- Ukraine launches one of largest aerial attacks on Moscow in years Yahoo
- Ukraine fires nearly 900 drones at Russia as Kyiv braces for expected huge aerial attack AP News
- Putin Humiliated as Crisis Reaches Kremlin’s Doorstep The Daily Beast
- Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia’s Moscow region, killing two Al Jazeera
- Ukrainian drones kill two, hit fuel hub in one of biggest attacks on Moscow region, Russian war bloggers say Reuters
The small African nation ready for Messi’s big night
Benin are about to have their own moment in the limelight as they visit Argentina for Lionel Messi's final game.
OpenAI has ‘work to do to rebuild trust’ in Australia, executive tells AI inquiry – The Guardian
- OpenAI has ‘work to do to rebuild trust’ in Australia, executive tells AI inquiry The Guardian
- Australian Lawmakers Question OpenAI Officials on Breaches The New York Times
- OpenAI came to Australia to apologise. It will leave without answering these key questions | Toby Walsh The Guardian
- OpenAI says its Australian Medicare hack 'not super sophisticated' Politico
- OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks 'not good enough' BBC
ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE’s Gift to Baltic States & NATO … Kaliningrad Grows Wobblier by the Day. Ru is Too Depleted to Stop It – Daily Kos
- ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE’s Gift to Baltic States & NATO … Kaliningrad Grows Wobblier by the Day. Ru is Too Depleted to Stop It Daily Kos
- Putin’s Exploding Nuclear Threats May Presage Incursion On NATO State Forbes
- Putin warns West that Russia is ready to use every weapon to protect Kaliningrad BBC
- Russia is losing its grip on Kaliningrad, despite using the exclave for anti-Nato scare stories EUobserver
- Putin’s nuclear threats no longer work Financial Times
Far-right election win leaves migrants questioning their future in eastern Germany – AP News
Keeping up with the Bolsonaros: Flávio’s surprise first-round election win heralds rise of a political dynasty
Four members of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s family have been elected to office, most notably his wife and son Flávio, who won the first round of voting to be Brazil’s new president
The weekend’s elections in Brazil not only put Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son, Flávio Bolsonaro, in the lead in the presidential race, but also underscored how far the former president has come in building a political dynasty.
As his far-right senator son heads into a runoff against the leftist incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a sweeping far-right victory in congressional races also secured seats for Jair Bolsonaro’s wife, two of his sons and one of his brothers.
Continue reading...A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?
Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text
It has been called the world’s most mysterious manuscript: a medieval set of pages filled with botanical drawings, astronomical diagrams, pictures of nude women and indecipherable text. Claimed at various times to be a book in a lost language, a musical score, an instruction manual or just an elaborate hoax, the so-called Voynich manuscript’s true meaning has defied cryptographers and codebreakers for centuries.
Now, new research offers an explanation for why a scholarly consensus over this enduring puzzle has been so hard to come by: not only because its truth is so profoundly mysterious – but because everyone has been reading its pages in the wrong order.
Continue reading...OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks ‘not good enough’ – BBC
- OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks 'not good enough' BBC
- Australian Lawmakers Question OpenAI Officials on Breaches The New York Times
- OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this? The Guardian
- OpenAI, Anthropic tell Australia they would welcome data breach rules Reuters
- OpenAI says its Australian Medicare hack 'not super sophisticated' Politico
OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks ‘not good enough’
Top executive Jason Kwon tells hearing company has added "more precautions" to its training environments.
Ukraine hits Moscow with one of its largest drone attacks in two years – France 24
- Ukraine hits Moscow with one of its largest drone attacks in two years France 24
- Moscow comes under large-scale drone attack – photos, videos Українська правда
- Largest oil facility in Moscow region erupts in flames following massive Ukrainian drone attack The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine Targets Major Russian Oil Hub During Massive Drone Attack on Moscow Region Kyiv Post
- Mayor: Ukraine attacks Moscow region with 650 drones Yahoo
YCC passes statement of no confidence in Lewis, rejects tempered wording – Yale Daily News
Australian consumer confidence plunges to worst level since 1990s after RBA rate rise
Key indicator dropped about 20% after the Reserve Bank last month announced the highest interest rates since 2011
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Australian households are the most persistently pessimistic they have been since the early-1990s recession, after a fourth rate rise this year.
Confidence among Australian consumers has plunged about 20% since the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted interest rates to the highest levels since 2011, according to the Westpac–Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index.
Continue reading...Ethiopian PM Abiy demands Red Sea access as tensions with neighbours rise – Al Jazeera
- Ethiopian PM Abiy demands Red Sea access as tensions with neighbours rise Al Jazeera
- Ethiopia again demands access to the Red Sea as tensions with neighbors escalate AP News
- Ethiopia: PM vows to secure sea access amid fears of return to war africanews.com
- Semantic Shifts and Strategic Deceptions: The Prosperity Party’s Rhetorical Pivot on the Red Sea Eritrea Ministry Of Information
- News: Abiy vows Ethiopia will secure sea access, seeks stronger role in regional affairs addisstandard.com
Parti Québécois Returns to Power, Reviving Quebec Sovereignty Push – The New York Times
- Parti Québécois Returns to Power, Reviving Quebec Sovereignty Push The New York Times
- Separatist party wins Quebec election, adding new test to Canada's unity BBC
- Bienvenue to Team Canada Politico
- Separatists Are Set to Win Quebec’s Election. What Will It Mean for Independence? The New York Times
- Secessionist party wins Quebec election in Canada Al Jazeera
Turkiye, Pakistan agree Saudi Arabia military deployment under Mecca pact – Al Jazeera
- Turkiye, Pakistan agree Saudi Arabia military deployment under Mecca pact Al Jazeera
- Iran war updates: Turkiye, Pakistan back troop deployment to Saudi Arabia Al Jazeera
- Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey trigger mutual defence pact over Houthis Financial Times
- Turkey says Mecca pact committee to meet in Riyadh on October 5 reuters.com
- Turkey, Pakistan to deploy forces to Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks Al-Monitor
Australia’s migrant policy using offshore processing centers offers lessons for EU and US – DW.com
- Australia's migrant policy using offshore processing centers offers lessons for EU and US DW.com
- The Coalition’s migration policy rests on a series of false premises The Conversation
- ‘Better way’: Angus grilled on migration pitch News.com.au
- Australian opposition party vows 'biggest cut to immigration' in country's history Reuters
- Coalition’s migration plan risks breaching India free trade agreement and damaging economy, advocates warn The Guardian
Spain’s housing crisis bursts into the spotlight at snap election – reuters.com
- Spain's housing crisis bursts into the spotlight at snap election reuters.com
- Spain expected to approve housing decrees that triggered snap election reuters.com
- A Pensioner’s Eviction Dragged Down Spain’s Leader. Will It Also Save Him? The New York Times
- Trump's nemesis in Europe: Why Spain's Sanchez is calling a snap election CNBC
- Spanish election threatens to blow up Brussels’ political balance politico.eu
Germany’s pivot on China trade is a long time coming for other EU capitals – Financial Times
- Germany’s pivot on China trade is a long time coming for other EU capitals Financial Times
- Germany and France Are Proposing a New Weapon to Counter Flood of Chinese Goods WSJ
- Germany and France want EU storm gates for China’s trade surge The Economist
- France, Germany seek new EU weapon to instantly cut off market access for China South China Morning Post
- 5 things to know ahead of crucial EU-China talks Euronews.com
Tigray rebel groups ‘forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15’ as fighting spreads
Civilians try to flee as men and boys rounded up on streets by new alliance as Ethiopia conflict erupts again
As renewed fighting has threatened a fresh humanitarian crisis in the northern region of Ethiopia, reports are emerging that a new alliance of armed groups in Tigray has been forcibly recruiting men and boys to its ranks.
Renewed conflict erupted on 23 September between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which rules the region, shattering the fragile Pretoria peace agreement signed between the two sides in November 2022.
Continue reading...Watch: Moment Indonesian shoe shop is torn apart by explosion
Police have said it is “strongly suspected” that the incident was caused by a gas leak.