5 new Hong Kong cafes and coffee shops to try in October 2026, plus must-visit events
International Coffee Day on October 1 kicks off a month of new openings and fun events for coffee obsessives and casual drinkers alike
· Charmaine Mok
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Newest first · UTC+11:00US judge approves settlement allowing Paramount to acquire Warner Bros
A United States judge has entered an order giving the green light for the media giant Paramount to complete its $110bn acquisition of entertainment company Warner Bros., despite fears about the long-term impacts of media consolidation.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest
Watch: The competition's winner and runners up. Nikon is investigating whether the winning video (shown left) was altered with AI
· Bbcnews
Putin shows no sign of stopping the war as Russia doubles down on Ukraine
Watch: "This is a war Europe is waging against us", Sergei Lavrov tells BBC
· Bbcnews
Ritzy California mall plunged into darkness for hours thanks to PG&E outage
San Francisco’s famed Ferry Building was plunged into darkness for three hours Wednesday as another huge Pacific Gas & Electric outage rocked the city’s iconic waterfront — the latest in a rolling line of blackouts to infuriate Bay Area residents.
· Titus Wu
Inside the mid-air stabbing, cockpit scrum and 'miracle' flydubai landing
Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayoun was among the first to try and regain control of the jet. (AP: Tomer Appelbaum)
· Tessa Flemming
Inside the mid-air stabbing, cockpit scrum and 'miracle' flydubai landing
Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayoun was among the first to try and regain control of the jet. (AP: Tomer Appelbaum)
· Tessa Flemming
Cornell accuser told cops: ‘With 100% confidence I was raped,’ bombshell transcript reveals
The Cornell University student who accused seven fraternity brothers of sexually assaulting her told police: “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped,” according to a newly revealed transcript.
· Alex Oliveira, Georgia Worrell
Vape prices to rise as new tax takes effect
The government is trying to make vaping more expensive and less appealing to young people
· Bbcnews
Northern Ireland's young drivers first in UK to get new driving licensing laws
Northern Ireland has become the first part of the UK to introduce new rules for new drivers in a bid to reduce fatal road crashes involving young people.
· Bbcnews
Nation's love affair with coffee on shaky ground as cost-of-living bites
Glenn Jones is a chief coffee taster at a Queensland coffee processing plant. (ABC Sunshine Coast: Jessica Ross)
· Jessica Ross
Student dies after falling from fourth story of Southern California high school building
A student at a Los Angeles high school died Wednesday after falling from a fourth-story building, police said.
· Pierce Sharpe
US Senate rejects bill targeting AI data centre electricity costs
The United States Senate has thwarted a bill that would have required state regulators to consider forcing data centres and other major electricity users to bear the costs of the infrastructure built to serve them.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Dane Cook says brother’s $12M betrayal left him with ‘scarlet letter of humiliation’
Dane Cook reflected on the shame he felt while fighting against his family for a fortune that was stolen from underneath his eyes.
· Fox News
Hong Kong police arrest journalist over alleged 'seditious' acts
Tang Ho-wing's arrest has sparked condemnation from rights groups. (Supplied: YouTube/Boom News)
Leftover campfire sparked deadly Yosemite blaze that killed 2 hero pilots: officials
As it turns out, the Yosemite Dome Fire that has burned thousands of acres could have been avoided — officials revealed Tuesday that an abandoned campfire sparked the blaze.
· Marina Peña
Accused ‘killer grandma’ in NYT exec slaying appears in court with husband
Accused killer grandma Shili Chen broke her silence in court Wednesday as she and her husband appeared together behind glass for the first time since the fatal shooting of New York Times executive Jonathan McKinsey.
· David Thompson, Daniel Farr
Kristi Noem’s ‘saddened’ cross-dressing husband Bryon makes veiled threat after wife files for divorce
Kristi Noem’s crossing-dressing husband, Byron, expressed a cryptic desire to “truthfully share his perspective” amid his divorce from the ousted former Department of Homeland Security secretary – months after his bizarre “bimbofication” fetish was exposed.
· Victor Nava
Harrowing video shows airborne deputies save injured motorcyclist from brutal desert crash
A heart-pounding video shows California deputies plunging into a treacherous desert canyon to save a severely injured motorcyclist after a brutal crash.
· Justin Choi
Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch (left) with shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately in London last week
· Bbcnews
Wallaby who overcame cystic fibrosis to play rugby diagnosed with MND
Nathan Charles overcame the odds to play four Tests for Australia. (Getty Images: Paul Kane)
· Michael Doyle
Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic
Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.
· REUTERS
WATCH: Herzog condemns 'vigilantes,' West Bank violence in visit to IDF base after violent riots
President Isaac Herzog condemned the violence in the West Bank while visiting an IDF base in the region on Wednesday.
· DANYA SAPERSTEIN
Trump on flydubai incident: ‘I spoke to Bibi Netanyahu at length’; co-pilot may have been terrorist
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had spoken “at length” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the dramatic incident aboard a Flydubai flight bound for Israel, and said the co-pilot may have been either “a terrorist” or “a whack job.”
· IDAN KWELLER
Passengers recall sickening plunge, screams during flydubai plane hijacking: ‘I was just sure I was going to die’
Passengers aboard the flydubai plane at the center of a suspected terrorist attack described the chaos on board as a bloody mess as they thanked the heroes who helped avert a tragedy on Wednesday.
· Ronny Reyes
El Nino sends world’s most dangerous apex sea predator to Orange County beaches
A group of whale watchers was left stunned in Orange County after they discovered a pod of killer whales swimming next to their boat.
· Sheetal Banchariya
Ashley Tisdale’s husband Christopher French breaks silence on ‘toxic mom group’ drama
Ashley Tisdale and her husband are unbothered by the fallout from the actress’ viral “toxic mom group” article.
· Lanae Brody
California mayor accused of calling staffer a ‘dirty Mexican’ lashes out as council turns on her
Pressure is mounting on Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken as more City Council members speak out over allegations that she used racial slurs against her chief of staff.
· Marina Peña
Nagoya mayor says sorry for Asian Games 'inconveniences'
JAPAN — Nagoya's mayor apologized to athletes on Wednesday for "inconveniences" at the Asian Games in the Japanese city following a string of complaints.
· Agence France-Presse
U.K. accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech research
LONDON – Britain’s MI5 spy agency issued an unprecedented alert on Wednesday to warn that a Chinese organization was involved in funding academic research into topics such as AI on behalf of Beijing’s state security service.
· Michael Holden
Just 13% of Cornell sexual misconduct claims lead to expulsion, dismissal – and the Ivy League school isn’t alone
The vast majority of Cornell University’s sexual misconduct claims don’t wind up getting investigated, while even fewer — a mere 13% — result in an accused student or staffer getting expelled or dismissed, according to a new report.
· Alex Oliveira
Hegseth taps Musk, Luckey, Gingrich to study future of war for US military
WASHINGTON — Bring in the sci-fi and history nerds.
· Ryan King
Maniac in a black top hat stabs 3 after food fight at NYC intersection: cops, sources
A top hat-wearing madman stabbed three men during a brutal clash over food at a major Lower East Side intersection early Wednesday, cops and sources said.
· Joe Marino, Amanda Woods
Hong Kong journalist arrested on sedition charge
Hong Kong police have arrested an independent journalist on suspicion of incitement by spreading disinformation, local media report.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Blakeman joins Jewish leaders in opposing Hochul-backed city takeover of historic NYC hospital
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman opposes the Gov. Kathy Hochul-backed New York City takeover of Brooklyn’s financially ailing Maimonides hospital.
· Carl Campanile
World's tallest wind turbine in Germany reaches full height
BERLIN, Germany — A wind turbine being built in eastern Germany reached its full height of 365 meters (1,197 feet) Tuesday, making it the world's tallest, according to the company that built it.
· Agence France-Presse
Parents struggling without birthing services at key hospital
Topic:Pregnancy and Childbirth
· Rachel Hagan
Eiffel Tower boss to resign after female staff ‘sidelined’ during Hindu visit
Eiffel Tower operator chief Patrick Branco Ruivo will step down after female staff were sidelined during a visit by Hindu dignitaries Read Full Article at RT.com
· RT
Read Full Article at RT.com
Patrick Branco Ruivo will step down after female employees were sidelined during a visit by a conservative Hindu group
· RT
What to know about the terrifying flydubai flight bound for Israel
Yaniv Hayoun, one of the men who helped incapacitate the attacker, arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport. (Reuters: Ammar Awad)
Family of girl who died of overdose in state care demands answers
The number of deaths of children known to child safety services have gone up almost 60 per cent in one year. (ABC News: Peter Gunders)
· Eden Gillespie
Trekkers helicoptered off mountains as more deadly landslides hit Nepal
Watch: Moment a government building collapses into a river in Nepal during floods
· Bbcnews
Patrick Clancy’s pregnant new wife Rachel Danis spotted in NYC for first time since couple’s big announcement
Patrick Clancy’s pregnant new wife Rachel Danis was spotted in the Big Apple Wednesday morning for the first time since the couple announced their plan to start a family.
· Natalie O'Neill
Trump’s $1.8 trillion AI summit table: All the execs who answered president’s call, and what they’re worth
WASHINGTON — It’s the richest table ever assembled.
· Ryan King
Indian smashes fastest-ever ODI double century in huge run chase
Shubman Gill led India in a huge run chase against the West Indies. (Getty Images: NurPhoto/Shubhajit Roy Karmakar)
'I love the sheep and the people' - Knitters flock to Shetland's wool week
Shetland Wool Week draw visitors from Scotland and further afield
· Bbcnews
Ohio woman sues hospital for allegedly amputating wrong leg during surgery
Sharon Jacks, 74, alleges hospital removed left leg instead of her right during below-the-knee amputation in 2025
· Lucy Campbell
Suspected Philly serial prostitute killer called himself ‘feminist’ eco-warrior in manifesto, hinted he smothered own mother
The pornographer owner of a Philadelphia “house of horrors” from which police recovered “snuff videos” depicting women being murdered published a rambling manifesto in which he ruthlessly mocked religious folks and fretted over global warming, a Post investigation reveals.
· Chadwick Moore
E-bike crash survivors share horror stories as scourge of lawless riders plagues NYC
Dozens of e-bike survivors living with life-changing injuries from the dangerous vehicles — and the loved ones of those who were killed in the wrecks — rallied on the steps of City Hall Wednesday to demand tighter enforcement on the deadly, unregulated scooters.
· Haley Brown, Matthew Fischetti, Katherine Donlevy