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The State Assets Management Agency confirmed the auction listing of an operating dormitory of the Tashkent State Pedagogical University on Mukimi Street. According to agency head Sokhibjon Murodov, the building will pass to the buyer only after new dormitories are built in New Tashkent and students are relocated. The sale is linked to plans to consolidate the university's scattered buildings on a single site.
Chinese companies — from DJI and Insta360 to BYD and robot vacuum makers — are capturing an ever larger share of the global consumer technology market. GoPro, which once controlled more than 70% of the action camera market, was rescued from bankruptcy in September. Experts link China's success to fierce domestic competition, integrated supply chains and low costs, but trust problems persist: more than 90% of Europeans do not trust Chinese companies with their data.
Volodymyr Zelensky told the EU summit in Brussels that he is defending Ukraine's interests, after sharp criticism from Donald Trump, who called Kyiv's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a 'disgrace'. Tensions are fueled by a US deal with Moscow to supply 300,000 tons of diesel and outages in the Starlink satellite network. Zelensky asked the EU for 70 billion euros for defense in 2027; EU leaders promised to work out the financing.
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva said in an interview with Euronews ahead of the EU summit that Kyiv is holding substantive talks on a European air defense system (the FREYJA program) and a European alternative to Starlink. He promised progress faster than five years without naming deadlines, and acknowledged that European security guarantees are impossible without US support.
Ship 40, which flew on July 24 during the 13th suborbital flight with a controlled landing in the Indian Ocean, was towed by sea for 24 days and delivered to the port of Brownsville in Texas on October 7. It is now being studied in a hangar at Starbase.
In the second round of Brazil's presidential election on October 25, incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who beat Lula by 2% in the first round. Experts link the election's outcome to the future of the Amazon: under the elder Bolsonaro, about 45,586 km² of forest was cleared, while under Lula deforestation fell by 41%.
Dr Stephen Brearey, the lead neonatal consultant at the Countess of Chester Hospital, said in his first interview since the publication of the Thirlwall Inquiry report that it was 'naive' to rely on the hospital management's response to suspicions about nurse Lucy Letby, who murdered seven babies. Police were only called in May 2017, although warning signs had emerged since 2015.
At the two-day EU summit in Brussels, leaders pledged to keep sanctions on Russia, but failed to agree on the budget and did not close the new €70 billion funding gap for Ukraine. The migration discussion was driven by Denmark, Italy and Poland, implicitly criticising Spain's plan to legalise 600,000 migrants. At the two-day EU summit in Brussels, leaders pledged to keep sanctions against Russia in place, but failed to agree on the budget and did not close the new €70 billion funding gap for Ukraine. The migration discussion was extended by Denmark, Italy and Poland, implicitly criticizing Spain's plan to legalize 600,000 migrants.
NASA has published a satellite image of the Spider Crater impact structure in Australia's Kimberley region, acquired on September 20, 2026 by the OLI instrument aboard the Landsat 9 satellite. The structure, measuring about 13 by 11 km, resembles a spider: the central part formed when the crater floor was uplifted, while the light-colored 'legs' are sandstone ridges. The crater's exact age is unknown; estimates based on the age of the rocks suggest it formed roughly 600–900 million years ago.
A series of rulings by German and EU courts gives players the right to demand the return of losses incurred at online casinos during the period when online gambling was banned in Germany (2008–2021). The starting point was the case against Tipico. A final ruling by Germany's Federal Court of Justice is expected in January 2027, and lawyers are preparing mass class actions.
On October 12, the body of a 16-year-old girl was found in the Almazar district of Tashkent. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, her younger brother, seeing the door locked, entered the room through the balcony and found his sister hanged. An ambulance pronounced her dead. A pre-investigation check is underway.
A missile strike on Al-Mashiq palace in the Yemeni port city of Aden killed five people and wounded 16, most of them security personnel. The Houthis said the target was the headquarters of Saudi military exercises. Yemen's prime minister condemned the attack and assured that operations against the Houthis will continue.
North Korea announced the test of two types of submarine-launched cruise missiles off its east coast. This came a day after Kim Jong Un's visit to a defense industry museum and several days after South Korea's hypersonic missile test. Experts note that hypersonic weapons are a new manifestation of a long-standing arms race but do not change the balance of power.
A hot and dry summer, which ECIU says would have been practically impossible without climate change, cut Europe's grain harvest forecast by roughly 16.7 million tonnes and cost farmers more than €3 billion. Farmers in Spain, Germany and Sweden describe how crop diversification and soil restoration help them survive droughts and frosts, and call on authorities to change the support system. A hot and dry summer, which ECIU calls virtually impossible without climate change, cut Europe's grain harvest forecast by roughly 16.7 million tonnes and cost farmers more than €3 billion. Farmers in Spain, Germany and Sweden describe how crop diversification and soil restoration help them survive droughts and frosts, and they call on authorities to change the support system.
The DeLorean brand, famous for the film 'Back to the Future', will take part in the Airspeeder electric vertical-takeoff race series. At the start, the team will use the standard Mk3C chassis, and by the 2027–2028 season it plans to develop its own craft together with student teams from the University of California, Berkeley and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Berlin has urged Zagreb to constructively resolve bilateral disagreements that threaten to derail Montenegro's EU accession — the most advanced candidate. Croatia previously handed over a list of eight demands. Germany, France and Luxembourg are pressuring Zagreb, while the European Commission is involved in talks between the parties.
The new film by German director Doris Dörrie, 'Frau Winkler verlässt das Haus', explores ageing, assisted suicide and people's emotional bonds with robots. It is set in the near-future Hamburg, where a care robot with an EOL function assists an elderly woman. Dörrie calls for swift international regulation of AI.
A Hamburg court found two men guilty of espionage and attempted murder: according to the prosecution, they acted on behalf of Iran's Quds Force special unit. The sentences are 4.5 and 8.5 years in prison. Among the targets were Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and politician Volker Beck.
