Swiss Swiss and Sunderland A.F.C. footballer Granit Xhaka receives a two-year probation after admitting to obtaining a fake COVID-19 vaccination certificate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2026 Nippon Professional Baseball season In baseball, Teruaki Satō of the Hanshin Tigers wins the Triple Crown; the last NPB Triple Crown was won by Munetaka Murakami in 2022.
School attacks in Poland A 15-year-old student carries out a mass stabbing against staff members at a primary school in the village of Leszczydół-Nowiny, Wyszków County, Poland, killing one person and injuring two more. The suspect is taken into police custody.
Relationship of Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein High Court judge Nicholas Hilliard of England and Wales quashes search warrants used on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes, finding errors in Thames Valley Police's applications and issuing judge Mark Lucraft's consideration of legally protected material.
South Korea–Ukraine relations South Korea recalls its ambassador to Ukraine after accusing Ukraine of breaching a non-disclosure agreement by disclosing the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea. Ukraine denies that such an agreement existed.
AI boom Taiwan's finance ministry reports that exports reached a record US$87.2 billion in September, while imports rose to a record $63.6 billion and the trade surplus reached a record $23.6 billion, citing demand for artificial intelligence-related hardware.
Bank of England The Bank of England announces that the Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee, and European hedgehog will feature on the next set of pound sterling notes to be issued in the United Kingdom. It will be the first time animals have replaced people on banknotes in England, which is intended to increase awareness of British wildlife.
2026 Nobel Prize in Literature Canadian poet Anne Carson is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for "her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature".
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Henri B. Kagan French chemist Henri B. Kagan from the Paris-Saclay University and Japanese organic chemist Kensō Soai from the Tokyo University of Science are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis".
School attacks in Poland Nine people are injured in a mass stabbing at a high school in Ostrołęka, Poland. The suspect, a 19-year-old student, is arrested after being injured himself.
Libor scandal The Court of Appeal in London, United Kingdom, quashes the convictions of five former Barclays traders for manipulating Libor and Euribor, following a 2025 Supreme Court ruling that found legal errors had made similar convictions unsafe.
International spillover of the 2026 French lycée protests For a second consecutive day, riots occur in Liège, Belgium, following earlier student protests, prompting authorities to close the Guillemins railway station and urge local businesses to shut down. Over 100 people are arrested.
Elections in Mexico Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum sanctions a constitutional amendment prohibiting Mexicans with dual citizenship from running for president or governor.
Climate change in Australia Australia's High Court rejects MACH Energy's appeal to expand the Mount Pleasant coal mine in New South Wales, finding that planning authorities failed to adequately consider greenhouse gas emissions from burning exported coal overseas.
Climate change in Antarctica The British Antarctic Survey reports that Zavodovski Island in Antarctica has lost more than 500,000 chinstrap penguins since 2011, ending its status as the world's largest penguin colony as warming waters reduce access to Antarctic krill.
2026 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical cyclone Isaias strengthens into a category 1 hurricane, becoming the first Atlantic hurricane of the season amidst a unusually quiet season caused by the ongoing El Niño phenomenon.
Reserve Bank The Reserve Bank of India raises its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5%, its first increase since February 2023.
Guinea Guinea sets nationwide price ceilings for bottled water after a ban on single-use plastic water sachets causes shortages and higher prices, with retail packs of several bottle sizes capped at 25,000 francs (US$2.84).
Sudanese civil war Four women are killed in a Rapid Support Forces drone strike on homes and a mosque in Ad-Damazin, Blue Nile State, Sudan.
Mali War The Malian Armed Forces and the Russian Africa Corps retake Kidal, which was captured by the Azawad Liberation Front five months ago, after days of airstrikes and ground operations.
Russo-Ukrainian war Bulgaria halts the search for the 12 Syrian sailors missing since yesterday after a merchant ship sank after being hit by a drone strike in its waters. The perpetrators are still unknown.
Russian forces launch a massive ballistic missile and drone attack on Ukraine, killing at least 28 people, including 20 people killed at a single apartment hit by a North Korean KN-23 missile in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, while hundreds more are wounded.
Ethiopian civil conflict Eritrean forces are reported to have invaded Ethiopia's Tigray Region and are moving south toward Mekelle.
Middle Eastern crisis Israeli settlers launch an attack in the occupied West Bank targeting Palestinians, killing a man and wounding 16 other people.
Houthi forces claim attacks on Abha International Airport and Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia that killed three civilians and injured 36 others since yesterday.
Francis Halzen Belgian physicist Francis Halzen from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin".
Mathematics and artificial intelligence OpenAI releases 377 results on open problems in mathematics in areas such as algebra, number theory, combinatorics and theoretical computer science.
2026 in archosaur paleontology The Royal Society Open Science reports the discovery of the "Herugavialis cairensis" crocodile species in the Mokattam Formation rocks that were used to build the Great Sphinx Giza pyramid in Egypt.
2026 Kosovan presidential election The Kuvendi begins the procedure to elect a president on 6 October, finishing the voting process minutes after the constitutional deadline on midnight 7 October. Justina Pula is declared the next president of Kosovo.
2026 Haitian general election Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council postpones presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December 13, citing technical, operational, and security requirements.
August Hanning August Hanning, former head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, is arrested at his home in Nordwalde, North Rhine-Westphalia, after being charged by the country's Federal Public Prosecutor General with treason, espionage, and trading state secrets. A former aide of Hanning's is also arrested for aiding and abetting attempted treason and treasonous espionage.
2026 French lycée protests Riots break out in Liège, Belgium, following a day of student protests, resulting in damaged shops and destroyed bus shelters in the city center.
Indonesia Indonesia halts a program to clear millions of hectares of forest for rice cultivation after achieving rice self-sufficiency, and plans instead to increase yields on existing farmland through improved agricultural methods.
2026 Ebola epidemic The Nairobi Hospital steps up its infection-control measures, tracing, and staff monitoring following Kenya's first imported case of Ebola.
Kenya confirms its first imported case of the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebolavirus in Nairobi in a deceased male who traveled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount The merger between American media conglomerates Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery into Skydance takes effect.
Soldiers At least ten soldiers are killed by Islamic State gunmen during an attack at a military base in Kukawa, Borno State, Nigeria. Over 25 attackers are also killed in the shootout.
Russo-Ukrainian war Two merchant ships are hit by drones of unknown origins off the coast of Bulgaria. One of the ships has sunk, leaving the crew missing.
Peruvian security crisis Three gunmen and a police officer are killed, and another officer is wounded, in a shootout during an operation against illegal miners in Inambari District, Tambopata province, Madre de Dios, Peru. Authorities seize 15 AKM rifles, a pistol, and five grenades.
Somali Civil War Four Indonesian seamen return home after Puntland maritime police rescued 17 crew members from the hijacked oil tanker "MT Honour 25". Somali pirates had held the crew for more than five months and killed five members.
Middle Eastern crisis Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says that the military has killed 4,000 militants who took part in the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.
The Houthis launches missiles against the airports of Najran and Jizan, in Saudi Arabia, causing material damages and wounding three people.