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A 16-year-old shooter opened fire on Thursday at an elementary ‌school in Bend, Oregon, killing four people including three children, before being killed by an armed member of the community who had pursued the assailant into the school, police said. Indonesia lift the trophy after the FIFA ASEAN Cup final at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia on Oct. 5, 2026 The shooter entered Silver Rail Elementary School by firing through locked doors, police said, without offer

France woke up Sunday to devastated streets after clashes between police and protesters, mass looting and fires erupted nationwide as marches against rising costs of living degenerated into "extreme" violence. Masked youths clashed with police and fires were set in several cities, including Paris The widespread unrest followed weeks of student protests and comes just six months ahead of elections to replace President Emmanuel Macron. Whole streets in Paris "have been devastat

Cambodia spends more than US$70 million annually importing green coffee beans from abroad to meet domestic demand, with Vietnam and Thailand among key suppliers. Coffee beans in a bag Dup Piseth, President of the Cambodia Coffee Association, said the country imported 12,000 tonnes of coffee beans in 2025 at an average price of around $6,000 per tonne, bringing the total import bill to more than $70 million. According to the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fish

Pope Leo was diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons removed a part of his right lung on ​Tuesday, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin. Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026 The 71-year-old pope has lung adenocarcinoma, a common form of cancer, with tissue ‌tests conducted during the operation confirming what doctors had suspected from preparatory examinations, the bulletin said. Leo was admitt

South Korean police said they had detained a man suspected of stabbing eight people, one of which is reportedly in life-threatening condition, at a shopping mall in Incheon on Tuesday. South Korean police officers and firefighters are mobilized outside a shopping mall in Incheon, South Korea, Oct. 13, 2026 Officers are investigating the motive and circumstances of the attack, a police spokesperson said by telephone. President Lee Jae Myung urged a swift and rigorous investiga

Tim Janus, the competitive eating champion known as "Eater X," has died at age 49 after a long battle with cancer. Competitive eater Tim Janus, known as "Eater X" Major League Eating announced his death on Sept. 20, four days after he died. Neither the organization nor his family specified the type of cancer he had. Janus competed professionally for more than a decade before announcing his retirement in 2016. He was inducted into the MLE Hall of Fame. At the height of his car

Kenangan Coffee, the Indonesian chain with over 1,500 outlets backed by tennis star Serena Williams and rapper Jay-Z, is weighing an initial public offering on the Singapore Exchange, with plans to go public within 24 months. A Kenangan Coffee outlet "We have been speaking quite closely with the Singapore Exchange, and I think they’re doing great things to overhaul the exchange," co-founder and group CEO Edward Tirtanata told The Straits Times. The company is also considering

Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang has unleashed an extraordinary social media blitz across the past three weeks, publishing over 350 posts on X that range from lighthearted memes to direct jabs at industry competitors. Billionaire Alexandr Wang appears before a House Committee on Armed Services | Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation hearing "Man and Machine: Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washin

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted on Sunday that he would rename the company's AI unit to SpaceXSI, following U.S. President Donald Trump's push to use the term "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence." Elon Musk in a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican senators in Washington, Nov. 13, 2024 "Yes, we will make that change," he replied to a user on X asking him about the possibility of renaming SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI. At the time of publication,

Nike plans to cut an undetermined number of jobs and establish a new campus in India as it seeks to accelerate a turnaround following another downcast quarter. People walk past a store of the sporting goods retailer Nike Inc at a shopping complex in Beijing, China, March 25, 2021 The sports giant unveiled the plan as it reported a modest decline in quarterly profits on lower sales. The company projected sales in the current fiscal year would fall by "high-single digits," acco

A Malaysian influencer once famous for promoting gambling says he now drives for Grab about 10 hours a day just to cover basic expenses after running up some RM1 million (US$245,000) in debt. Gambling influencer trades private Aaron Lim, 48, known online as "Genting's little queen," said in an Instagram video on Sept. 21 that he has been driving for the ride-hailing platform for eight months in a car lent to him by a friend, Singapore news site Mothership reported. He usually

New Delhi will ban construction for six weeks in the country's capital, as part of a slew of measures announced on Sept. 28 to tackle the city’s air pollution. Vehicles are seen on a highway on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, Dec. 2, 2021 Delhi, a sprawling megacity of 30 million people, is regularly ranked among the world’s most polluted capitals due to a mix of emissions from power plants, heavy traffic, construction activity and the burning of crop stubble. The const

A 31-year-old Chinese PhD quit her psychiatrist career to deliver food and sing at bars, saying she wanted greater freedom and control over her time. Former Chinese psychiatrist Liu Zihan Seven months ago, Liu Zihan was working as a psychiatrist and postdoctoral researcher at a top-tier hospital in Zhuhai, southern China's Guangdong Province. Now, some evenings find her wearing a delivery uniform and riding an electric scooter through the city's streets with customers' meals.

Ganfan Yingying, a Chinese food creator with 1.2 million followers, has died at 24 after years of repeatedly inducing vomiting to continue producing mukbang videos. Ganfan Yingying appears in mukbang videos Short-video platforms removed Yingying’s accounts on the evening of Sept. 7. Her family had confirmed her death three days earlier in an obituary cited by Jimu News. Yingying, whose real name was Chen Ziyi, died on Aug. 17. Her parents did not disclose the immediate cause

The world's longest cruise, with the Regatta, a boutique vessel, is on a 371-day journey around the globe after departing from Rome, Italy. Cruise ship Regatta docked in Fremantle, Australia, January 2018 According to The Independent, this massive voyage, organized by Explorations by Norwegian in collaboration with Flight Centre Travel Group, will take passengers to 62 countries on six continents. By remaining at sea for well over a year, the journey that began on Sept. 1 wil

A Seoul court on Wednesday ordered South Korean video game tycoon Kwon Hyuk-bin to pay more than 2 trillion won (Ú$1.5 billion) in a divorce settlement, the largest asset division ever awarded in the country. Kwon Hyuk-bin, founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Smilegate The amount surpasses the 944 billion won awarded in the divorce settlement between SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, whose business also owns chip giant SK hynix, and his ex-wife, Roh Soh-yeong. Kwon founded S

South Korean police are pushing for an indictment of music tycoon Bang Si-Hyuk, the chairperson of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, over alleged investor fraud. Bang Si-Hyuk, a chairman of Hybe, answers reporters' question upon his arrival at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 15, 2025 The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency referred Bang to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office on Thursday, asking him to be indicted on a charge

The EU's tech chief called on Meta and TikTok to "act decisively" to stem disinformation at times of crisis, saying the European Commission held talks with both platforms Friday following last week's Ceuta migrant surge. The Meta office sign in Brussels, Belgium, in December 2022 A wave of social media disinformation is believed to have played a large part in the deadly rush of tens of thousands of men, women and children into Spain's north African territory, after a rumor th

The number of people missing in Nepal and China surpassed 2,400 Friday, days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept away villages and killed hundreds. People stand near a collapsed bridge after flash floods at Devighat in Nepal’s Nuwakot District on Aug. 28, 2026 Rescuers were battling through mud even as the threat of new floods loomed, with emergency teams recovering 586 bodies so far -- and some of the dead swept downstream as far away as India. The new figure

Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. A resident looks at the swollen Trishuli river in Galchhi, Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026 Flood warning notices were sent to people’s phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastroph