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RTÉ evacuation, Diamond stock settlement, Steam release checks

A bomb threat disrupted radio programming at Ireland’s RTÉ and forced staff to leave the building, with other Irish newsrooms also evacuating as authorities sought those responsible. Publishers supplying Diamond secured a second settlement recognizing their ownership of stock and requiring Sparkle Pop to make it available for removal. Valve added checks for games awaiting release on Steam, partly to reduce repeat reviews that contribute to delays; some independent developers have missed planned launch dates.

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Culture weekly, covering 2–8 NovemberPublished By AveNews SI desk3 minCulture

Written by AveNews superintelligence (SI) from AveNews articles and their sources.

People gather outside a modern building beneath an Irish flag; a radio studio with a microphone and mixing desk is visible through a window. SI illustration
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Film & TV

Gaming

Books & Comics

Diamond publishers secure second inventory settlement approval

Diamond’s consignment publishers secured approval of a second settlement after Sparkle Pop withdrew its objection. The agreement recognizes participating publishers’ ownership of their stock, while Sparkle Pop must make it available for removal.

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Film & TV

  1. Fox and Roku shareholders approve $22 billion acquisition

    Painted office hallway with two blank screens on wheeled stands flanking a frosted-glass door; an open book rests on a desk beyond it. SI illustration

  2. Box office: Godzilla Minus Zero leads North America with $31.6 million

    A painted cinema audience faces a large screen bearing the words “Godzilla Minus Zero,” illuminated by a projector beam. SI illustration

  3. Japan’s NTV to premiere new Hana-Kimi series on 5 December

    A painted television camera faces a high-jump bar and blue landing mat in a brightly lit gym set. A nearby monitor displays the Hulu logo. SI illustration
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  1. Netflix renews Nobody Wants This for a fourth season

    A painted couple stands arm in arm facing a sunlit living-room set beneath studio lights and a Netflix sign. SI illustration

  2. Sebastián Lelio, Oscar-winning filmmaker, dies at 52

    A painted cinema interior with empty seats and a projector illuminating a screen that reads “UNA MUJER FANTASTICA.” SI illustration

  3. Abbott Elementary to return to ABC on 13 January 2027

    A painted school hallway with the Abbott Elementary and ABC logos above a January calendar with the 13th circled, beside a wall clock. SI illustration

  4. Netflix reveals Stranger Things prequel for 2028

    An illustration shows a bicycle by a barbed-wire fence, a distant town under a swirling night sky, and a portrait of a smiling bearded man. SI illustration

  5. Meta pauses commercial terms updates after publisher concerns

    On a worn table, pale paper strips curl between a metal canister and a roller above a monitor showing abstract olive and rust-colored shapes. SI illustration

  6. Channel 4 cancels Married at First Sight UK

    A covered television camera stands in a studio facing a flower-framed wedding set, with a black Channel 4 logo on the wall and equipment cases nearby. SI illustration

  7. US appeals court lets The Pitt lawsuit proceed against Warner Bros. Television

    A partly open cardboard box holds upright folders, with “THE PITT” in yellow on a black label across the front. SI illustration

  8. NBC sets The Rockford Files reboot premiere for 2 January 2027

    A painted portrait of a man beside the NBC peacock, with a floodlit football stadium and a palm-lined city skyline behind him. SI illustration

  9. CBS to air the 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards for the first time

    A painted TV control room faces an empty, colorful stage with arches, a star and hanging spheres. A camera, two monitors and a control panel are in the foreground. SI illustration

  10. Manchevski’s ‘Sister Brother Manhole Cover’ set for Tokyo premiere

    Two figures stand beside a large, open manhole on a stone terrace overlooking a lit city at night. A chair and cane are on the right. SI illustration

  11. Harold Greene, longtime Los Angeles news anchor, dies at 82

    A painted close-up of a gray video camera, with a landscape reflected in its large lens. SI illustration

  12. Pixar names Jonathan Garson president as Jim Morris steps back

    An illustrated scene outside the Pixar Animation Studios entrance shows a woman shaping a clay figure while two others work beside a large white set and wheeled equipment. SI illustration

  13. A Few Good Men grosses $1.28 million in Broadway week

    A painted crowd sits in rows of burgundy theater seats, looking toward the upper left. SI illustration

  14. Tinto Brass, director of Caligula and Salon Kitty, dies at 93

    A painted portrait of a dark-haired man in a light jacket, viewed from below, with a film reel on a shelf behind him. SI illustration

  15. Awards: Imperium wins best film at the London Film Festival

    Painted illustration of a large gold disc standing among loops of dark filmstrip on a gray surface, with more film loops in the background. SI illustration

  16. UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy considers Sky–ITV intervention

    Painterly room scene with a television and tablet showing abstract colors, a translucent scroll draped across them, and blank papers on a table. SI illustration

  17. Mashle live-action film is set to open on 19 March 2027

    Overhead illustration of a dark-haired man crouching and gripping a large stone block on a blue-gray floor, beside a sketched stone path. SI illustration

  18. La Bola Negra enters Spain’s all-time box-office top ten, Rentrak says

    Illustration of a person with a shoulder bag moving between red seats in a crowded, dimly lit auditorium. SI illustration

  19. Netflix charts: The One About Matthew Perry leads English TV

    A painted close-up of a dark-framed television with a blank, pale blue screen against a dark blue background. SI illustration

  20. Box office: You Can See Everything leads North America with $11.44 million

    A painted dark-blue machine with two blank cream-colored ticket strips hanging from slots, set against a dark-blue background. SI illustration

  21. Women accuse comedian David Walliams of sexual misconduct

    A large printing press feeds out a blank sheet of paper in front of a stone building with columns and steps. SI illustration

  22. Disney prepares layoffs that could affect thousands, sources say

    A painted illustration of an empty wooden director’s chair with dark fabric, lit against a blue-gray background. SI illustration

  23. Elena Maganini, Emmy-winning Dexter editor, dies at 70

    Painted overhead view of two film reels and a strip of film passing through a metal editing device, with a small white flower beside it. SI illustration

  24. Israel extends Al Jazeera ban by 90 days, network says

    A painted streetscape shows a woman carrying a folded tripod and looking at her phone beside a glass-fronted building. Cameras, chairs and microphones are visible inside. SI illustration

  25. Netflix cuts up to 3% of London headquarters staff

    Painterly illustration of people working on laptops in a spacious office, with empty chairs along a window overlooking Big Ben and the London Eye. SI illustration

  26. Streisand manager and Emmy winner Marty Erlichman dies at 97

    Illustration of shelves stacked with film reels and cases beside a closed red stage curtain, with a single bulb lighting the dark backstage area. SI illustration

Gaming

  1. Oh BiBi ends development of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble

    A hand holds a phone displaying four colorful figures in a circular game arena. SI illustration

  2. Silver Lake and Saudi fund discuss buying Unity, sources say

    A painted computer screen displays a 3D landscape, wireframe sphere and cube, flanked by the Silver Lake name and Public Investment Fund emblem. SI illustration

  3. World of Warcraft: Forever to launch November 4, IGN reports

    Painted fantasy scene: three cloaked figures stand around a stone bowl of pale carved stones on a rocky ledge, with castle ruins, mountains and a waterfall beyond. SI illustration
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  1. Anthropic revises Claude Code’s server-delivered game-copying rule

    A painted close-up of a dark circuit board with copper-colored tracks, square loops and a large silver chip. SI illustration

  2. Hasbro Games to release Minecraft Monopoly Deal on 15 January 2027

    Painted cards on a table show blocky grassy, desert and snowy landscapes, with a pickaxe leaning against a stone cave. SI illustration

  3. Nintendo’s Ocarina of Time remake draws praise in hands-on previews

    A painted forest ruin with mossy stone platforms leading to a dark doorway above a waterfall; a black game controller rests on a wooden table in the foreground. SI illustration

  4. UK ad regulator bans misleading mobile-game ads

    A woman looks at a blank phone in a busy train station, beneath a sweeping pink and orange shape. SI illustration

  5. Modiphius launches crowdfunding for new Discworld game

    An open book shows three fantasy figures walking from a village toward a mountain forest. A closed book and three polyhedral dice rest on the table. SI illustration

  6. Bethesda reveals The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel title and logo

    A painterly close-up of a monitor with a pale blue glow across its dark screen. SI illustration

  7. itch.io plans wider mandatory superintelligence disclosures

    An illustrated person ties a tag to a red box on a studio table with a book, papers, a record, art supplies and an open laptop. SI illustration

  8. Control Resonant passes 1 million sales, Remedy says

    A painterly illustration of two people moving a cart stacked with boxes through a warehouse toward a line of trucks. SI illustration

  9. Actor Mahesh Babu invests in PC and console studio Shortgun Games

    Three people arrange a miniature rocky landscape with bridges, paths and waterfalls; a keyboard and game controller sit nearby. SI illustration

  10. Nagoshi Studio closes before releasing its first game

    Two people carry a terrain piece beside a large modular landscape with stone arches, trees, a river and waterfall; empty cutouts remain in the pale base. SI illustration

  11. Phantom Blade Zero sells 4 million copies in 72 hours, S-Game says

    A painted evening scene shows a person reaching for a game controller beside a blue-screen TV and console. Through a large window, people sit at screens in illuminated homes. SI illustration

Books & Comics

  1. Pan Macmillan withdraws Russell Brand books after his conviction

    A painted portrait of a long-haired, bearded man beside bookshelves and a stack of books, with a Waterstones sign behind him. SI illustration

  2. Edmund Richardson wins Baillie Gifford Prize for Alexander biography

    A painted book bearing a mosaic portrait rests on a plinth beneath the Baillie Gifford name, beside an audience seated in a hall with tall arched windows. SI illustration

  3. Janosch, creator of Tiger and Bear, dies at 95

    An open book with a painted landscape of trees and a winding path rests on a stack of colorful books, with two paintbrushes beside it. SI illustration
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  1. Seraph of the End manga to publish final chapter on 4 December

    Illustration of an open book with gray, abstract panels on its pages, resting on a blue-gray surface. SI illustration

  2. Author Sarah J. Maas sets launch record with 1.7 million book sales

    A painted scene of people handling stacks of brown paper-wrapped parcels in a bright room, with one person passing a parcel across a table. SI illustration

  3. Philippe Jaenada wins 2026 Prix Goncourt

    A painted scene of a person in an apron reaching for a large red book on a wooden shelf, with a river and buildings visible through a window. SI illustration

  4. Awards: The Lycan wins digital book honor at 2026 Harvey Awards

    Illustration of a blank tablet on a pedestal in a sunlit gallery, beside a gold medal held by a hand. SI illustration

Art & Heritage

  1. Turkey launches Ani Bridge restoration tender, Pashinyan says

    A painted man holds papers behind microphones, with Turkish and Armenian flags and a stone arched bridge over a river behind him. SI illustration

  2. Australia’s government retains four heritage defense sites

    People walk through open gates toward a two-storey sandstone building with arched verandas, beneath an Australian flag. SI illustration

  3. US judge blocks Trump’s arch construction for 14 days

    A painted model of a white triumphal arch sits on a conference table beneath the National Capital Planning Commission logo and a portrait of Donald Trump. SI illustration
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  1. Trump establishes Oval Office National Monument

    A painted cutaway shows an oval office with a desk and adjoining rooms, beside an open book bearing the National Park Service emblem. SI illustration

  2. French court opens Picasso plates investigation, legal source says

    A painting of silver-colored plates, three gold-colored discs and an open blank book on a sunlit table, with a closed book labeled “Bonhams” behind them. SI illustration

  3. Paris court orders Pissarro painting returned to Flavian heirs

    A painted gallery with a gold-framed harbor scene and the Sotheby’s name on the wall. Four figures stand beyond an open doorway in sunlight. SI illustration

  4. French gendarmes recover 6 Picasso prints and arrest 7 men

    A painted portrait of Picasso beside a bedroom scene where a hand pulls clothes aside, revealing a stack of papers next to a toolbox. SI illustration

  5. Museum Wiesbaden plans to return 10 skulls to Indonesia

    Two gloved people in white coats arrange tissue-wrapped items in boxes on a table outside a large domed building. SI illustration

  6. Turkey presents antiquities returned from US and reunites Boubon bronzes

    Two visitors point at fragments of green-patinated statues arranged on display plinths, including a torso, an arm and a sandaled leg. SI illustration

  7. Macron nominates Guillaume Cerutti to lead Versailles

    A painted view of an ornate palace facade with tall windows, columns, gilded trim and rooftop sculptures beneath a blue sky. SI illustration

  8. Holder agrees to return stolen painting, Orléans museum director says

    An illustration shows gloved hands beside a gold-framed painting of a cup, cushioned with white padding inside an open wooden crate. SI illustration

  9. Miquel Navarro, sculptor of walk-through cities, dies at 81

    A painterly scene of tall cream, gray and terracotta structures with arches, lit by high windows. Smaller arch-shaped forms stand in the foreground. SI illustration

  10. Smithsonian museum opens its final spaceflight gallery

    A visitor leans on a railing to look inside a large cylindrical space station model, with a spacesuit displayed in the background. SI illustration

  11. Colombian judge restricts further National Museum removals

    Painterly museum gallery with empty wall mounts and display plinths, wooden crates, draped objects, and statues in the background. SI illustration

  12. Christie’s reports 9 auction records at its Abu Dhabi debut

    Overhead illustration of two people carrying a large abstract painting through a bright gallery, surrounded by smaller paintings and a sculpture. SI illustration

  13. Ukraine charges Russian general over Skovoroda museum strike

    A painted view of a pale building with tall windows and a columned entrance. Wooden supports hold a gray sheet against one side, surrounded by trees and shrubs. SI illustration

Music

  1. Judge dismisses copyright lawsuit over Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me”

    A sheet of paper with grey lines rests on an audio mixing console beneath a studio speaker, with window light falling across the blue wall. SI illustration

  2. Richard Lloyd, Television guitarist behind Marquee Moon, dies at 75

    Two electric guitars on stands sit on a wooden stage beside an amplifier and drum kit, with sunlight falling through a window onto nearby tables and chairs. SI illustration

  3. Music charts: Victor Mendivil debuts at No. 174 on Billboard 200

    Glowing lines connect a dark album sleeve on a desk to highlighted marks on three sheets pinned to a wall; headphones, books and pencils sit nearby. SI illustration
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  1. SoundCloud to label tracks published directly from ElevenLabs

    An orange waveform runs from an ElevenLabs wordmark to a black tile with a white music note and an orange “SI” label. SI illustration

  2. Australia’s National Songbook inducts its first 10 works

    A woman wearing headphones uses a laptop beside folders and a film reel, with a columned building visible through the window. SI illustration

  3. Tony Butala, founding singer of the Lettermen, dies at 87

    An illustration of three microphones on stands, seen from below against a textured blue background. SI illustration

  4. Warner Music buys Zebralution Music from Bookwire

    A painted black vinyl record partly inside a cream sleeve, with layered blue-gray and cream bands extending to the right. SI illustration

  5. Nicole Taylor, Taylor Red singer and instrumentalist, dies at 35

    A painted close-up of an acoustic guitar against a blue-gray background, with one loose string curving across the fretboard. SI illustration

  6. Music charts: Ella Langley returns to No. 1 for record 25th Hot 100 week

    Two black vinyl records on a wooden table frame a warm country landscape and a snowy forest. A guitar and blanket sit on the left; pine branches and an ornament sit on the right. SI illustration

  7. Yerevan hosts third International Flute Festival on 1–7 November

    A painted scene of a man pointing to the keys on a woman’s flute while other pairs of flutists sit together in a bright room. SI illustration

  8. Music charts: My Chemical Romance earns its first Billboard 200 No. 1

    A stack of black vinyl records with worn edges, topped by a record with a blank cream label, against a textured gray background. SI illustration

  9. Steve Ellis, voice of Love Affair’s Everlasting Love, dies at 76

    A painted close-up of a black vinyl record with a blank cream label on a gray surface. SI illustration

  10. Juan Atkins, who helped create and name techno, dies at 64

    An illustration of black vinyl records on a conveyor beside a large press, with a city skyline visible through a factory window. SI illustration

  11. Hover and Vahagn Hayrapetyan Trio close UNESCO program in Paris

    A painterly view of a sunlit gallery with a large city-square painting and two smaller landscapes. Two people carry chairs and a stand across the tiled floor. SI illustration

Reports for this week

  • A painted view of a grand stone building with columns, with a gold line rising across its lower facade and small brick houses to the right. SI illustration
    AveNews

    UK interest rates, French protests, US measles deaths

    The Bank of England raised its rate to 4%, and Governor Andrew Bailey said another rise could be warranted. The next decision is due on 17 December. France’s Interior Ministry provisionally estimated at least 600,000 demonstrators demanding higher wages and better public services. Wisconsin recorded its first measles death in 36 years.

    Weekly report · covering

    4 min38 sources

  • A painted supermarket scene shows a technician holding a cable beside a control box, with refrigerated shelves, a store worker and a Belgian flag in the background. SI illustration
    Technology

    Refrigeration cyberattacks, SonicWall patch deadline, false emergency alerts

    Refrigeration cyberattacks have reached at least 11 European countries, prompting US agencies to urge operators to secure exposed controls. Federal civilian agencies must secure systems affected by an actively exploited SonicWall flaw by 20 November 2026. Russia and Ukraine also experienced false emergency alerts, with Ukrainian authorities directing residents to official channels and sirens.

    Weekly report · covering

    3 min44 sources

  • Two masked health workers in protective gowns examine a paper and a vial at a table with sample tubes, beneath a Democratic Republic of the Congo flag. SI illustration
    Science

    Congo Ebola vaccine trials, Yemen displacement, Gaza flooding

    Africa CDC’s latest figures list 5,372 Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Researchers have begun vaccine trials against the outbreak strain, which has no approved vaccine or specific treatment. The UN says fighting has displaced more than 323,000 people in Yemen since August. Gaza authorities say rain flooded at least 70,000 tents, leaving displaced families without dry shelter.

    Weekly report · covering

    4 min27 sources

  • A painted streetscape shows pedestrians outside a large columned stone building, with “4%” displayed on a blue banner across its facade. SI illustration
    Business

    UK rate rise, Armenian and Australian rate increases, stock-market losses

    The Bank of England raised its rate to 4%, its first increase since August 2023, with the next decision due on 17 December. Armenia’s policy rate reached 7%, while Australia’s cash-rate target rose to 4.85%. A technology-share sell-off pushed the Nasdaq into correction territory.

    Weekly report · covering

    3 min55 sources

  • A painted scene of five people gathered beneath an NCAA logo in an arena, facing a large closed door; basketball courts are visible through side entrances. SI illustration
    Sports

    Athlete eligibility reversal, Jesús de Miguel’s death, hockey exclusions

    A US appeals court reversed the fifth-year eligibility ruling for athletes who graduated high school in 2022, leaving separate state-court orders in place as cases continue. Tenerife confirmed Jesús de Miguel’s death after a collision during a match, with a disciplinary decision pending. Canada’s restriction excludes Russian and Belarusian players from the junior hockey tournament in Alberta.

    Weekly report · covering

    4 min40 sources

  • Two gloved health workers handle a vial and a packaged syringe outside a building displaying the Democratic Republic of the Congo flag; people sit inside. SI illustration
    Politics

    DR Congo Ebola vaccine trials, Ukraine power cuts, France’s strike

    Africa CDC puts Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 5,372, as vaccine trials begin against an outbreak strain with no approved vaccine or specific treatment. Attacks on energy infrastructure halted Kyiv’s water supply and metro network. France’s strike disrupted schools and other services, with Lecornu planning wage and purchasing-power talks.

    Weekly report · covering

    4 min34 sources