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SportsA banner season for Camryn Rogers, featuring 11 hammer throw wins, Canadian title and Commonwealth Games gold medal has led to her being named one of 10 women's athlete of the year nominees by World Athletics, selected by an international panel of athletics experts. B. C., native improved her N. American/national mark, repeated as Commonwealth Games championDoug Harrison · CBC Sports · Posted: Oct 06, 2026 12:29 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 6Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. It was a banner hammer throw season for reigning Olympic and world champion Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B. C. She earned 11 wins, a Canadian title and Commonwealth Games gold. (Maja Hitij/Getty Images/File)Eleven hammer throw victories, Canadian title, Commonwealth Games gold medal and North American/national record. An impressive list of career highlights for any track and field athlete. For Camryn Rogers, it’s a sample of the Canadian’s 2026 achievements.

South Korean shipbuilding group HD Hyundai is reporting the delivery of its first container vessel using the company’s newly developed "Lashing-Free" system that eliminates the need for workers to manually secure containers on board. It highlights benefits of increased capacity and ease of handling while also reporting that the system will be able to handle heavy weather and provide other benefits to the ships. The system was installed on a new containership built for CMA CGM, which underwent sea trials in September. The ship has a capacity of 13,000 TEU while using HD Hyundai’s hybrid-type Lashing-Free Technology. The ship is methanol-fueled and otherwise appears to use a conventional layout for the placement of containers above deck.

Startups that promise to predict how humans will behave are having a moment. Over the past year, Simile raised $200 million at a $2 billion valuation; Aaru raised $88 million at a $1 billion valuation; and Humans&, an AI startup that announced a massive $480 million seed round in January at a $4.48 billion valuation, launched Persimmon to model human behavior. The status quo for human behavior prediction today relies heavily on large language models (LLMs) that are prompted or fine-tuned to role-play as a target demographic. But two-year-old, San Francisco-based Mirror Particle thinks that approach is fundamentally broken.

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Police have fired teargas at ⁠protesters as more than 250,000 pupils, teachers and parents demonstrated across France on the biggest day yet of a campaign for better high school conditions that has been marred by often violent clashes with police. The French prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, said at least 215 teenagers and 85 school staff had been injured since the protests began more than a fortnight ago, calling the figures “the heaviest ⁠toll in decades paid by the school system”. The country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, called key ministers to the Élysée Palace for talks on Tuesday night, French media reported. The interior ministry said 200,000 people had taken part in mainly peaceful marches in cities including Marseille, Nantes ⁠and Lyon on Tuesday, with 56,000 more joining the biggest demonstration in Paris. Organisers put the total at 450,000. Most passed off without serious incident, but some – including in Paris – ended in sporadic vandalism and running skirmishes with riot police, with officers firing teargas and carrying out baton charges to disperse protesters.

Stay ahead of supply chain disruptions and port congestion with Kuehne+Nagel’s weekly port operational update. Find out the latest vessel waiting times and status of ports in Africa, Asia Oceania, Europe, Middle East-Indian Subcontinent, North America, and South and Central America. AfricaBeninCotonou: The 7-day average vessel waiting time is around 2.17 days. Cotonou remains relatively stable, with vessel delays of up to two days where documentation is complete. Off-window vessel berthing remains subject to availability. CameroonDouala: The 7-day average vessel waiting time is around 2.5 days. Douala is experiencing delays, primarily due to seasonal rainfall impacting port operations. GhanaTema: The 7-day average vessel waiting time is around 5.8 days. Significant congestion continues. High yard density, trucking shortages and strong cargo demand remain the primary constraints. Operations remain also heavily constrained by fully utilised reefer capacity. Non-window vessels remain subject to berth availability. Ivory CoastAbidjan: The 7-day average vessel waiting time is around 4.5 days. The port remains heavily constrained, with vessel waiting times reaching up to 12 days.

These are the world's tastiest countries, as voted by you6 October 2026Getty ImagesWe all know that food is one of the most vital reasons to travel – and one of the things we remember the most about a destination when we return home. Who among us hasn't dreamed of fresh and creamy Pastel de Nata, soul-warming Thai soups or clean, precise sushi bites while picking up a sad meal deal for lunch? We asked our readers to vote for the countries they go back to time and time again in search of the tastiest dishes and most memorable recipes. These are the best countries for food in the world, according to the 2026 Readers' Choice Awards. The scores below are percentages representing overall average levels of satisfaction. Getty Images10. South Africa. Score 94.26Another culinary destination which excels through its diversity, South Africa fuses cooking from indigenous populations, as well as Indian, Malay, and European communities. Succulent meats are the cornerstone of all meals, so tuck into a traditional “braai”, or South African barbecue, to really get under the skin of the foodie culture.

From October 25 to 27, Assisi will host an interreligious peace prayer, the 40th annual meeting in a series initiated by Pope St John Paul II. 40 years ago, on October 27, 1986, Pope St John Paul II took part in the historic World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi, central Italy. For the first time in history, representatives of all world religions were invited by the Pope to pray together for peace.

World of WarcraftHere you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Midnight, Mists of Pandaria Classic, Season of Discovery, Burning Crusade Classic, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied. Developers’ notes: A recent bug fix resulted in Blightfall dealing significantly more damage than we expected. Alongside this tuning change, we’re also making sure the damage is represented accurately when an Augmentation Evoker is present in the group.

The 16-year-old Thai Ibanez fan reveals how she learned to play, the gear that shapes her sound and the influence she’d love to work with – which could actually happen very soon

Liechtenstein has about 40,000 residents and the highest GDP per capita (PPP) in the world in 2026, at $195,372. The two facts are connected. GDP per capita divides everything a country produces in a year by the number of people who live there, so a small population turns a modest total into an enormous average. Liechtenstein's factories and banks are staffed largely by commuters from Switzerland and Austria, and the ranking counts their output while leaving them out of the headcount. The same arithmetic lifts Luxembourg to $156,719 on the strength of its cross-border workforce, and it lifts Ireland to $159,129 because multinationals book their profits in Dublin before sending them home to shareholders abroad.

The population of New Zealand’s endemic wētāpunga – believed to be the world’s heaviest insect – is officially “increasing” thanks to a groundbreaking breeding programme that has overseen the release of 11,000 insects into the wild. “The future of wētāpunga is looking bright,” said Dr Chris Green, an honorary researcher at the department of conservation, who documented the success of the project for the New Zealand Journal of Zoology. Green co-authored a report released on 2 October that outlines the success of the breeding programme. “Eleven thousand individuals for release is extraordinary and outstanding.”A female wētāpunga can weigh as much as a mouse. Its body can grow up to 10cm long (nearly 4in) and its leg span can be as wide as 20cm. It is the largest of 70 wētā species and was once found across parts of the North Island before predation from introduced species and habitat loss contributed to their decline. By the 1990s, they were considered “endangered” and are now presumed extinct in the wild on New Zealand’s mainland. The insects reside primarily on a smattering of predator-free islands in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf and off the coast of Northland.

The Disney Princess Half Marathon presented by AdventHealth, taking place on February 28 at Walt Disney World, invites runners of all levels to channel their inner Disney Princess—embracing qualities such as bravery, strength, courage, and confidence. Hosted by Princess Jasmine, the event welcomes costumes, enthusiasm, and plenty of magic. While the weekend’s races are all sold out, Runner’s World+ members have another chance to join the fun this winter and experience the magic of racing through picturesque Disney theme parks, stopping along the way for memorable photo opportunities with beloved Disney characters. And, of course, every finisher can look forward to a one-of-a-kind medal.