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More than 30,000 employees from 50 countries collectively logged over 300 million steps in a single day – enough to circle the Earth over five times. Deutsche Bank has set a Guinness World Record. On September 24, 30,034 employees from 50 countries logged a total of 304,883,456 steps. Together, they covered 217,991.671 km – enough to circle the Earth over five times. In light of the event’s success, the bank is donating 500,000 euros to Save the Children. The achievement was officially recognised yesterday by Guinness World Records for the most participants in a remote “Around the World” distance team challenge in 24 hours. In light of the event’s success, the bank is donating 500,000 euros to Save the Children.

October 1, 2026, 10:10am TBA SMX World Championship FinalMonster Energy SuperMotocross World Championship The following press release is from the SMX League:2027 Monster Energy SMX World Championship Schedule, presented by iHeartRadio, Revealed-Ticket Presale Registration Opens on Tuesday, October 6-All Dates and Venues for 28-Round Regular Season Featuring Monster Energy Supercross and Pro Motocross Championship AnnouncedELLENTON, Fla. / MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – Today, the SMX League® revealed the complete 2027 Monster Energy SMX World Championship regular season schedule, comprised of the 17-race Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship and the 11-race Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing. Additionally, registration for the ticket presale for all 28 rounds will open for preferred customers starting on Tuesday, October 6, at 10 a.m. ET. Interested parties can sign up for preferred access at SupercrossLIVE.com and ProMotocross.com. Fans can also sign up for SMX Texts to receive the latest information and updates coming from the SMX League.

It commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which sets out the rights and responsibilities of teachers, and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions. World Teachers’ Day has been celebrated since 1994. The theme for 2026 is “Standing with teachers: 60 years of protecting the profession, advancing its status and shaping our futures.”  World Teachers’ Day is a day to celebrate how teachers are transforming education, but also to reflect on the support they need to thrive, maximize their impact, and elevate the status of the profession globally.

1 October 2026Bailey BergGetty Images(Credit: Getty Images)A spate of brazen thefts has rocked European museums. Now, some institutions are rethinking what's worth displaying. Visitors stepping into the Louvre's Galerie d'Apollon today will come face to face with more than 60m (198ft) of painted ceilings and dazzling sculptures. What they won't find, however, are the iconic treasures that once glittered inside its display cases. The gallery reopened in July 2026, nine months after thieves made off with France's crown jewels in one of the most audacious museum robberies in recent memory. The surviving gemstones have since been moved elsewhere while the Louvre determines how to display them more securely. The Louvre heist is just one example of how a recent string of museum thefts across Europe is changing what travellers can actually see in these beloved institutions. AlamyA string of recent high-profile museum robberies has rocked Europe (Credit: Alamy)According to Europol, such incidents have risen sharply and are becoming increasingly brazen. As one museum security expert in Belgium told the BBC: "Every museum in the world is stressing right now.

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At the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens, 1,300 people—700 of whom are children—join Pope Leo in praying the Rosary in five languages, offering up the Marian prayer for an end to violence around the world. While one million children around the world offered up the Rosary for peace, about 1,300 of those voices were coming from the Vatican Gardens on the first day of the month dedicated to the Rosary—October 1. Children from parishes and schools around Rome gathered at the Grotto of Lourdes with Pope Leo XIV to kick off the Aid to the Church in Need initiative “One Million Children Praying the Rosary”.

HOUSTON, Texas (September 30, 2026)— World Space Week events, beginning October 4 in 100 nations, will celebrate how launch innovation has stimulated the rapidly-growing space economy and enabled new uses of space to help the world. “This year’s theme is the Rocket Revolution,” said Dennis Stone, World Space Week Association President.  “It recognizes how increased space access and falling launch prices have stimulated the space ecosystem and exciting new space applications,” he said.  The rocketry theme will also be used to inspire student interest in STEM, he added.

Almaty is winter tourism's quiet secret, a mountain range on the doorstep of a historic city, where hitting the slopes costs a fraction of the snowfields of Europe or North America. The multi-billion-dollar redevelopment of a vast ski resort on its doorstep will only make this destination more appealing to travelling snow bunnies. An hour's drive from Almaty, the soaring Tian Shan mountains offer great skiing, real altitude and unparalleled value, without the queues of Park City or Courchevel. Cathay Pacific's new direct flight to Almaty is the first nonstop service connecting Hong Kong and Kazakhstan. This direct link to Almaty, Kazakhstan's winter sports capital, is well timed as Almaty enters its peak ski season from December through March.

For more than a decade, our rescue teams have saved the lives of thousands of dogs who have endured unimaginable suffering on South Korea’s dog meat farms. Earlier this week, with only months to go before South Korea’s ban on dog meat takes full effect, we completed our final large-scale rescue there. This last rescue in South Korea represents a major milestone in our mission to end this cruel industry.