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At least eight people have been injured, two seriously, after a knife attack at a vocational training centre in Ostroleka, Poland. A 19-year-old man suspected of carrying out the attack has been arrested, police said. The incident took place at the centre in the town, which lies just under 100km north of Warsaw. Those injured include students and teachers. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a young man holding a knife and attacking people, while those targeted shouted for help. Emergency services were sent to the scene shortly afterwards. The suspect is alleged to have left the school grounds after the attack before…

Seven people have been injured in an attack using a sharp object at a school in Poland, police have said. Details about where the incident occurred, the victims’ condition, or whether any suspects have been identified have not been disclosed in the information available. There has been no further update from authorities in the material provided.

A California couple at the centre of a surrogacy scandal have been arrested on charges related to the case. The arrests took place on Tuesday. Further details of the allegations were not provided.

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for explaining how chemical reactions can favour one molecular “mirror image” over another, a breakthrough that has been important in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Kagan, 95, from France, and Soai, 76, from Japan, were being recognised “for the discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis”. Their work gave chemists methods for directing reactions towards a single form of a molecule, helping in the design and production of medicines. Many molecules vital to life occur in two…

Used vehicle prices in the US are forecast to rise only 0.2% this year, sharply below the previous estimate of 2%, as higher fuel costs and wider inflationary pressures squeeze household budgets. Cox Automotive revised down its outlook for the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index after the benchmark fell 0.6% in September. It was the first month since early last year in which the index was not higher than it had been a year earlier. Wholesale used-vehicle prices, excluding seasonal adjustments, dropped 1.2% year on year in September and 1.3% from August, with depreciation accelerating during the third quarter. The…

The University of Arizona has reportedly suspended activities at six fraternities while allegations of misconduct by their members are investigated. Chrissy Lieberman, the university’s dean of students, is said to have written to the chapters outlining multiple alleged violations. The six fraternities are Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Theta Xi and Phi Gamma Delta. One incident described in the letter allegedly involved new members being “forced to consume large quantities of alcohol and live goldfish”. Lieberman also alleged that the fraternities had breached university policies through hazing, creating an unsafe environment and, in one…

Napoli are reportedly prepared to consider offers of €25 million to €30 million for Scott McTominay next summer, with Aston Villa and Manchester United among the Premier League clubs said to be interested in the Scotland midfielder. McTominay’s future in Italy has become increasingly uncertain despite his success at Napoli. His contract runs until the end of next season, but there has been little progress towards an extension. Scott McTominay transfer interest grows The midfielder is understood to be open to a new challenge as he enters his late 20s, while Napoli may be unable to match the wages he…

Police in Evanston, Illinois, are investigating two reported sex offences in South Evanston after women described encounters with men wearing black ski masks on Monday, October 5. Officers were first called shortly after midnight to the area of Custer Avenue and Brummel Street, where a woman said a man riding a black mountain bike approached her as she walked north and grabbed her buttocks before riding away. Police described the suspect as a Black man about 5ft 5in tall, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black jeans and a black ski mask. A second incident was reported at about 9.10pm near…

Australia’s first lunar rover has moved closer to a planned Moon mission after a new prototype underwent tests for autonomous operation at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. The suitcase-sized vehicle, known as Roo-ver, is being assessed at a lunar testing facility on QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus. Engineers are using a simulated lunar landscape to examine how it handles uneven, rocky terrain. Weighing 20kg on Earth, the rover would weigh about 3kg on the Moon because of the lower gravity. Its cameras and sensors are designed to detect hazards such as rocks and craters in real time, enabling it to…

Newly surfaced video shows two members of Cornell University’s Chi Phi fraternity telling investigators that sexual activity during an alleged gang rape was consensual, despite the accuser’s claim that she was incapacitated and unable to consent. The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, sued last month alleging that she was sexually assaulted by several male students at the now-defunct fraternity house on 19 October 2024. Neither of the two fraternity members interviewed was among those accused. Their faces have been obscured and their names withheld in the footage. One man told investigators: “What people were saying was that…