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Germany Demands Cuts, France Insists on Hikes: EU Set for Clash Over Long-Term Budget While six countries led by Germany are demanding hundreds of billions of euros in budget cuts, France is pushing back, arguing that sufficient financial resources are needed to strengthen defense capabilities and secure economic competitiveness. SBS Oct 10, 2026 10:31 PM

US Issues Stance: 'Expects South Korea to Uphold Alliance Standards in Intelligence and Counterintelligence' The Trump administration told SBS that it "expects South Korea to uphold the standards of the South Korea-US alliance in the fields of intelligence and counterintelligence." This marks the first public message from the US government level, coming amid exposed cracks in South Korea-US intelligence cooperation, such as the recent exclusion of South Korea's National Intelligence Service from a meeting on responding to North Korean hacking. SBS Oct 10, 2026 10:04 PM

Indian Authorities Crack Down on New Delhi Protest by 'Cockroach Party' Against Election Commission As the Gen Z group Cockroach Jan Parishad attempted to hold a large-scale protest in the capital of New Delhi on the 10th targeting alleged unfairness by the Election Commission, Indian authorities deployed up to tens of thousands of police officers across Delhi and launched a crackdown, detaining the CJP leadership and thousands of protesters en masse. SBS Oct 10, 2026 9:58 PM

Putin Expresses 'Understanding' for Trump's Proposals to Ease Ukraine War Tensions President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed "understanding" regarding proposals made by U.S. SBS Oct 10, 2026 9:55 PM

Trump Announces Surprise Deal to Import Russian Diesel, Drawing Backlash as "Gift to Putin" U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. will receive a massive supply of diesel from Russia. SBS Oct 10, 2026 8:42 PM

Cubs Win Legal Battle Over Wrigley Field Rooftop Viewing Business Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs have won a legal dispute against a business owner who operated a rooftop viewing business outside their home stadium. SBS Oct 10, 2026 8:28 PM

Alarms Disabled, Forklifts Used... 7.5 Billion Won Worth of Wine Stolen The gang of thieves, estimated to be up to 7 people, broke into the export wine storage facility of the Marchesi Antinori winery near Cortona in the province of Arezzo on the night of the 3rd. SBS Oct 10, 2026 8:14 PM

Trump Slams Nobel Snub, Claiming He Prevented Inter-Korean War U.S. President Donald Trump, who has openly demanded the Nobel Peace Prize, claimed that a war on the Korean Peninsula was averted thanks to him after his bid for the prize failed once again. SBS Oct 10, 2026 8:11 PM

Trump Says He Should Have Won '8 Nobel Peace Prizes,' Blasts Norway Over snub U.S. President Donald Trump launched a scathing criticism of the Nobel Committee, calling it an "indelible stain" after he was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize. SBS Oct 10, 2026 4:42 PM

Trump Criticizes Missed Nobel Prize, Claiming 'I'm Even Preventing Wars Between North and South Korea' President Trump visiting New York State U.S. President Donald Trump launched a scathing critique of the Nobel Committee regarding his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it an "indelible stain." Speaking at a midterm election campaign rally in Syracuse, New York, on the 9th local time, President Trump said, "Today, the Nobel Peace Prize went to someone I've never heard of," describing the winner as a "mysterious figure that nobody knows." This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay, a human rights law expert who previously served as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and as a judge at the International Criminal Court . SBS Oct 10, 2026 4:22 PM