Many midterm-election(中期選舉) races are still neck and neck(不相上下,勢均力敵).

Republicans(n.共和黨人are likely headed(v.朝向,走向) to a smaller- than-expected majority(n.多數票) in the House(n.眾議院).Several key midterm-election races still need to be decided,but the so-called(adj.（表示不認同）所謂的；叫做……的，號稱……的)"red wave" did't capture(v.占領) as many seats as forecast(v.預測).The Senate(n.參議院) remains up for grabs(有待爭取的),but Mark Kelly was declared(v.聲稱,宣稱) the winner in Arizona,boosting(v.促進，提升) democrats' prospects(n.希望，前景) of keeping the Senate majority.

The top U.S. general suggests that it may be time for peace talks in Ukraine.

Gen.Mark Milley,the chairman(n.主席,議長) of Joint (adj.聯合的)Chief of Staff(參謀長)(參謀長聯席會議主席),estimated (v.估計)more than 200,000 Russian and Ukrainian troops(n.士兵) had killed or wounded(v.受傷，傷害) during the war in Ukraine.More than 100,000 have died on each side in addition to(除此之外) roughly(adv. 粗略地) 40,000 Ukrainian civilians(n.平民). Milley added that the coming winter months,when a lull(n. 間歇，暫時平靜；低谷期) in fighting is expected,could be an opportunity for both sides to consider peace talks. However, the prevailing(adj.主導的,流行的) U.S. and European opinion is that the two countries are far from(離...很遠) such negotiations(n.談判).

In other news from the war,Ukrainian troops are advancing(v.前進) in the south after Russia announced a retreat(n.撤退) from the strategic(adj.戰(zhàn)略的,關鍵的) port(n.港口) city of Kherson. Yet some officials still fear that Russia's move could be a trap(n.陷阱).

1. Crypto(cryptocurrency 加密貨幣 adj.秘密的,加密的) exchange(n.交易所) FTX files(v.遞交文件進行申請) for bankruptcy(n.破產),CEO resigns(v辭職).It isn't clear how long it might take customers to get their money bank,or whether they will get anything at all. FTX lent billions of dollars(數十億美元) worth of customer assets(n.資產) to fund(資助) its affiliated(adj.附屬的,相關的) trading firm's risky(adj.危險的) bets(n.賭注),setting the stage(n.舞臺) for its downfall(n.衰落),a person familiar with the matter said.
2. Inflation(n. 通貨膨脹) eased(v.減輕,緩和) in October from nearly a four-decade high,sending U.S. stocks(股票) soaring(v.猛增).
3. Twitter appears to have suspended(v.暫停,終止) its recently launched(v.推出) paid subscription service,one of(其中之一) many abrupt(adj.突然的) shifts(v.轉變) since Elon Musk bought the company. Musk warned employees that Twitter did not have the necessary cash to survive(v.存活) and said the company remained(v.剩余,遺留) over-staffed(人員過多). Remaining workers needed to be more ''hard core(硬核)" ,he told them.