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US East Coast storm leaves thousands without power, disrupts flights

A strong nor’easter hitting the US East Coast from Washington, D.C. to Maine this ​weekend forced airlines to cancel over 400 flights and ‌knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses at one point on Saturday.

September 27, 2026 5:30 pm
 

World

Pope Leo urges faith over materialism at Paris Mass

Crowds stretched the length of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday, as Pope Leo urged Catholics to find happiness in faith, ‌not material things, at the biggest event of his visit to France, an outdoor Mass with an estimated 800,000 people.

September 27, 2026 3:40 pm
 

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Bangladesh targets 3.4m children in new measles vaccination campaign

Bangladesh launched a nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign on Saturday, targeting 3.4 million unvaccinated and missed children, amid its worst-ever measles outbreak, which ​has killed more than 1,000 people and infected tens of ‌thousands.

September 27, 2026 1:27 pm
 

World

Hurricane Polo moves away from Mexico, heads over Pacific

Hurricane Polo regained Category 5 ​strength on Friday as it moved away from Mexico’s Pacific coast and into open ‌waters, while forecasters tracked a separate disturbance to the south that could develop into another tropical cyclone in the coming days.

September 27, 2026 11:20 am
 

Australia

Government's AI hack reveal all in the timing

There have been dozens of cases of artificial intelligence agents wrongfully accessing classified information beyond Australia’s Medicare hack, Anthony Albanese says.

September 27, 2026 9:40 am
 

World

New York and New Jersey declare states of emergency

A strong nor’easter is expected to bring flooding, powerful wind gusts, heavy ​rain and rip currents to areas along the East Coast from Maine to ‌Washington, D.C., over the weekend.

September 26, 2026 5:30 pm
 

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Truckers, commuters protest in Portugal against soaring fuel prices

Hundreds of truckers took part in a “go-slow” convoy along a motorway in north-central Portugal on Friday, while commuters blared their horns on Lisbon’s ​main bridge to protest against soaring fuel costs.

September 26, 2026 3:26 pm
 

World

Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification system

The US Supreme Court revived on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump’s administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens but critics contend could disenfranchise eligible voters.

September 26, 2026 2:47 pm
 

World

WHO says Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to two new health zones

The World Health Organization said on Friday that the ​Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of ‌the Congo has spread to two additional health zones, bringing the total number affected to 63 across seven provinces.

September 26, 2026 12:40 pm
 

World

Russian strikes shut Ukraine's biggest steelmaker, kill seven in Kyiv

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal said it was shutting ​production at Ukraine’s largest steel plant, underscoring the growing economic toll of Russia’s airstrikes that on Friday killed seven people in Kyiv including a 14-year-old boy ‌and injured 58.

September 26, 2026 11:44 am
 

World

Trump, Xi discuss Middle East war as Iran presses 7-day plan to end fighting

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping turned to ​the Middle East war at their summit on Friday, as Iran pressed Washington to accept a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt regional fighting.

September 26, 2026 9:51 am
 

World

Allies unite behind Saudi Arabia as Houthis step up attacks

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an urgent, high-level meeting under a joint defence pact ​to discuss ways to support the kingdom amid attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, while Saudi’s top religious authority told troops to be ready to lay down their lives to fight their Iran-aligned enemy.

September 25, 2026 5:25 pm

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