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Japan's lower house passed a bill Friday cutting the consumption tax on food from 8% to 1% for two years from April. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (@takaichi_sanae) said 30%+ of workers would get income-linked payments. Upper house debate starts Nov. 11.

Hoax bomb threats hit at least 25 European flights Thursday, the second wave this week, prompting diversions and fighter-jet escorts in Bulgaria, Italy and France. No explosives were found. @Ryanair had eight flights reported this week, the most of any airline (Guardian).

A British doctor who tested positive for Ebola in DR Congo was flown to the UK Thursday and is in a high-level isolation unit at London's Royal Free Hospital. @UKHSA says public risk remains low. It is the first British case of the outbreak.

Japan's Nikkei 225 closed down 5.96% Friday at 57,434.77, a 3,643-point drop and the third-largest ever, per @kyodonews. AI and chip stocks led losses, tied to AI-regulation worries after the US midterms, @Reuters reports. #Nikkei

Tesla (@Tesla) will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around mid-2027 to make room for more Cybercab output, CEO Elon Musk (@elonmusk) said. Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill (@wmorrill3) said spare parts and service will continue.

Paraguay's President @SantiPenap announced his resignation Thursday in a video on X, citing national stability. It follows the Ueno Bank crisis: the central bank began resolution proceedings Tuesday, saying the lender's solvency ratio fell below half the required minimum.

Hundreds of thousands marched across France Thursday in a one-day strike over wages and living costs. The Interior Ministry (@Interieur_Gouv) counted 575,000 nationwide, 65,000 in Paris; the CGT union said 1.6 million. The ministry reported 448 arrests and 53 officers injured.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) said Thursday he will commute all 548 death sentences in the state to life without parole. The California Supreme Court must approve cases involving people convicted of more than one felony. The state's last execution was in 2006.

The @Jaguars beat the @Ravens 33-10 on Thursday Night Football in Baltimore. Jacksonville improved to 6-2 and leads the AFC South; Baltimore fell to 4-5 with its fourth straight loss. Trevor Lawrence threw for 242 yards and a touchdown.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a 14-day order Thursday night barring the Trump administration (@WhiteHouse) from starting construction on its planned 250-foot arch in Washington. It followed the National Capital Planning Commission's 8-4 approval vote.

Caltech (@Caltech) says its DARPA-funded (@DARPA) robotic truss builder autonomously assembled a structure in space for the first time, after six months in orbit. It built the first section of a planned 1.4-meter reflector antenna, with no astronauts' help.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa) asked Ibero-American Summit leaders in Madrid Thursday for transformers from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia, cables from Chile and generators from Spain. He said Russia has damaged every power plant in Ukraine.

The 2027 Met Gala theme is "extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday," @metmuseum announced Thursday. The Gala is Monday, May 3, 2027. The Costume Institute exhibition runs May 9, 2027 to Jan. 9, 2028, with Instagram as sponsor and Moncler as major funder.

Wall Street had its worst day since April 2025 on Thursday: the S&P 500 fell 4.4% to 7,353.73, the Nasdaq Composite fell 5.5% to 24,315.00 (11.9% below its record), and the Dow dropped 1,833 points, or 3.4%. Nvidia fell 9.3% and AMD fell 17.3%, AP reports.

Europe's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (@ESA) detected hydrogen chloride gas above narrow fissures near Alba Mons, Mars' largest volcano by area, a Science Advances study reports. Researchers say the detections are best explained by ongoing igneous processes in Mars' interior.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (@KremlinRussia_E) signed a decree Thursday placing Japan Tobacco's stakes in four Russian factories under temporary management by Industrial Assets. JTI is Russia's largest tobacco maker, with about 4,000 employees there.

Former Arkansas bar exam director Nancie Givens was arrested Thursday on 65 felony counts of tampering with public records. A court review found scores altered for at least 64 examinees from 2020 to 2025, shifting points past the 270 pass mark. She pleaded not guilty. @FBI

The Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) is conducting a criminal probe into the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court's draft Dobbs opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, Fox News and @nytimes report. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office leads it and has issued grand jury subpoenas.

Ozzfest returns in 2027 for its 30th anniversary: Milton Keynes National Bowl July 10; Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino Sept. 11, where it launched in 1996; and Mexico City's Estadio GNP Seguros Sept. 18. Sharon Osbourne is curating. @LiveNation @OzzyOsbourne

Online magazine @Salon said Thursday it is ceasing publication after 31 years, calling its publishing model "no longer sustainable." Launched in November 1995, it was one of the first online-only news magazines. Its archive will "stay live for now," per CCO Erin Keane.