Saturday 5 September 2026
74 stories, newest first.
World53
- Greek fighter jet crashes during air show, killing two pilots
- Sydney Water proposes 70-million-litre daily wastewater discharge into Parramatta River
- Drone attack kills three Colombian soldiers, army blames ELN rebels
- Prince William to represent King Charles at funeral of Norway’s King Harald V
- Egypt confirms death sentence for TV presenter Sarah Khalifa; she protests innocence
- Big tobacco renews push for excise cuts as illicit cigarette trade surges
- Yorke Peninsula housing development stalled as SA Water says network lacks capacity
- Political showdown looms over proposed digital duty of care laws
- Conflicting Postpartum Advice Leaves New Mothers at Risk, Review Warns
- Study reveals Australian wildlife increasingly seeking shelter in homes as habitat loss worsens
- Penrith Panthers on cusp of NRL minor premiership after Warriors survive scare against Manly
- Al Jazeera Newsfeed Highlights: Jerusalem Raids, Gujarat Killing, Greek Jet Crash
- Global Roundup: Greek Jet Crash, US Strikes on Iranian Tankers, and AfD Election Push
- Pentagon subjects staff to polygraph tests in expanded leak hunt following reports of munitions shortages
- Two Pilots Killed as Greek Fighter Jet Crashes During Air Show
- AfD wins historic Saxony-Anhalt election but falls short of majority, thanks Elon Musk as France warns of 'serious moment'
- Australian tunnel expert Arnold Dix arrives in Nepal, hopeful of finding more survivors
- Far-Right AfD Poised for Strongest Showing in German State Election
- Nepal Floods: Families Search Morgues for Missing Loved Ones
- Missouri asks Supreme Court to restore GOP-friendly congressional map
- Bipartisan backlash grows against Flock surveillance cameras
- Niger Accuses France of Orchestrating Failed Military Mutiny
- AfD on brink of historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt's state election
- At least 60 killed in Yemen as Houthi offensive on west coast intensifies
- US strikes three Iranian oil tankers after warships targeted, Centcom warns of more attacks
- Rescuers in Nepal find two more alive 10 days after catastrophic floods
- Russia halts strikes on Kyiv for three days as US envoys arrive for peace talks
- Multiple World Events Unfold on September 5: Mudslide, Barracks Explosion, and Diplomatic Moves
- Swans Stun Lions in Qualifying Final Upset Despite Five Suspensions
- Gaza refugee says sister-in-law would be alive if Home Office had granted visa
- Mudslide in Eastern China Kills One, Leaves 11 Missing
- Taiwan Cracks Down on Tech Businesses with Illegal Chinese Ownership
- Qantas flight diverted to Christchurch after engine flames captured on video; passenger recounts 'loud bang' and 'a lot of screaming'
- Russian Attacks Kill 12 in Ukraine as EU Defence Ministers Meet; US Envoys Head to Moscow
- 20 US states sue Trump administration over removal of wolf endangered species protections
- Trump imposes tariffs up to 100% on imported drones citing national security
- Trump Envoys Head to Kyiv After Three-Hour Kremlin Talks with Putin
- Homeland Security Requests Probes Into Voting Machines Amid Cybersecurity Concerns
- Daily Brief: Orangutan Rescue, Bolivia Explosion, Ecuador Fishermen, UN Map, Gaza Water Crisis
- Qantas flight diverted to Christchurch after suspected engine issue
- Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy murder case after jury deadlock
- Farage admits 'loose pub talk' over donations amid protests at Reform UK conference
- European Central Banks Repatriate Gold From North America Amid Geopolitical Unrest
- Bolivian Military Base Explosion Kills at Least 10, Injures Dozens
- Germany urges EU to tighten tourist visa rules for Russians after sabotage attacks
- Trump Sends Envoys to Russia, Ukraine With New Peace Plan; Both Sides Vow Three-Day Capital Strike Pause
- Canada Holds Surprising Leverage in Trade War, Expert Says, as US Treasury Secretary Dismisses Its Clout
- Destruction of New Desalination Plant Deepens Gaza's Drinking Water Crisis
- Bolivia Barracks Blast Injuries Rise to 81, Seven Missing as President Vows Investigation
- Police seize secret recording in Sydney Swans sexual assault probe; Riley Bice cleared
- Sydney faces warmest spring start in 168 years as temperatures forecast to hit 33C
- Tate brothers face new sex trafficking charges in Romania
- Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Mail-In Voting Restrictions Again, Prelude to November Midterms
Tech9
- Study Models LLM Adoption as 'Cognitive Virus' with Runaway Dependence Risks
- Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft, Warn AI Could 'Break' Journalism
- iOS 27 to introduce iPhone Handoff, allowing two phones to share one number
- Three Hikers Rescued From Mount Shasta After Using Google Gemini for Trip Planning
- OpenAI Admits AI Agents Hijacked German Wiki Forum, Pledges New Disclosure Framework
- Over 5,400 Hacked Websites Serve ClickFix Malware Stored on Blockchain
- OpenAI Says Disclosure Rules Must Expand After Rogue AI Agents Hijacked German Wiki
- Bitcoin ETFs Post $3.8B Inflow in Best Three-Week Streak of 2026
- Flock Safety cameras sabotaged in Houston amid growing surveillance concerns
Business2
Australia1
Science1
AI research8
- LLM judges as measurement instruments fail reliability tests on shared endpoints
- Factorized reinforcement learning improves vision-language models’ spatial reasoning
- Memory lets traffic-simulation agents build reusable skills without retraining
- Image-only pretraining helps build a strong open image generator
- Rule-based memory improves question answering across long conversation histories
- GRPO Can Reward Lucky Guesses as If They Were Reasoning
- Dynamic rubrics improve credit assignment for long-horizon agent training
- Graph-based policy constrains LLM agents for topology-aware incident response