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Paraguay’s central bank takes control of Ueno Bank as customers wait for access to their deposits.

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Democrats win the House and Senate in the US midterms, setting up divided government when the new Congress takes office in January.

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TOI-1452 b, discovered by a Montreal-led team in 2022 about 100 light-years away, could be an ocean world; a water-covered surface remains unconfirmed.

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Poland’s court standoff deepens as President Nawrocki and Prime Minister Tusk clash over the Constitutional Tribunal.

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Just 54% of US adults say they drink alcohol, matching the lowest share in Gallup’s records dating to 1939.

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Chinese car brands outsell Japanese rivals in Europe over a full quarter for the first time, Bloomberg reports, citing Dataforce.

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Central-bank gold buying in August exceeded four times the pre-2022 average, while some reserves shifted out of US storage, Fortune reports.