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Soils of War: The Toxic Legacy For Ukraine’s Breadbasket

When Ukraine recaptured Kherson in November, Andrii Povod returned to find his grain farm in ruins. Two tractors were missing, most of the wheat was gone and all 11 buildings used to store crops and machinery had been bombed and burned. The farm bears the scars of Russian shelling and unexploded ordnance riddles the fields […]

'I was not going to let others die': Flydubai pilot speaks out from hospital October 2, 2026
Watch: Flydubai pilot speaks with Indian PM The Indian pilot of the Flydubai plane who was attacked by his co-pilot and opened the cockpit door to let others in has said he was determined not to let others die.Capt Smit Machchhar said he was on the ground and still being attacked when he realised the […]
Vikas Pandey
OpenAI fires workers for mishandling 'sensitive information' October 2, 2026
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman [Getty Images] OpenAI has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling information, including work which involved an external organisation analysing AI models."Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work," a spokesperson told the BBC.The ChatGPT-maker […]
Osmond Chia - Business reporter; Laura Cress - Technology reporter
U.S. job growth is expected to slow in September, with unemployment steady October 2, 2026
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - US job growth likely slowed in September and the unemployment rate is forecast to have been 4.1% for a third straight month, suggesting the labor market remained stable heading into the fourth quarter. The anticipated moderation would follow a surprise jump in nonfarm payrolls in August, which […]
By Lucia Mutikani
New details emerge in Cornell rape case as Letitia James takes over investigation October 2, 2026
Governor Kathy Hochul/X New York State Attorney General Letitia James will be taking over as special prosecutor in the case alleging sexual assault at Cornell University, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, saying she “lost faith” in the district attorney’s ability to oversee it. The announcement comes as new details have emerged this week about the […]
Isa Mudannayake, Jake Tapper, Danya Gainor, Jason Carroll, Gloria Pazmino, Alex Stambaugh, Jeff Winter, CNN
'Deeply unwelcome': MLB backs off its plan for a game at Grand Teton October 2, 2026
The Grand Teton national park in Wyoming.Photograph: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Major League Baseball (MLB) leadership is no longer considering holding a game inside a national park, according to a letter commissioner Robert Manfred sent to officials in Teton county, Wyoming, on Thursday in what could be the league’s biggest swing-and-a-miss off the diamond. On 26 September, […]
Abené Clayton
Witnesses recount the 87 minutes of Christa Pike’s failed execution October 1, 2026
For well over an hour, the state of Tennessee tried to kill Christa Pike. Then they raced to save her life. Seven members of the news media who witnessed Pike's botched execution on Sept. 30 described an increasingly troublesome scene in the death chamber at a state prison in Nashville. The process began with Pike's […]
Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY
9,000 more U.S. troops head to Middle East as Trump weighs new Iran strikes October 1, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is dispatching roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Thursday. The bolstering of the American military presence comes as President Donald Trump warned anew that new strikes against Iran could be on the horizon. The troop movement, which includes a […]
KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, MICHELLE L. PRICE and AAMER MADHANI
Former Dallas officer who fatally shot man in apartment she mistook for her own gets parole October 1, 2026
Former Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger (center) in 2019 leaves the Frank Crowley Courts Building in downtown Dallas. (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer) Former Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger has been granted parole after serving seven years in prison for the murder of Botham Jean. Guyger fatally shot Jean, a 26-year-old accountant, in September 2018 after mistaking his […]
Everton Bailey Jr.
Treasury says over 60 million children have been auto-enrolled in Trump Accounts October 1, 2026
The Treasury Department said that over 60 million children have been automatically enrolled in Trump Accounts, according to guidance filed with the Federal Register. "Millions of children have already enrolled in Trump Accounts. With automatic enrollment, over 60 million more eligible children now have an account ready to be claimed," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in […]
Ivana Pino
A plumber, a dentist and the passengers who saved a Flydubai flight October 1, 2026
JERUSALEM (AP) — A dentist and other passengers wrestled with a violent copilot. A plumber seized the controls as the plane plunged towards the desert. And the captain, despite being stabbed, managed to open the cockpit door — helping save all 182 people aboard the Israel-bound flight."Hollywood isn't creative enough to come up with stories […]
CARA ANNA
Trump says he’d consider pardoning members of his administration October 1, 2026
President Donald Trump said in an interview out Thursday that he would be open to pardoning members of his administration, pointing to former President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon to relatives and members of the administration out of concern they would be politically targeted after he left office. "Yeah, sure, I'd do that," the president answered when […]
EMILY CHANG, DEVIN GARBITT and SARAH BETH HENSLEY
Two people dead and patient missing after medical helicopter crashes off Catalina October 1, 2026
L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna speaks at a news conference Thursday in San Pedro on the crash of a medical helicopter off Catalina Island. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)The body of a third victim killed in a helicopter crash off Santa Catalina Island has been recovered, authorities said Thursday night.Earlier in the day, investigators […]
Fedor Zarkhin, Richard Winton, Iris Kwok