- US Targets Russia's A7 Network In New Iran Sanctions Push
on October 2, 2026 at 9:52 amUS authorities designated the A7 financial network as a "significant transnational criminal organization," the latest in a series of steps by Western authorities to try and choke the sprawling Kremlin-backed sanctions-evading scheme.
- UN food program warns Yemen's hunger crisis risks becoming 'absolutely devastating'
on October 2, 2026The UN's World Food Programme said that the renewed fighting in Yemen, which imports around 90% of the food it consumes, is aggravating the country's hunger crisis, leaving almost 75% of households unable to meet their basic food needs.
- ‘The diesel crisis will expose Britain’s weakness’
on October 2, 2026If Donald Trump bans diesel exports, Britain will pay the price for 20 years of deindustrialisation, says Matthew Lynn
- Israel’s Supreme Court Pushes Palestinian Candidate to Withdraw From Elections
by Shireen Akram-Boshar on October 2, 2026 at 4:20 pmSami Abu Shehadeh, head of the left-wing Balad party, withdrew from Israel’s upcoming elections on Friday.
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
The post below, from WeChat account 白桦视界 Báihuà Shìjiè, or “White Birch Vision,” is a censored response to new restrictions on drone ownership and storage within the city of Beijing. Registration requirements and flight restrictions were already in place; the new, tighter measures followed the [...]
In mid-September, a man was arrested for stabbing and wounding an unknown number of women outside a hotpot restaurant in the GOGO Xintiandi shopping plaza in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. The man appeared to target only women, and images and footage posted online [...]
Sophia Huang Xueqin, a journalist whose reporting on human rights and sexual abuse helped to galvanize China’s #MeToo movement, was scheduled to be released from prison last Friday, after completing a five-year sentence for allegedly “inciting subversion of state power.” Huang and her friend, labor [...]
The following is an introduction to and contextualization of some of the specific entries and broader categories included in CDT’s archived “ByteDance Lexicon of Sensitive Terms.” The lexicon, which contains some 5,241 “sensitive” words and phrases subject to review by ByteDance internal content moderators, derives [...]
People who followed the MIND diet more closely showed slower brain shrinkage and less grey matter loss over time, with the strongest differences equivalent to about 2.5 years of delayed brain aging. Berries and poultry were linked with healthier brain changes, while sweets and fried [...]
The Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 may actively damage brain blood vessels and sabotage the cellular systems that remove harmful proteins. Researchers were able to reverse some of these effects in experiments, revealing promising new targets for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases. [...]
People with depression who dramatically cut ultra-processed foods experienced notable improvements in their symptoms in a small preliminary study. Researchers suspect healthier eating may benefit the brain partly by reducing gut damage and chronic inflammation. [...]
Scientists have identified two new species of large Australian stick insects, including one that lays extraordinary “lidded” eggs never before recorded in the group. The discovery also revealed that a familiar stick insect had been misidentified for decades, showing how much biodiversity may still be [...]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission is scheduled to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on October 1. The Dragon could reach the orbiting laboratory in just 7 hours and 50 minutes, making it the fastest U.S. spacecraft journey to the ISS in history. [...]
A proposed qubit made with superfluid helium could cut quantum computing error rates by around 100 times by shielding quantum information from common forms of electromagnetic noise. If experiments confirm the predictions, the technology could eventually work alongside today’s superconducting qubits or serve as a [...]
A new protective fabric boosted strawberry yields by as much as 3.56 times while blocking insects and still allowing sunlight, rain, and airflow to reach the plants. Originally inspired by research on military clothing, Plant Armor could also help farms reduce pesticide and water use. [...]
A review of more than 265,000 people found that cannabis use was associated with higher rates of both committing violence and becoming a victim of it. The researchers say the link is significant but does not prove cannabis itself is the cause. [...]
Israel's prime minister says the pilot who tried to take over the Flydubai plane clearly intended to "down the plane". [...]
A pilot who stabbed another pilot on an Israel-bound plane is being investigated in Saudi Arabia, Benjamin Netanyahu says. [...]
Adam Polovincik tells the BBC he told his young children "everything is going to be all right" as flight plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m). [...]
Capt Smit Machchhar was attacked by another pilot onboard the Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv. [...]
An aeroplane flying to Israel fell 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than two minutes before it was diverted. [...]
Other passengers on the Israel-bound flight described the "terrifying" moment the plane dropped. [...]
A pilot has been arrested and is being questioned after another pilot was stabbed, officials say. [...]
Iran's foreign minister has responded, saying the PM was "barking up the wrong tree". [...]
The U.S. defense secretary announced ambitious plans in a “State of the Force” speech. [...]
Paris is hoping to rein in the country’s deficit and avoid another no-confidence vote. [...]
India’s opposition parties and the Cockroach movement are ready to march over fresh allegations of bias. [...]
But the continued shortfall of refined products means little relief at the pump. [...]
What happens after SpaceX’s most popular vehicle leaves the market? [...]
Despite shared concerns, stark differences exist in perceptions of AI in the United States and China. [...]
Washington and New Delhi have more to focus on than Beijing. [...]
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Lecturers and other staff in public universities have begun a nationwide strike after their unions rejected a counter-offer by the Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum (IPUCCF) over the 2025-2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). [...]
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya is expected to experience above-average rainfall in several parts of the country during October, with the Kenya Meteorological Department warning of heavy rainfall events in various areas. [...]
[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Explosions were heard in Ethiopia's capital shortly after midnight on Thursday, with diplomatic sources reporting blasts near the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) headquarters and another military installation, as renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia raises concerns that the conflict could [...]
[Independent (Kampala)] At a recent coronation event for the Omukama of Tooro, His Majesty Edward Kijanangoma Rukidi Nyabongo I, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni urged local leadership to prioritise addressing the region's high HIV prevalence, notably contrasting it with Karamoja, where HIV prevalence is lowest. That [...]
[Liberian Observer] As the human-wildlife conflict in Western Liberia enters its ninth consecutive year, community members and conservation groups are attributing the crisis to severe food shortages in the deep forests driven by habitat loss, unregulated mining, and logging. [...]