California woman makes history by swimming state's 900-mile length. El Niño added its own challenges

Los Angeles Times - Oct 21, 2026

Catherine Breed, 33, swam about 900 miles from Oregon to Mexico from July to October.

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Car rams into group of pedestrians, injuring several people, as German cops open fire at driver

Oct 27, 2026

Car rams into group of pedestrians, injuring several people, as German cops open fire at driver

A BMW was driven deliberately into a group of people in Neustadt am Ruebenberge, leaving four to five of them with injuries ranging from minor to severe.

Israelis go to the polls as tense election seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's leadership since October 7 gets underway

Oct 27, 2026

Israelis go to the polls as tense election seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's leadership since October 7 gets underway

Israelis vote for parties, which then form alliances to create a majority coalition. No single party has ever won a 61-seat majority in the 120-member parliament.

Northeasterly winds to bring light rain to northern Luzon Tuesday

Oct 27, 2026

Northeasterly winds to bring light rain to northern Luzon Tuesday

MANILA, Philippines — Overcast skies and light rain are expected in parts of northern Luzon on Tuesday due to northeasterly wind flow, the state weather bureau said. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), a strengthening northeasterly wind flow signals the approaching amihan season, or northeast monsoon. READ: PH Weather Updates

Harry Kane's Ballon d'Or triumph was vindication for a superstar brimming with quiet excellence who swerves flashy controversy, writes OLIVER HOLT - and a win for English football

Oct 27, 2026

Harry Kane's Ballon d'Or triumph was vindication for a superstar brimming with quiet excellence who swerves flashy controversy, writes OLIVER HOLT - and a win for English football

OLIVER HOLT: It is July 10 2024, a couple of hours after goals from Harry Kane and Ollie Watkins have taken England past the Netherlands in Dortmund and into the final of Euro 2024.

Wild moment citizen's arrest is performed on train passenger outside new Sydney metro station

Oct 27, 2026

Wild moment citizen's arrest is performed on train passenger outside new Sydney metro station

A 32-year-old man was arrested during rush hour at Barangaroo Metro Station.

PSEi rallies on bargain hunting

Oct 27, 2026

PSEi rallies on bargain hunting

Philippine shares rallied on Tuesday as the benchmark index was lifted by bargain hunting, hitting past the 5,700 mark.

Revealed: The middle class 'wokerati' anti-Israel designer who grew up in a £1.5million home nearby who is behind the campaign to stop Gail's gentrifying Brixton

Oct 27, 2026

Revealed: The middle class 'wokerati' anti-Israel designer who grew up in a £1.5million home nearby who is behind the campaign to stop Gail's gentrifying Brixton

Marlo Swann McNair Plowden, 28, appears to have cast aside his privileged roots to reinvent himself as a Left-wing activist.

Cyclists run amok on Sadiq Khan's new 'pedestrian-only' Oxford Street

Oct 27, 2026

Cyclists run amok on Sadiq Khan's new 'pedestrian-only' Oxford Street

Oxford Street has been permanently blocked off to cars under Sadiq Khan's plan to pedestrianise the busy shopping hub.

Indonesia’s oxygen bus offers breather to residents choking on toxic haze

Oct 27, 2026

Indonesia’s oxygen bus offers breather to residents choking on toxic haze

A bus fitted out ⁠with oxygen tanks is ⁠providing a sanctuary in a ⁠city on Indonesia’s Borneo island, where people are choking from forest-fire-induced haze and the blazes show no sign of letting up. Indonesia regularly battles seasonal forest fires, predominantly on Sumatra and Borneo islands, but this year the infernos are the most intense in ‌more than a decade. An intense El Nino weather phenomenon has driven up temperatures, leaving the country’s vast forests and peatlands more vulnerable...

Met Police 'misplaced letter containing child sex allegations against Thomas Markle - and had to ask Meghan if she kept a copy'

Oct 27, 2026

Met Police 'misplaced letter containing child sex allegations against Thomas Markle - and had to ask Meghan if she kept a copy'

Mr Markle's ex-wife Roslyn Loveless is understood to have sent the letter to the force in January 2019, before its contents were passed on to the Sussexes.

PM's new foot in mouth Brexit blunder: Two weeks after climbdown over Russia and referendum, No10 spokesman has to row back on Burnham's freedom of movement comments

Oct 27, 2026

PM's new foot in mouth Brexit blunder: Two weeks after climbdown over Russia and referendum, No10 spokesman has to row back on Burnham's freedom of movement comments

Mr Burnham warned previously that the free movement of people across borders should never be revived after it was 'defeated at the ballot box' in 2016.

The last 'Heavenly Creature' takes her secrets to the grave: Woman who murdered her own mum in crime that inspired the film that launched Kate Winslet's career dies aged 88

Oct 27, 2026

The last 'Heavenly Creature' takes her secrets to the grave: Woman who murdered her own mum in crime that inspired the film that launched Kate Winslet's career dies aged 88

When Hilary Nathan passed away at the age of 88 on the Orkney island of South Ronaldsay earlier this month it was with the minimum of fuss

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