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Ciara showcased her growing baby bump in a sheer outfit as she joined Heidi Klum and her daughter Lou Samuel at the BoF 500 Gala in Paris. The event was held at the Shangri-La Hotel on Saturday, October 3, during Paris Fashion Week, drawing a wide-ranging gathering of actors, musicians, models and fashion industry figures. Ciara, who is expecting her fifth child, was among the evening’s most notable arrivals. Klum attended with 16-year-old Lou Samuel, who also appeared on the red carpet. The gala celebrates the latest entrants to The Business of Fashion 500, an index recognising people considered influential…

One person was killed and eight others taken to hospital after a pickup truck struck multiple vehicles in Havertown, Pennsylvania, before becoming airborne and overturning into a U-Haul, police said. The crash happened shortly after midday on Saturday, 3 October, at the junction of West Chester Pike and Eagle Road in Haverford Township. Police said 14 vehicles were involved in the collision, which stretched for almost two miles along West Chester Pike. Video recorded near Havertown Café shows the pickup crossing a Smoothie King car park, launching into the air and crashing into several vehicles before hitting the U-Haul and…

Pacific island nations are calling for immediate action as pre-COP talks begin in Fiji, placing the region’s concerns at the centre of global attention over the climate crisis. Australia’s Pacific neighbours are using the gathering to highlight the urgency facing communities described as being on the “frontline of the climate crisis”. The talks come as the world’s focus turns to Fiji, with calls for action now rather than further delay.

Byron Donalds has intensified his Black voter outreach in South Florida, saying he is aiming to win more than 20% of the vote from a constituency that has traditionally backed Democrats. The Republican nominee for Florida governor used a series of events in the Miami area to make a carefully framed appeal, while insisting that his campaign was focused on all voters rather than identity politics. “I think there’s a lot of Black voters who are looking at my campaign because they’re just trying to figure out who’s going to be the best person to lead Florida into the future,”…

Fighting has intensified in Yemen after the country’s government announced a major offensive against the Houthis, while Iran said there was “no military solution” to its conflict with the United States. The developments place the Yemeni offensive alongside Tehran’s stated opposition to a military resolution of the dispute with Washington. No further details of the operation or Iran’s position were provided.

A former Bank of Japan policymaker described as a reflationist has called for an end to the country’s era of low interest rates and big government spending. The intervention places both monetary policy and public expenditure at the centre of the debate over Japan’s economic direction.

Two people have been killed and 35 injured after gunfire broke out at a large block party in Vienna, Georgia, during homecoming weekend. Shots were fired at about 1.25am on Sunday, October 4, in the 900 block of Pine Street, where more than 1,000 people had gathered for an unofficial celebration. Dooly County Sheriff’s Office deputies were already patrolling the area when the shooting began. They found several people wounded and later discovered two men dead in the 600 block of Pine Street, a short distance away. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said the victims were taken to several hospitals…

Australian television personality and fitness entrepreneur Sam Wood has been charged with domestic violence offences in Queensland and remains in custody on remand. The 46-year-old faces two charges: assault occasioning bodily harm in a domestic violence setting and strangulation in a domestic setting. Police allege the offences took place on Saturday night on Hastings Street in Noosa, a beachside town in Queensland. Wood appeared at Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday for his first mention. His lawyer, Mathew Cuskelly, asked for the matter to be adjourned until Thursday. A bail application is expected to be scheduled for that hearing. Wood became…

AI training jobs are expanding as businesses use specialists to improve systems such as ChatGPT and Claude, but economists and technology leaders are warning that the wider consequences could include substantial job losses. Music producer Robbie Hiser is among more than 100,000 freelancers recruited by Mercor to teach artificial intelligence about subjects ranging from finance to poetry. The work can pay between 20 and 200 US dollars an hour, and AI training is now the fourth-fastest-growing job category on LinkedIn in the United States. Hiser does not believe he is helping to make his own profession redundant. He argues that…

Seventy-nine of 80 springer spaniels found starving and living in squalid conditions in a South Yorkshire house have been rehomed, while the man convicted of animal cruelty faces the prospect of a prison sentence. David Parkes, 61, was found guilty of three animal welfare offences after denying that he owned or was responsible for the dogs. He will be sentenced at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on December 9. Inspectors discovered the animals at the property in Tickhill, near Doncaster, last April. The dogs were crowded together on a rotting staircase covered in dirt and grime, with the house heavily contaminated by…