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733 storiesTrump says Putin call scheduled soon on suspected Siberia plague case
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a suspected plague case. The case centres on Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab technician who died Friday in a hospita…
Zheng Qinwen beats Bouzkova in three sets to reach China Open last 16
Zheng Qinwen defeated Czech 18th seed Bouzkova 2-1 at the Diamond Court on October 5 to reach the round of 16 at the 2026 China Open in Beijing. It was the first meeting between the two players; Zheng took the first set in a tiebreak, lost …
Russian anti-plague lab researcher dies; US and EU say they are monitoring
A 28-year-old female researcher at the Irkutsk anti-plague research institute in Shelekhov, Russia, died after being diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown cause, the state agency Rospotrebnadzor said. About 200 people who may have had contact…
Trump says he will hold phone call with Putin soon over suspected plague death in Russia
A woman who worked at a plague research institute in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast fell ill and died on October 2, and suspicion has spread that she was infected with plague. Russian health authorities say the cause was "pneumonia of unknown caus…
WHO says risk low as US presses Russia for transparency on plague lab death
The U.S. State Department is monitoring reports of a fatal case of suspected pneumonic plague in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has publicly called on Moscow to be more transparent about the death of a 28-year-ol…
Abu Dhabi launches AiNative programme to train 20,000 government employees in AI
Abu Dhabi's Department of Government Enablement launched AiNative, an AI training programme, at the Ai Everything conference in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The programme aims to train 20,000 government employees by the end of 2026 and is part o…
AMD's Lisa Su visits Korea, agrees AI chip cooperation with local firms
AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su visited Korea on Oct. 7, about seven months after her March trip, meeting Second Vice Minister Ryu Je-myeong of the Science and ICT Ministry and a roundtable of Korean AI semiconductor and infrastructure companies.…
Russia quarantines hospital as lab worker’s death puts nearly 200 under observation
A female employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East died last week of pneumonia of unknown cause, Russian authorities said, and a hospital in the town of Shelekhov was placed under quarantine. Officia…
Abe siblings both win gold on day two of judo world championships in Baku
Abe Uta won the women's 52kg title and her brother Abe Hifumi won the men's 66kg title on the second day of the judo world championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, Japanese outlets reported. It was Uta's sixth world title and second in a row, and…
South Korea beats Japan 1-0 for fourth straight Asian Games football gold
South Korea's under-23 team beat Japan 1-0 in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's football final at Toyota Stadium on 3 October, with Um Ji-sung scoring in the second half. It is South Korea's fourth consecutive title in the event, whic…
Pennsylvania measles cases pass 1,000, largest state outbreak in decades
Pennsylvania has reported 1,004 measles cases in 2026, the state Department of Health said Monday, including at least 198 hospitalizations and five deaths. State health officials say it is the largest outbreak in any U.S. state in more than…
Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin over suspected plague death in Siberia
President Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled with Vladimir Putin about the suspected pneumonic plague case in Siberia, after saying Monday the US was willing to help Russia. The case follows the death of Darya Shipilova, 28, a worke…
Meta adds iPad support to Muse AI agent as app tops iPhone charts
Meta released an iPad version of its Muse AI agent, about a month after the app debuted on iPhone, where it has spent several weeks as the top free app on Apple's U.S. App Store. The update adds connectors to software such as Canva, Dropbox…
Abu Dhabi's AI Everything opens with 400 exhibitors alongside Global Food Week
AI Everything 2026 opened on 6 October at the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi and runs to 7 October, with WAM reporting 400 exhibitors and 180 speakers, and Economy Middle East reporting more than 400 companies, 200-plus investors managing about $10…
Gauff says racist abuse followed disputed point at China Open
Coco Gauff said she received an “insane” amount of racist comments and direct messages after a disputed point in her China Open third-round win over Sun Xinran in Beijing. Gauff stopped a rally when electronic advertising boards flickered; …
Eagles' Saquon Barkley ruled out vs. Rams with hamstring injury; Week 5 status uncertain
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley left Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Rams in the first quarter with a right hamstring injury and was ruled out for the rest of the game, the Associated Press reported, after Fox News sai…
Apple and LG Electronics jointly develop smart home devices under LG brand
Apple and LG Electronics are jointly developing smart home devices — a camera-equipped video doorbell, a smart door lock, a security camera and a smart temperature sensor and thermostat — to be sold under the LG brand, according to Bloomber…
Kashiwagi retains world judo 63kg title in Baku; Oino loses opening bout
Haruka Kashiwagi of V Technology won her second straight women's 63kg title at the world judo championships in Baku on October 7, beating Israel's Kerem Primo by ippon in the final. Japan's women have now won all four weight classes contest…
Ronaldo says he deserves punishment for leaving Portugal camp, will not retire
Cristiano Ronaldo said he deserves punishment for leaving the Portugal national team camp and that he will not retire from the national team, in a 10-page statement posted on social media. He said responsibility for the departure was entire…
Kiwoom Heroes sign top pick Ha Hyeon-seung for record 1.6 billion won
The Kiwoom Heroes said on Oct. 7 that they signed Ha Hyeon-seung, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2027 KBO rookie draft, to a 1.6 billion won signing bonus — the largest ever for a KBO rookie, surpassing the 1 billion won Han Ki-joo received …