Saturday 24 October 2026 · No. 3
Top Story The Gulf
Oil is a fuel. It cost more this week.
🧵 New to this story? Read the story so far →Oil is a fuel that ships carry around the world. A barrel is a big drum of oil. On Friday, one barrel cost about $114.50. Later it cost $117.20.
Oil costs more because of fighting near Saudi Arabia. A group from Yemen, called the Houthis, said they hit places there, including airports. A big oil company moved its workers out of one office.
Saudi Arabia sells a lot of oil. When it is harder to get, oil costs more. Oil has cost more for three weeks in a row.
World Seychelles
An island has more tortoises than people.
Seychelles is a country of islands in the Indian Ocean. A ring of small islands there is called Aldabra. Giant tortoises live on Aldabra.
Scientists think about 183,000 tortoises live there. That is more than the people in Seychelles. About 123,000 people live in the whole country.
Long ago, people took too many tortoises. Fewer than 1,000 were left. Then Aldabra became a nature park in 1981. In 2012, people removed goats from the island. Today the tortoises are safe.
United States Voting
Election Day is November 3.
EARLY VOTES SO FAR Millions of votes
Grown-ups in the United States will vote on November 3. They will choose people for Congress. Congress makes the laws.
Many people do not wait. They vote early. About 10 million sent their votes by mail. About 6 million voted in person.
Votes came in from 41 states and Washington, D.C. That is more than 16 million votes so far. Kansas and Texas had big jumps. A vote is a way to choose who will speak for you.
Science & Tech Space
A rover has set a driving record.
A rover is a robot car. It explores another world. NASA's rover Perseverance is on Mars. Mars is a planet far from Earth.
On October 11, the rover passed a record. It has driven 28.10 miles. An older rover, Opportunity, drove 28.06 miles.
Perseverance took about five and a half years. Opportunity took nearly 15 years. Perseverance mostly steers itself. It has also collected 29 rock samples. Next it will visit a huge block of old rock.
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