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1. Israeli man arrested in Thailand on suspicion of drugging women, secretly filming sex Jerusalem Post · 27 Oct 2026

   Police said the suspect did not have regular employment and spent most of his time at home, but had enough money to support himself.

2. ‘Bold, but sane’? The future of AI is riding on Anthropic’s float Brisbane Times · 27 Oct 2026

   The $US100 billion mega-IPO simply has to succeed. If it doesn’t, it will threaten the AI industry’s access to the trillions of dollars of new capital it needs over the next few years.

3. Sufjan Stevens Makes First Live Appearance in Over Eight Years Pitchfork · 27 Oct 2026

   He played piano at Meg Lui’s show in Kingston, New York

4. Schrinner wants to revive huge busway network first mooted in the ’90s Brisbane Times · 27 Oct 2026

   Brisbane City Council is proposing a busway and transit expansion in a yet-to-be-funded multibillion-dollar plan.

5. Routine traffic stop turns into surprise baby delivery in Victoria TVNZ · 27 Oct 2026

   A routine traffic stop has turned into a surprise baby delivery on the side of a highway for two officers in south-west Victoria. Sergeant Liam Cook and Constable Angus Hill had pulled over a car on the Princes Highway at Dennington near Warrnambool at 2.20am last Monday. But as the officers…

6. Reflections on three decades of negotiations with Ambassador Ian Fry Post-Courier · 27 Oct 2026

   We’ve heard from the next generation of Pacific Islands negotiators at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Now, we turn to a negotiator with a rich history grounded in the CBD negotiations. The post Reflections on three decades of negotiations with…

7. ASSA project officially launched Post-Courier · 27 Oct 2026

   The Adaptation of Small-Scale Agriculture for Improved Food Security of Resilient Communities in Papua New Guinea (ASSA) Project has been launched today by Minister for Environment Conservation and Climate Change John Kaupa in Port Moresby. To access this post, you must purchase Web , Web – One-Day…

8. Apple says it will replace iPhone Duo handsets with screen problems BBC News · 27 Oct 2026

   Photos shared online showed faults appearing on the screens of Apple's first foldable device.

9. In Dewan Rakyat today: Health commission, hospital overcrowding and disaster risk mapping among key issues Malay Mail · 27 Oct 2026

   KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 — The proposed Health Services Commission, overcrowding at government hospitals and measures to strengthen disaster risk mapping in Malaysia are among the issues scheduled to be raised in the Dewan Rakyat today. According to the Order Paper published on Parliament’s website…

10. BJP plans nationwide outreach from Nov 1 to counter Opposition campaign against SIR Hindustan Times · 27 Oct 2026

    Amit Shah is likely to join a Telangana padyatra on November 2, a day after the Congress’s proposed rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan.