New airport The opening date of the new airport serving the Berlin area is delayed again, until late October 2013.
Three-tiered Beijing and Shanghai place orders for the world's longest bus, the 101 foot, five-axle, four-steering-axle, three-tiered "AutoTram". It carries 256 passengers and costs about $10 million a piece. Due to advanced electronics, it is said to be as maneuverable and precise as a conventional bus.
From falling Scientists develop a "magic carpet" with optical fibers to help prevent elderly people from falling by a warning when it detects unusual footsteps.
Peña Nieto President-elect Peña Nieto of Mexico names his "transition team", ahead of his cabinet and December 1st inauguration.
Reuters Reuters calls Xi Jinping China's "next leader". Hu Chunhua reportedly misses a promotion to the Politburo Standing Committee in an expected power transition at or around the 18th Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Quebec rally Incumbent premier Jean Charest loses his own seat. During Marois' victory speech, a gunman opens fire, killing one person and wounding another.
The Parti Québécois is elected to a minority government, defeating the Liberal Party of Quebec, with Pauline Marois becoming the first female premier of Quebec.
U.S. Justice Department The United States Department of Justice files papers in court documenting BP's "gross negligence and willful misconduct" over the April 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Bahrain A court in Bahrain upholds the sentences of Arab Spring opposition figures condemned for plotting to overthrow the Western-allied government. Eight of the twenty opponents are confirmed imprisoned for life.
AntiSec The AntiSec hacker operation publishes 1 million edited Apple iOS unique device identifiers of the 12 million it claims to have "obtained" from a FBI laptop.
Cambodia Police in Cambodia say The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm, who was arrested on Sunday, "is to be deported", saying it's up to Sweden to decide where and not specifying when. There is no extradition agreement between the two countries.
Camden County, New Jersey Osvaldo Rivera is the suspect jailed in Camden County, New Jersey for the stabbing to death of a 6-year-old boy and the attempted murder of the boy's 12-year-old sister. Authorities say he was high on PCP-laced marijuana.
₩ A South Korean court orders the government to compensate a fisherman with 2.5 billion won (€ 1.75 million); he was falsely accused of spying for North Korea.
U.S Secretary of State U.S. Secretary of State Clinton meets China's Foreign Minister Yang in Beijing.
Marrakesh A passenger bus traveling between Marrakesh and Ouarzazate crashes in a ravine in southern Morocco, killing at least 42 people and injuring up to 25 others.
McDonald's McDonald's plans to open two fully vegetarian fast food restaurants at the pilgrimage sites of Vaishno Devi and Amritsar, north India.
German Cabin crew for the German airline Lufthansa go on strike causing disruption to hundreds of flights.
Syrian civil war Red Cross chief Peter Maurer meets with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus to discuss sending humanitarian aid to civilians across the country.
The United Nations Refugee Agency says 100,000 Syrians fled to another country during the month of August, the highest monthly number yet in the 18-month conflict.
War in Afghanistan The Afghan Ministry of the Interior states that it has killed 27 Taliban insurgents during the previous 24 hours.
Kenyan navy The Kenyan navy shells the Somali port town of Kismayo, the last stronghold of Al-Shabaab militants, in preparation for an African Union-led attack by ground forces.
FARC The peace talks between FARC and the Colombian government will take place in October in Norway and then in Cuba.
Mario Cárdenas Guillén The Mexican authorities arrest Mario Cárdenas Guillén, the second-in-command in the Gulf Cartel, leaving Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez as the last standing man in the criminal organization.