Fear and disruption for Ukraine's rail passengers as Russia escalates drone attacks

Ukrainians travelling by train are increasingly caught in the crosshairs of Russia's attacks.

CPEC 2.0 will be won or lost on keeping China’s investors safe

CPEC 2.0 aims to move past the infrastructure-heavy first phase toward industry, agriculture, mining, technology, green development and business-to-business investment. That shift could deepen economic ties between Pakistan and China, but it also changes the nature of the

New European ski lodges and hotels opening in winter 2026-2027

The winter sports season will see the arrival of many new properties in Europe. Highlights include The First Cortina in Cortina d’Ampezzo and the aptly named Ski Lodge in Verbier, while several properties are also returning after renovations.

Mermaids compete in Warsaw's deepest swimming pool

Warsaw’s Mermaid Polska Deepspot Cup turns mermaiding into sport and art, with acrobatics, races and growing popularity among women and children.

Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport, deny losing territory

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the

Countries weigh banning smart glasses over privacy concerns

Oct 6 - Governments, courts and companies are considering restrictions and examining existing rules on smart glasses amid worries that the technology, brought to mainstream by Meta's Ray-Bans, could be used to photograph, film or audio-record confidential materials or people

Philippine security council looking into China-linked remittances to Duterte family firm

MANILA, Oct 6 - The Philippines' National Security Council said it is looking into information presented during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte alleging that a company linked to her husband had received remittances from China and Hong Kong, it said on

Nepal plans to split aviation regulator to improve air safety

KATHMANDU, Oct 6 - Nepal plans to split the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) into two separate agencies to improve air safety, a minister said on Tuesday, in a country with a long history of crashes.

Indonesia says it will halt forest destruction for rice paddies

Data showed countrywide rice demand had been met with domestic production.

Bulgarian PM condemns drone attack as 'absolutely unacceptable' while search for missing crew continues

The strikes came a day after a grain ship was sunk off Romania, and helicopters and a military jet have joined the search for survivors.

Micron Has Surged on the AI Boom - Is It Still a Buy?

Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants feature

The regulator said Instagram had not fully assessed risks posed by its Instants feature prior to launching it.

Lobby expertise

Someone who has seen a lot of movies but has never made one has a certain kind of knowledge. The same is true for clients, patients and students. They haven’t solved a problem, healed a patient or taught a class, but they’ve seen it done. They might have something helpful to

11 Most Essential White Cards Every Magic: The Gathering Player Should Know

10 quintessential white cards that capture the color’s history, philosophy, and most iconic mechanics.

Discover the Lost Horror Series Deemed Too Shocking for BBC Television (1967)

High culture and new technology have never been a natural pairing. As our digital era has often underscored, media innovations tend to be adopted earliest to deliver the most puerile, sensation-driven content, with the more respectable stuff benefiting only later. When the BBC

US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds

For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says US households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago – outpacing inflation, grocery prices and household incomes, according to a

Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds

The idea that ecosystems carry plenty of backup, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly overestimated, according to the largest global study of its kind.

With hybrid attacks and nuclear bluster, Putin aims to end Europe’s support for Ukraine

European leaders say Moscow's escalated “hybrid war” against Europe includes online disinformation, cyberattacks and threats to use nuclear weapons.

Wall Street on track for record-smashing $90B year: New York State comptroller

Wall Street is on track for a record-shattering $90 billion year -- and massive bonuses to go with it, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office said Tuesday.

Poll: Democrats hold major advantage on health care costs

Health care costs remain a top affordability concern for voters, who trust Democrats over Republicans on the issue by a nearly two-to-one margin, according to a new poll from health research group KFF. Six in 10 voters said they are worried about being able to afford their

Moonshot AI eyes Hong Kong IPO after $50 billion valuation as DeepSeek raises capital

Chinese AI start-up Moonshot AI is targeting for a Hong Kong listing in early 2027 after its valuation hit $50 billion (€44.6bn), while rival DeepSeek is raising between ¥80 billion (€10.6bn) and ¥100 billion (€13.3bn) in a round led by Tencent and CATL, fuelling bets on its

George Fenton, British composer behind David Attenborough’s Earth Trilogy, dies aged 76

Best known for his award-winning film scores and long-lasting partnership with director Ken Loach, George Fenton also created the music for what became known as David Attenborough's Earth Trilogy: The Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.

Yemen government forces advance on Bab el-Mandeb in offensive against Houthis

Operation Yemen Dawn, backed by 100 Saudi coalition aircraft, retook the town of Dhubab just north of the strait, as the Houthis claimed they struck Riyadh's international airport, an oil refinery and military bases across Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan and Turkey agreed to deploy

Indonesia says will halt forest destruction for rice paddies

Kenya confirms its first Ebola death as outbreak spreads

The patient had been living in DR Congo, where more than 4,000 people have died from the disease this year.

Goldman: Diesel prices set to stay high through 2027 as refineries struggle to meet demand

Goldman Sachs says tight refinery capacity could keep diesel prices elevated through 2027, with high margins needed to curb demand and rebuild inventories.

UK PM weighs delay to roadmap for higher defence spending, Times reports

LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering delaying an announcement on how and when Britain will raise defence spending to 3% of GDP, The Times reported on Tuesday, pushing back a key milestone on the path to meeting NATO's target of 3.5% by

Pneumonic plague in Russia: What do experts say about the risk?

Russian authorities are investigating the death of a laboratory worker from an unexplained respiratory infection after unconfirmed reports suggested pneumonic plague. Experts say the disease is treatable with antibiotics and is unlikely to spread widely.

John Thune has money on his mind

The Senate majority leader says he’s focused on “resources” as the final pre-midterm sprint begins.

Southeast Asia's energy security at a crossroads as power demand surges, IEA warns

The region should diversify energy sources and supply routes, make greater use of domestic resources where viable and become more energy efficient, the International Energy Agency recommends in a new report.

Ex-German intelligence chief arrested over suspected espionage

Former BND president August Hanning is accused of obtaining classified documents from his former agency, with investigators reportedly examining whether information was passed to foreign powers.

Latvian filmmaker wins €400,000 Grand Prix at Kazakhstan's AI film festival

The first Astana AI Film Festival has concluded in Kazakhstan, with Latvian filmmaker Nikolay Shestak taking the Grand Prix. The festival had a total fund of €1.8 million, with half allocated to prize money and the other half to investment in promising AI teams and film

The illusion of America’s withdrawal from Iraq

The American withdrawal from Iraq is not an end but a strategic pivot, a calculated transition from direct occupation to remote containment. By pressuring Iraq to disarm its resistance groups, Washington aims to neutralize Iran’s forward defense line and clear the battlefield

MEP Lena Schilling describes ‘immense shock’ after finding nude deepfakes of herself

Green MEP Lena Schilling has described nude deepfake images of herself and several other MEPs as “unacceptable”, saying their creators tried to take her “dignity away”.

Africa: If Africa Is Generating More Electricity, Why Are Millions Still Without Reliable Power?

[Independent (Kampala)] Uganda's seven-decade electricity journey reveals the gap between generating electricity and getting it reliably into homes, businesses and communities

Indonesia court to rule on bid to annul vice president's election win

Plaintiffs led by a former Indonesian deputy law minister filed a petition last month, arguing that Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's overseas education credentials did not satisfy Indonesian eligibility requirements.

Markets Overly Optimistic? 10 Low-Debt Stocks to Watch if Panic Selling Takes Hold

Africa: African Frontier Markets Lead Equity Returns As Larger Economies Lag

[Daba Finance] African equity markets displayed a wide divergence in performance as of Friday, October 4, 2026, with frontier exchanges in East and West Africa significantly outperforming larger markets. Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria led the continent in year-to-date equity

Faster returns and stricter border controls: How the EU plans to tighten migration

The EU is cracking down on migration two months after launching the Migration and Asylum Pact. Migrants with no right to stay must leave and may be transferred to “return hubs”. A new European Return Order will include key elements of return decisions. But is the EU prepared?

Global oil stocks are alarmingly low and could take two years to rebuild, Aramco warns

The CEO of the world's biggest oil company warned at a conference that the global oil supply system is reaching its limit and that replenishing global oil stockpiles could take two years.

Turkey and Pakistan to send troops to Saudi Arabia under defence pact

The three signatories of the August Mecca Joint Defence Agreement met in emergency session in Riyadh and agreed to move immediately to "rapid deployment" of military forces, uniting NATO's second-largest army, the Islamic world's only nuclear state and the largest Gulf power.

TV personality Dewi Sukarno ordered to pay fine over assaults

The 86-year-old Japanese TV personality is the widow of Indonesia’s first president Sukarno.

8 Biggest Questions After the 'Lanterns' Season 1 Finale, Explained

Hal's fate, John's rogue turn, and sleeper agents are only some of the lingering threads left at the end of Lanterns

‘Ba’s Book’: How Making the Heartfelt Hybrid Film Exploring Trauma Brought a Family Closer Together

Ashley Duong's cinematic journey, which screens at the London Film Fest, uncovers painful memories that her father long kept from his family about escaping the Vietnam War and living as a refugee in Iran.

What is Russia saying about death of woman linked to plague lab?

BBC Verify looks into the death of a woman linked to plague lab in Siberia.

NYT: U.S. feared that Iran would strike U.K. airbase from within British soil

Some U.S. officials reportedly feared a multipronged drone attack on RAF Fairford, which houses American bombers, loosely modeled on Ukraine's strikes deep inside Russia

Purple reign: Philippines seeks to keep grip on ube throne

Fears that biopiracy might take a chunk out of the market have prompted the Philippines' government to announce a ban on raw ube exports.

Japan says it told China survey ship to leave Tokyo's economic waters

The Chinese vessel Kexue was seen "intermittently extending wire-like objects into the sea", says Japan's coast guard.