
The injury of a former Green Beret and death of an elite soldier from New Zealand have highlighted the Blackwater founder’s growing role in one of Africa’s most intractable conflicts.
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The injury of a former Green Beret and death of an elite soldier from New Zealand have highlighted the Blackwater founder’s growing role in one of Africa’s most intractable conflicts.

The idea seemed to surprise even some inside the Trump administration.

Four Indian IT giants are among eight tech firms suspended from a key US permanent residency programme. Analysts tell CNA the immediate business impact may be limited, but workers face greater uncertainty.

Motorist, reportedly trying to beat a traffic light, barrels through busy intersection and slams into pedestrians At least one person was killed and nine injured in New York City’s eastern Bronx when a motorist barreled through a busy intersection, slammed into pedestrians and triggered a chain-reaction crash involving several vehicles, according to authorities and media reports. The horrifying collision happened shortly after 2pm in the Bronx’s Allerton neighborhood, with the driver at the cent

Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers A controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from some African newborns was given approval to move forward this week. It is a central part of the vaccine vision for Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a longtime vaccine opponent. Continue reading...

Behind the scenes, it takes a small army of players to pull off the art fair. Here is a look at four of them.

Mikel Arteta says his conscience is clear over Manchester City's rule breaches during a period when he was assistant manager at the club.
The three fired workers say OpenAI punished them for being outspoken about safety. The company disputes the claims and says they were fired over mishandling sensitive information.
The Pentagon said the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be public and livestreamed.

President Trump sought to inject the Genoese explorer into the current political conversation.

Amid the first of two sold-out nights at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre on Thursday night, Adéla paused to shout out Katseye members Lara Raj and Megan Skindiel, who were watching in the balcony alongside Saint Satine’s Emily Kelavos. “I moved out here a couple of years ago; I moved here for the show that I […]

EXCLUSIVE: A number of recent injuries on the set of Season 10 of ABC’s 9-1-1 has put the production’s safety protocols under scrutiny again. Deadline understands that four performers, including star Oliver Stark, have sustained stunt-related injuries to varying degrees in recent months. While the incidents do not seem to be connected, the unfortunate timing […]

Google has seemingly confirmed the rumored "Fitbit Edge" with social media posts teasing a new wearable coming October 12.

When healthy people suddenly began dying, grieving families struggled to get answers. The series, Death Loans, retraces how a dogged investigator looking into a friend’s death helped police connect 15 cases to one woman eventually.

Here's a look at the game designations for Week 5 in the NFL

Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, 30 and 33, and friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were killed on a surfing trip in 2024 Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A Mexican judge has convicted three men of the 2024 murders of two Australian surfers and their American friend in a case that sparked international outrage. Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33 respectively, and their friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Pacific coast

Michael McArdle admits Northern Ireland's chances of beating Portugal in a Women's World Cup play-off have "gone from improbable to impossible" after a 4-0 first leg defeat.

As auction houses like Sotheby’s move millions of dollars of art, some high-profile galleries struggle.
The prediction market company says it wants to prevent its platform from being abused by criminals. The company is facing mounting pressure over market manipulation and insider trading on the site.
The singer posted the note on her socials.

The derivatives regulator is proposing a formal rule to include certain contracts traded on platforms like Kalshi's as swaps that require the agency's oversight.
Keychron made a name for itself after launching on Kickstarter in 2017. Today, it offers the value K2 model as well as a variety of other versions, including one with an all-wood body.
A federal judge ruled against the Justice Department's use of voter data to cross-reference an immigration database.
CPU makers have noticed that the seemingly unending RAM price hikes are making it tough for a lot of us to upgrade our PCs. Their solution? A return to last-gen DDR4 RAM. Intel and AMD are making new CPUs that'll support the older, more affordable type of memory. On Friday, Gigabyte announced that two of its motherboard lines will support "upcoming" processors built on Intel's LGA 1700 socket. That socket debuted in 2021 with the 12th gen Alder Lake CPUs and supported both DDR4 RAM and the then-
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved an easier-to-use once-monthly subcutaneous injectable form of olanzapine (Weltruza) for schizophrenia in adults, Teva Pharmaceuticals announced on Friday. A decades-old drug, olanzapine in its oral form is the...

Director Jeff T. Thomas has worked on dozens of television episodes and music videos, some featuring the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Melissa Leo. But with AI, his feature debut is nigh. Thomas, under his moniker “Jeff Synthesized,” took home the $2.5 million “Future Vision XPRIZE” last month with the AI-generated proof-of-concept trailer for “The […]

Ella Langley has been forced to skip the Tulsa, Oklahoma stop on her Dandelion Tour for the safety of herself and fans. Hours before the chart-topping “Choosin’ Texas” artist was set to take the stage at BOK Center, she announced the concert’s cancellation over a “serious security threat” posed to the event. “Due to a […]
The joint military facility will trigger concern among Laos’ neighbours, says this ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute academic.

Anderson was a major transfer portal addition for USC in the offseason

Legal experts say the former Army officer convicted in a 2009 mass shooting could face a narrow, rushed path to appeal a public execution by firing squad.

Arsenal eye deal for Mexico teenager Gilberto Mora, AC Milan in pole position for Endrick, Nottingham Forest braced for Murillo interest

Right now, hundreds of artworks worth millions are making their way across the world. These people make the travel arrangements.

Morale at one of the most reviled companies in America appears to be at an all time low.
Trump says the U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of U.S. pressure on Moscow, to combat prices before midterms. He said he struck the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call.
The Vocal Bible is headed to Africa.
CAF had declared the Africa Cup of Nations would be held every four years, but may reverse that decision.
TypeSafe AI raised $870 million in a round led by a16Z.
An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc. In a statement released on Friday, the PPD said the AI model sent the tip through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com on July 18th, but the investigators never reviewed it because it was marked as spam. Anthropic learned its AI model sent the false tip on September 28th and notified the PPD on October 7th. The company said that during testing, its
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved pritelivir (Hovilpri) tablets to treat mucocutaneous lesions caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in immunocompromised patients who haven't responded to other treatments. Pritelivir, an oral helicase...

An Afghan asylum seeker named Babak is pushed out of his temporary housing in Germany to make room for Ukrainian refugees in “Babak,” the next project from Payal Sethi, director of the upcoming “Kurinji.” The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film […]

A new Stargate series is in the works at Amazon MGM Studios. WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer is developing the series under her overall deal with the studio, sources confirmed to Deadline. Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell also will executive produce the project, along with Schaeffer. A writers room has opened in New York, we’re told. […]

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England come away from Greece with a valuable first-leg lead in their Women's World Cup qualifying play-off - but who impressed in the 3-1 victory?
The museums and galleries have much to offer those coming to Frieze London.
Megan Skiendiel, Lara Raj and fellow 'Dream Academy' vet Emily Kelavos cheered her on from the audience.

Researchers have shown that prenatal training may reduce the risk of postnatal depression in women—but only if they have previously had a baby. This surprising finding is presented for the first time at the ECNP Congress in Munich.

Firm to celebrate investors at The Harvest in Woodinville and unveil a new brand honoring founder Ed Springman BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As CES Properties approaches its 57th anniversary, the firm remains a quiet but powerful force in Pacific Northwest real estate,...

Every black hole hides a question at its center. Einstein's theory predicts that whatever falls in is crushed into a singularity, a point of infinite density where the theory itself breaks down. Most physicists expect quantum gravity to replace that point with something finite. But the center lies hidden behind the horizon. How could we ever learn what is there?

Walker and Pretty Little Liars actor Keegan Allen was left bloodied after being robbed at gunpoint and pistol-whipped Thursday in the parking lot of a West Hollywood grocery store. He posted a video of himself after the incident that also included video of the crime. “Robbed at gunpoint and knifepoint by two young men that […]
Most modern blockchain networks operate on an arms race of scale: Proof-of-Work demands megawatt-scale ASIC farms, while Proof-of-Stake concentrates voting weight into capital-heavy validators. RustChain takes an unconventional counter-approach called Proof-of-Antiquity (PoA). Rather than rewarding raw compute volume, it inverts the incentive structure to favor hardware scarcity and older processor architectures. Here is an honest, factual breakdown of how it works under the hood, why it is tech

A movie adaptation of DreadXP’s indie video game “Amanda the Adventurer” is in the works at Blumhouse. The project will be spearheaded by Matthew “MatPat” Patrick, the former-host of the “Theory” channels on YouTube, and was revealed by Patrick and Jason Blum on stage at the Blumfest panel at New York Comic Con on Friday. […]

The launch of GPT 6 Astra by open AI promises to forever alter the way marketing has been approached and carried out hitherto.

Roman Wilson leads Jamey Eisenberg's Week 5 sleepers, while Aaron Rodgers and Keaton Mitchell offer intriguing DFS value
A conversation with Gabriel Orozco, who will be showing a sprawling body of work, both old and new, in London.
Debuting at No. 2 is Vol. 11 of the comic adaptation of the popular light novel Futsutsuka na Akujo dewa Gozaimasu ga.
There Are No Ghosts at The Grand preview GamingTrend
Are Americans Who Use the Term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ the Enemy? The Times of Israel
XRP Retraces 72% of Its Rally. Is $1.17 the Next Target? 24/7 Wall St.
Chris Metinko / Axios: Oxide Computer, which helps companies build their own clouds, raised a $445M Series D led by Eclipse at a $6B valuation, taking its total funding to ~$835M — Oxide Computer Company, which helps companies build their own on-premise integrated cloud computer systems, raised a $445 million Series D led …
Why AT&T (T) Shares Are Getting Obliterated Today Yahoo Finance
Five months after running out of capital, Chimoney gets a new owner CediRates

Insurify will help shape insurance standards for shopper consent, coverage transparency, and carrier protections in the proposed Personal Agent Protocol, known as Poppy. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Insurify, the leading online insurance marketplace and a pioneer in...
Trump names commentator Katie Zacharia of his media company as next White House press secretary Spectrum News
Ella Langley concert at BOK Center canceled after security threat News On 6 Ella Langley cancels Tulsa concert after alleged bomb threat USA Today Country singer Ella Langley cancels concert over 'serious security threat' to fans, crew Fox News BOK Center announces Ella Langley's Friday night concert canceled due to security threat KTUL Ella Langley Abruptly Cancels Tulsa Show Due to ‘Serious Security Threat’ Rolling Stone
You wired up a great MCP server. It lists 42 tools, each with a detailed schema, and the agent now has full access to your internal API, your database, your deploy pipeline. Three weeks later you notice the agent is forgetting earlier instructions, hallucinating tool names, and hitting token limits halfway through a task. You assume your model isn't smart enough. You switch models. The problem gets slightly worse. The issue isn't the model. It's that your MCP server is using the agent's context

EXCLUSIVE: V Studios, the Vietnamese production arm of Korean exhibitor CJ CGV, has closed multiple deals on supernatural fantasy Red Woman, including sales to NewGates Corporation for Japan and Mockingbird Pictures for the US and Canada. The film, which is V Studios’ first fully in-house produced feature, has also gone to Infinity Entertainment for Australia […]
World sales rights to Yashasvi Juyal’s debut feature “The Ink-Stained Hand and a Missing Thumb,” which premiered in Karlovy Vary’s Proxima Competition, have gone to Bangkok-based Diversion. The film’s next stop is the Singapore International Film Festival, where it will have its Asian premiere in the Asian Feature Film Competition. Uttarakhand-based Silvercord Films produced the […]
Everything We Expect From Apple’s Surprise Smart Home Event Next Week CNET Apple Announces Oct. 13 Smart Home Product Launch in New York Bloomberg.com I’m Way Too Excited for Apple’s Home Event and How It Will Level Up My Siri Experience CNET The MacRumors Show: Apple's Smart Home Products Are Coming MacRumors Apple is reportedly partnering with LG to launch a smart lock, thermostat, and doorbell TechCrunch
Houthi attack on Riyadh airport killed three Saudi nationals Al Jazeera 3 killed at Saudi Arabia airport as Iran-backed Houthis claim attack Fox News Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport killed three Saudis as war escalates Reuters Explosions heard in Saudi capital and Riyadh airport, and other Mideast developments AP News Live Updates: Iran's Houthi allies kill 3 in strike on Saudi airport as Trump rules out pre-midterms strikes CBS News

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The singer-songwriter's 18-concert residency in Las Vegas starts on Thursday, April. 8, 2027.
Which Of These Classic Titles Was A Film Or Video Game First? Gameindustry.com
Super Micro contractor pleads guilty in scheme to divert AI servers with Nvidia chips to China Reuters
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg: A man US authorities called a “fixer”, who was charged alongside Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw with smuggling restricted chips to China, pleaded guilty — A man charged along with Super Micro Computer Inc. co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw of conspiring to send cutting-edge chips …
Stocks rise as Trump says Russia to release diesel to world markets AFP.com

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- USCF, a leading-edge provider of exchange traded product innovation, announced today that it plans to close and liquidate the below products as a result of a decision and vote by the Board of Trustees of USCF ETF Trust that approved the...
XRP ETFs Gain as Bitcoin and Ethereum Funds Lose $317 Million. Is It a Trend? 24/7 Wall St.
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A How-To Geek guide by Monica J. White examines Wi-Fi coexistence in crowded neighborhoods: on 2.4 GHz, it recommends 20 MHz width and choosing the least-loaded of channels 1, 6 and 11. It explains why visible network counts alone do not measure contention, and discusses reducing 5 GHz channel width from 160 MHz to 80 or 40 MHz when a wide channel is persistently loaded, plus wired backhaul for mesh where feasible. Set the channel width to 20 MHz and use 1, 6, or 11. At this width, the specific
Venture Capital Can Disagree With Korea’s Tech Appraisal Without Either Side Being Wrong KoreaTechDesk

The pull between leaving Pakistan and staying rooted there drives “Dancers,” writer-director Eshah Shakeel’s coming-of-age drama about two young people in a Punjab town near Lahore who bond through clandestine dance lessons. The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market. Paras […]

SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Season 1 finale of Prime Video’s Carrie As Mike Flanagan’s Carrie puts a modern update on the Stephen King classic, Kate Siegel’s mysterious role represents a major twist. Playing Adelaide, the guardian of a group of young women with the TK gene, the actress explained she was able […]
The star also talks about his favorite "slinky sexy" pop stars, including Addison Rae.