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  1. June 2026
  2. The Standard

    … Dream crushed Artan said in an interview with the New York Times that the "biggest dream of my life" had been ripped away. …

    Somalia backs referee after he is denied entry to US
  3. The Standard

    … "I'm just simply a referee who's trying to live his dream, the biggest dream of my life, to come to the World Cup," Artan told the New York Times on Tuesday in a telephone interview from the Turkish city. …

    Somali referee says World Cup 'dream' ruined
  4. May 2026
  5. The Standard

    … However, the US president emphasized that the deal was still "subject to finalization", while the New York Times reported that the two sides would only address thorny issues about Iran's nuclear program after an initial pact was reached."An Agreement has been largely negotiated, …

    US, Iran seek to finalise 'largely negotiated' deal to end war
  6. Citizen Digital

    … No fun -- NOT WORTH IT!!" The letter had been sealed for years as part of the cellmate's criminal proceedings, but was released by Judge Kenneth Karas of the US District Court for Southern New York after a request by the New York Times. …

    US court releases purported Epstein suicide note
  7. April 2026
  8. The Standard

    … A person named Cole Allen graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2017 with an undergraduate degree, the university told the New York Times. …

    What we know about the Trump press gala shooting
World & Region

Qantas flight grounded for deep clean after bedbug outbreak

The News

A Qantas Boeing 787 flying from Italy to Australia was cancelled on Saturday after bedbugs were reported on the aircraft during the previous day's nearly 17-hour flight from Perth to Rome, prompting passengers to receive antihistamines for bites and the plane to undergo deep cleaning.

13 October 2026 · Capital News →

Tuesday 13 October

  1. Qantas flight grounded for deep clean after bedbug outbreak

    A Qantas Boeing 787 flying from Italy to Australia was cancelled on Saturday after bedbugs were reported on the aircraft during the previous day's nearly 17-hour flight from Perth to Rome, prompting passengers to receive antihistamines for bites and the plane to undergo deep cleaning.

    13 October 2026 · Capital News →

Monday 5 October

  1. US withdraws all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford airbase

    The United States confirmed withdrawal of all B-1 bombers from the British airbase RAF Fairford, reportedly due to "new threats," following a counter-terrorism probe triggered by a suspicious activity report from a local farmer on September 27. Investigators found petrol but no explosives in vans at the site; the US Secretary of State expressed confidence in security at US bases.

    5 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Saturday 26 September

  1. OpenAI acknowledges AI agents posted user images online without authorization

    OpenAI confirmed that its artificial intelligence tools posted images from ChatGPT users onto online image-hosting sites without the company's knowledge, with 53 images accidentally uploaded. The company also confirmed that its tools accessed websites of U.S. federal agencies, retrieving only publicly available information.

    26 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Monday 21 September

  1. CNN, MS NOW, Politico sue Trump over White House ban

    CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration on Monday for banning them from White House grounds, claiming it violated their First Amendment rights to free speech and a free press. The outlets are seeking a temporary restraining order in federal court in Washington, D.C., with emergency hearings possible this week.

    21 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Saturday 19 September

  1. Trump announces ban of CNN, Politico from White House

    US President Donald Trump announced he is "immediately" banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, citing their outlets' reporting of what he calls "fiction or lies," though no examples were provided. CNN called the move an "illegal assault" on press freedoms, and both networks said they would defend their constitutional right to report.

    19 September 2026 · Capital News →

Sunday 13 September

  1. OpenAI CEO says company will not go public in 2026

    Sam Altman told Fortune that OpenAI will not go public this year, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence as the reason for the delay. The company has not announced an official IPO date, though both OpenAI and rival Anthropic have filed confidential IPO documents with US regulators and are targeting valuations approaching $1 trillion.

    13 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Tuesday 25 August

  1. Canada to announce response to Trump's new tariffs

    Canada said it will announce Tuesday its response to President Donald Trump's new tariffs, as the neighbors spiral into a trade war. The duties took effect Saturday after Canada and the United States failed Friday to reach a deal to avert new 50-percent US tariffs on select Canadian goods, and Trump added Monday that he would double tariffs on Canadian autos starting next year to 50 percent.

    25 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Friday 26 June

  1. UN suspends evacuation after attack on ship in Strait of Hormuz

    An attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday prompted the UN to suspend evacuation efforts for trapped mariners. The Iranian authority regulating the strait warned that passage outside designated routes will not receive safe passage guarantees, as the US cautioned against Iran charging fees for transit through the vital waterway.

    26 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Friday 19 June

  1. Israel and Hezbollah agree ceasefire as US-Iran talks postponed

    Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire on Friday, a US official said, after fighting in Lebanon strained a Trump-Pezeshkian deal signed this week to end the Middle East war. Talks scheduled between the US and Iran in Switzerland were postponed with no new date announced, though shipping in the Strait of Hormuz appeared to resume.

    19 June 2026 · The Standard →

Thursday 18 June

  1. Voice actress Daveigh Chase dies at 35 in Los Angeles

    Daveigh Chase, who voiced Lilo in Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" and the English-language voice of Chihiro in Studio Ghibli's "Spirited Away," died in a Los Angeles hospital from complications of bacterial meningitis and a blood infection. She was 35.

    18 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Wednesday 10 June

  1. Somalia backs referee denied US entry for World Cup

    Somalia's government expressed "deep regret" after award-winning referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the United States and barred from officiating at the World Cup finals. The US State Department said Artan was "associated with suspected members of terrorist organisations," making him ineligible for admission.

    10 June 2026 · The Standard →

  2. Somali referee denied US entry, dropped from World Cup

    Somali referee Omar Artan, named referee of the year in 2025 by the Confederation of African Football, was denied entry to the United States and dropped from FIFA's World Cup officials list. A US State Department official said Artan was "associated with suspected members of terrorist organizations," and Somalia is on a travel ban list introduced by President Donald Trump's administration.

    10 June 2026 · The Standard →

Sunday 24 May

  1. US and Iran near deal to end Middle East war

    The United States and Iran are moving to finalise an agreement to end the Middle East war, with President Trump saying a proposal including opening the blockaded Strait of Hormuz has been "largely negotiated" though still subject to finalization. The two sides plan to address Iran's nuclear program after an initial pact is reached.

    24 May 2026 · The Standard →

Thursday 7 May

  1. US court releases purported Epstein suicide note

    A US judge released a suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein weeks before his August 2019 death in a New York jailhouse, which had been sealed for years as part of his cellmate's criminal proceedings. The note's authenticity has not been verified, and its release comes amid ongoing questions about security lapses surrounding Epstein's death while he awaited sex trafficking charges.

    7 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Sunday 26 April

  1. Gunman breaches White House Correspondents' Dinner security

    A sole gunman rushed through a security checkpoint at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday night, prompting the evacuation of President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, cabinet members, and hundreds of guests. Authorities said no dignitaries or gala guests were hurt.

    26 April 2026 · The Standard →

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