AI tool predicts viral variants, largest DDoS attack, OpenAI updates, and €1 billion pledge to end polio.

Misinformation spread, xylazine in US opioid supply, and obesity-pregnancy risks.

California's carbon law, solar storm threat, and rising stroke rates

Deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan, global economic slowdown

China's niobium discovery, and Canadian mortgage crisis

Saturday, October 7 — Israel-Hamas war, avian flu outbreak.

Friday, October 6 — Climate-induced displacement, and child gun deaths

Thursday, October 5 — Record-breaking global temperatures, South American monsoon risk, amphibian decline, recession warning, Meta's AI tools, Android 14, Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Wednesday, October 4 — 2 significant news stories: global bond sell-off, climate impact on public health

Tuesday, October 3 — 4 significant news stories: Sudan conflict, Bangladesh's dengue outbreak, autism detection app and Oxford's anti-malaria vaccine

Monday, October 2 — 3 significant news stories

Nobel Prize for mRNA vaccine, Evergrande crisis, West-China tensions

Sunday, October 1 — 3 significant news stories

Global chemical management targets, EU's carbon tariffs, Portugal's housing protests