3 October 2026
Two people, a 5-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man, were in critical condition.
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3 October 2026
South African Lhuan-dre Pretorius hit 50 in 24 balls, needed 16 more to reach 100 and took another 18 to hit 150.
3 October 2026
This was emphasized to people watching a Senate hearing this week, where confusion over two basketball teams was on display. (Image credit: Allison Robbert)
3 October 2026
Yuvraj Singh leads India Champions against David Warner's Australia Champions in the WCL 2026, with the match starting at 5 PM and live on Star Sports and FanCode.
3 October 2026
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, European armies have needed military trucks in volume and on short timelines. Daimler Truck is betting that need favors a manufacturer whose defense vehicles come out of the same plants, and the same parts bins, as its commercial trucks. The company folded its military work into a single global brand, Daimler Truck Defence, in June. It plans to invest what it calls a mid-three-digit million-euro sum over the coming years and is targeting €1 billion in defense revenue by 2028, according to an announcement earlier in June . About 1,000 employees work in the business today, and Daimler expects that number to grow, particularly at its Wörth am Rhein plant in Germany.
3 October 2026
Authorities in Spain rescued some 90 people after heavy rain sparked flooding in the town of Madrigueras. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed his condolences to the family of a 102-year-old woman who died.
3 October 2026
A warrior emperor who ruled the Bulgarian Empire in the Middle Ages, Czar Samuel is a symbol of Bulgarian national identity. But his remains have been in Greece for decades – and he is also claimed by North Macedonia.
3 October 2026
The Port of València now hosts both 500 kW PV-bos platforms that together form Spain’s first pre-commercial offshore floating solar energy demonstrator, developed by BlueNewables with the support of Naturgy. With the installation of the second platform, the 1 MW demonstrator has completed its deployment phase and entered testing and monitoring operations to validate the performance of the technology under real marine conditions. The two platforms, built at the San Enrique shipyard in Vigo, have been named Paiporta and Catarroja in tribute to two Valencian municipalities most severely affected by the devastating DANA floods of 2024. The testing phase will generate insights into performance, operation, maintenance and grid integration in a real port environment, with results and lessons to be gathered progressively as operations proceed. The PV-bos technology is designed to be modular, scalable and suitable for industrial-scale production, expanding the potential of solar energy in locations where land availability is limited or prohibitively expensive, electricity grids are insufficient, or island energy systems are in place.
