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- 8h ago
Richard Carapaz signs with NSN Cycling, the Iniesta-backed team, for 2027 onward
Giro d'Italia winner and Tokyo Olympic champion Richard Carapaz has agreed to ride for NSN Cycling, a team co-owned by Andrés Iniesta, one year before his EF Education-EasyPost contract ends. The Ecuadorian climber is the sixth new signing for the team's next season.
- yesterday
Japan issues false 9.9 earthquake warning, then cancels it eight minutes later
Japan's weather agency sent phone alerts for a magnitude 9.9 quake on Friday, 16 October, then withdrew them after finding the epicenter was misplaced. The real quake measured 6.9 near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and was barely felt in Japan.
- yesterday
Takaichi apologizes over Yana exit as makeup remarks spark gender debate
Japan's prime minister Sanae Takaichi told the Senate on Friday, 16 October, that she regrets appointing former agriculture minister Kazuo Yana. Her separate remarks that makeup and chores add hours to her workday have set off a debate on gender roles.
- 3d ago
CoreWeave slump sparks AI debt fears as Wall Street recovers and Asia rebounds
CoreWeave's shares fell 15.5% on Wednesday, 14 October, after reports that its bond yields had reached levels linked to distressed debt. The stock recovered on Thursday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang defended the company.
- 3d ago
Joshua Huck takes over US embassy in Athens after Kimberly Guilfoyle's exit
Career diplomat Joshua Huck now leads the US embassy in Athens in a transitional role, while a permanent successor to Kimberly Guilfoyle is chosen, confirmed and installed over several months.
- 3d ago
Five Portuguese surfers head to Peniche for the WSL Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal
The Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal, the tenth stage and third-to-last event of the WSL Championship Tour, runs at Supertubos in Peniche from 16 to 25 October. Two of the five Portuguese competitors entered on wildcards.
- 4d ago
Japan denies espionage as Russia holds Hokkaido Shimbun reporter Yuki Imai
Tokyo has rejected Russia's espionage accusation against a Hokkaido Shimbun reporter detained in Sakhalin. Moscow's ambassador also turned down Japan's requests for information and humanitarian consideration.
- 5d ago
Asian chip stocks slump as China's CXMT memory plan and AI debt fears hit markets
The Kospi fell 7.4% on 13 October as Samsung and SK Hynix dropped on reports of a new Chinese memory chip architecture. The same day, the IMF warned that an AI stock correction could be global.
- 5d ago
Zverev reaches Shanghai quarters after Bublik three-setter, guaranteed year-end No. 1
Alexander Zverev beat Alexander Bublik 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 in 2 hours and 41 minutes on Tuesday, 13 October, to reach the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals against Alex de Minaur. The win came a day after Carlos Alcaraz's loss to Zizou Bergs left Zverev assured of finishing 2026 as world No. 1.
- Oct 9
Alcaraz says players are pushed over the line by the tennis calendar before Shanghai
Ahead of his Shanghai debut, Alcaraz said players are being pushed too far by too many tournaments, while only one of four Spanish entrants won on day one.
- Oct 8
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing posts record annual profit, beats forecasts, eyes top spot
Operating profit rose about 32% to 743.13 billion yen in the year to August 31, beating both the company's own forecast and the analyst average. Fast Retailing forecasts operating profit of 830 billion yen for the year to August 2027, while a weak yen is raising costs in Japan.
- Oct 8
Chinese AI pentesting tool ARTEX goes closed-source after South Korean bank hacks
The developer of ARTEX, a Chinese open-source AI pentesting tool, has closed its code after security firms linked it to attacks on South Korean banks.
- Oct 8
Hong Kong's Bar Leone named world's best bar for second year as Moebius Milano takes second
The 18th edition of The 50 Best Bars took place on 7 October at Palazzo del Ghiaccio in Milan, where Cartagena's Alquímico completed the global podium in third place.
- Oct 8
Japan says El Niño hit record strength, peak expected in December
China's climate centre says the event formed in September, while Japan's weather agency puts its September monitoring anomaly at +4.0°C, the highest since records began in 1949.
- Oct 7
Primož Roglič beats Bruno Armirail to win European time trial gold in Slovenia
The 36-year-old Slovenian completed the 22-kilometre course around Šenčur in 28 minutes and 16 seconds, beating France's Bruno Armirail by seven seconds to claim his 93rd career victory.
- Oct 7
Japan extradites suspected Russian Qilin ransomware developer to Germany
A 28-year-old Russian national accused of developing ransomware for the Qilin group has been extradited from Tokyo to Germany following a months-long undercover operation by North Rhine-Westphalia police.
- Oct 7
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mirror-image molecule research
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 12 million crown prize to the French and Japanese chemists for solving how to direct chiral reactions in drug synthesis.
- Oct 7
Japan competition authority raids top four brewers in wholesale price cartel probe
The Japan Fair Trade Commission inspected the offices of Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo, and Suntory on Wednesday over suspected wholesale price coordination, weighing potential criminal charges.
- Oct 6
Brian May confirms Queen will not tour again after 50 years on stage
Queen guitarist Brian May stated that the band has ended its live touring career after half a century, citing personal priorities, family commitments and astrophysics research.
- Oct 6
Tokyo sleep contest awards over 2 million yen to fastest and deepest sleeper
Mattress maker Koala Sleep Japan held the Matt Race in Tokyo on Monday, awarding over 2 million yen to a participant who fell asleep the quickest and deepest during a 90-minute session.
