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8 October 2026
Harry and Meghan are considering a move to Australia after UK stint and are hoping to become "private royals plus".
8 October 2026
Australia Men’s Sevens players Ben Dalton, Beau Morrison, Brody Folkes and Bailey Roberts-Lintmeijer have re-signed with the program for the 2026/2027 season. Dalton and Morrison have committed for ...
8 October 2026
British colonisers thought they were protecting forests by stopping Indigenous burning. It’s now backfiring - Colonisation led to fourfold increase in eucalyptus tree cover and transformed landscape f ...
8 October 2026
NGOs in Indonesian Borneo file class action lawsuit calling for government to better manage annual fires and The Indonesian government has been accused of “gross negligence” in a class action lawsuit over its handling of wildfires that have cloaked large parts of South-east Asia in a toxic haze, shuttered schools and caused a spike in respiratory illnesses. The lawsuit, filed by indigenous and civil society groups in the Indonesian part of Borneo, named President Prabowo Subianto and the governor of West Kalimantan among 10 defendants. The case seeks comprehensive recovery and rehabilitation measures that would include covering the healthcare costs of residents.
8 October 2026
Investigators probe Asahi, Kirin, Suntory and Sapporo breweries – which together control more than 90% of Japan’s beer market Japanese authorities have raided the country’s four biggest breweries over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beer and other beverages – a practice media reports said could have forced drinkers to pay over the odds. Officials from the Fair Trade Commission this week searched the offices of Asahi Breweries, Kirin Brewery, Suntory Beer and Sapporo Breweries – which together control more than 90% of the domestic market. The quartet are suspected of violating the anti-monopoly law.
8 October 2026
Responding to a Guardian report that revealed thousands of tonnes of fuel was transported to Russia, Seoul said it was investigating the cases South Korea will take legal action if it finds that shipments of fuel from its ports to Russia broke domestic law, the government has said, responding to a Guardian report on the trade . The government, in a statement issued by the foreign and trade ministries and the customs service, said that it is “checking additional information concerning the loading cases reported by the Guardian” and “if the verification establishes that our laws and regulations have been violated, it plans to act in accordance with the law”.
8 October 2026
A fresh influx of shipowners and shipping capital is adding weight to an already formidable maritime cluster on the Côte d’Azur. Sam Chambers gears up for his annual trip to the principality’s yacht club for the exclusive Maritime CEO Forum. Monaco’s shipping community is enjoying another growth spurt, with a fresh influx of owners, investors …
