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At London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, metagenomic testing was applied to 122 children in intensive care in 2024–2025: it detected about 90% of bacteria and viruses and all fungi, and in a quarter of cases it influenced antibiotic prescribing. The results are published in Lancet Microbe; the method is being rolled out in roughly 30 intensive care units across the UK.
Madina UsmonovaHolland America Line will hold the Pan Am 100th Anniversary Legendary Voyage in 2027: 28 days from Miami across the Caribbean and Central America, lectures by historians and a former pilot, Pan Am-style menus and a recreated Clipper Club.
Aziz KarimovThe State Security Service of Uzbekistan reported the interception of an attempt to sell 7,400 counterfeit US dollars brought from Turkey in Samarkand. Three residents of the Taylak district, aged 30, 24, and 23, handed over counterfeit $100 bills to an undercover buyer for 44 million soums—approximately half their face value. Two of the detainees have prior criminal records, and an investigation is underway.
Otabek YusupovThe youth movement CJP, demanding electoral reform and the resignation of the election commission chief, announced a new demonstration at Central Park in Delhi on Friday. Police previously disrupted their mass action, and two leaders received five-day custody. Authorities closed the park for two days and warned of legal consequences, but movement founder Abhijit Dipke said he would not back down.
Otabek YusupovBritish newspapers on 16 October 2026 discuss a possible bank tax rise in the budget, a 'double' rise in energy bills, Lucy Powell's school reforms, salmon farmers switching to chicken feed and the first joint public appearance of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in the UK.
Aziz KarimovIn the South Ustyurt National Nature Park in September, near the border with Turkmenistan, a rare bat species — the Turkmen long-eared bat (Plecotus turkmenicus) — was recorded in Uzbekistan for the first time. Previously, the species was known only from data collected before 1970 and museum specimens. The discovery was made during an expedition under a project of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Madina UsmonovaOn October 12, in Tashkent, composer, Honored Art Worker of Uzbekistan and professor Felix Yanov-Yanovsky died at the age of 92. The Union of Composers and Bastakors of Uzbekistan announced his death. He was the author of nine operas, four ballets, five symphonies and music for 60 films.
Shahnoza ErgashevaUzbekistan's «Neftchi» lost 1:3 to Saudi Arabia's «Al-Nassr» in Riyadh. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 981st goal of his career, and the visitors were left a man down after Ikrom Alijonov's red card.
Bekzod NazarovThe state's 49.07% stake in the charter fund of the UzXCMG joint venture has been put up for electronic auction on the E-auksion platform. The starting price of the stake is 140.53 billion soums, with the auction scheduled for October 19. The plant, founded in 2014 by Uzbekistan Railways and China's XCMG, improved its financial performance in 2025, but posted a loss again in the first quarter of 2026.
Nilufar KarimovaOfficers of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office detained the head of the state institution 'Water Supply Service' of Kibray District, Tashkent Region, while receiving $5,000. According to the department, he promised, for $16,000, to help a citizen avoid court over a house built near a canal. A case has been opened under Article 210 of the Criminal Code.
Aziz KarimovKomila Farriyeva, born and raised in the American state of Georgia, moved to Uzbekistan eight months ago and studies at the Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages. According to her, she communicates in 20 languages, 11 of which she knows perfectly, and she learned Uzbek through communication with Afghan Uzbeks in the USA. Her parents initially objected to the move.
Madina UsmonovaYahya Saree, a spokesman for the Houthi military command, said Saudi Arabia carried out 104 air and missile strikes on a number of Yemeni provinces over 24 hours, and 2,281 strikes since the latest escalation began. These figures have not been confirmed by independent sources. In Riyadh, after two missiles were intercepted, falling debris, according to Saudi civil defense, injured four people and damaged 15 residential buildings.
Aziz KarimovITV News undercover filming showed the chairman of a local Reform UK branch advising a reporter to delete posts supporting Tommy Robinson and apply to become a councillor. A former candidate says he failed vetting twice but still stood. The party denies the allegations and says vetting procedures have been improved.
Aziz KarimovAn extract from the minutes of the general meeting of shareholders of 'Uzbekiston Pochtasy' (UzPost) dated September 21, 2026 references trust management agreement No. 01/3-94 dated December 30, 2025, under which WB INT EXPORT (a subsidiary of Wildberries) manages the state share package and holds shareholder rights. This contradicts the statement of AUGA head Sokhibjon Murodov on October 8 that no trust management agreement exists. Five of the nine seats on the supervisory board were taken by representatives linked to Wildberries & Russ.
Nilufar KarimovaAccording to the DRC Ministry of Health, cited by Associated Press, the Ebola death toll has reached 4,381, with 9,066 confirmed infections. By the end of September, there were 3,900 deaths and 8,000 cases. The outbreak was declared on May 15 in Ituri province and spread to Uganda, where the WHO announced in late August that viral transmission had ceased.
Aziz KarimovPresident of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev is visiting Azerbaijan on a working visit on 14–15 October at the invitation of Ilham Aliyev. On 15 October he will take part in the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku. The agenda includes strengthening trust and security in Asia, the forum's institutional development, transport connectivity, digitalization and sustainable economic growth. Bilateral meetings and the adoption of the Baku Declaration are planned.
Otabek YusupovThe Antimonopoly Committee of Uzbekistan, following a review of public procurement, identified violations related to restriction of competition in a number of contracting organizations. The total value of these procurements amounted to nearly 10 billion soums. Violations were recorded in the Andijan, Fergana, Jizzakh, Namangan, Navoi and Samarkand regions.
Nilufar KarimovaEcology and climate change: greenhouse farms of the capital region, heated with coal, ask to be allowed to continue operating on the condition of switching to environmentally friendly technologies, following residents' complaints about deteriorating air quality. Modernization, online emission monitoring, and a switch to gas, electricity, geothermal and solar energy are proposed.
Javlon Tursunov
