News

• Samsung Announces Always Connected Galaxy Book2 2-In-1 PC With Gigabit LTE Support

• Lakers News: Trail Blazers, Rockets, Spurs Start Difficult 2018 Schedule For LeBron James, Los Angeles

• Aadhaar authentication to withdraw LPG subsidy at micro-ATMs to continue: UIDAI

• Who was Ayub Bachchu? 6 things to know about Bangladesh Rock sensation who died on Thursday

• Heavyweights bounce back off ropes – Ireland

• Don’t fret, Irish sports stars have shown genuine greatness recently – Ireland

• #MeToo: Twitter ‘unverifies’ Sushant Singh Rajput account, actor makes public chat with co-star Sanjana Sanghi

• Will Meghan Markle’s baby be the first ‘black royal baby’? Nope!

• Why we are so transfixed by the Strictly snogging scandal? – Ireland

• New lease of life for a spot Trump coveted – Ireland

Top Stories

• Man Utd transfer news: Toby Alderweireld next club – Barcelona join race for Tottenham man

• UK weather: ‘Severe snow’ to FREEZE Britain as four month ‘Polar assault’ begins NEXT WEEK

• Plane carrying Melania Trump makes emergency landing due to smoke in cabin

• Tesco will axe best before dates from 116 lines of fruit and vegetables

• Arsenal news: Robert Pires reveals thoughts on Unai Emery in Premier League prediction

• Man Utd takeover latest: Club issue response to claims of Saudi Arabia investment

• NLCS: Dodgers beat Brewers on Game 4 walk-off single

• Meghan Markle’s estranged dad ‘DESPERATE’ to be grandad: ‘This is a chance to fix things’

• Iran threatens the United States – ‘Our missiles can hit ANY ship’

• UPI Almanac for Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018

Science

• Science: Social media for medical journals operates in ‘wild west,’ needs more support to succeed [Report]

• Science: Epidemic in turf management: Herbicide resistance in annual bluegrass [Report]

• Vaccine that protects against anthrax and plague has been developed amid fears of terror threats

• Science: Study finds racial disparities in student debt increase after young people leave college [Report]

• Science: New fly species found in Indiana may indicate changing climate, says researcher [Report]

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  Science: US authorities reel in StarKist in canned tuna scandal [Report]

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  Science: MoviePass operations under investigation by New York AG [Report]

• Mother-of-two’s anger over her ‘unbearable’ botched tattoo removal

• Pompeii Graffiti May Rewrite Time Line of Vesuvius Eruption

• Babies have less antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their guts if they are breastfed

Health

• People donate more money to good causes when they are being watched

• Palm is back! ‘weekend’ handset running Android and designed to curb app addiction 

• Virgin Media is DOWN: Hundreds of users report issues across the UK

• The ‘silent treatment’ DOES work! Avoiding a partner’s demands could BENEFIT your relationship

• Microsoft employees revolt over Pentagon contract

• Mutant troops with incredible strength, speed and night vision ‘could be fighting by 2048’ 

• How Exercise Might “Clean” the Alzheimer’s Brain

• Archaeologists discover remains of ‘vampire’ child buried in Italian cemetery 1,600 years ago

• Depression could be spotted MONTHS before a formal diagnosis by algorithm scanning social media

• Stephen Hawking´s words from beyond the grave bring…

News Summary

• Don McGahn leaves as White House counsel, Emmet Flood steps into role

• White woman who barred black man from loft offers defense

• Turkish court releases U.S. pastor Brunson from house arrest

• Purple glutinous rice harvested in Dali Village, S China’s Guangxi

• We’re not ‘a banana republic’ Saudi says, demands…

• Soccer-Germany wins right to host Euro 2024

• Stripping Melania Trump look-alike reveals she’s received death threats after appearing in T.I. video

• 35 million voter records up for sale on the dark web, report says

• Champ Kirwa pulls out of Eindhoven Marathon

• Dayana Yastremska beats Kristina Kucova 2-0 at 2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open

Technology

• Several major Facebook stakeholders call for Mark Zuckerberg to step down as Chairman

• Sleepless nights can drive down the level of a man’s testosterone

• Amazon’s best-selling umbrella is windproof, but still compact and lightweight enough to carry anywhere

• Marvel star who died in Infinity War says ‘it’s only going to get worse’ in Avengers 4

• Samsung starts production of EUV-based 7nm LPP process

• Sony confirms Android 9.0 upgrade dates for Xperia phones

• We’ll have to wait even longer for Guardians of the Galaxy 3, which has a weird working title

• The T Rex’s tiny baby arms might have been way more useful than they seem

• Facebook reportedly blames spammers for the recent breach of 50 million accounts

• Netflix considers cheaper pricing; will produce more local language content in India