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A US Marine stands beside an NMESIS anti-ship missile launcher on a wet road under low cloud at Bellows, Hawaii

Keen Sword Opens Near Taiwan as Yonaguni Is Told to Clear Roads

Japan and the United States opened Keen Sword on Monday, with US Marine launchers due on Yonaguni, 110 km from Taiwan, and residents asked to stay off the roads. TASS and Defense

October 18, 2026

by Akihito Muranaka

A grey Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighter taxiing on a runway beneath a clear sky, seen past the wing of another aircraft

Bomb Threat Sends Tel Aviv-Vienna Flight to Sofia Under Fighter Escort

Fifty-one passengers and six crew were taken off an Austrian Airlines jet in Sofia on Sunday after a bomb threat and a Bulgarian fighter escort, the Transport Ministry said. Ynet reports early signs of a false alarm, but nobody has

October 18, 2026

by Dmitri Agafonov

Satellite image of thick white cloud covering eastern Spain and the sea off its coast, with clear sea to the east

Spain’s Dana Adam: One Dead in Catalonia, Red Alerts Hold in Valencia

A woman swept away by a stream in Cabrera de Mar was found dead on Sunday

Young masked protesters hold up hand-made cardboard signs in French and Italian at a demonstration reported from Belgium

Belgian Police Log 195 Protest Arrests, Only 37 of Them Judicial

Belgian police reported 195 arrests in Brussels and Liège on Saturday, but 158 were administrative detentions

Qubic Halts Network After Weak Seeds Let an Attacker Drain 1,404 Wallets

Qubic halted its network on Sunday after an attacker reportedly drained 1,404 wallets by exploiting weakly generated seeds. By the project's count about 2.94 trillion QU went in 104 minutes, and most

October 18, 2026

Crypto·News·Technology

Aerial night view of Shanghai's city lights and the Huangpu River photographed from the International Space Station

China’s New-Home Prices Fell on the Month in 49 of 70 Cities, NBS Data Show

New-home prices in Shanghai were 2.8% higher in September than a year earlier, while Luzhou's were 7.6% lower, according to the National Bureau of Statistics tables for 70 cities. By TEH's count,

October 18, 2026

Business·News

Workers in red overalls and hard hats stand on a wet road in front of a burning fuel tank and a large plume of black smoke at an oil refinery

At Least Eight Die in Mortar Blast at Zawiya Camp, Xinhua Reports

A mortar shell killed at least eight people and injured eight more at a camp in Zawiya, western Libya, on Sunday evening, Xinhua reported. No official statement had explained the cause when

October 18, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Heads of state and delegations seated in the plenary hall of the Leaders for Nature summit in Yerevan ahead of COP17

UN Report Says 2025 Nature Finance Goal Likely Missed as COP17 Opens

Governments gathered in Yerevan on Sunday for the opening of COP17, the UN biodiversity conference, facing a 2025 money deadline that the UN's own report says was likely missed. Two tallies of

October 18, 2026

Climate·News

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar shaking hands in front of a Russian Energy Week 2026 backdrop

Turkey’s Energy Minister Says Ankara Will Get Some Russian Diesel

Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar says Turkey will receive a share of the Russian diesel Moscow and Washington agreed to release, according to Sputnik. Neither the US license nor Russia's statement names Turkey,

October 18, 2026

Business·News

Satellite image of eastern Mongolia showing a large dark burn scar on brown steppe after the Numrug reserve fire

Mongolia Vows Liability Claims Over Numrug Reserve Fire, Xinhua Reports

Mongolia has promised compensation claims after a convoy vehicle sparked a fire in its Numrug reserve, Xinhua reports. Mobicom and local media disagree on why the convoy was there, and police have

October 18, 2026

Climate·News

Wainwright Fire Was Known for Hours Before It Killed Four, Military Says

A commander says CFB Wainwright officials knew of a grass fire for several hours before a wind shift drove it onto a training area, killing four and sending 39 to hospital. The

October 18, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Officials and satellite industry representatives seated around a horizontal table at a satellite connectivity meeting in the European Parliament, 13 October 2026

US Threatens ‘Devastating’ Retaliation Over EU Satellite Spectrum Rule

Washington's ambassador to the EU warned European firms they "should be wary" of retaliation over the Commission's satellite spectrum proposal. TEH's reading of the draft shows it never names SpaceX or Starlink

October 18, 2026

News·Technology

Black Daiichi Life Group lettering in Japanese and English on an illuminated sign

Challenger Bought Its Own Shares at A$9.84. Then Daiichi Bid A$11.80

Challenger spent A$4.9 million buying back its own shares on Friday. After the market closed, a Daiichi Life unit offered A$11.80 for the rest of the company, 19.8 percent above Friday's close.

October 18, 2026

Business·News

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan laughing with HKMA chief Eddie Yue and IMF Deputy Managing Director Bo Li at the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok

Hong Kong Bets on Beating the IMF, but Its Second Half Must Top 2.5%

Hong Kong's financial secretary says his government is more optimistic than the IMF's 3.8% forecast for 2026, but the numbers behind the range depend on the second half. TEH's arithmetic puts the

October 18, 2026

Business·Economy·News

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Keen Sword Opens Near Taiwan as Yonaguni Is Told to Clear Roads

Bomb Threat Sends Tel Aviv-Vienna Flight to Sofia Under Fighter Escort

Spain’s Dana Adam: One Dead in Catalonia, Red Alerts Hold in Valencia

Belgian Police Log 195 Protest Arrests, Only 37 of Them Judicial

Qubic Halts Network After Weak Seeds Let an Attacker Drain 1,404 Wallets

China’s New-Home Prices Fell on the Month in 49 of 70 Cities, NBS Data Show

At Least Eight Die in Mortar Blast at Zawiya Camp, Xinhua Reports

UN Report Says 2025 Nature Finance Goal Likely Missed as COP17 Opens

Turkey’s Energy Minister Says Ankara Will Get Some Russian Diesel

Mongolia Vows Liability Claims Over Numrug Reserve Fire, Xinhua Reports

Wainwright Fire Was Known for Hours Before It Killed Four, Military Says

US Threatens ‘Devastating’ Retaliation Over EU Satellite Spectrum Rule

Challenger Bought Its Own Shares at A$9.84. Then Daiichi Bid A$11.80

Hong Kong Bets on Beating the IMF, but Its Second Half Must Top 2.5%

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