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The 2025 Nobel economics prize went to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for “explaining innovation-driven growth”.  They are credited with quantifying “creative destruction”, an idea that innovations such as steam engines and artificial intelligence that push out older technologies and businesses can be beneficial to humanity in the long run. Plus, in an unprecedented move, the Dutch government took control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia over national security concerns. 

On today’s music show on Arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with two talented French musicians. Scott Tixier, a six-time Grammy-winning violinist, composer, and professor, has collaborated with some of the world’s biggest artists, including Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Beyoncé, Hans Zimmer, and Jon Batiste. His new solo album, “Bonfire”, offers a bold, innovative take on jazz improvisation. Célia Kameni, one of France’s most exciting singers, draws inspiration from a wide range of artists, from Nina Simone to Björk. Recently, she won one of France’s most prestigious jazz awards for her intimate and beautiful EP “Meduse” (or Medusa in English).

President Donald Trump arrived in Egypt Monday for a global summit on Gaza’s future, following his visit to Israel to mark a US-brokered ceasefire with Hamas. His trip, including a speech at the Knesset in Jerusalem, comes amid hopes to end two years of conflict between Israel and Hamas. Over two dozen countries will attend the summit hosted by Trump and Egypt’s President el-Sissi. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declined, citing a nearby Jewish holiday.

In a critical day for the Middle East, the last 20 living hostages held by Hamas were returned to Israel while Israel released some of the nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under a breakthrough Gaza ceasefire deal. US President Donald Trump made a whirlwind visit to the region. In Jerusalem, he addressed the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to repeated applause before heading to Egypt for a summit of world leaders backing the ceasefire plan. More ramped-up aid was being readied for Gaza, much of which is in ruins after two years of war that began when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct.…

Every October, the world turns pink for “Octobre Rose”, the French name for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year marks the 32nd edition of the global campaign, running until October 31st, with a strong focus on raising awareness about early detection and screening for breast cancer. Valerie McCormack, cancer epidemiologist, is our guest.

Spain continue their perfect performance, bringing them one step closer to qualification. In the match against Georgia, La Roja achieved a decisive victory, despite the absence of several key players. “We could have won by a greater margin,” said Luis De La Fuente after the match.

We’re used to video game characters repeating the same lines of scripted dialogue. But artificial intelligence is now allowing players to have unique, unscripted conversations with the characters they meet. In Tech 24, we look at this experimental tech and its path to the mainstream.

US actress Diane Keaton, known for her Oscar-winning performance in 1977’s “Annie Hall” and her role in “The Godfather” films, has died at age 79, People magazine reported Saturday. 

The US government began shutting down after midnight on Wednesday after Congress failed to agree a stopgap budget, halting operations at federal agencies and sidelining hundreds of thousands of workers. In exchange for their votes, Democrats had demanded billions of dollars in healthcare spending be restored, particularly for low-income households.

US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to place an additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese imports starting on November 1 or sooner, expressing frustration with new export controls placed on rare earth elements by China. Trump also cast doubt on whether he would meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during an upcoming trip to South Korea.