qu’il ne peut être tenu responsable

Le Canada en fait-il assez pour réduire les gaz à effet de serre ? Peu importe la réponse, Ottawa soutient qu’il ne peut être tenu responsable des impacts du changement climatique au pays. Retour sur la première journée d’un procès historique intenté par 15 jeunes Canadiens.

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Cease-Fire Brokered by Melania Trump Begins in Ukrainian City of Oleshky

Many people left in Oleshky, where bombardment is constant, have run out of food. A truce that began Tuesday is supposed to allow aid in and civilians out.

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Protesters outside the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw demanding help for the residents of Oleshky, a Ukrainian town under siege by the Russians, this month.
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En direct : ouverture des bureaux de vote en Israël, Netanyahu à l'épreuve des urnes

Les électeurs israéliens ont commencé à voter, mardi, lors ​d'élections législatives au cours desquelles ils doivent décider du sort du Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu et examiner son bilan depuis l'attaque meurtrière du Hamas du 7 octobre 2023. Suivez l'élection législative sur notre direct. 

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The Trump administration is backing Orbán, who blocked a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine, for UN secretary-general and is counting on support from Moscow and Beijing, WSJ says

Trump and Orban at White House meeting on November 7, 2025, where Hungary secured Russian oil sanctions exemption

The Trump administration has encouraged former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to run for UN secretary-general and discussed a joint US-Russia-China candidacy with Moscow and Beijing, the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) editorial board wrote on 25 October, citing sources in three countries. Russia’s biggest ally in the EU, Orbán has been out of office since May, when Péter Magyar became Hungary’s prime minister.

The UN secretary-general can influence the war through diplomatic negotiations, mediation, and by drawing the Security Council’s attention to Russia’s aggression. António Guterres’s term ends on 31 December, so the council has to settle on a successor within weeks.

According to the WSJ, US officials discussing the next UN chief kept saying they wanted “someone like Orbán,” and their Russian and Chinese counterparts agreed. The US then brought the idea to Orbán himself. Russia and China are believed to support his bid based on those earlier talks with Washington, and the plan is for him to be the three countries’ joint candidate.

Ukraine warns of Orbán’s veto tactics at the UN

Orbán is receptive but has not decided, and he does not want to enter the race unless he is sure he can win, the editorial board wrote. A State Department official counted eight Security Council votes as safe for him and 10 within reach. A candidate needs nine of the 15 votes and no veto from a permanent member. The editorial board asked whether Britain and France, typically cautious in using their veto, would stand in the way. Any announcement is being held until after the 3 November US midterm elections.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X that Orbán as secretary-general would put to good use “the masterful veto and blackmail skills” he developed over years of derailing major EU decisions. Ukraine, he added, could share its “great experience of taking him out for coffee at the right moment,” a reference to the December 2023 EU summit, where Orbán left the room so the other leaders could open accession talks with Ukraine without his veto.

Orbán ran Hungary for 16 years as Putin’s closest EU partner

Orbán’s 16 years of “illiberal democracy” eroded democratic values in Hungary. Since 2010, Fidesz has built an enormous partisan media ecosystem. Before the vote, it amended the electoral law twice and gerrymandered more than a third of the electoral districts, so the opposition might need around 55% of the popular vote to win a simple majority. Orbán still lost the 12 April election. Magyar’s Tisza won 138 of 199 seats, a two-thirds majority in parliament.

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Voted out and facing investigators, Orbán could reach for UN cover, sources say

Orbán kept close ties with Moscow throughout the full-scale war. When he met Putin in Beijing in October 2023, he spoke of “the military operations and the sanctions” rather than a war. In summer 2024, while Hungary held the EU Council presidency, he flew to Moscow on what he called a peace mission, and the EU distanced itself from the trip. In November 2025, he went back to Moscow, seeking to keep Hungary’s access to Russian oil and gas. He is widely considered Putin’s closest partner among EU leaders. After that visit, he said the only solution was for Ukraine to become a buffer state again, and that the longer peace was delayed, the more people and territory Ukraine would lose.

Then-Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, 17 October 2023
Then-Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, 17 October 2023. Photo: Radio Free Europe

He used Hungary’s veto against Ukraine until his last weeks in office. In February, Orbán vetoed a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine amid the disruption of Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia. Hungary lifted its veto in April after repairs to the pipeline were announced. Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó phoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov from EU meetings for years with “live reports on what’s been discussed,” a European security official told The Washington Post. Szijjártó did not respond to the Post’s request for comment.

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Jordan Airstrikes on Syria Kill Seven Civilians, Syrian State Media Says

The strikes were in retaliation for an attack on a church in southern Jordan on Friday, the Jordan military said. They threatened to damage relations between the two neighbors.

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People inspecting the aftermath of a Jordanian airstrike in Lutf, Daraa province, southern Syria, on Tuesday.
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Israël : l'État de droit au cœur de la campagne

Mardi 27 octobre, les Israéliens devront choisir leurs députés, dans un pays profondément divisé. Face à Benyamin Netanyahou, son principal adversaire dénonce les atteintes à l'État de droit et réclame des comptes sur les défaillances sécuritaires.

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Mbappé perd deux contrats en Chine après avoir "heurté les sentiments nationaux"

Par : FRANCE 24
Deux firmes chinoises ont mis fin à leur collaboration avec Kylian Mbappé après que le footballeur a plaisanté à propos de l'ancien dirigeant historique Mao Zedong. Les deux grandes compagnies chinoises estiment que la star française a heurté les "sentiments nationaux".

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