Qantas flight makes emergency landing at Sydney airport after engine failure, sparking grass fire near runway

Japan makes tepid push on gender gap in politics as election nears

Even with a record fifth of all election candidates being women, political parties in Japan are struggling to address the country’s gender gap in politics.

Nigeria national team boycott AFCON qualifier after being 'abandoned' in Libyan airport

The captain of the team, William Troost-Ekong, announced the decision on Monday

Sports - CBS Sports - October 14

McIlroy emerges after 3-week swing reworking

Rory McIlroy said he has been hunkered down in a studio -- first in Florida, then in New York -- for three weeks, just hitting balls at a screen with a modified swing and not even looking at the ...

Sports - ESPN - Yesterday

'Catastrophic failure': Seven dead, six critically injured after gangway collapses in Georgia

Seven people are dead and half a dozen others were critically injured after a gangway that's part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island on Saturday.

Teen with E. coli is battling kidney failure after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounders

After eating McDonald's Quarter Pounders, a 15-year-old in Colorado has been diagnosed with a rare and dangerous complication of E. coli poisoning.

Aaron Judge snaps World Series slump with homer, then makes costly error that sparks Dodgers rally

Game 5 of the World Series was quite a roller coaster for Aaron Judge

Sports - ABC News - October 31

Space stocks rise after SpaceX captures booster in fifth Starship flight test

For the first time, SpaceX used mechanical arms dubbed “chopsticks” on the launch tower to capture the Starship rocket booster.

Business - MarketWatch - October 14

Air India flight escorted by Singapore fighter jets after latest hoax bomb threat

The Air India flight landed at Changi Airport after being escorted by air force F-15SG jets, in what was the third threat to the national carrier in recent days. Singapore’s air force mobilised two ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

A mysterious spate of bomb threats is crippling India's airlines

India vowed to punish those responsible for hoax bomb threats that have disrupted dozens of flights and caused airlines huge financial losses.

French bulldog dies on Alaska Airlines flight after being moved from first class to coach, lawsuit claims

A San Francisco man has sued Alaska Airlines alleging negligence led to the death of his beloved 3-year-old French bulldog after he was asked to move from first-class to coach on a flight from New ...

US airline temporarily suspends flights to Haiti's capital after UN helicopter hit by gunfire

At least one U.S. airline has temporarily canceled flights to Haiti’s capital after gang members opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter flying near the country’s main airport

World - ABC News - October 25

Two women removed from BA flight ‘after altercation over Maga cap’

Punches were allegedly exchanged in ‘extraordinary’ incident that delayed plane at Heathrow for two hours. Two women were removed from a British Airways flight at Heathrow after an altercation ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Israel says it killed a Hezbollah official expected to become the group's next leader

The Israeli military says one of its airstrikes in early October killed a top Hezbollah official who had been widely expected to become the group’s next leader

World - ABC News - October 23

Jacaranda season in Sydney – in pictures

Sydney’s jacaranda trees are in full bloom, blanketing the city in purple and attracting crowds of people trying to capture that perfect frame. Australia’s best photos of the month – October ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

2 Missing After Navy Fighter Jet Crashes Near Mount Rainier

The two crew members who were onboard the aircraft remain missing, Navy officials said, after it crashed during a routine training flight.

World - The New York Times - October 16

Search underway for Navy jet crew after crash near Mount Rainier

A U.S. Navy jet crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington state and a search was underway for the plane's two crew members, the Navy said.

After Israel’s Strike at a Hospital Near Beirut, Search Teams Comb the Ruin

As search teams combed the ruins of residential buildings across from Rafik Hariri University Hospital just south of Lebanon’s capital, locals listened for signs of their loved ones in the wreckage.

World - The New York Times - October 22

Turkey strikes Kurdish sites after attack kills five near Ankara

Turkey says it has struck PKK sites in Iraq and Syria after blaming the Kurdish group for the attack.

Turkey strikes in Syria and Iraq after attack on defence firm near Ankara

Airstrikes launched against suspected Kurdish militant targets after PKK blamed for Tusaş attack. Turkey has launched airstrikes against suspected Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq after ...

World - The Guardian - October 24

Dozens of casualties after 'truck-ramming' at bus stop near Tel Aviv

TEL AVIV — Israel's emergency services are treating dozens of casualties after a truck rammed into a bus as it was dropping of passengers at a bus stop near Glilot military base north of Tel Aviv ...

One dead and dozens injured after 'truck-ramming' at bus stop near Tel Aviv

World - Yahoo News - October 27

Soft landing vs no landing

And election prediction markets

World - Financial Times - October 21

One dead after 'explosion' and fire at house

An emergency assistance centre is set up for people told to leave their homes after a house fire in Bedford.

Drivers face severe delays after lorry fire

The M5 in Somerset has reopened after an earlier lorry fire closed all lanes.

Two treated after fire at BAE nuclear shipyard

Police say there is "no nuclear risk" and an investigation is under way into the cause of the blaze.

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