No. 78
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
World
Which French official offered to resign after saying police had "lost control" during weekend riots, only to be rejected by President Macron?
- Bruno Le Maire
- Jean-Michel Blanquer
- Laurent Nuñez
- Gérald Darmanin
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation after admitting police lost control during the riots, but Macron rejected it.
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Politics
What was the name of the nationwide protest movement that held rallies in all 50 U.S. states to boost midterm voter turnout?
- Reclaim the Vote
- Indivisible
- No Kings
- March for Democracy
The "No Kings" coalition held over 3,000 events nationwide, shifting focus to early voting turnout.
NPR
Business
Which streaming company's shares fell about 6% despite beating earnings estimates, as it also announced cutting about 1,000 jobs?
- Hulu
- Paramount+
- Disney+
- Netflix
Netflix beat EPS estimates but shares fell on weak guidance, and the company announced cutting 6% of its global workforce.
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Science
Which West Coast city saw sea levels break an October record due to a deep ocean Kelvin wave linked to a "Super El Niño"?
- San Francisco
- San Diego
- Portland
- Seattle
San Francisco's water levels peaked at about 1.73 feet above tide predictions, breaking the previous October record.
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Tech
A "power event" caused a major outage for which cloud provider across Europe, disrupting services like Revolut's banking app?
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud
- IBM Cloud
- Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud confirmed an outage in its europe-west2 region caused by a power event, affecting services including Revolut.
TechRadar · read the story