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Evacuations in Otago township, as scrub fire threatens buildings
Hundreds of homes are without power and evacuations are under way, as fire crews battle a blaze in Roxburgh.
BNP Paribas AM builds long-end JGB bet on steep yield curve
The bullish stance comes after superlong JGB yields reached multidecade highs this year amid concerns over inflation and fiscal spending.
Father of woman struck by man who jumped from building seeks murder charge
Kenji Inaba, whose daughter Hora died, argues that the 29-year-old man — who survived — knew his actions might cause another person's death.
Rebuilding beyond the physical: The human side of disaster recovery
In the weeks after a natural disaster, the things people miss most are often the everyday routines they once took for granted: clean clothes, a hot shower and a chance to sit down with someone who understands what they’re going through.
Firms warned against building AI systems around single models
Businesses should avoid building artificial intelligence systems around a single model to prevent inflexible infrastructure and rising costs, an expert has Read More: https://punchng.com/firms-warned-against-building-ai-systems-around-single-models/
‘It is ours’: Meet the far-right Israeli settlers who want to build homes in Gaza
While many Palestinians dream of escaping the ruins of Gaza, Israeli settler activists cannot wait for the chance to move in.
The U.S. Shipbuilding Revival Is Taking Lessons Halfway Around the World
South Korea’s Hanwha is a key player in President Trump’s push to revive an American industry that has ceded ground to China.
‘It is ours’: The far-right Israeli settlers who want to build homes in Gaza
While many Palestinians dream of escaping the ruins of Gaza, Israeli settler activists cannot wait for the chance to move in.
Hindutva reading builds on colonial interpretations of Indian history: Romila Thapar
Had greater attention been paid to physical evidence such as inscriptions, Indian history may have been interpreted differently, says the historian
Volkswagen to build $4bn Audi SUV factory in US despite job cuts at home
<p>VW investment, creating 4,500 jobs in Georgia, comes amid Trump’s damaging tariffs, intense Chinese competition and costly shift towards EVs</p><p>Audi has said it will spend $4bn (£3bn) to build its first factory in the US, as its parent company, Volkswagen, struggles with the impact of steep tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.</p><p>The German brand’s chie
Probe sought into forest office building alterations at Olavakode in Keralam’s Palakkad
Animal and Nature Ethics Community Trust questions proposal to accommodate Wildlife Circle office in a building sanctioned for Eastern Circle office and the Custodian of Vested Forests. It alleges that verbal instructions had been issued to demolish completed record rooms to create space
No room to ‘stand still’: IAF Chief A.P. Singh on building future air power after success of Operation Sindoor
He also reaffirmed air power's decisive role as the nation's primary responder and its strategic deterrent
Audi to build $4bn US plant as it grapples with tariffs
Move announced at Trump rally in Georgia comes as carmaker and its parent Volkswagen seek relief from president’s levies
Trump announces Audi will build $4 billion factory in US
After Donald Trump made the announcement at an election rally in Georgia, the German carmaker confirmed plans for a factory in the US state, but noted car production would only start early next decade.
Reject politics of hatred and build Malaysia together, Anwar tells Melaka
MELAKA, Oct 25 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged the people of Melaka to reject politics of hatr...
Trump defends tariffs at rally as he says Audi to build U.S. plant
The Audi announcement marks a political win for Trump, who has been on the defensive about the domestic effects of his tariffs.
I’m moving from entertaining people to building them — Helen Paul
Nigerian comedian, actress and academic, Helen Paul, discusses her career shift from entertainment to building people through educational systems and platf Read More: https://punchng.com/im-moving-from-entertaining-people-to-building-them-helen-paul/
Taiwan plans to build rare earths plant
Israeli forces displace families, demolish buildings in occupied West Bank's Hebron
<p>Israeli forces pushed into the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday and displaced around 250 families, some in the middle of the night, vowing to exact a heavy price for a deadly <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2039241/west-bank-attack-wounds-5-israelis-as-netanyahu-cancels-events">attack on soldiers</a>.</p> <p>The Palestinian Authority calle
Opinion | How Germany Builds “Diplomacy by Networking”
I write from Berlin on German Unity Day, 3 October, as the city celebrates 36 years of reunification, and I find myself sharing in its joy. Yesterday marked the conclusion of the 33rd edition of the Network Enhancement Programme on foreign cultural diplomacy, organised by the German Federal Foreign Office’s “Diplomacy by Networking” initiative. The […]
Where is the lift lobby? Newer Build-To-Order HDB void decks are causing confusion among residents, visitors
New Build-To-Order (BTO) flats have been designed to have better privacy, but have irregularly-shaped void decks as a result, according to the Housing and Development Board. Can more signage fix residents' navigation woes? Or are BTO void decks due for a redesign?
Morelia Film Festival Prizes: ‘Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building,’ an ‘Expression of Pure, Unbound Beauty,’ Wins Top ‘Ojo’ Award
Bruno Santamaría Razo’s fiction debut “Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building”(“Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul”) has clinched the top Ojo award at the 24th Morelia Film Festival (FICM), which wraps Oct. 25. Hailed by Variety as a “lush, poetic film rooted in memories,” it became the first Mexican feature to […]
Barcelona housing activists evicted by police from residential building
Housing activists in Barcelona seized a mostly empty building to house vulnerable families and create a community hub.
Laika has spent 20 years building up to Wildwood
Across several decades in Hollywood, Caleb Deschanel has seen a lot. He served as cinematographer on films like The Passion of the Christ and The Patriot, worked on sequences in The Godfather and Titanic, and directed a few episodes of Twin Peaks. Even still, nothing could quite prepare him for his first stop-motion project: working […]
Trump is pushing a massive AI buildout. His own voters are wary of what comes with it
A new CNBC survey finds broad voter opposition to nearby AI data centers, creating a political challenge for Trump and Republicans ahead of the midterm election.
Ryu Hae-ran builds 4-shot lead at LPGA event in S. Korea
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Hometown favorite Ryu Hae-ran is taking a four-stroke...
Verletzung beim "Teambuilding" gilt laut Höchstgericht als Dienstunfall
<img style="float: right" src="https://i.ds.at/3OkqxA/rs:fill:150:0/plain/lido-images/2026/10/22/425b86a8-35fe-4bcb-b2f3-26c0116bda58.jpg">Ein Soldat stürzte beim jährlichen Eisstockturnier des Militärkommandos. Er hat Anspruch auf eine Versehrtenrente, bestätigte der Oberste Gerichtshof
Kim Jong Un tells North Korean army units to prepare for 'new-era military build-up'
"Let us build the strongest army and speed up a military revolution in our style", the North Korean leader said.
‘Vanishing Japan’ asks what is lost when buildings fall
Naomi Pollock's "Vanishing Japan" is a beautiful record of demolished architectural masterpieces and Japan's penchant for constant rebuilding.
Morning recap: Ebola updates, looming petrol price hike, Lagos building collapse, other top stories
Read the latest on Nigeria’s Ebola screening, a looming petrol price hike, the Lagos building collapse, and a WHO vaccine trial in DR Congo. Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-ebola-updates-looming-petrol-price-hike-lagos-building-collapse-other-top-stories/
Shear madness: Sheep smashes window, ‘runs amok’ in Christchurch building ‘ram’ raid
The animal smashed a window of the Comcare Trust building on Lincoln Rd this morning.
Lagos blames developer as building collapse kills one
A three-storey building under construction in Fadeyi, Lagos, has collapsed, killing one person and injuring three. The state government blames the develope Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-blames-developer-as-building-collapse-kills-one/
Turmoil hits AI buildout as neoclouds face pressure, credit risks mount and Solidigm pulls IPO
Stock slumps, pulled IPOs and rising spreads on credit default swaps this week sets stage for hyperscaler earnings.
NASA adopting Apollo’s urgency to build a moon base and land astronauts within two years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years.
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly wants to build an aluminum rolling mill in Canada
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says new federal investments announced Friday are a first step toward reducing the Canadian aluminum sector's dependence on the United States.
India Free Trade Agreement is a chance to build a smarter export economy – Fran O’Sullivan
OPNION: Cross-party engagement on trade can reassure businesses as governments change.
From schools to apartment buildings, nowhere in Kyiv feels safe as Russian attacks intensify. DW hears from people living through it.
Russia's attacks on the Ukrainian capital are hitting harder and more frequently, making 2026 one of the long war's bloodiest years for Kyiv. DW asked people on the ground what life is like.
How a hero principal who saved hundreds of pupils from the Nepal floods is rebuilding broken lives
The principal of a government school in flood-hit Nepal has set up tents to ensure hundreds of children he guided to safety two months ago can continue their education. Rajendra Dawadi, head of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot, one of the areas hit hardest by the flash floods, was hailed as a hero when his swift actions helped to save the lives
Several people missing after multistorey building collapses in Kenya
Officials say building in Nairobi's Eastleigh area had no occupation certificate, but ground floor was in use.
Many feared trapped after Kenya building collapse
Many people are feared trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
'Wildwood' Is the Longest Stop-Motion Animated Film Ever. Each Frame of the Movie Is a Marvel of Handcrafted World Building
Deborah Cook, costumer designer at stop-motion animation studio Laika, discusses creating tiny costumes for puppets in a fantastical world set in the forests of Portland, Oregon
Commonwealth Fusion Systems gets $85M to build better fusion-ready semiconductors
Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conductors for fusion power plants.
Many feared trapped under collapsed building in Nairobi
People are feared to be trapped after a large, unfinished building in Nairobi collapsed during construction. Rescue operations have proven complicated as police fired tear gas to disperse looters.
Many feared trapped as a tall building collapses in Kenya
A multi-story building has collapsed in a busy commercial area of Kenya’s capital, and many people could be trapped beneath the rubble
One dies, three injured in Lagos building collapse
One person has died and three others were injured after a building collapsed in the Fadeyi area of Lagos State on Friday morning, officials have confirmed. Read More: https://punchng.com/breaking-one-dies-three-injured-in-lagos-building-collapse/
‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’ Review: Masculinity and Its Constructs Are Explored in a Revealing Docu-Fiction Study of Egyptian Bodybuilders
We seem to be in crisis mode when it comes to masculinity: the Tate brothers, looksmaxxing, Hegsethian obsessions with testosterone and TikTok videos awash in pumped bodies spouting unapologetic misogyny. The fear of effeminization has never felt so acute, which presumably is why Matt Damon’s Odysseus needed bulging muscles, to ensure his sensitivity was mit
Builder Clearwater Construction owes creditors €2.4m
Sports organisations, many of them in southeast, due significant sums for work that has yet to be completed
MIT scientists build a tiny robot that swims using living muscle cells
MIT engineers have built a paper-thin swimming robot powered by living muscle cells that respond to flashes of light, allowing it to swim and steer through water. The breakthrough could pave the way for tiny, self-healing biological robots capable of exploring fragile environments that ordinary machines cannot safely navigate.
NAFDAC uncovers building storing bottles for fake alcohol in Lagos
NAFDAC has uncovered a residential building in Lagos storing over 100 sacks of empty bottles intended for producing counterfeit alcoholic beverages. Read More: https://punchng.com/nafdac-uncovers-building-storing-bottles-for-fake-alcohol-in-lagos/
Israeli forces begin demolishing Palestinian buildings in Hebron after two Israeli soldiers shot dead
The soldiers were killed in an attack by two Palestinian gunmen at a checkpoint outside the West Bank city on Friday morning.
‘Still operating’: Calls for action over Perth builder linked to $6m trail of destruction
James Sinclair Thomson was the subject of a consumer warning after it was alleged he owed clients collectively around $6 million. Three months on, he is still operating his house relocation business.
Mother and child found dead outside Melbourne apartment building
A woman and her five-year-old daughter have been found dead outside a high-rise building in Melbourne’s east.
Lee calls for proactive prevention of violent crimes to build 'supersafe' society
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Friday called for proactiv...
Traffic building north of Auckland as people head away for the long weekend
The northbound lane was partially blocked on Friday afternoon, as people were beginning to head away for the long weekend.
HD Hyundai, Kiewit to form JV to build shipyard in U.S.
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co. said F...
Edo demolishes buildings linked to suspected ritualist, cultist
The Edo State Government has demolished buildings in Uromi and Ewatto allegedly used for ritual activities and cultism, following the arrest of two suspect Read More: https://punchng.com/edo-demolishes-buildings-linked-to-suspected-ritualist-cultist/
Inside the race to build Patriot missiles as stocks run low
Ukrainians are desperate for more defense systems to repel Russia's relentless onslaught of drones and ballistic missiles. For the missiles, no system is more valuable than the U.S. Patriot interceptor. But years of use in Ukraine and by the U.S. and allies in the war with Iran have depleted thin stocks. Special correspondent Mike Cerre has an exclusive look
4 men arrested after allegedly breaking into downtown Toronto building to take social media photos
Toronto police have arrested four men for allegedly breaking and entering into a downtown building to take photos for social media. Police responded to a call for a break-and-enter in the area of Bremner Boulevard and Lower Simcoe Street shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday Oct. 18. Officers allege the four men forced entry into […]
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