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The European Commission is reviewing safeguard measures that would cap imports of Chinese hybrid vehicles and impose tariffs on volumes above that limit, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Chinese hybrids now accoun…
Metallurg beats Admiral in first KHL game after coach Razin's suspension
Metallurg Magnitogorsk beat Admiral Vladivostok at home in a KHL regular-season match, the club's first game after head coach Andrei Razin was suspended. Interfax and RBC reported the score as 3:0, while TASS's summary said the match ended …
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…
Lionel Messi plays final match for Argentina as nation bids farewell
Lionel Messi played his final match for Argentina on Tuesday, with the team facing Benin, according to The Guardian’s live coverage. Reuters reported that teammates and fans bid an emotional farewell ahead of the finale, and Argentine media…
Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson retires after 14 seasons, citing mental health
Philadelphia Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday after 14 seasons, all with Philadelphia. The 36-year-old, a six-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time Super Bowl winner, said he wanted to play on…
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…
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…
Russia says woman at plague institute died of unknown pneumonia, not plague
A woman in her 20s who worked at a plague control research institute in Irkutsk, eastern Siberia, fell ill in late September and died on October 2. Russian public health authorities said on October 4 that the cause was “pneumonia of unknown…
Ravens' Lamar Jackson leaves win over Titans with ankle injury
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson left Sunday's 24-18 win over the Tennessee Titans with an ankle injury and did not return, with backup Tyler Huntley finishing the game. Jackson had completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards and two …
Trump says US ready to help Russia after pneumonia case in Irkutsk region
US President Donald Trump said Washington could support Russia after a case of pneumonia of unknown etiology was detected in the Irkutsk region. Russia's Rospotrebnadzor said the sanitary situation in Irkutsk and Shelekhov is stable, and th…
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; …
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…
Tropical Storm Isaias forms off Mexico, forecast to hit US Gulf Coast as hurricane
Tropical Storm Isaias formed early Wednesday in warm waters off eastern Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, and the National Hurricane Center said it is expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season befor…
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…
Russian anti-plague lab technician dies of unknown pneumonia; nearly 200 monitored
A 28-year-old laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Shelekhov, Russia, died of “pneumonia of unknown etiology,” according to the public health agency Rospotrebnadzor. The hospital…
Hyundai launches 2027 Sonata The Edge with new Black N Line trim
Hyundai Motor launched the 2027 Sonata The Edge, an annual update of its mid-size sedan, on Oct. 7, adding a Black N Line design trim based on the top Inspiration grade with a black Hyundai emblem, black name lettering and 19-inch matte bla…
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…
Jaguar unveils Type 01 electric GT in New York, priced from about $130,000
Jaguar revealed the Type 01, its first all-electric car and the production version of the Type 00 concept, at an event in New York City on Tuesday. The four-door grand tourer starts at about $130,000 in North America, a figure Jaguar confir…
Bermuda mother and son identified in air ambulance crash off Nantucket
Bermuda police identified Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and her son Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, both Bermudian nationals, as the two passengers on a Gulfstream G100 air ambulance that went missing off Nantucket, Massachusetts, around 1 a.m. Sat…
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…