Japan officially overhauls permanent residency rules – The Japan Times

  1. Japan officially overhauls permanent residency rules  The Japan Times
  2. Japan’s Takaichi Touts Sweeping Changes in Immigration Rules  Bloomberg.com
  3. Japan to hike residency visa issuance fees from Thursday  Japan Today
  4. Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing futures into doubt  Al Jazeera
  5. Visa and Permanent Residency Costs Soar: Changes Affecting People’s Lives in Japan from October 2026  nippon.com
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Property prices are plunging in almost every capital city across Australia – see how your suburb rates

Cotality data shows median house prices fell in September as interest rates hit borrowing capacity

Housing prices are falling in almost every suburb in Australia’s biggest cities, with values dropping faster in Brisbane than Sydney as the slowdown intensifies.

Prices nationally have fallen 5.2% from their peak in March to where they were a year ago, Cotality data released on Thursday shows.

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FlyDubai Flight to Israel Diverted After Clash Between Pilots: What We Know and Don’t Know – The New York Times

  1. FlyDubai Flight to Israel Diverted After Clash Between Pilots: What We Know and Don’t Know  The New York Times
  2. Pilot stabs fellow pilot on flight to Israel before passengers intervene to stop attack  AP News
  3. A Bloody Attack on a FlyDubai Plane Headed to Israel, and a Terrifying Plunge  The New York Times
  4. ‘I Ran Toward the Cockpit’: An Exclusive Interview with the Israeli Dad Who Stopped a Hijacking  The Free Press
  5. Netanyahu hails stabbed Indian pilot of flydubai plane  reuters.com
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Wood beneath German lake may reveal buildings 3,000 years older than region’s first farms – Phys.org

  1. Wood beneath German lake may reveal buildings 3,000 years older than region's first farms  Phys.org
  2. 10,500-year-old wooden structures beneath German lake may hint at buildings long before farming arrived  Archaeology News Online Magazine
  3. A Sinking German Lake Yields Timbers Carved 10,500 Years Ago by Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers — They May Have Been Building With Wood Before Farmers Arrived  La Brújula Verde
  4. 10,500-Year-Old Wooden Structures Discovered Beneath Lake Arendsee in Germany  Arkeonews
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Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic – reuters.com

  1. Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic  reuters.com
  2. Moscow threatens nuclear response over tiny fortress wedged between US allies as clash fears grow  Fox News
  3. No imminent threat to Nato territory but alliance is prepared for Russian aggression, says Rutte - as it happened  The Guardian
  4. Euronews Defence Summit: 'Stop the nuclear threats,' Rutte tells Russia  Euronews.com
  5. Russia warns NATO of a possible nuclear response if Kaliningrad is cut off  AP News
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Russian stuff blowing up: Prisoner describes brutal Russian medical practicing on POWs – Daily Kos

  1. Russian stuff blowing up: Prisoner describes brutal Russian medical practicing on POWs  Daily Kos
  2. Mali: Damning evidence of war crimes by state armed forces and Wagner Group personnel – new report  Amnesty International
  3. Russian mercenaries blew off African prisoners’ legs to practice battlefield medicine, Wagner fighter says  Euromaidan Press
  4. Russian Mercenaries Used Live Prisoners to Practice Stabbing People in the Heart in Mali  UNITED24 Media
  5. Soldiers, mercenaries killed at least 34 civilians in Mali  Arab News
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Israeli forces overwhelmed by violent settlers in ‘terrorist attack’ on Palestinian family

Settler violence in West Bank makes everyday life ‘untenable’ for Palestinians, says ICRC after assault on family trying to return home in Jalud

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said Israeli settler violence in the West Bank has made everyday life for Palestinians “untenable”, as a mob attack on Palestinians trying to return home prompted one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rivals to warn of a campaign of settler terror.

More than 100 militant settlers overwhelmed Israeli security forces early on Tuesday to attack a Palestinian family as they attempted to reclaim their homes which had been seized by settlers in the West Bank village of Jalud. Three Israeli security officials were injured and houses were set on fire.

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In Fractious France, Politicians Agree on One Thing: Pope Leo Was a Hit – The New York Times

  1. In Fractious France, Politicians Agree on One Thing: Pope Leo Was a Hit  The New York Times
  2. Pope Leo synthesizes predecessors' style in speech to French bishops  National Catholic Reporter
  3. French priest: 'Many are deeply searching; we must serve this faith'  Vatican News
  4. ‘Leomania’: How secular France fell for the Pope  The Irish Times
  5. Rise in young Catholic converts points to spiritual longing in U.S. and Europe  The Washington Post
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Romanian political crisis deepens as parliament rejects PM nominee – politico.eu

  1. Romanian political crisis deepens as parliament rejects PM nominee  politico.eu
  2. Romania’s political crisis intensifies as Parliament rejects pro-EU PM  Al Jazeera
  3. Romanian lawmakers reject a new center-right Cabinet as political crisis deepens  AP News
  4. Second attempt to form a new Romanian government fails  Yahoo
  5. Romania Heads for Turmoil After Prime Minister Loses Vote  Bloomberg.com
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Hungary’s reckoning with Orban’s corrupt system picks up speed with high-profile arrests – dw.com

  1. Hungary's reckoning with Orban's corrupt system picks up speed with high-profile arrests  dw.com
  2. Magyar's 'Operation Purge' takes shape with high level detentions  Euronews.com
  3. Hungary's Parliament suspends immunity for Prime Minister Magyar and two Orbán-era ministers  AP News
  4. Hungary Politics Trial  The Batesville Daily Guard
  5. Former Hungarian culture minister detained after allegations of misappropriation  TradingView
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Stella McCartney makes waves with ‘sea life, not sea food’ theme in zero-wool Paris show

Designer showcases wool alternatives and ocean-inspired clothes and says ‘kindness requires real work’

Stella McCartney has been talking about animal rights at fashion week for 30 years. She is usually a lone voice, but the issue is back in the headlines this season. Outcry over the physical restraining of a Peta protester at a catwalk show by Steven Kolb, the president of New York fashion week’s governing body, has put cruelty in wool production – previously considered niche compared to the hot button topic of fur – on the news agenda.

“There is no wool on the runway this season, and I’m proud of that,” McCartney said after her show. She has been working on wool alternatives, including Brewed Protein, a fermented alternative to cashmere and wool developed in collaboration with the Japanese biotech firm Spiber, which was first used in her collections a year ago.

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Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía skipped the Macrons’ State Dinner, but they still stole the night – HOLA

  1. Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía skipped the Macrons' State Dinner, but they still stole the night  HOLA
  2. Queen Letizia Turns to Her Wedding Dress Designer to Kick Off French State Visit to Spain  Town & Country Magazine
  3. The Queen of Spain Dons an Heirloom Diamond Floral Tiara in Madrid  The Court Jeweller
  4. Macron backs Spain over Ceuta migration crisis and urges firm EU action  Euronews.com
  5. Albares in contact with the PP over the Treaty of Friendship with France after the Senate's veto: foreign affairs denies that no contacts have been maintained with the Popular Party  El Constitucional
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