GTA 6 will be released on November 19, 2026 and Rockstar Games have confirmed that it will be playable from midnight local time. The players from New Zealand will be the first to play it, followed by other regions. It will be released on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Players will be able to pre-load it but the game won’t be playable before the launch time.

Mission Ranch was once part of a 160-acre property. It became one of California's early dairy farms in the 1850s. It covered a much larger area, with parts subsequently sold to the Carmel School District and the State. Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood's connection to the Carmel area goes back to his time in the US Army.

For Americans carrying credit card debt, the difference between a 22% interest rate and a 10% rate could mean hundreds of dollars in savings every year. Now, Senator Elizabeth Warren says she is ready to work with President Donald Trump to make that lower rate a reality. The proposal has failed to gain traction before, but the Democrats’ strong midterm performance has brought the issue back into focus.

The US Energy Information Administration expects crude production to reach a record 13.9 million barrels per day in 2026, rising to 14.3 million bpd in 2027. Diesel and gasoline prices are also forecast to increase in 2027. Brent crude is projected to average $97 per barrel in 2026 before easing to $86 in 2027.

Democrats’ gains in the US midterm elections could revive efforts to change how the country elects its president by shifting to a national popular vote and reducing the role of the Electoral College. Six states — Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — elected Democratic governments, giving supporters fresh hope of expanding the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday (local time) said economic pressure on Iran would continue to intensify over the coming months, warning that the country's oil revenues would dry up as sanctions compound.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's admission of an extramarital affair has triggered a board investigation following allegations that the woman involved was a Chinese intelligence operative. While China has dismissed the claims, the controversy has raised national security concerns, prompted an FBI inquiry and renewed questions over US chip export controls to China.

The US FDA will add a warning about a rare eye condition that can cause permanent vision loss to the labels of all GLP-1 drugs, including Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound. The condition was found in around 6 per 100,000 patients taking the drugs for at least a year.

Addressing the core friction between Washington and Beijing, Secretary Rubio emphasised that major power competition is an inevitable reality driven by competing national systems, on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting held in Paris, France.

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said India is on track to achieve its $1 trillion goods and services export target in FY27, having already recorded nearly $480 billion in exports during April-September. He highlighted opportunities from free trade agreements, particularly the proposed India-EU pact, for the automobile and mobility sectors. Goyal urged manufacturers to expand globally, boost competitiveness and leverage international partnerships to drive exports, investment and employment.

President Donald Trump last month announced a surprise deal with Moscow to import diesel from Russia to help lower prices at the pumps ahead of this month's US midterm elections.

US intelligence assessments had concluded that Alice had been recruited by China's Ministry of State Security (MSS). She was allegedly given the role of developing a close relationship with Jensen. She was tasked to gather information about Nvidia. It was reported that China wanted information about Nvidia's advanced AI chips and business strategy.

Nvidia has a problem that goes beyond its latest stock-market decline. The company is worth about $4.5 trillion, leads the global AI chip industry and sits at the centre of the technology boom. Yet its future is closely tied to one person; CEO Jensen Huang. There is no clear successor, and the company’s financial filings do not identify Huang individually as a key-person risk.

Iran's top security official Mohsen Rezaei has said Tehran and Washington are not holding any negotiations, denying reports of ongoing diplomatic engagement between the two countries.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with G7 foreign ministers in Paris regarding Iranian attacks on shipping. He called for nations to enhance protection in the Strait of Hormuz, which faces ongoing threats. Many allies expressed hesitance, stating assistance can only come after reducing conflict risks. Rubio emphasized the global importance of securing shipping routes, despite the US not relying on oil from that region.

Anthropic IPO: Amazon has invested at least $13 billion in Anthropic and in April agreed to invest up to an additional $20 billion. Google has committed up to $40 billion to Anthropic, including an initial $10 billion investment announced in April.

The Central Pollution Control Board clarified the differences in Air Quality Index readings from private applications and its platform. It emphasized that the variations stem from differing measurement methodologies rather than under-reporting. The CPCB noted that during extreme episodes, data gaps may appear due to calibration limits of monitoring instruments. Since 2015, improvements in monitoring technology have been ongoing to enhance air quality reporting.

The Central Pollution Control Board clarified the differences in Air Quality Index readings from private applications and its platform. It emphasized that the variations stem from differing measurement methodologies rather than under-reporting. The CPCB noted that during extreme episodes, data gaps may appear due to calibration limits of monitoring instruments. Since 2015, improvements in monitoring technology have been ongoing to enhance air quality reporting.

GTA 6 will aim to run at 30 FPS on all consoles like PS5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X & S. Rockstar Games have confirmed that GTA 6 will run at 30 FPS due to high CPU demands in the open world simulation in Leonida. The PS5 Pro will also have some extra ray tracing features and PSSR upscaling.