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Yasuo Fukuda Dies Aged 90, Japan’s 91st Prime Minister
Former Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda has died aged 90, Japanese media reported on Monday 26 October 2026. Fukuda, who led Japan as its 91st prime minister in 2007 and 2008, was the first person in the country’s constitutional history to follow his father into the top job. Yasuo Fukuda dies aged 90 TBS NEWS…
Kim Jong Un Crosses New China Bridge as Trade Ties Warm
Kim Jong Un crossed into China on Saturday, 24 October 2026, walking across a brand-new bridge into the border city of Dandong on his first visit to the country in a year. The trip, confirmed by South Korea’s government and reported by Chinese state media, underlines how North Korea is opening new trade routes to…
Singapore Haze 2026: Indoor Air Quality Falls as Purifier Sales Surge and Tourism Slumps
Singapore haze air quality has become the city-state’s defining business story of October 2026. Smoke from forest and peatland fires in Indonesia has kept pollution at unhealthy levels for weeks, and the effects now reach far beyond the skyline: air purifiers are selling out, masks are in short supply, and tour operators report bookings down…

Avian Influenza Australia: Macquarie Island H5 Outbreak Explained
Avian influenza has reached one of the world’s most remote wildlife sanctuaries. H5 bird flu has been confirmed in a southern elephant seal and a kelp gull on Macquarie Island, in the Southern Ocean between Tasmania and Antarctica — the island’s first recorded outbreak and the first detection of the strain in an elephant seal…

Social Security COLA Increase 2027: What the 3.6% Raise Means
The social security COLA increase for 2027 is 3.6%, the Social Security Administration announced on 14 October 2026. The cost-of-living adjustment covers Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and it will lift monthly checks for nearly 72 million beneficiaries starting in January 2027. For the average retiree, the raise works…

EU Proposes Eight New Members by 2028; Germany Pumps Brakes on Expansion
EU Commission proposes admitting eight new member states by 2028, but Germany, France, and others demand strict safeguards. Montenegro could join by 2028, Ukraine by 2030.

Japan’s PM Takaichi Skips G7 Oil Meeting; Opposition Demands Diplomacy Focus
Japan’s PM Takaichi faced criticism for missing a G7 online meeting on October 2, with opposition leaders demanding stronger diplomatic engagement and warning of North Korean drone threats.

Ford CEO Says AI Will Transform Skilled Trades, Not Replace Them
Ford CEO Jim Farley says AI will be a companion tool for skilled trades workers, not a replacement. The company has over 10,000 skilled-trades workers facing a new era of digital manufacturing.

Canada Approves $33B LNG Expansion as Carney Backs Energy Push
LNG Canada greenlights $33 billion Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, doubling capacity to 28 million tonnes per year and creating 4,000 jobs. Prime Minister Mark Carney calls it a nation-building investment.