EconomyIEA warns of a ‘lost period’ for global oil demand
The International Energy Agency says the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen this year and warns that global oil demand will fall sharply.
The International Energy Agency says the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen this year and warns that global oil demand will fall sharply.
Tributes were paid to victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas. US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance are scheduled to visit the attack sites on Friday, with Trump expected to speak at the Pentagon.
President Donald Trump left his midterm convention in much the same position as when he arrived: confronting potentially bruising November elections and questions about how much influence he can exert over the results.
The International Energy Agency has again lowered its forecast for Russia’s oil production, citing ongoing Ukrainian drone attacks on energy infrastructure.
Russia’s Battlegroup South destroyed 59 Ukrainian UAV control centers over the past 24 hours, spokesman Vadim Astafyev said. The group also hit 78 ground robotic systems and eight depots, while air defenses downed 59 fixed-wing UAVs and 76 heavy rotor drones. Units near Kramatorsk and Slavyansk destroyed 95 UAV communication antennas.
Russian stocks moved lower at the start of Friday’s main trading session. By 10:00 a.m. Moscow time, the MOEX and RTS indices had each lost 0.37%, while the yuan rose against the ruble; by 10:30 a.m., both indices were down 0.35%.
The MOEX Index fell 0.27% to 2,304.14 points when morning trading opened on Friday. By 7:10 a.m. Moscow time, it was down 1.5% at 2,301.01 points.
Two Yemeni government sources told Reuters that Iran-backed Houthi forces had reached Dhubab, a Yemeni town directly on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait opposite Perim Island.
President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating has fallen to a new low as opposition grows over the possibility of deploying troops to the Strait of Hormuz. The decline underscores the political risks he faces while weighing options after US pressure for South Korea to help secure the strategic waterway.
As the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks approaches, four people from Newfoundland and Labrador recall how they helped those in need on a day many will never forget.
Dean Penney is due to receive a mandatory life sentence in Corner Brook on Friday. Before sentencing, Jennifer Hillier-Penney’s family will address the court about the pain and suffering they experienced after her disappearance in 2016.
Emma Bonino, the Italian politician who campaigned for access to abortion, has died at 78. Her political life began in 1974, when abortion was illegal in Italy and she went to a clandestine clinic in Florence to end an unplanned pregnancy.
Emma Bonino, a prominent Italian politician known for her work with the Radical Party and campaigns over abortion and divorce, has died at 78, her party +Europa announced.
The Houthis have taken a strategically important Yemeni port city as Iran seeks to establish a new position along the Red Sea coast. The advance heightens risks for shipping near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which links the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with global markets.

Russia has activated its first commercial 5G networks, the Digital Development Ministry says. MTS, Beeline, MegaFon, and T2 will provide service in 16 cities, potentially reaching about 10 million people. Android users are expected to gain access soon, while iPhone access depends on Apple. The ministry plans to add 50 cities by the end of 2026.
Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media says all Android-device users in cities will soon be able to use 5G services. Access for iPhone owners will depend on Apple. Vigo IT said about a quarter of Android smartphones in Russia are technically 5G-capable, while some Google Pixel, Motorola and newer Samsung devices lack support for Russian networks.
Russia has officially launched 5G communication on President Vladimir Putin’s instructions, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media said. The standard is intended to support autonomous vehicles and robots, telemedicine and industrial digitization. Initial service will use LTE frequencies, alongside the equally allocated 4.63-4.99 GHz band.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses intercepted and destroyed 777 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over several regions and the Black and Caspian seas overnight. Two people were killed and three injured in Tula Region, while two were hurt in Volgograd. An Ozon logistics center in Saratov caught fire, with no injuries reported.
Ukrainian drones set fire to an Ozon logistics center in Saratov, where employees were evacuated and no injuries were initially reported. Strikes also damaged an apartment building in Volgograd, injuring two men, while officials in the Tula region reported two deaths and three injuries. Ukrainian monitoring channels alleged the Saratov oil refinery was hit as well.
Russian e-commerce company Ozon said a logistics center and delivery hub in Saratov came under a drone attack and caught fire. Staff were evacuated promptly, with no injuries reported in preliminary information, while emergency crews work at the scene.
King’s College London has lifted the suspension of Egyptian student Usama Ghanem, allowing him to return and complete the final year of his international studies degree. Ghanem says he was suspended over pro-Palestine activism, while the university says he met the agreed conditions for re-enrolment and denies disciplining students for activism.

AFP News AgencyUS forces have carried out bombings somewhere every year since 2001. AJLabs maps the so-called ‘war on terror’.
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar has broken with Viktor Orban’s pro-Russian policy by expelling 10 Russian diplomats over activities deemed unacceptable under the Vienna Convention. Moscow is considering halting gas supplies, while Budapest says it wants to preserve diplomatic dialogue and relations.

The Somali-flagged tugboat TEDY was hit by a drone near Odesa and struck twice more overnight. Two Azerbaijani sailors were killed, while two other crew members were hospitalised with burns. Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry did not assign responsibility for the attack.
The author argues that the post-9/11 “war on terror” made it easier for Israel to portray repression of Palestinians as part of a shared struggle against a common enemy. The article recalls Benjamin Netanyahu’s early reaction that the attacks would generate US sympathy and strengthen ties between the two peoples, and examines how the new global divide reshaped US-Israel relations.

Firefighters entered the smoldering wreck of the MV June Aster off Coron on Friday to search for those still missing. The ferry caught fire Wednesday evening; five people have died, 43 were rescued and 84 remain unaccounted for. Survivors said the blaze spread rapidly after explosions were heard inside the vessel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Friday for the BRICS Summit on September 12 and 13. He is due to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will also hold bilateral talks with China’s Xi Jinping and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian. Security has been tightened in the capital, with school closures and traffic restrictions ahead of the summit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India for a BRICS summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders. Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are testing the bloc’s effort to expand its economic clout and gain a bigger voice in global affairs.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has arrived in India ahead of the BRICS summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping is also expected at the two-day meeting, which would mark his first visit to India since 2019.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping are expected to meet at the BRICS summit, with trade and border issues in focus. The encounter would be the clearest test yet of the tentative reset between Asia’s two largest economies since 2020.
Anthropic says it detected and disrupted efforts to use its AI models for malicious activity that could support biological-weapons development. Its threat report also describes misuse involving cyber operations, surveillance, scams, influence campaigns and conventional weapons, while warning that biological misuse could have catastrophic consequences without safeguards.

Anthropic disclosed new cases in which its models were used for cyberattacks, propaganda campaigns and dangerous biological research, saying it stopped the misuse. The disclosure came days after a researcher resigned over safety concerns.

Anthropic says its Claude models were used to develop missile-guidance software in northern Yemen and support state-linked cyber-espionage operations. The company reports disrupting Russian-linked, Chinese and Iranian activities, while saying it found no evidence that a working weapon was deployed. It also banned the accounts and added monitoring.
A Russian Pacific Fleet group, including the amphibious ship Oslyabya and minesweeper Anatoly Shlemov, arrived at Okhotsk as part of the Strength in Truth 2026 patriotic campaign. The events mark the port’s 295th anniversary and the founding of the Okhotsk Military Flotilla.
Trezor and BitBox warned users about phishing emails impersonating their brands. Trezor said a third-party email provider had been breached but its wallets remained safe, while BitBox said its newsletter provider was likely compromised. Both urged users not to click links or follow instructions and to keep recovery seeds private.

Anthropic says it disrupted several attempts to use its AI models, including Claude, for research that could aid biological-weapons development. The company could not establish whether the work was legitimate or malicious, but acted cautiously. Donald Trump dismissed concerns that AI could lead to human extinction.

Anthropic says it blocked multiple accounts that used its artificial intelligence models in ways that could have supported the development of biological weapons.

Anthropic says it has stopped dozens of cases in the past eight months in which scientists used its Claude AI models for research that could have enabled the creation of biological weapons, including viruses, venoms and toxins. The disclosure follows the resignation of a former safety researcher who warned that uncontrolled AI could kill all humans.
Russia’s Defense Ministry says its forces carried out overnight strikes with precision-guided air-launched weapons and attack drones against Ukrainian military-industrial sites, drone-related logistics hubs, data centers in and around Kyiv, and port infrastructure in Odesa Region. Ships carrying military supplies were also hit, the ministry said.
Diesel, the workhorse fuel powering the global economy, has surpassed $6 a gallon for the first time ever.
The price of diesel, a fuel vital to agriculture and industry, has surged to a record $6 a gallon amid an Iran-related supply shock, adding to price pressures as Americans face an affordability crunch.

U.S. diesel prices have reached a record high of more than $6 per gallon. Fuel supply disruptions linked to the wars in Ukraine and Iran are increasing transportation costs.

Diesel has reached a record $6 per gallon, threatening to raise costs across the economy. Fourth-generation Iowa farmer Mark Mueller said the trend is endangering one of the country’s strongest economic pillars.
Greece has reported a record number of annual West Nile virus cases, with the death toll reaching 30. Mosquito-control efforts continue in Athens as infections rise.

Fast-fashion giant Inditex is treating the United States as a key growth market, CEO Oscar Garcia Maceiras told Reuters. The Zara owner is opening new stores and upgrading existing ones to attract more aspirational shoppers.
Ken Griffin’s hedge fund is combining divisions and putting Elliott veteran Nabeel Bhanji in charge of international equities as it seeks to deploy more resources outside the US.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski arrived in Kyiv on Sept. 11 as Russian drones attacked the city, with explosions reported in central Kyiv shortly after his arrival. His agenda is unclear but may include Polish backing for Ukrainian agricultural exports, EU accession reforms and the bloc’s next sanctions package.

A New York laboratory is using genetic genealogy to help identify the remains of victims of the 9/11 attacks.
A Hong Kong court sentenced Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung to seven years and Albert Ho to five years and two months for organising an anniversary vigil for the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. The convictions under Hong Kong’s national security law drew condemnation from the UN, rights groups and foreign governments.


After five years, the Hong Kong Alliance case has ended with Albert Ho sentenced to seven years, Chantelle Ng to seven years and three months, and Lee Cheuk-yan to five years and two months in prison. Ho’s wife Tang Yin-ngor and Ng’s comrade Lau Ka-yee describe supporting those behind bars and preserving the memory of June 4 amid Hong Kong’s changes.
Hong Kong has sentenced the organisers of a Tiananmen vigil to prison under the security law. A prison van arrived at the West Kowloon Law Courts Building before the leaders were sentenced on September 11, 2026.
President Donald Trump dismissed warnings from AI researchers that the technology is becoming increasingly difficult to control and could kill all humans. He said his overriding priority is preserving an edge over China.
Hong Kong’s wealth management landscape has moved beyond single-product investing, with more families adopting integrated planning to strengthen financial resilience, maintain lifestyle continuity and support long-term stewardship across generations. Hang Seng Bank is responding with five wealth strategies, including optimising its service network and focusing more on family wealth planning.

CBC News readers, viewers and listeners have sent questions about the trade war, often asking how Canada could turn up the pressure on the United States.
A new study says climate feedback loops linked to Canadian wildfires and melting permafrost could increase greenhouse-gas emissions and add 20 to 30 per cent more warming this century than current estimates project.
A major international assessment finds Canadian teens have strong knowledge in science, reading and math, but the OECD’s latest PISA results also show a long-term decline in all three areas. Reading and math scores have fallen especially steeply in more recent editions, mirroring a global downturn and raising concerns.
Québec Solidaire is proposing a $20 minimum wage to ease pressure on low-income workers. Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette warns that raising it too quickly could have harmful ripple effects, while others question that assessment.
Hayder Kadhim and Meaghan Hennegan survived being shot in the mass shooting at Montreal’s Dawson College on Sept. 13, 2006. Two decades later, they reflect on compassion, healing and finding purpose in life.
Ginoogaming First Nation says it has spent $1.6 million on private security amid violence and drug trafficking concerns. After declaring a state of emergency in May 2024, the community says the Ontario Provincial Police has agreed in principle to create a long-term written policing framework.
Russian drones struck two gas stations in Kyiv on the morning of Sept. 11, injuring at least four people, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. Authorities said the station in Obolonskyi district was hit twice, while emergency crews worked at the sites.


Pavlohrad in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region is observing a day of mourning after a Russian attack killed five people. Two others were killed and 79 injured across the wider region. Kyiv’s mayor also reported attacks on two petrol stations in the capital. Ukrainian officials accused Russia of systematically targeting places used by civilians to maximise casualties, spread fear and pressure Ukraine into concessions.
Russia launched 160 drones across Ukraine overnight, killing at least one person and injuring many others. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said a mother and her son were among those hurt in the attack on Zaporizhzhia.
Russian forces struck Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district, damaging and setting fire to a nine-story residential building, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. Eight people were injured. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 161 drones and a small cruise missile overnight, with 138 drones and the missile shot down.

A Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air report says continuing Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure have forced Moscow to widen its fuel-import sources. Oil imports reached 172,000 metric tons in August, more than seven times the previous monthly record. Turkey’s first gasoline cargoes reportedly arrived in September, while strikes disrupted Novorossiysk exports for nine days and left Tuapse without a product shipment for a third straight month.

At least eight people were injured in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district when a nine-story residential building caught fire during a Russian drone attack overnight on Sept. 11. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched at least 66 drones nationwide; 62 were shot down or suppressed and four hit three locations.

Russian ground assaults are focused on Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, Ukraine’s largest cities in the eastern Donbas still fully under Kyiv’s control. Intensifying drone and glide-bomb attacks have prompted police to urge civilians to leave, with forced evacuations of families with children already under way.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide tells Euronews that Israel has lost “tremendous support” because of the way its military response to the 7 October attacks has been conducted.
Singapore’s High Court rejected Chander Agarwal’s attempt to recover about $369,000 from Felicia Lee. The judge said Agarwal had willingly showered her with expensive gifts and had provided no documentary proof that the payments were loans rather than gifts made out of affection.

UEFA has asked a Manhattan federal court to reject attempts by two FIFA US subsidiaries to intervene in its effort to obtain documents and testimony linked to Gianni Infantino’s abandoned World Cup commercial-rights plan. UEFA is considering a Swiss criminal complaint, while Infantino and FIFA deny wrongdoing. The court has not ruled.

Police say a tour bus crash in eastern Switzerland has killed five people and injured 40 others.
Police say a Dutch tour bus overturned in eastern Switzerland, killing several people and injuring others.
A Dutch tour bus overturned in a serious accident in eastern Switzerland, killing several people and injuring others, police said.
Vetbiokhim, the maker of Russia’s Multikan-8 vaccine, has reportedly offered owners of dogs that died after vaccination 200,000–300,000 rubles plus verified expenses. The proposed agreements require owners to waive further claims and keep the circumstances and payments confidential. At least 300 deaths have been reported; the company says its investigation continues and denies finding vaccine contamination.
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries is returning to India’s rupee bond market after nearly three years. Five bankers said the company aims to raise 125 billion Indian rupees ($1.31 billion) through five-year bonds.
Insee has sharply lowered its 2026 growth forecast from 0.7% to 0.4%. After a subdued first half, weak consumption, declining investment and rising inflation are worsening the outlook for the end of the year.
The French government has lowered its 2026 growth forecast from 0.7% to 0.5%, one day after Insee issued an even more pessimistic estimate.
China and India are arranging a bilateral meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China’s foreign ministry said Friday. Xi is due to travel to India this weekend for a BRICS summit.
The September 11 attacks transformed air travel worldwide. The US Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 created the TSA and required federal screening of all passengers and baggage, while cockpit doors were reinforced and locked. Air marshals, shoe checks and restrictions on liquids followed as security measures expanded.


The US Transportation Security Administration says some people without tickets will soon be allowed through security to meet or see off relatives at the gate. It is also considering letting TSA PreCheck travellers take full water bottles through screening, with new measures initially planned for 13 airports and linked to improved CT scanners rather than lower safety standards.
India is hosting the BRICS Leaders’ Summit as the group seeks greater influence amid divisions over the war involving Iran. Analysts say BRICS has advanced a more multipolar world and offered Global South countries alternatives to Western institutions, but dollar dominance and internal disagreements limit collective action. Its success may lie less in replacing the West than in making Western dominance harder to exercise.

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said any move to take interest rates into restrictive territory would be “very much dependent” on how energy prices develop.

The European Central Bank is lifting borrowing costs in an effort to prevent high energy prices from turning into persistent inflation. Economists disagree over how high rates need to go and how much damage they could do to growth.
Rostec says its Rosel Holding subsidiary has developed the Zhnets electronic warfare system to integrate detection and suppression equipment, including systems already installed at customer sites. The automated system can be configured for different sectors and frequencies and is designed to counter both individual drones and swarms.
Armed settlers wearing military uniforms are accused of taking Palestinian land and attacking communities across the occupied West Bank with near-total impunity. Residents of Kobar describe repeated intimidation, gunfire and theft by a settler known as “Ghazal”, while conflicting accounts of a fatal shooting highlight the blurred line between settlers and the Israeli military.

A Myanmar airport was closed after a rebel drone strike, according to security sources.

Anthropic said Thursday it had disrupted several state-backed surveillance campaigns that used its AI models against dissidents and minority groups. Detected between January and July, the operations originated in China, Iran and West Africa and targeted diaspora communities, including Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.

Pakistan’s medical regulator has ordered colleges to send enrolled Afghan students home, disrupting the studies of many who entered through Pakistani government scholarships. Students say they were legally admitted and funded, yet were given less than three days to prepare to leave.

Millonarios says Juan Guillermo Cuadrado will return to Colombia and join the club. The former Juventus winger’s European career covered 17 seasons and eight teams, including Chelsea and Juventus.
An emerald-colored matcha mooncake filled partly with Yunnan ham attracted crowds to sample it on the opening day of the four-day Beijing International Tea and Tea Ceremony Exhibition. GuiTea Group also served iced matcha drinks, while visitors bought the innovative festival food ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

James Wood, an Anglo-Australian teacher and social media creator living in Xiamen, China, said Xinjiang was very different from Western perceptions after a 10-day, 3,000-kilometer RV trip. He said firsthand experiences changed views shaped by one-sided Western narratives and now shares his observations online to challenge claims of cultural eradication and ethnic oppression.
CGTN’s Ioana Gomoi takes young explorer Mera on a family visit to Beijing’s Blue Zoo, where they see seals, otters, sea lions, colorful fish and a shark before bringing home a dolphin souvenir.

Princess Diana’s infamous ‘Revenge Dress’ is being auctioned for the first time since 1997. It has been interpreted as the dress she wore ‘in revenge’ after then-Prince Charles publicly admitted adultery on television, with part of the proceeds earmarked for NHS Lothian Charity.
Princess Diana’s head-turning “revenge dress,” which broke royal protocol and became a sensational pop culture moment, is set to go on sale for the first time in nearly 30 years.

The iconic black silk evening dress Princess Diana wore to a 1994 London party will be auctioned by Sotheby’s, with an estimated sale price of up to $300,000 (£220,000). It is the first time the dress has been offered at auction since 1997.
The Bank of Japan is expected to raise rates by 25 basis points next week, four sources say. It could signal faster future tightening if rising price pressures increase the risk of inflation overshooting.
Workshops operated by Ukraine’s Third Army Corps have spread across the 1,200-km front as Kyiv’s outmanned forces seek a technological advantage against Russia’s relentless infantry assaults.
AFP News AgencyThe United States declined Saudi Arabia’s request for strikes against the Houthis but offered intelligence support, Axios reported. Saudi-backed Yemeni forces meanwhile clashed with Houthi fighters near Al-Hazm, Yemen, on September 9, 2026.
Iran is facing severe shortages of hundreds of medicines as war, sanctions and inflation drive up costs. Prices for basic drugs including paracetamol and insulin have surged, while more than 70% of healthcare expenses are paid out of pocket, putting treatment beyond the reach of the most vulnerable patients.
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