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People hold the pumpkins they selected at a farm in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, Oct. 11, 2026. Visiting pumpkin patches is a popular autumn activity in Canada, attracting families to local farms to enjoy the harvest season. (Photo: Xinhua)
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World News in Brief: October 12

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday that the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for "microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation."

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