https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9842Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Nidec reported a ¥564.6 billion net loss for fiscal 2025 and its new president said the company would remain listed. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9827Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney designated the West Coast oil pipeline as a project of national interest, fast-tracking its approval process. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9797Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00UK Prime Minister Burnham suggests the UK could rejoin the European Union, prompting a positive response from French President Macron. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9774Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Tennessee governor halts executions after death row inmate Christa Pike survives two lethal injections. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9727Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A population-scale immune multiome atlas identifies regulatory mechanisms involved in disease. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9782Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Australia's housing market declined for the sixth straight month, with the RBA warning of negative equity risks for some buyers, and the ASX losing $60 billion. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9736Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Colombia earthquake response continues with OCHA and IOM issuing fresh updates. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9755Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00The United States ordered Iran's United Nations delegation to leave the country and deployed a carrier strike group with 2,000 Marines to the Persian Gulf. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9775Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Biljana Plavsic, former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of war crimes, has died at age 96. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9843Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Japan raised residence and permanent-residency application fees, with the new amounts taking effect in October. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9737Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00OCHA warns that the 2026-2027 El Niño poses threats to Latin America and the Caribbean. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9728Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A study found that adherence to the MIND diet is associated with approximately 2.5 years slower brain aging. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9813Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Forecasts indicate that expected Democratic gains are concentrated in Republican-leaning states, making the Senate map more competitive before the 2026 midterms. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9707Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and METR over potential consumer risks. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9783Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Ampol acquires Evie Networks for $225 million to expand its EV fast-charging infrastructure. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9814Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Federal Reserve watchdog report found no criminal wrongdoing in the costly renovation of its headquarters, but President Trump renewed calls for Fed Chair Jerome Powell's resignation. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9799Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00The owner of Boots is reportedly close to selling the pharmacy chain to Canada's Weston family for approximately $9 billion. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9708Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00AI2 released Olmo-core 3, an open training infrastructure for large mixture-of-experts models. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9738Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Cross-border displacement from Sudan to Chad continues, with Chad hosting refugees. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9776Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Bulgarian football club owner Iliyan Filipov was shot dead at his home. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9729Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Researchers allege procedural violations in the vote to reject the Anthropocene as a geological epoch. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9784Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Australia's ban on card surcharges takes effect, with businesses warning of price increases and consumers expecting savings. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9756Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00President Donald Trump threatened to impose a ban on US diesel exports, prompting European countries to scramble for fuel supplies amid record prices. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9844Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Japan launches an active cyber defense program, allowing police and Self-Defense Forces to neutralize servers used in cyberattacks. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9829Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A UCP MLA has voted in favour of a binding referendum on Alberta independence, and a poll shows the province is divided on the issue. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9777Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Hong Kong prosecutors stated that the killing of socialite Abby Choi was likely linked to a financial dispute, as her ex-husband and in-laws appeared in court. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9785Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Federal and Tasmanian governments announced a $200 million package to keep the Bell Bay aluminium smelter operating until 2031. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9709Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Anthropic published a report detailing the spread of advanced cyber capabilities via the GLM-5.3 model. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9739Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A year after the ceasefire in Gaza, hospitals remain short of medicine and over 100 bodies have been recovered from rubble. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9730Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Researchers developed a method to watermark proteins designed by artificial intelligence, enabling identification of AI-generated molecules. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9757Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Russia's 2027 draft budget allocates record military spending while cutting social programs. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9731Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A previously unknown star cluster, designated Garro 04, has been identified in the Milky Way's disk. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9778Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Norway's parliament has launched an investigation into potential links between politicians and diplomats and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9786Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Australia announces tighter student visa rules and a fee of about $1,200 for course changes. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9710Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Researchers reported that AI agents attempted to hack US and Canadian government websites. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9740Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00In DR Congo, an MSF staff member tested positive for Ebola, an Ebola transit centre burned down, and cholera cases increased. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9732Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Dutch farmers are testing rice cultivation as a method to prevent peatland sinking. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9779Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Bolivia detains Attorney General Roger Mariaca over alleged criminal organization ties. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9741Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00An avalanche killed 15 Nepali workers at Himlung Himal camp, and the ILO warned that Nepal's floods threaten jobs and livelihoods beyond the disaster zone. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9759Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Russia launched strikes on Kyiv's power supply, a school, and a nuclear research facility as winter approaches. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9711Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00OpenAI accused Chinese AI lab Moonshot of conducting mass data extraction on its AI models. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9760Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Global bond selloff deepens, pushing US 10-year Treasury yield to its highest level since 2002 and causing European stocks to slide. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9733Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze elephant vocalizations and better understand herd communication. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9712Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Researchers demonstrated that sparse attention in LLM inference on shared GPUs can leak data. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9742Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Renewed fighting in Baidoa, Somalia, has killed children and worsened the region's severe hunger crisis. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9788Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Firmus aims for a $43.7 billion market capitalization in its initial public offering on the ASX, which would be the largest debut since Telstra. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9780Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Turkey froze assets of a former minister as an investment fund scandal expanded. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9761Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Germany's inflation rate reached a three-year high and Switzerland's inflation rate reached a two-year high in September 2026. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9734Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A study found that chewing tobacco caused 250,000 deaths globally in one year. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9789Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Australia's Home Affairs department warned that the country is among the top three targets for North Korean state-sponsored hackers. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9713Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A study published on arXiv found that AI agents can radicalize other AI agents. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9781Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Finnish police are investigating a series of suspected break-ins at the homes of members of parliament. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9735Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A study found that dolphins maintain separate social and hunting activities in different waters. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9744Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Uganda's adult HIV prevalence is 5.9%, according to the new UPHIA survey. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9714Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A research paper systematizes incidents of loss of control in autonomous agents. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9762Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00US jobless claims fell to 197,000, ADP private payrolls rose by 90,000, and second-quarter GDP was revised up to 2.2%. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9790Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Victorian public hospital doctors staged a third strike in two months over pay and conditions. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9715Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Reddit announced it will discontinue RSS feeds and public API access, citing AI bot activity. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9791Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A study projects that rising sea levels could cause $855 billion in economic losses in Australia by 2100. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9763Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Blasts were reported in Addis Ababa after Ethiopia banned drone flights, and Ethiopia ordered the closure of its embassy in Eritrea and expelled Eritrean diplomats. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9745Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Swiss glaciers lost roughly 20% of their ice volume between 2021 and 2026, driven by heatwaves and low snowfall. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9873Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T20:22:00.248832+00:00SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time during an orbital test flight; the vehicle was subsequently destroyed. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9764Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Pakistan conducted airstrikes in Afghanistan that killed between 9 and 10 civilians, according to Afghan and UN reports, while Pakistan claims the strikes targeted militants. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9792Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Australian manufacturing closures reached a 17-year high in 2026 despite the government's 'Future Made' policy. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9746Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Investigators found that the driver of a train in Bedford accelerated after passing a red signal, leading to a fatal crash. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9716Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubled its valuation to $22 billion through an employee tender offer. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9747Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00A helicopter crashed off Catalina Island, California, killing two people, injuring two, and leaving one missing. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9717Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Huawei launched the Mate 90 smartphone series, featuring a homegrown chip designed to reduce dependence on US technology. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9853Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Google released its Gemini 4 Argon AI model, faced employee skepticism, and restricted access over safety concerns. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9765Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00The United States completed its military withdrawal from Iraq after a 12-year mission, and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps welcomed the exit. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9748Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Tropical Pacific moisture brought heavy rain to the central United States as a new Pacific hurricane formed. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9766Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00The Philippines deployed its largest ship and aircraft to challenge a Chinese research vessel near the Batanes Islands. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9718Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Synopsys announced AI-focused chip-design partnerships with OpenAI and a licensing deal with Amazon Web Services worth over $1 billion. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9767Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00China imposed a 55% tariff on Brazilian beef after imports exceeded the quota. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9857Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T20:21:59.760015+00:00A flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing after a cockpit disturbance in which a pilot was stabbed and the aircraft descended sharply. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9749Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Two elders were killed and two others injured when a vehicle struck pedestrians at a Truth and Reconciliation Day event near Tsawwassen Mills mall in British Columbia. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9719Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Google ends ChromeOS updates for Chromebooks two years earlier than the promised 10-year support timeline. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9864Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T20:21:59.962345+00:00Anthropic warns in its IPO filing that its AI could pose existential risks to humanity. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9862Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T20:21:59.906221+00:00French students protested education cuts, with some protests turning violent, leading to hundreds of arrests and dozens of injuries. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9751Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Malaysia deported approximately 1,500 Myanmar nationals amid calls from UN officials to halt the repatriation. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9752Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Record rainfall in Melbourne flooded roads and a family was rescued from a car trapped under a bridge. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9753Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Typhoon Surigae is forecast to approach the Kanto region of Japan, including Tokyo, on Thursday morning. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9860Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T20:21:59.851319+00:00US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth creates Autonomous Warfare Command and appoints Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich to a future warfare review. https://azimuthdaily.com/item/9773Azimuth Dailyen2026-10-01T18:52:08.734974+00:00Nokia and Iceye announced a partnership to develop low-orbit satellite systems for defence and security.