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World health leaders and US officials have urged Russia to provide more information after a 28-year-old laboratory worker linked to plague research died of severe pneumonia in Siberia. Darya Shipilova, who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, died in hospital in Shelekhov on October 2. Russian authorities have not confirmed that she had pneumonic plague, but are investigating whether the disease was responsible. The World Health Organisation said it had asked Moscow for details about the illness, the laboratory tests being carried out and the circumstances surrounding the death. It said the risk…

Nathan Broad has made an impassioned case for a West Coast Eagles lifeline, insisting his body feels “a million bucks” and that he would “be costing the club absolutely nothing”. The Richmond defender said he should be considered for recruitment by West Coast, presenting his fitness and minimal cost as reasons for the club to take a chance on him.

Former US Army major Nidal Hasan is due to be executed by firing squad on 3 December 2026 at Fort Hood, the Texas military post where he killed 13 people in 2009. The execution will be the first carried out by the US military since 1961. Families of the victims were informed of the date before the announcement. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the use of an Army firing squad had been recommended by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and approved by President Trump. “Judgement day for Hasan has finally come,” Mr Parnell wrote. Hasan, now 56, was an Army psychiatrist…

Laura Overdeck has returned to court in New Jersey seeking a larger settlement from her estranged husband, billionaire hedge fund manager John Overdeck, in one of the state’s biggest contested divorce cases. The 56-year-old rejected a proposed payout worth more than $600 million and is pursuing a share of John Overdeck’s stake in Two Sigma, the investment firm he co-founded in 2001. Her lawyers argue that she should receive 35 per cent of the value of his holding because the business became a marital asset during their 20-year marriage. The couple married in 2002 without a prenuptial agreement. The valuation…

Three friends of Nolan Wells have filed a defamation lawsuit in Mississippi against a TikTok creator who allegedly accused them of killing him during a boating trip. Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour claim Sandra L. Butler, who allegedly operates the TikTok account “gods_bestgirl” and identifies herself as “Royalty”, repeatedly made the accusations online. The men say Butler alleged that they killed Wells aboard a boat on July 4, fled the scene, tampered with his phone and lied to conceal the alleged crime. In the lawsuit, they claim she told her followers: “They are guilty. They did something.” She…

Students at Westfield High School walked out of lessons on Tuesday, October 6, to honour 15-year-old Royce Witchet, who was fatally shot near the Houston-area campus two weeks earlier. His parents used the protest to speak publicly for the first time, accusing school officials and law enforcement of failing to protect their son. Witchet was shot shortly after school ended on September 22 on a pavement close to Westfield High School and the Spring Independent School District administration building. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition and later died. A 14-year-old, believed to be a fellow Spring ISD…

Melbourne has been named the world’s friendliest city in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, beating destinations including Seoul, Amsterdam and Lisbon. Victoria’s capital received a score of 98.52 in the annual rankings, narrowly ahead of Portugal’s Porto on 98.33. The awards attracted about 300,000 responses from people around the world. The publication said the cities recognised were those offering “the warmest hospitality”, with locals willing to help visitors who were struggling with a menu or finding their way around an unfamiliar transport system. Melbourne’s result was attributed to its coffee culture, arts scene and welcoming residents, alongside its…

Emma Stone, Zendaya and Ana de Armas led the celebrity arrivals at the Louis Vuitton Paris Fashion Week show, which brought the French fashion schedule to a close on Tuesday. Held at the Louvre’s Cour Carrée, the presentation was the final major catwalk event of Fashion Week after shows in New York, London and Milan before the schedule reached Paris. Stone, 37, made a striking entrance in a cobalt-blue skirt suit worn without a bra. She completed the look with black heels, a black Louis Vuitton bag and a long silver chain necklace. Zendaya took a more relaxed approach, pairing…

Japan’s real wages rose for an eighth consecutive month in August, marking the latest in a sustained run of gains. The increase in real wages was recorded during August, continuing the consecutive monthly rise in Japan.

A former Cornell University fraternity member has claimed he was sexually assaulted during an alleged incident for which he and six others were accused of raping a woman at the Chi Phi house. Matthew Ingalls made the allegation in a February 2025 email to Cornell’s Title IX office, saying the university had failed to recognise him as a sexual assault survivor or explain his rights under its sexual misconduct procedures. In the email, seen in documents obtained by ABC News, Ingalls wrote that he was “sodomized by her while [he] was incapacitated”. He also accused Cornell of gender discrimination over…