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VA Ends AFGE Contract Covering 320,000 After Court Stay

A First Circuit stay of an injunction reinstating the VA's national AFGE agreement let the department declare it expired on Oct. 10. Whether it covers 320,000-plus bargaining-unit employees is still unresolved, and no ruling has settled it.

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Chart of the French 10-year government bond yield with the Franco-German spread widening sharply in early October.

French Spread Hits Record Weekly Widen as Revenue Plan Fails

France's finance committee rejected the 2027 budget's revenue section on Oct. 9, leaving roughly €54 billion in spending cuts to carry a 5.1%-of-GDP deficit. The Franco-German 10-year spread widened more in a week than at any time since 1990.

Illustration of a court gavel beside a computer screen showing a blocked web page and a domain name server error.

Taiwan Court Blocks Coinbase, Kalshi Domains Before Nov 28 Vote

A New Taipei District Court order on Oct 15 restricts DNS records for Coinbase and Kalshi under the Public Officials Election and Recall Act, citing suspected illegal election betting. Coinbase has been unreachable in Taiwan since Oct 14, while Kalshi still operates and lists a Taipei mayoral…

Map-style illustration of the South Atlantic offshore area roughly 220 km north of the Malvinas Islands, where the Sea Lion project sits

Argentina Extends Offshore Licences as Court Halts Sea Lion Work

Argentina's five-year offshore licence extension and a Tierra del Fuego injunction stopping Sea Lion project work point in opposite directions. The court found operators hadn't filed the required project notice or environmental impact assessment; the restraint stops work, not the licence.