I Had a D&D Designer Make the Perfect Monster to Torment My Group

Polygon gets an exclusive D&D monster to celebrate the revised edition of Keith Ammann's The Monsters Know What They're Doing: Remonstered!

The Bizarre, Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris

The beloved video game Tetris has a fascinating, complicated history. While the Tetris Company (TTC) claims exclusive rights to the geometric pieces at the heart of the game, known as tetrominoes, history shows that the Russian engineer and game designer duo behind TTC did not,

Amazon Alexa Plus keeps creepily singing ‘lalala’ for minutes on end

An unsettling Alexa Plus bug has seen some Amazon Echo smart home speakers reduced to saying - and sometimes singing - nothing but "lalala" on repeat for minutes at a time, often in the middle of conversations with users. When quizzed about the behavior, Alexa is apparently

The EUDI wallet: Building trust, unlocking growth in Europe

Europe is about to place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every citizen. Writes Jacques Van Zijp in an OpEd for Euronews. It could become the trust layer of the European economy and a growth driver in a single market that works at digital speed. A model that has value

Sailors missing after fresh attacks on Black Sea vessels, Bulgaria says

It is not clear who is behind the attacks which come as Russia intensifies strikes in the Black Sea as part of its war against Ukraine.

Keith Haring retrospective opens at Rome’s Palazzo Braschi with more than 140 works

Keith Haring’s unmistakable art has arrived in Rome, with a major new retrospective bringing together more than 140 works.

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights

Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year Drax’s planned datacentre could produce nearly double the emissions of all flights out of Gatwick airport each year by burning 4.9m tonnes of wood

Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin

Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and his discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.

Asia’s growth now belongs to Silicon Valley

Southeast Asia’s growth next year will be decided at meetings its finance ministers won’t attend. A few executives in California will soon settle next year’s spending on data centers. Their decisions will do more to shape growth in Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and the

'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel

Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space.

UniCredit gets Putin’s approval to sell part of its Russian business

The Italian bank plans to keep its international payments business while selling its other Russian operations. The approval contrasts with Moscow’s recent moves to place several Western companies’ local assets under temporary management.

Valor Mortis Comes to PS Plus and Game Pass, and You Can Try It for Free

Players can try the first-person soulslike Valor Mortis on launch day with a free PS Plus trial, and the game will also come to Xbox Game Pass.

Indian opposition MPs detained in protest against election chief

Opposition leaders have alleged that CEC Gyanesh Kumar manipulated voter rolls to favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party during elections.

Electrification, AI and fossil fuels: What to expect as Türkiye hosts major climate summit next month

The UN talks in Antalya next month will be backdropped by the energy crisis, extreme heat and Nepal's flood disaster.

Latest news bulletin | October 6th, 2026 – Midday

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this October 6th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Charlie Brown's Halloween Special Still Rules Over Peanuts Christmas in 1 Way

Turnong 60 this year, the 1966 TV special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown remains a Halloween holiday staple

Lee Krasner Gets the Last Word

Lucy Ives reviews The Met’s Krasner-Pollock show, Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara interviews outgoing Yaddo President Elaina Richardson, and Aruna D’Souza profiles artist Rana Begum.

Trump’s feud with Cotton snaps heads in the Senate

President Trump’s doxing of Sen. Tom Cotton over a stalled bill to establish year-round daylight saving time is throwing an unexpected twist in the Arkansas Republican’s reelection race and sets up a fierce fight in the Senate this fall over the biannual changing of clocks.

Trump's Golden Dome faces headwinds with funding uncertain

Golden Dome, President Trump’s lofty plan for a national ballistic missile defense shield, is facing heavy headwinds with project funding still uncertain. The missile defense program, estimated to cost some $1.2 trillion over 20 years of development and operation, needs a

Trump is turning out Democrats, but can he still do it for the GOP?

We’re now over the hump and into the downhill slide to the end of the 2026 midterm elections. I say “end” because early voting has already begun in six states, and by the end of next week, the number will be up to 19 and counting. A mighty river of ballots, eventually more

Trump Is Pretending to Create Jobs in Key Midterm States

The political ascent of Donald Trump has forced me to adjust upward my estimation of the American public’s gullibility. That Trump is a fraud is something I would have been able to perceive when I was 7 years old. Yet Americans twice elected him president. If I possessed the

These Candidates Don’t Talk to Working People—They Are Working People

Claire Valdez, the New York state assemblymember now running to represent New York City’s 7th congressional district in the House of Representatives, joined a union long before she ever entered politics. It’s her history with unions that she credits with giving her the

The Unforeseen Something

When a little girl in Iowa was diagnosed with a rare incurable disease, her parents and their community came together to help her. They wound up making medical history.

Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance

From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare."

Mamdani's plan to tackle antisemitism faces backlash from Jewish New Yorkers

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) rolled out a first-of-its-kind municipal strategy to combat antisemitism last week, and it has drawn some criticism from Jewish leaders who say its omission of Israel and anti-Zionism overlooks a key factor behind the recent rise in hate

London Film Fest Gets Concrete – Literally, and More Than Once!

The 2026 lineup, including several movies with "concrete" in their title, made for "hilarious and quite confusing program meetings," shares fest director Kristy Matheson.

It’s Time to Bring Back Congress’s Nerd Squad

In the autumn of 2001, a new national security threat arrived by mail. Envelopes carrying a fine, nearly invisible powder had begun traveling through the postal system. One letter reached a tabloid’s newsroom in Boca Raton, Florida, killing a photo editor within a few weeks.

How to assemble science

Humanity produces a staggering amount of new knowledge every day. The question is how to make sense of it all - by Helen Pearson Read on Aeon

Hegseth's get-out-the-vote effort draws praise and skepticism

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ramping up his get-out-the-vote campaign, urging U.S. troops to register to vote in the 2026 midterm elections but not telling them which way to vote. He also issued a stand-down order, allowing service members to get one day off this month to

Fjord Puts a Family—and a Country—on Trial

“There’s no Dracula here,” the head of the Norwegian welcoming committee proudly tells a Romanian family in an early scene in Fjord. They have just arrived in the picturesquely chilly hamlet of Ålesund, where Mats (Markus Scarth Tønseth) is the principal of the local elementary

Alito's first book pushes conservative justice into spotlight

Two decades after joining the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito joins the ranks of justices as authors. Alito's first book, “So Ordered,” set for release Tuesday, is an adapted collection of speeches he’s given over the years commenting on abortion, originalism, threats to

Pneumonic plague suspected in Russia: What we know and what is the risk to Europe?

The death of a staff member at an anti-plague institute in Russia following a laboratory accident has put the spotlight on plague and how it spreads.

ASOS app users receive push notifications apparently sent by hackers

Dozens of people appear to have received a strange message from the clothing and beauty store's app.

Evangelion Creator Returns to Direct Another Sci-Fi Anime Classic

A new Space Battleship Yamato movie has been announced, with Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno attached to direct.

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

The nature of the remittances was not immediately clear.

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 says drone attack on two ships is 'flagrant' breach of maritime law

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