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The tentative deal followed last-minute talks after earlier negotiations failed. (Image: Screenshot from TRT World | YouTube) BHP (ASX, LON: BHP) and the supervisors’ union at its Escondida mine in Chile have approved a preliminary agreement reached on Wednesday morning to avert a strike at the world’s largest copper operation.

The trial is expected to run into February and could test Germany’s political stance on Ukraine. A Ukrainian former military officer is standing trial in Germany, accused of organising the secret operation that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 and cut Western Europe off from its biggest source of Russian natural gas. The trial opened on Wednesday at the Hamburg Higher Regional Court and is expected to run into February next year. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3German prosecutors charge Ukrainian suspect over Nord Stream explosionslist 2 of 3Why the world should care about the far right’s rise in Germanylist 3 of 3Ukrainian suspect, a ‘trained scuba diver’, arrested over Nord Stream blastend of listIt is the first public hearing of the evidence in a years-long investigation. The defendant, a 50-year-old identified under German privacy rules only as Serhii K., is accused of leading a group of Ukrainian agents – including divers and an explosives expert – in one of the biggest infrastructure sabotage operations of modern times. He denies any involvement and is the only person on trial.

(Document circulated to UNSC Member States on 13 October yesterday in response to “Ethiopia’s Note on Current Developments” of 11 October 2026) Over the past three years, the Government of Ethiopia has sustained and progressively intensified its unprovoked war agenda against Eritrea under the rubric of acquiring “Sovereign access to the sea, through negotiations if possible and force if necessary”, in violation of the UN Charter and the 2018 Peace and Friendship Agreement between the two countries. Ethiopia’s acts of aggression and destabilization include the pronounced establishment of a Naval Force with jurisdiction over and strategic depth in Eritrea’s southern coastal region.

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Reuters earlier reported on the cancellation of the NEOM stadium, which was envisaged as being on the roof of The Line, a 500-meter-tall skyscraper. Work on The Line has effectively ground to a halt, and NEOM has not allocated any funding for the project until after at least 2030, Semafor previously reported. Saudi Arabia had also proposed a 45,000-seat stadium at Qiddiya Coast, a planned entertainment and tourism destination north of Jeddah. That development has also been put on hold. Another 45,000-capacity stadium in Riyadh’s New Murabba district is also set to be dropped. Work on the wider development has slowed after the departure of Chief Executive Michael Dyke and the suspension of work on the project’s centerpiece, a 400-meter-tall, cube-shaped skyscraper with screens lining its interior, similar to The Sphere concert venue in Las Vegas. The kingdom is still proceeding with plans for other new stadiums including one in Dhahran being developed by Saudi Aramco, and the King Salman International Stadium and Prince Mohammed bin Salman Stadium in Riyadh. The cuts could leave Saudi Arabia developing just six new stadiums and refurbishing four existing ones for the World Cup.

In an unexpected twist for the category of heaviest pumpkin – when sometimes years can go by without a new challenger – just a week after the title fell in the UK on 3 October, the record has just been supersized on the other side of the Atlantic. The new world heavyweight pumpkin, weighing 1,431.5 kg (3,156 lb), grown by Ron Wallace of Rhode Island, USA

LEGO’s 2026 Quarterly Gift with Purchase (GWP) series has taken us on a gastronomic tour around the world, introducing us to this delightful collection of restaurants which showcase popular cuisine from different countries. Each quarter, we’ve gotten a new Restaurant, and for the 4th and final one in the series, we conclude our foodie tour with 40909 Restaurants of the World: Italy, which is available as a free Gift with Purchase when you spend US$180 / AU$295 / £160 / €180 NZD$320 on LEGO.com while stocks last.

Canadians have a reputation for being some of the friendliest people in the world, but anyone who's spent enough time travelling around the country knows that some Canadian cities are a whole lot friendlierCanadian cities are a whole lot friendlier than others. I've lived in Canada and the U. S., and spent enough time in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Ottawa to have developed some very strong opinions about where it's easiest to actually connect with people. So, I decided to rank five of Canada's major cities from least to most unfriendly. Obviously, this isn't a scientific ranking of Canada's most unfriendly cities — it's based entirely on my own experiences with strangers, making friends, going out alone and attempting basic human interaction in each place. Some cities will chat with you at the bar. Others will politely smile at you while making it abundantly clear they have absolutely no interest in ever seeing you again. Here's my ranking.#5. Montrealwww.instagram.comMontreal is my favourite city in Canada. I've lived in the U. S. for 10 years, but if I ever moved back to Canada full-time, there's no doubt I'd be in Montreal.

Canadians have a reputation for being some of the friendliest people in the world, but anyone who's spent enough time travelling around the country knows that some Canadian cities are a whole lot friendlierCanadian cities are a whole lot friendlier than others. I've lived in Canada and the U. S., and spent enough time in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Ottawa to have developed some very strong opinions about where it's easiest to actually connect with people. So, I decided to rank five of Canada's major cities from least to most unfriendly. Obviously, this isn't a scientific ranking of Canada's most unfriendly cities — it's based entirely on my own experiences with strangers, making friends, going out alone and attempting basic human interaction in each place. Some cities will chat with you at the bar. Others will politely smile at you while making it abundantly clear they have absolutely no interest in ever seeing you again. Here's my ranking. Montreal is my favourite city in Canada. I've lived in the U. S. for 10 years, but if I ever moved back to Canada full-time, there's no doubt I'd be in Montreal.

The Rugby League World Cup returns with a new format and a new feel this week, but in the men’s event there is a familiar clutch of nations vying for glory. Ten teams will compete in a complex group format, with only four semi-final spots on offer after the quarter-final stage was removed. Two of those semi-finalists will come from the four-strong Group A while the remaining six nations play in a new inter-group format. The nations in the three-team Group B play the three in Group C and vice versa, with the top two from a combined table of both pools going into the semis. Can Australia go all the way again for a record-extending 13th time? Can New Zealand repeat what they did in 2008 and stun the rugby league world? Or is it finally England’s time under their new head coach, Brian McDermott? Group AAustraliaCoach Kevin Walters Captain Isaah Yeo Previous best Winners (12 times) The Kangaroos go off as overwhelming favourites to win on home soil and with good reason – but there are a couple of gaps in their previously invincible armour. For starters, the best player in the world is absent with Nathan Cleary out due to injury.

This seismic squash was just certified as the largest ever grown by a man at a recent British competition. When volunteers at the Wargrave Nursery Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off finally hoisted the specimen onto the scale, the reading was simply incredible—2,856.8lbs (1,295.8kg)

ROME – Gifts presented to President Donald Trump by Swiss executives were actually for the American people, according to Bern’s top trade diplomat. In an interview on Oct 14 at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi, Secretary of State and head of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Helene Budliger Artieda told Francine Lacqua that handing over a Rolex table clock and engraved gold bar at the White House was not illegal. “It’s a gift to the American people – it’s duly registered at the White House, and if all things go well, it will end up in a presidential library,” she said. “It’s a private-sector initiative, but I feel confident that they have kept within the margins of the law.” The items delivered in the Oval Office last November by a business delegation seeking relief from Trump’s onerous tariffs became a matter of national controversy in Switzerland. Lawmakers filed criminal complaints seeking a probe for possible bribery, and a parliamentary report on the matter is expected in due course. “I’ve been assured by these business leaders that they had their compliance look into it,” Budliger said. “The Swiss government didn’t gift anything.

Russia has accused Dutch authorities of denying visas to three of Russia’s leading female gymnasts for the World Championships in Rotterdam, which kick off this weekend, and jeopardizing their qualification path for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Reigning world all-around champion Angelina Melnikova, Tokyo 2020 team Olympic champion Viktoria Listunova and 2026 European silver medalist Anna Kalmykova have all reportedly been refused visas, the Russian Gymnastics Federation said Tuesday, citing the Dutch Embassy in Moscow.

Over 300 delegates discuss the role of renewable-based electrification in powering energy security, competitiveness and economic resilience Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 14 October 2026 – The thirty-second Council meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) starts today.

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