Month: October 2026

EXPLAINER Musk pledges $10bn in SpaceX shares for US children: Who really gains? The pledge, which Trump says will go through accounts with his name, comes two weeks before the…

Russia to send first diesel tanker to the US amid Trump deal Russia will send on Thursday its first diesel tanker to the US to an undisclosed port. The Russian…

Trump says AI data centres should pay ‘dividends’ in pre-midterm shift US president has continued to support data centres in advance of midterms, despite growing opposition from Republicans. US President…

France’s Macron says protesters won’t be allowed to ‘cause chaos’ French president criticises comments by ‘foreign leaders’ trying to exploit disorder for their own political agenda. France’s President Emmanuel Macron…

Pakistani authorities arrest man accused in $126m US postage fraud Faheem Akram has been charged with several offences including conspiracy to defraud the United States. Police officers escort detained suspect…

A teenage boy who had a hatred of women and an “obsessive interest” in killers has been found guilty of the attempted murder of a girl at his school. The…

EXPLAINER Why are French protesters chanting ‘Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres’? For students, the slogan has come to represent a whole array of grievances that lie at the heart of the…

Kvaratskhelia, Dembele and Marquinhos out injured after PSG’s win Kvaratskhelia out for months with a torn ACL in his right knee, while Dembele and Marquinhos suffer thigh muscle tears. Khvicha…