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Georgia student miraculously survives after falling 8 stories out of a window while dancing on a couch

Kristin Sargent’s father declined to discuss the circumstances but said the fall happened after Georgia’s win over Oklahoma

Meet Anna Luísa Beserra, a Brazilian scientist whose teenage idea turned dirty water into drinking water using just sunlight; used by 40,000 in 2024 alone

Anna Luisa Beserra is currently known as an environmental entrepreneur. But before she went into business, she was an environmental changemaker.

Europe

A London artist spent decades covering his home with thousands of broken dolls, false teeth and other discarded objects, turning it into a museum of found art

A London artist has spent decades turning his home into a dense and colourful record of his life, covering walls, ceilings and outdoor spaces with

Meet Brooke Sweeney, the 15-year-old Kentucky student who turned overnight oats into a business and won a $3,000 student pitch prize

At 15, Brooke Sweeney is balancing high school with a business she started at 14.

Meet Kameirah Johnson, 18, the Renton, Washington student who won Doodle for Google from more than 10,000 entries, earning a $55,000 scholarship and a $50,000 technology package for her school

For millions of people, the Google homepage is part of the daily routine.

A Colorado rancher spent $50,000 fighting oil infrastructure he did not want on his 7,000-acre ranch; after nearly a decade, officials approved a wind project that lets his family finally earn from energy on its own land

A Colorado rancher who spent $50,000 fighting oil infrastructure on his 7,000-acre property has won approval for a wind project on the same land.

Americas

CDC reports second measles death in US while excluding Pennsylvania deaths

Pennsylvania has reported over 900 measles cases and four deaths as governor and health chief RFK Jr spar over data

Woman accused of cutting Benidrom skyscraper worker’s safety ropes 12 stories up

The man was left hanging on to a cornice on the building some 150ft off the ground

Eiffel Tower chief to quit after female staff replaced by men during religious visit

The company that runs the Eiffel Tower said the removal of female staff during the visit earlier this month was "unacceptable".

Trump’s America.gov launch event was a cringe fever dream

The president tried to reassure everybody that the new, eminently hackable system probably wouldn’t get hacked straight away, while acknowledging that it eventually would. And then Marco Rubio was forced to position a flipbook as a technological innovation, writes Holly Baxter

Former Hungarian culture minister detained after allegations of misappropriation

BUDAPEST, Sept 29 - A former minister in ex-Prime Minister Viktor Orban's cabinet has been detained, prosecutors said on Tuesday, over accusations of misappropriation at the National Cultural Fund (NKA), a body overseen by the culture ministry.

Saudi Arabia urged to reconcile with UAE to drive back Houthi separatists in Yemen

Relations between the two countries soured in January when a UAE-backed force was defeated by Saudi Arabia in Yemen

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney questions whether she killed her 3 children at hearing over new trial

Her lawyer’s argument Tuesday was a striking turn after a lengthy trial that focused more on her mental state than on whether she took their lives

Africa

Ugandan kingdom enthrones ex-TV anchor after succession fight

FORT PORTAL, Uganda, Sept 29 - A former television news anchor was being crowned king of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom on Tuesday, becoming the 13th monarch of the Batooro people in a ritual-laden ceremony marking the end of a succession dispute.

Team of skydivers drop in to help survivors of a plane crash in Wisconsin

Recreational jumpers used their training as paramedics to treat crash victims before ground crews arrived

World News in Brief: Deadly Myanmar strikes as Malaysia begins deportations, new emergency funding released, Gaza and West Bank update

The UN chief on Tuesday strongly condemned an airstrike that reportedly killed at least 50 people at a market in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and called for those responsible to be held to account.

Republican fumbles Jack Smith conspiracy theory and calls Trump prosecutor ‘dirtbag’ in testy hearing

Senator Eric Schmitt erupts after his attempt to pin the special counsel at a basketball game in Atlanta backfires

Trump roasted for calling out ‘Sleepy Joe’ Biden and then appearing to nod off

The White House has previously explained the president’s closed eyes at public events as him ‘blinking’ or ‘solemnly listening’

U.S. forces set to leave Iraq after first arriving in 2003

U.S. forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, a departure celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies who now have deep influence in the country where 4,500 Americans died during more than two decades of war.

The $60 billion products receiving tariff cuts after Trump-Xi meeting

The products range from timber and medical equipment to fireworks and dolls

Wells Fargo fires one of the ‘Cornell 7’ frat bros accused of drugging and gang raping fellow student: report

The former Chi Phi member had worked for the bank since 2022, according to a report

Europe

3 Delta passengers hospitalized in emergency landing after smoke filled cabin during flight

Eight passengers were also treated on the tarmac after the plane landed in Portugal

Rubio says UK airbase incident involved a foreign state

FAIRFORD, England, Sept 29 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the \"hands of a foreign actor\" were involved in an incident in which five men were arrested on suspected explosives and terrorism offences near a British airbase used by US forces to strike Iran.

Americas

Who was Jonathan McKinsey? New York Times Games director shot dead in California; 77-year-old in-laws arrested

Jonathan McKinsey, 40, a New York Times engineering director, was shot dead in a car park in Dublin, California. His wife's parents, both 77, have been arrested, and court records show a custody dispute.