Women with PMOS should get subsidised weight-loss drugs, Australian advocates say 10. October 2026 (01:00) With GLP-1s to treat the condition not specifically approved by the TGA, patients are being prescribed them off-labelGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWomen living with a chronic hormonal condition should have access to taxpayer-funded weight-loss medications, advocates say.The Polyendrocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia (POSAA) is urging for GLP-1 drugs to be approved on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for people living with the condition. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
One person killed and nine injured in chain-reaction crash in New York City 09. October 2026 (23:50) Motorist, reportedly trying to beat a traffic light, barrels through busy intersection and slams into pedestrians At least one person was killed and nine injured in New York City’s eastern Bronx when a motorist barreled through a busy intersection, slammed into pedestrians and triggered a chain-reaction crash involving several vehicles, according to authorities and media reports.The horrifying collision happened shortly after 2pm in the Bronx’s Allerton neighborhood, with the driver at the center of the crash reportedly saying he was trying to beat a traffic light. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau 09. October 2026 (23:36) Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchersA controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from some African newborns was given approval to move forward this week.It is a central part of the vaccine vision for Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a longtime vaccine opponent. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Three men found guilty of murders of Australian surfer brothers and US friend in Mexico 09. October 2026 (23:30) Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, 30 and 33, and friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were killed on a surfing trip in 2024Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Mexican judge has convicted three men of the 2024 murders of two Australian surfers and their American friend in a case that sparked international outrage.Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33 respectively, and their friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Pacific coast when they were shot dead in Baja California state in a suspected robbery. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
New York City’s Marble Hill residents furious after ICE shooting: ‘Why do this?’ 09. October 2026 (23:08) Locals also express fear after man shot in the neck while his child was in the back of his carResidents of Manhattan’s Marble Hill neighborhood were furious at federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday but also scared after an officer shot their neighbor who had his child in the back of his car.Orlando Perez had parked his car on the corner of 225th St and Marble Hill Avenue on Thursday night and witnessed ICE arresting Oscar Belgal, 28, after he had been shot in the neck, apparently with an assault-style rifle. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Northern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant bans Drumcree parade 09. October 2026 (22:58) Prospect of contentious Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road has led to a two-week standoff in PortadownThe Northern Ireland secretary, Chris Bryant, has announced he will ban the contentious Drumcree parade.Bryant said it had not been possible to find accommodation between the Orange Order and the nationalist residents of the Garvaghy Road in Portadown. The standoff between the two sides has lasted almost two weeks. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Israeli airport, UAE prosecutors say 09. October 2026 (22:38) Hammam al-Hammami is believed to have been targeting the passenger terminal at Ben Gurion airport near Tel AvivThe co-pilot who tried to seize control of a passenger jet flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week was planning to launch a suicide attack targeting the passenger terminal at Israel’s international airport, prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates said on Friday.Hammam al-Hammami attacked the plane’s Indian pilot with an emergency axe, but failed to prevent his badly injured colleague from opening the cockpit’s security door to allow passengers to overpower his assailant. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump picks conservative commentator Katie Zacharia to be next press secretary 09. October 2026 (20:31) Zacharia will replace Karoline Leavitt, who left the role at the end of August after giving birth to her second childDonald Trump has chosen the conservative commentator Katie Zacharia to be the next White House press secretary, according to a White House official.Zacharia would replace Karoline Leavitt, who left the role at the end of August after the birth to her second child. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Abolish ICE’: Mamdani, AOC and other Democrats urge action after New York shooting 09. October 2026 (20:29) US immigration officer shot man in car where five-year-old child was sitting in the Bronx, sparking fierce protestsLeading New York Democrats expressed anger and demanded curbs on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violence after a federal officer shot a man driving a car in which his five-year-old son was sitting, sparking fierce protests.At least seven shots were reportedly fired and the man was hit in the neck late on Thursday afternoon as children were coming home from school in the busy Marble Hill neighborhood of the south Bronx in New York City. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits Panama and triggers tsunami warnings 09. October 2026 (20:29) Hazardous waves are possible in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador and MexicoA powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake has struck Panama and triggered tsunami warnings along the west coast of Central and South America, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).The quake hit along the southern coast of the country, the USGS said. It was centered near the southern tip of the Central American country, about 14km (9 miles) south-west of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, the USGS said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
