Daily Briefing — 2026-10-29
Daily Briefing — October 29, 2026
1) World news
World developments worth watching today:
- Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr
- Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official
- UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’
- US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño
- Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states
2) Canada news
National stories leading the Canadian feed today:
- More Canadian provinces are ending time changes. What does it mean for your health?
- Ontario to provide fiscal update as tariff fight bites into budget
- He tried to get into Montreal's kosher market. It led to a battle over alleged meat monopoly
- Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk to conduct his 1st spacewalk
- More than just a meme: Canadian figure skater Madeline Schizas is doing things her way
3) Atlantic Canada / Halifax news
Atlantic Canada and Halifax stories leading today:
- N.S. premier doubles down on complaint to professor over AI data centre comments
- N.S. Liberal leadership candidates meet for final debate
- Richmond County council holds marathon debate over proposed data centre
- Houston says he's willing to sign agreement with data centre on water usage, power rates
- Province working on plan to relocate downtown Kentville homeless shelter
4) Weather for Halifax (next 7 days) + alerts
- Current: 5°C, Partly Cloudy, humidity 91%, wind 14 km/h WSW.
- 2026-10-29: 1°C to 15°C, Partly Cloudy
- 2026-10-30: 10°C to 13°C, Light drizzle
- 2026-10-31: 0°C to 10°C, Sunny
- Active alerts may be in effect for Nova Scotia; verify details before acting.
- Forecast/alerts: Environment Canada — Halifax
5) AI news summary
AI stories drawing attention today:
- Microsoft just shared Azure’s actual revenue in dollars: $33.2 billion
- Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows
- Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI
- Microsoft hits 10 quarters of record-breaking revenue in a row
- Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying