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The aircraft used on Flydubai Flight 1073
- Over Saudi Arabia, the crew and passengers of Flydubai Flight 1073 (aircraft pictured) avert an attempt to hijack or crash the aircraft.
- Flooding in Bangkok and across Thailand leaves at least 23 people dead.
- Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri is appointed the first woman prime minister of Morocco after her party's victory in the general election.
- Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić resigns to run for prime minister in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
October 4, 2026 (Sunday)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Bosnian general election
- Bosnians vote to elect the three members of the presidency and 42 members of the House of Representatives. Concurrent elections are also held in the Federation to elect 98 seats of the regional legislature and in Republika Srpska to elect the entity's president and the 83 seats of the respective legislature. (AFP)
- 2026 Brazilian general election
- Brazilians head to the polls to elect their president, vice president, 513 members of Chamber of Deputies and 54 members in the Federal Senate. Incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is running for the fourth non-consecutive term, where his main opponent will be Flávio Bolsonaro, Senator for Rio de Janeiro and son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. (The Guardian)
October 3, 2026 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- Iraq's Oil Tankers Company says that they have transported 2 million barrels of oil from the country through a very large crude carrier in the Strait of Hormuz. (Reuters) (Arab News)
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- Gaza war
- Gaza genocide
- Five people are killed and several more are injured in an Israeli airstrike against a residential building in Gaza City, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. Three other Palestinians are also killed in more airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)
- The Israel Defense Forces says that they have targeted defacto Hamas leader Ali al-Amoudi in a airstrike, and acknowledge that the results of the strike are under review. (The Times of Israel)
- Gaza genocide
- Aftermath of the Syrian civil war
- Unknown gunmen open fire against a vehicle in Ras al-Maara, Syria, killing three people and wounding seven more. (Hawar News Agency)
- 2026 Iran war
- Ethiopian civil conflict
- 2026 Ethiopian offensive
- Ethiopian federal forces retake control of the Alula Aba Nega Airport in Mekelle, Tigray, from the Tigray People's Liberation Front. (Los Angeles Times)
- 2026 Ethiopian offensive
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko reports that Russian forces have struck the Pivnichnyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Kyiv Independent)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Arts and culture
- The remains of Samuel, the former Bulgarian tsar during the First Bulgarian Empire who died in 1014, return to Bulgaria following decades of negotiation with Greece. (Orthodox Times) (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Ten people are injured, including some critically, in an motor vehicle hooning incident in Newcastle, Australia, during a Newcastle Knights procession before the NRL Grand Final. The driver is arrested at the scene. The incident is considered unintentional. (Nine News)
- A Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100, flying from St. David's Island, Bermuda to Boston, United States, goes missing over the Atlantic Ocean with six people on board. Search operations are ongoing. (News 18)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Latvian parliamentary election
- Latvians vote to elect 100 seats of the Saeima amid an uptick of airspace incursions and hybrid warfare during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Preliminary results indicate that the centrist United List, led by incumbent prime minister Andris Kulbergs, won the most seats. (Reuters)
October 2, 2026 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni civil war
- Red Sea crisis
- 2026 Yemen offensives, Strait of Bab al-Mandab crisis
- Reuters reports that Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive on the Houthis in the coming weeks to take back the Bab al-Mandab Strait. (Reuters)
- 2026 Yemen offensives, Strait of Bab al-Mandab crisis
- Red Sea crisis
- Ethiopian civil conflict
- 2026 Ethiopian offensive
- Ethiopian government forces push Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels out of Afar Region after recapturing the towns of Abala, Erebti and Megale. (AFP via France 24)
- 2026 Ethiopian offensive
- Sudanese civil war
- Kordofan campaign
- Sudan's armed forces announces that they have recaptured the North Kordofan town of al-Mazroub. (Al Jazeera)
- War crimes in the Sudanese civil war
- The death toll in the Rapid Support Forces drone attack on the University of Kordofan in El Obeid rises to 10. (AFP via Arab News)
- Kordofan campaign
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- A Russian drone strikes Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine, for the fourth time in two days. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Eighteen people are killed as Boko Haram gunmen open fire on villagers collecting firewood in Marte, Borno State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
- The G7 countries announce a plan to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil to combat rising fuel prices caused by the Iran war. (The New York Times)
- Argentina introduces an immigrant investor program allowing foreigners to obtain citizenship through a US$350,000 contribution to the Ministry of Economy or an $800,000 government bond, with lower additional payments required for spouses and children. (AFP)
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty people are killed and five others are injured after a four-vehicle crash in Plateau, Nigeria. (Xinhua)
- The United States National Park Service confirms that the Hōlei Sea Arch, located on Hawaii's Big Island, has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- 2026 French lycée protests
- Mass rioting continues for a third day across France with hundreds reportedly injured and over 735 schools shut, while more than 2,000 people are arrested. (BBC News)
- Riot police clash with protesters in Paris, Montpellier, Nantes and Marseille as justice minister Gérald Darmanin says protests had "gone from high-school student demonstrations to a public order disturbance" and urges an immediate end to violence. (BBC News)
- French government ministers, including education minister Édouard Geffray, accuse the far-left of inciting the youth-led unrest across the country. Intelligence agencies briefing the government during a crisis meeting on the riots accuse the left-wing La France Insoumise of actively inciting people to join the protests. (AFP via NDTV) (Ynet News)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Spanish housing protests
- Spain's parliament rejects two government housing decrees that would have expanded protections against evictions, limited some real-estate practices, encouraged rentals through tax incentives, and allowed tenants to renew residential leases automatically. (AP)
- 2026 Swiss Federal Council election
- Swiss president Guy Parmelin announces his resignation from the Federal Council effective December 31. Parliament is expected to elect his successor on 9 December. (AFP) (Swissinfo)
October 1, 2026 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi conflict
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
- Ahmad al-Hamidawi, leader of Kata'ib Hezbollah, announces that the group will suspend military activities in Iraq following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, with the exception of targeting hostile aircraft violating the country's airspace. (Middle East Eye)
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli settler violence, Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
- Israeli settlers shoot and kill a Palestinian man at his home in Yasuf, West Bank, and injure another. (Reuters)
- Israeli settler violence, Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Russo-Ukrainian war
- A Russian Su-35 fighter jet shoots down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter over Voronezh Oblast, Russia, in a friendly fire incident. All three crew members are killed. (Kyiv Independent)
- Aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Sudanese civil war, Kordofan campaign
- War crimes in the Sudanese civil war
- A drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a dormitory at the University of Kordofan in El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, kills five people. (Sudan Tribune)
- War crimes in the Sudanese civil war
- Ethiopian civil conflict
- 2026 Ethiopian offensive
- Explosions caused by suspected drone strikes are reported in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa, including one near the Ethiopian National Defense Force' headquarters. (BBC News)
- 2026 Ethiopian offensive
- 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
- Pakistan launches airstrikes in Afghanistan, claiming the killing of 22 Taliban fighters at two locations, while the Government of Afghanistan reports that nine women and children are killed in Kunar Province and Helmand Province by Pakistan airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- A medical helicopter transporting a patient crashes off the coast of Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles County, California, United States, killing two people, injuring two others, and leaving one missing. (AP)
International relations
- Ethiopian civil conflict, TPLF insurgency in Ethiopia
- Eritrea–Ethiopia relations
- Ethiopia closes its embassy in Eritrea and announces the expulsion of ten Eritrean diplomats from the country, after accusing its neighbour of financing the Tigray People's Liberation Front. (AP)
- Eritrea's foreign ministry announces that the country will cut off diplomatic ties with Ethiopia in response. (AFP via Al Arabiya) (Reuters)
- Egypt–Ethiopia relations
- A diplomat from Egypt is told to leave Ethiopia within 48 hours after being declared as persona non grata. (Reuters)
- Eritrea–Ethiopia relations
- The European Commission stops payments with immediate effect to Sierra Leone, which would have been €18 million for 2026, after the nation refused to cooperate with the extradition of drugs trafficker Jos Leijdekkers. (Het Parool)
Law and crime
- Censorship in Egypt, Human rights in Egypt
- Egyptian police are arresting six journalists from a fact-checking and investigative media outlet, accusing them of spreading misinformation on behalf of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. (Reuters)
- 2026 RAF Fairford arrests
- British counter-terrorism police arrest a 25-year-old British-Iranian dual national in Westminster, London, England, on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts linked to the RAF Fairford investigation. Officers also search two properties in the area. (CNN)
- Sentencing Act 2026
- Hundreds of prisoners begin leaving prison in England and Wales under an early release scheme by the British government to avoid overcapacity in prisons. More than 4,500 "low-risk" prisoners are expected to be released in the coming weeks. (BBC News) (Firstpost)
- Former Malawian military chief Paul Valentino Phiri is arrested by Malawi's anti-corruption agency for allegedly trafficking weapons to Sudan during his tenure in June and July 2025. (Al-Monitor)
- Two 18-year-old former students attack a secondary school in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, with knives and pyrotechnic devices, killing the vice-principal and injuring three people. Police arrest both suspects. (AFP via RNZ)
Politics and elections
- Immigration to Japan
- Japan tightens permanent residency requirements for foreign nationals, introducing above-average income and basic Japanese-language standards while raising application fees twentyfold as part of broader changes to immigration policy. (AFP)
- Gerardo Giovagnoli and William Casali are sworn in as the new Captains Regent of San Marino, succeeding Alice Mina and Vladimiro Selva. (San Marino RTV)
- Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir is sent to a military hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, for medical treatment. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- SpaceX Crew-13
- The SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station launches, carrying two NASA astronauts, one Roscosmos cosmonaut, and one Canadian Space Agency astronaut, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. (AFP via France 24)
September 30, 2026 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi conflict
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
- American troops complete their withdrawal from Iraq, ending their 23-year presence in the country that started with the 2003 U.S. invasion, and also the 12-year U.S. intervention against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. (AP) (Reuters)
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Hashim Moosa, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander and the mastermind of the 2025 Pahalgam attack is killed in an encounter with security forces in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir.(The New Indian Express)
- Syrian civil war
- Unknown gunmen open fire against a bus carrying employees returning home from work in Homs, Syria, killing seven people and wounding four more. (Middle East Eye)
Business and economy
- Proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance
- A United States federal judge approves media conglomerate Paramount Skydance's settlement with 12 states that challenged its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on antitrust grounds, allowing the $81 billion merger to proceed toward completion. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
Disasters and accidents
- A helicopter crashes in Marondera, Zimbabwe, killing all six people on board, including businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife. (AFP via Daily Sun) (The Citizen)
- Seven workers are killed in a gas incident inside a mining tunnel in Itogon, Benguet, Philippines. (Manila Bulletin)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in the United States
- Capital punishment in Tennessee
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit halts Christa Pike's execution in Tennessee shortly before it was scheduled, to allow for further review of whether evidence of childhood sexual abuse was adequately considered at sentencing; the U.S. Supreme Court shortly after lifts the Sixth Circuit's stay order, allowing the execution to proceed. (AFP via France 24) (Reuters)
- Pike is sent to a hospital following the failed administration of two rounds of the drugs used to perform the lethal injection. (Axios) (BBC News)
- Capital punishment in Tennessee
- 2026 Turkish LGBTQ raids, Censorship in Turkey, Censorship of LGBTQ issues
- A Turkish court orders the closure of independent news website T24 and its social media accounts after the justice ministry reported that T24 had published 118 items during the previous year which the court classified as "LGBTQ propaganda". (AFP via RTL Today)
- Flydubai Flight 1073
- A Flydubai flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Tel Aviv, Israel, is landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, by a relief crew after the copilot violently attacked the captain in an attempted aircraft hijacking. (BBC News) (CNN)
- Arrest of Roger Mariaca
- Bolivian police arrest attorney general Roger Mariaca and Santa Cruz de la Sierra prosecutor Alberto Zeballos after the U.S. State Department accused them of corruption and links to drug trafficking. Police also raid prosecutors' offices in several cities. (AFP)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Romanian political crisis
- Romania's parliament rejects prime minister-designate Siegfried Mureșan's proposed government, receiving 182 of the 233 votes required for approval, prolonging the political crisis that began after Ilie Bolojan's government fell in May. (AFP) (AP)
- 2026 French lycée protests
- At least 450 people are arrested and 76 people are injured after students in France protest over class overcrowding and teacher shortages. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
Science and technology
- AI boom
- The Tokyo District Court rules that a person's voice can receive protection under publicity rights, in Japan's first case involving alleged audio deepfake, while dismissing actor Kenjiro Tsuda's request to remove already-deleted TikTok videos. (AFP via France 24)
September 29, 2026 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Israeli settler violence, Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
- More than 100 Israeli settlers attack the Palestinian village of Jalud in the occupied West Bank, burning two homes and injuring three Israeli security personnel while preventing a displaced Palestinian family from returning home. (AFP via The Manila Times)
- An Israeli airstrike kills Izz al-Din al-Beik, the head of Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades in the northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Israeli settler violence, Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
- Somali Civil War
- Piracy off the coast of Somalia, Anti-piracy measures, Controversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
- The Puntland Maritime Police Force successfully frees another hijacked oil tanker, the MT Honour 25, following an ongoing week-long counter-piracy operation near Bayla, Karkaar, Puntland, after it was seized by Somali pirates on 21 April around 30 nautical miles off Puntland's coast with 17 crew members on board. (Reuters) (Somali Guardian)
- Five crew members aboard the MT Honour 25 are killed and four more injured by the pirates before the rescue. The fatalities are three citizens of Pakistan and one each from India and Myanmar. It is the first time in over a decade that people are killed by the pirates. (Al Jazeera)
- Piracy off the coast of Somalia, Anti-piracy measures, Controversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Arts and culture
- The coronation ceremony for Nyabongo I of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom is held, formally making him king. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
- The Reserve Bank of Australia raises its cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.60%, the highest level since 2011, citing persistently high inflation above its 2–3% target range. (AFP via France 24) (Reuters)
- Julius Baer Group controversies
- The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) concludes its investigation into the Julius Baer Group, finding serious risk-management and anti–money laundering failures. FINMA orders additional capital requirements, compliance reporting through 2032, and the confiscation of about CHF10 million (US$12 million) in profits. (AFP via France 24)
Health and environment
- The Japan Meteorological Agency reports rainfall in Tokyo for 34 consecutive days through today, the longest streak since records began in 1886 and one day longer than the previous record set in 2019. (AFP via France 24) (Bloomberg)
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issues two recalls for more than 25,000 bottles of chlorthalidone, a diuretic antihypertensive drug, created by Indian-based Inventia Healthcare Limited, due to faulty dissolution times in the human body. (USA Today)
International relations
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- Korean conflict
- South Korean defense minister Kang Shin-chul says that land mines planted by North Korea likely caused two explosions last week that injured three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone south of the military demarcation line, potentially violating the armistice. (AFP via RFI)
- Korean conflict
- Haitian crisis
- The United Nations Security Council extends the mandate of the Gang Suppression Force in Haiti by six months, allowing the multinational force to continue supporting Haitian security forces against armed gangs. (AFP via RFI)
- Malaysia–Myanmar relations, Myanmar civil war
- Malaysia begins repatriating about 1,500 Burmese nationals from immigration detention centres under the first phase of a programme covering 5,000 people. (AFP via RTL Today)
Law and crime
- Myanmar civil war
- Twenty-one people are arrested in Myanmar for allegedly donating to the in-exile National Unity Government-linked People's Revolution Supply Family fundraising platform as the government identifies more than 2,700 alleged contributors. (Reuters)
- 2026 Staškov school stabbing
- A teacher is killed and a student and another teacher are wounded in a mass stabbing at a secondary school in Staškov, Slovakia. The perpetrator, a fellow student, is arrested. (Euronews)
- Crime in Mexico
- The Supreme Court of Mexico invalidates the state of Chihuahua's authority to annul elections due to interference by organized crime and instructs the local legislature to instead include the annulment of elections due to foreign interference. (El Sol de México)
- Seventeen people are arrested during a security operation involving 800 police officers against a "suspected organised crime group" in five cities in the United Kingdom, including London. A police officer is stabbed and wounded during one of the raids. (Sky News)
- The Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park in Valencia, California, U.S., announces that the X2 roller coaster will close permanently after several lawsuits alleged that over 100 riders sustained brain injuries while riding the attraction. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Moroccan general election
- King Mohammed VI appoints Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the first female prime minister of Morocco after her victory in the general elections on 23 September. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Sports
- 2026 Asian Games
- Badminton at the 2026 Asian Games, South Korea at the 2026 Asian Games
- In badminton, South Korea's An Se-young wins the women's singles gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games, becoming the first woman to win two singles titles and the first to defend the title, defeating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21–17, 21–9. (AFP via RFI)
- Badminton at the 2026 Asian Games, South Korea at the 2026 Asian Games
- Manchester City F.C. financial breaches scandal
- In association football, an independent Premier League commission finds Manchester City guilty of almost all 115-plus financial charges, including inflating revenue by more than £900 million (US$1.19 billion) and failing to cooperate with the investigation. (AP)
September 28, 2026 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Kyiv strikes, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- At least three people are killed and 24 others, including the former secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, Volodymyr Horbulin, are injured by Russian drone strikes on the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine building, a health clinic, and a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine. (The Guardian) (Ukrainska Pravda)
- Polish military jets are scrambled in response to Russian airstrikes on Ukraine. Individuals in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, are briefly urged to seek shelter before an alert is lifted. (Reuters)
- Kyiv strikes, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Somali Civil War
- Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Controversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
- At least 23 people are killed and others are injured as heavy clashes breaks out across the South West State of Somalia, as forces loyal to former president Abdiaziz Laftagareen launch a major armed assault on troops of Aden Madobe and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The assault starts with gunfire, explosive drones and a suicide vehicle bomb, spreading through the regional capital Baidoa. (Garowe Online) (Horseed Media) (Bluewin)
- Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Controversies of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
- Myanmar civil war
- Rakhine offensive
- At least 50 people are killed and 58 others are injured in a Tatmadaw airstrike on a market area in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar. The strike targeted the Arakan Army, which controls Kyauktaw. (AFP via France 24)
- Rakhine offensive
- Haitian crisis
- Gang members kill at least eleven civilians in Gros Morne, Grand'Anse, Haiti, after exchanging fire with a Gang Suppression Force patrol, which kills three attackers before the remaining gunmen flee. (Demócrata)
Business and economy
- Russian president Vladimir Putin places German retailer Metro AG's Russian assets under temporary administration, removing Metro's operational control amid broader Russian restrictions on businesses from countries it classifies as unfriendly. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 Bangkok floods
- Flooding and landslides kill at least eight people each in Myanmar and Thailand, while 20 to 30 people remain missing in Tanintharyi Region and more than 1.7 million people across Bangkok and 27 Thai provinces are affected. (AFP via France 24)
- 2026 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Polo causes flooding, power outages, coastal flooding, and evacuations in Baja California Sur, Mexico, as the Category 3 storm approaches the Pacific coast, becoming the first Pacific hurricane of the 2026 season to make landfall. (AFP)
- Eighty-one people in Uttar Pradesh, India, and 21 more in Nepal are killed during heavy floods and landslides in the past three days. (Euronews)
- An avalanche kills four climbers and leaves 12 others missing at the base camp of the Himalayan mountain Nemjung in Manang District, Nepal, as heavy snowfall hampers rescue operations. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- Sudanese cholera epidemic
- United Nations Secretary-General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reports a sharp drop in cholera cases in Sudan despite the ongoing civil war in the country following vaccinations and extensive efforts to treat the disease. (Sudan Tribune)
- The government of Delhi, India, announces a six-week construction ban from December 10 to January 20, along with traffic restrictions, staggered office hours, and higher parking fees, as part of measures to reduce winter air pollution. (AFP via Gulf Times)
Law and crime
- Two people are shot and killed inside a vehicle in Kent, Washington, United States. They are later identified as Ali Abdi Dahir, 20, and Abdiqadir Abdiqadir, 20. (KOMO)
- Five people are arrested in a police raid against suspected Islamic State members in Skopje, North Macedonia. Guns, knives and the group's flag are recovered. (Vesnik)
- Dutch police arrest cybersecurity specialist Pepijn van der Stap in connection with an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacker group. Van der Stap's employer identifies him as the suspect, while police say he will appear in court in Rotterdam, South Holland. (CBC News)
Science and technology
- Starship flight 14
- SpaceX's Starship Flight 14 launches into orbit from Starbase, Texas, United States. The ship is successfully returned to Earth early out of an abundance of caution. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
Sports
- The United States Senate votes 77–22 to pass the Protect College Sports Act, a bill that will establish federal rules governing name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation, NCAA eligibility, and athlete transfers in college sports. (ESPN)
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