No. 65
Thursday, October 8, 2026
World
Drones struck two commercial cargo ships inside the exclusive economic zone of which Black Sea nation this week?
- Ukraine
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Turkey
The attack occurred roughly 70 nautical miles off Bulgaria's coast, marking the first such strike inside its waters.
Al Jazeera · read the story
Politics
President Trump approved a U.S. Army firing squad execution for which convicted mass shooter?
- James Holmes
- Robert Bowers
- Nidal Hasan
- Dylann Roof
Nidal Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people, is set to be executed by firing squad in December.
FOX (LiveNOW) · read the story
Business
US stocks hit a record high this week, with a major index closing above what point level for the first time ever?
- 6,800 points
- 7,800 points
- 8,400 points
- 7,200 points
The S&P 500 closed at 7,819 points on Tuesday, its first close above 7,800 ever, driven by renewed AI optimism.
CNN · read the story
Science
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for explaining the emergence of what kind of molecular asymmetry?
- Isotopic abundance
- Magnetic polarity
- Homochirality (mirror-image molecules)
- Radioactive decay
The pair solved a century-old puzzle about how homochirality, or mirror-image molecular asymmetry, can emerge spontaneously.
CNN · read the story
Culture
Which Colleen Hoover novel adaptation opened at number one at the domestic box office this week?
- Reminders of Him
- Verity
- It Ends With Us
- Regretting You
Amazon MGM Studios' 'Verity' debuted with $32.6 million, the second-best opening in the 'Hooververse.'
The Avocado · read the story