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Chinese tech company Baidu announced Monday it can sell some robotaxi rides without any human staff in the vehicles.BaiduBEIJING — As Baidu ramps up its robotaxi operations worldwide, fully driverless weekly rides as of Oct. 31 have now surpassed 250,000 orders, according to a spokesperson for the company’s driverless car unit Apollo Go.That’s on par with what Waymo reported in late April for its weekly paid U.S. rides. When contacted by CNBC, Waymo did not have a new specific figure to share. The Alphabet-backed robotaxi operator primarily operates in San Francisco and Los Angeles in California and Phoenix, Arizona. Waymo…

Robots manufacture auto parts at a factory in Ningde, China, on Oct. 17, 2024.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesChina’s factory activity growth in October missed market expectations, dragged down by a sharper drop in new export orders, as trade tensions with the U.S. intensified during the month, according to a private survey released Monday.The RatingDog China General Manufacturing PMI, compiled by S&P Global, dropped to 50.6 in October from the six-month high of 51.2 in September, missing analysts’ expectations of 50.9 in a Reuters poll.New export orders fell at the quickest pace since May, which the survey respondents attributed to…

Denis Bouanga had two goals and an assist on Sunday night to help LAFC beat Austin FC 4-1 and sweep the best-of-three series in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs.LAFC, which won Game 1 2-1, plays at second-seeded Vancouver in the one-game Western Conference semifinals.Son Heung-Min added a goal and an assist for No. 3 seed LAFC. Jeremy Ebobisse replaced Son in the 88th minute and capped the scoring in the third minute of stoppage time.Son, on the counter-attack, hesitated to freeze defender Ilie Sánchez at the top of the area and then exploded toward the left end…

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, attends a press conference after the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 31, 2025. Kim Soo-hyeon | Reuters Traders who shorted the S&P 500 — essentially, betting that it would go down — last month were in for a rude surprise. The broad-based index ended the month 2.3% higher, defying “Octoberphobia,” a term that arose because of the market crashes in 1929 and 1987 that happened during the month.The Nasdaq Composite had an even better month than the S&P 500. The tech-heavy index climbed 4.7%, giving a hint of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday after federal officials began reviewing “serious concerns about his personal conduct,” according to a government spokesperson.Dr. George Tidmarsh, who was named to the FDA post in July, was placed on leave Friday after officials in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of General Counsel were notified of the issues, HHS press secretary Emily Hilliard said in an email. Tidmarsh then resigned Sunday morning.“Secretary Kennedy expects the highest ethical standards from all individuals serving under his leadership and remains committed to full transparency,”…

Jeff KassoufNov 2, 2025, 07:34 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.Racing Louisville FC clinched its first NWSL playoff spot on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over Bay FC, ending a run of four straight ninth-place finishes.Ella Hase scored three minutes into the second half for Louisville, which needed a victory due to other results on Sunday.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedLouisville and North Carolina entered Sunday’s NWSL Decision Day as the two…

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Skeletons are neighbors for some Palestinians in Gaza who found nowhere but cemeteries to shelter from the war.Gravestones have become seats and tables for families like that of Maisa Brikah, who has lived with her children in a dusty, sun-baked cemetery in the southern city of Khan Younis for five months. Some 30 families shelter here.A blonde-haired toddler sits outside one tent, running fingers through the sand. Another peeks playfully from behind a drape of fabric.Nighttime is another matter.“When the sun goes down, the children get scared and don’t want to go, and I…

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Fans flocking to a soccer match in Zapopan chanted “Mexico! Mexico!” while walking past dozens of police officers, bomb-sniffing dogs, metal detectors and drone jammers — as authorities fine-tuned security ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A few miles away, south of Guadalajara, a different sort of deployment was underway: National Guard troops stood sentry as volunteers dug up the small patio of an abandoned house looking for some of Mexico’s 134,000 disappeared.It’s a jarring contrast especially present in Jalisco, where 48,000-seat soccer stadiums and fan zones — like the site of the Oct. 14…

An employee works on the production line of power batteries and box chassis for new energy vehicles at a workshop on July 11, 2025 in Huaibei, Anhui Province of China.Li Xin | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded mixed Monday, after Wall Street saw all three U.S. major indexes climb Friday stateside.Investors in Asia are assessing manufacturing activity figures out from China after RatingDog published its purchasing managers index for October.China’s manufacturing activity slowed to 50.6, missing the 50.9 expected by economists polled by Reuters and lower than September’s 51.2.The official PMI numbers released Friday by the National…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has dragged into a new month. Millions of people could lose food aid benefits, health care subsidies are set to expire and there are few real talks between the parties over how to end it. President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that he “won’t be extorted” by Democrats who are demanding negotiations to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies that expire at the end of the year for millions of Americans. Echoing congressional Republicans,…