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Italy — Exit tax extended to individuals with assets over 800,000 euros — The Budget Law extends to individuals the tax previously reserved for businesses: those who transfer their tax residence abroad after having been in Italy for six of the last ten tax periods, with assets of at least 800,000 euros, will pay a 26% rate on accrued capital gains, even if not yet realized. Il Messaggero

Europe — Tusk accuses Nawrocki and Duda over Court crisis — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that President Karol Nawrocki and former head of state Andrzej Duda would be involved in the destruction of the rule of law in Poland, while police officers guard the entrance to the Constitutional Court in Warsaw and the president has called talks to calm the crisis. ANSA

Foreign Affairs and Geopolitics — Oleshky truce ends this evening — The ceasefire in the area of the occupied city of Oleshky, in effect since October 27 to deliver humanitarian aid and evacuate residents, ends at 10:59 pm today; Kyiv has called it the longest truce since 2022, Moscow accuses Ukraine of violating it with an attack that wounded two people. Ukrainska Pravda

News — In Urda, train drivers call for more rail safety — After the collision between two trains in Urda, Spain, which caused at least 69 deaths, Spanish train drivers are calling for enhanced safety on the national rail network. Euronews

News — Stones and molotovs thrown at police in Tirana — A group of young people staged violent protests in the Albanian capital, throwing stones and incendiary bottles at law enforcement and demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. ANSA

Health — A drug reduces recurrences in endometrial cancer — An international study presented at the ESMO congress and published in The Lancet shows that sacituzumab tirumotecan reduces recurrences and mortality in endometrial cancer; the data are preliminary and involve more than 200 oncology centers in 29 countries. BreveNews

Health — Excessive exercise alters dopamine even at rest — A study from the University of São Paulo published in the journal Neuroscience found that excessive physical activity keeps dopamine levels elevated even during rest in the mice used in the trial; the authors note that they did not directly measure sleep or anxiety in the animals. Adnkronos

Tech & AI — FBI attributes Binance attack to North Korea — The FBI has attributed a large-scale cyberattack on the cryptocurrency platform Binance to North Korean authorities; the platform reinstated 90% of the stolen assets. US President Donald Trump has cast doubt on the agency’s conclusions. ANSA

Tech & AI — Chatbots recommend best-known drugs, not the cheapest — A study published in Nature Health by Osaka Metropolitan University, based on nearly 883,000 simulated responses, shows that ChatGPT and Claude tend to favor major-brand drugs over less expensive alternatives. Globalist

Culture — New remains reveal Mesopotamia of 4,000 years ago — Archaeologists have found walls, gates and traces of metalworking at Tell Muhammad, southeast of Baghdad, in a joint project between the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and the University of Catania. The National

Film & Entertainment — Clio Barnard wins Progressive Cinema Competition in Rome — At the 21st Rome Film Fest, Clio Barnard’s film won the Progressive Cinema Competition; the Grand Jury Prize went to Tim Blake Nelson, while the award for best actor was given ex aequo to Anthony Boyle and Paolo Pierobon. Festa del Cinema di Roma

Sport — Paris Masters, final act without the defending champion — At the Rolex Paris Masters, the season’s last Masters 1000, the semifinals pitted Medvedev against Alcaraz on one side, and Zverev against de Minaur on the other, in the absence of defending champion Jannik Sinner, sidelined by injury. ESPN

The number of the day — 7.4 million Texans have already voted — At the close of early voting in Texas, there were 7,410,631 votes recorded, equal to 38.92% of the state’s 19,041,684 registered voters; voting for the midterm elections takes place on Tuesday, November 3. The Texas Tribune

On this day — State museums free across Italy — Today, Sunday, November 1, the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, the Bargello Museum, the Medici Chapels Museum and Palazzo Davanzati opened free of charge to the public as part of the #domenicalmuseo initiative by the Ministry of Culture, with no booking required. Ministero della Cultura