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721 storiesSwedish air force plane flew radar reconnaissance over Black Sea, TASS reports
Russian state outlets reported that a Swedish Air Force aircraft carried out reconnaissance over the Black Sea, with TASS saying the flight was radar reconnaissance and that the plane took off from the Malmen military base. TASS later repor…
US 10-year Treasury yield hits highest since 2002 as long-dated selloff extends
US long-dated Treasury yields climbed to their highest levels since 2002 on Oct 5, with the 10-year reaching about 5.35% and the 30-year above 5.70%. Chosun Ilbo reported the 10-year closed the third quarter at 5.29%, the biggest quarterly …
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…
Russia's Finance Ministry places 39.13 bln rubles of OFZ 26252 bonds at auction
Russia's Finance Ministry held an auction on 7 October for federal loan bonds of the OFZ-PD 26252 series and placed 39.13 bln rubles of the issue, TASS reported, citing demand of 134.371 bln rubles. The ministry had announced the auction a …
Apple and LG co-develop smart home devices including doorbell, lock and thermostat
Bloomberg reports that Apple and LG have co-developed a line of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, thermostat, smart deadbolt lock, indoor and outdoor security cameras and a floodlight camera. The products are expected to carry…
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils Beam, open-weight model to rival Chinese models
Reflection AI unveiled Beam, a 501-billion-parameter open-weight AI model that the New York-based startup says matches leading Chinese open models like Z.ai’s GLM-5.2 at lower compute cost. The Nvidia-backed company says Beam is in final sa…
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agree to activate collective defence against Houthis
Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia decided at an emergency meeting in Riyadh on 5 October to activate collective defence measures under a pact they signed in August, confirming they would deploy their forces inside Saudi territory. The three…
Korean court suspends market-cap delisting decisions; exchange halts two more exits
Seoul Southern District Court Civil Division 51 granted injunctions on Oct 2 suspending the Korea Exchange's delisting decisions against KOSPI-listed Joo Yeon Tech and KOSDAQ-listed KM Pharma until a main ruling. The court questioned the 45…
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…
Russian missile and drone attacks kill at least 21 across Ukraine, officials say
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv and about a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, killing at least 21 civilians, including four children, and wounding around 60, Ukrainian officials said, according to the Associate…
India's central bank raises key rate to 5.5%, first hike in 3 years 8 months
The Reserve Bank of India decided on 7 October to raise its main policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 5.5%, the first increase in three years and eight months. Governor Sanjay Malhotra cited a worsening Middle East situation, sharp swin…
Russia strikes Dnieper bridge in Zaporizhzhia, five reported injured
Russian forces struck one of the bridges over the Dnieper in Zaporizhzhia overnight into 6 October, according to the head of the region's military administration, and traffic on the damaged crossing was closed. Meduza reported that five peo…
UAE ranks first globally in citizen satisfaction with government digital services
The UAE ranked first globally in citizen satisfaction with government digital services, with 89% of respondents rating them highly, according to Boston Consulting Group’s 2026 Digital Government Citizen Survey Report. The survey, covering 4…
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.…
China's central bank adds to gold reserves for 23rd straight month
China's gold reserves stood at 77.47 million ounces, or about 2,409.59 tonnes, at the end of September, up 740,000 ounces (about 23.02 tonnes) from 76.73 million ounces (about 2,386.57 tonnes) at the end of August, according to figures carr…
JCS: North Korean mines caused DMZ blast; military clears minefield south of MDL
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said a Sept. 21 explosion in the western-front Demilitarized Zone that seriously injured a soldier was caused by a North Korean plastic anti-personnel mine laid south of the Military Demarcation Line. JCS…
Israel marks three years since Oct. 7 attack with memorials and protests
Israelis gathered on Wednesday to mark three years since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attack, which killed more than 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage, with ceremonies, memorials and protests at more than 400 locations. A national moment…
JPX to cut TOPIX constituents from about 1,600 to 986 under new selection rules
Japan Exchange Group announced on Oct 7 that it will sharply reduce the number of companies in the TOPIX stock index, to 986 from 1,634, in a phased change running from late October to July 2028. A reassessment in October 2027 will decide w…
Trump announces “Super Intelligence Force” AI task force led by Jay Clayton
President Donald Trump announced Sunday the creation of a “Super Intelligence Force,” a federal task force he said will coordinate government efforts to keep the United States leading in artificial intelligence, which he has directed the fe…
OpenAI publishes 722 AI-generated math manuscripts, sparking ethics debate
OpenAI has published 722 mathematics manuscripts, grouped into 372 result groups, produced by an unreleased internal frontier model, saying they solve or make substantive progress on hundreds of long-open problems. The release on GitHub inc…