China’s manufacturing PMI fell 0.8 percentage points from the previous month to 49.3% in October. The non-manufacturing index dropped to 49.7%, while the composite PMI output index also came in at 49.7%.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education is working with NVIDIA to develop training in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. It has also proposed establishing a regional NVIDIA Physical AI Hub at QAIRU.
A copyright lawsuit over Drake’s “Janice STFU” has been dismissed. The case was dropped without prejudice, allowing Hirschfield to file it again later.
Servicemen of Kazakhstan’s Armed Forces backed the priorities set out by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his address to the nation. For the military, key tasks include improving combat training, mastering modern equipment and strengthening discipline.
Adlan Umarov has yet to hear the final bell in a professional fight. The Kazakh has finished all four of his opponents and is joining ONE Championship.
Former MMA Series heavyweight champion Sergey Dyakonov has shared his prediction for Alexander Volkov’s fight with Rizvan Kuniev. He expects Volkov to control the bout and win on the judges’ scorecards.
Magomed Magomedov brings a 15-0 professional record into his ONE Championship debut against Lucas Gabriel on November 6. The lightweight bout is part of ONE Fight Night 49 in Bangkok.
Savely Kurochkin expects a close third fight between Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili. He predicts a split-decision win for Yan, who would retain his UFC bantamweight title.
ONE Championship has added two MMA bouts to ONE Fight Night 50, the promotion’s final U.S. primetime event of 2026. Kade Ruotolo will face Ok Rae Yoon, while Maurice Abevi takes on unbeaten Dzhabir Dzhabrailov.
Bibert Tumenov says he is targeting an early victory over reigning champion Daud Shaikhaev at ACA 208. Shaikhaev will make the first defense of his ACA lightweight belt.