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Search Continues After 102 Rescued From Virgo Transport 8, One Dead
One person has died and 102 were rescued after the Virgo Transport 8 lost contact in the Java Sea; searches continue for 140 missing.
Africa
26 Children Die After Fire and Stampede at Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo School, UNICEF Says
A fire and stampede at a school in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, UNICEF said on Friday.
World
Dozens Still Missing After Philippine Ferry Fire Kills 35
Toxic fumes delayed recovery as the coast guard recovered 35 bodies from MV June Aster; more than 50 people remain unaccounted for.
World
Russian Drone Strike Kills Five, Wounds 67 At Pavlohrad Mall
A Russian drone strike on a Pavlohrad shopping mall killed five and wounded 67, including eight children, Ukrainian officials say.
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Business
Breakwave Tanker ETF Surges 3,600%, Becomes Top U.S. Non-Levered Fund
BWET, which tracks tanker futures rather than crude, is up about 3,600% YTD through Sept. 11 as Middle East and Red Sea disruptions squeeze capacity.
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RTX Backing and an NNSA MoU Pull Fusion Startups Toward Defense Work
Defense contractors and federal labs are offering fusion firms funding and test access, with RTX Ventures backing Xcimer and Pacific Fusion signing
Supermarkets Replace Atlantic Mackerel With Chilean Jack, Shoppers Lose Omega-3
Which? says suppliers are replacing Atlantic mackerel with cheaper Chilean jack, which has about half the omega-3 and a third the vitamin B12.
Larry Ellison Cancels Plan To Sell Up To $7.5 Billion Of Oracle Stock
Ellison scrapped a 10b5-1 plan to sell up to 50 million Oracle shares, worth $7.5 billion. No shares were sold and he has no other sale plans.
Jacob Coxon Warns AI Could Kill Humans, Forcing Calls To Slow Development
Silicon Valley Pushes Back on Anthropic Insider Alarms, Weakening Urgent Regulation Case
Musk and Altman Back Amodei’s Plan to Slow AI, Push Independent Reviews
Anthropic CEO Calls To Slow AI Development To Buy Time For Safety
Revolut Confirms Customer Data Exposed After Fraudulent Government Email Requests
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Mecka AI Nears $500M Valuation in Sequoia-Led Deal, Intensifies Robot Data Race
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Roblox Lets Creators Export Games As Standalone Apps, Widening Player Access
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Trezor Warns 347,000 Customers Targeted After Brevo Email Breach
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Attempt To Use Its AI To Design Biological Weapons
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OpenAI Pauses $200 Pro Sign-Ups While It Scales Capacity for Astra
Entertainment
Catherine Zeta-Jones Says 'Nepo Baby' Label Harms Young Performers
Catherine Zeta-Jones called the term 'nepo baby' horrific and said famous children "didn't ask to be born into this." She defended her children's
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Top 10 African Startup Cities in 2026
Lagos retained its position as Africa’s highest-ranked startup city as only Lagos and Cairo entered StartupBlink’s global top 100 in 2026.
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Top 10 Africa's Best Investment Destinations for 2025/2026
This time on The Axis List, Seychelles and Mauritius retain top spots, Nigeria drops 9 places, Tanzania overtakes Kenya per based on RMB's 2025/26 rankings.
Tim Andrews Avoids Dialysis for Record 271 Days After Pig Kidney Transplant
A genetically modified pig kidney kept Tim Andrews off dialysis for 271 days, buying time for a later human transplant and exposing immune risks.
World-First Trial Shows Statins Cut Heart Attack And Stroke Risk In Healthy Over-70s
Australian-led trial found low side-effect risk for otherwise healthy over-70s, and that statins reduce heart attack and stroke risk.