FiveWire five questions, once a day

No. 84

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

World

Aleksandar Vucic conceded election defeat in a snap parliamentary vote in which country?

• Hungary
• Romania
• Croatia
• Serbia

Serbia's longtime leader Vucic conceded to a student-led movement after 14 years in power.

Al Jazeera · read the story

Politics

A federal judge ruled the Trump DOJ unlawfully fired which federal prosecutor, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey?

• Maurene Comey
• Jack Smith
• Letitia James
• Lisa Monaco

Judge Jesse Furman ordered the reinstatement of Maurene Comey, who had worked on cases including Jeffrey Epstein's prosecution.

CNBC · read the story

Business

Which AI company filed for an IPO that could become one of the largest stock market debuts in history?

• Perplexity
• xAI
• OpenAI
• Anthropic

Anthropic filed an S-1 with the SEC, with the filing potentially valuing the company at up to $2 trillion.

Anthropic · read the story

Science

Moderna and Merck reported their personalized mRNA vaccine significantly cut the recurrence risk of which cancer?

• Breast cancer
• Melanoma
• Lung cancer
• Pancreatic cancer

The vaccine, combined with Keytruda, cut melanoma recurrence or death risk by 42% over two years.

TIME · read the story

Tech

Which company announced voluntary buyouts to roughly a quarter of its global workforce, about 60,000 employees?

• Google
• Meta
• Microsoft
• Amazon

Microsoft offered buyouts to defray the cost of AI and data center spending.

Deadline · read the story