9 September 2026
‘Lying cowards’: Andrew Hastie steps up attacks on One Nation WAtoday
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9 September 2026
The Iran war has sent fuel prices higher in Cambodia, squeezing families who rely on fishing and boats for their livelihoods. For children living on Tonle Sap, rising fuel costs pose yet another barrier to education.
9 September 2026
The death of a boy at Baldwin Ave station has shaken the local community, with family members seen grieving at the scene. Such incidents tear at the social fabric of a neighbourhood and raise urgent questions about safety around public-transport hubs, the support available to those left behind, and how we respond as a city when the unthinkable happens. Authorities must review immediate safety measures and communication; schools, transport agencies and families should be helped to reduce preventable risks; and community-based grief and practical support must be available without delay. This is not about assigning blame in the immediate hours of sorrow. It is about learning how to better protect young people and how to look after those left behind when safety fails.
Community angle
When a child dies in a public place it affects the whole community — commuters, parents, school communities and rail workers. Practical steps to improve safety and to support grieving families will make a real difference to ordinary New Zealanders who rely on safe public transport.
9 September 2026
Patients in NSW and beyond are enduring longer stays in emergency departments while politicians trade blame across state and federal lines. That political sparring distracts from the urgent business at hand: ensuring timely, safe care. Australians need a frank assessment of capacity, workforce and accountability — and a commitment from both levels of government to fix problems, not score points.
Community angle
Longer emergency-department stays mean ordinary Australians face delayed treatment, greater risk in urgent situations and more strain on families and frontline staff — making coordinated political action directly relevant to patients and taxpayers.
9 September 2026
The Amazon freighter aircraft that crashed two days ago at Miami International Airport didn’t follow normal steps for slowing down during landing and was carrying more than 32,000 pounds of contact lenses from Puerto Rico, National Transportation Safety Board officials said during a news conference Tuesday evening. A large number of manufacturers have contact lens factories in Puerto Rico. Evidence taken from the flight data recorder suggests the two pilots made a late attempt to abort the landing after touching down on the runway, Chihoon Shin, the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigator in charge. The Boeing 767-300 converted freighter hovered well past the normal runway zone and then had difficulty getting all three landing gear on the ground before running off the runway, plowing into two vehicles and fences before coming to a stop in a grassy area across a public road, leaving five people dead and several injured. The pilots did not deploy critical systems meant to slow an aircraft upon landing and, in fact, seconds before coming to rest the throttles were set to go-around thrust, he said.
9 September 2026
Most supply chain teams have more visibility than they did a few years ago. They can see disruptions sooner, track freight in real time, and understand when a shipment is at risk. But seeing a problem and solving it are two different things. When capacity tightens, a border crossing closes, or rates move beyond a routing guide, teams still need to make a decision: change carriers, shift modes, reroute freight, or wait. And then they need the capacity and operational support to make that change happen.
9 September 2026
The explosion struck near the Syrian city of Sarmada in Idlib province in the northwest. The Defense Ministry said the weapons and remnants from the war were being stored temporarily at the site before being relocated.
9 September 2026
APM Terminals has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the development of Badagry Port in Nigeria . The agreement was signed during a visit to Denmark by Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola. It commits the parties to exclusive negotiations over the proposed greenfield port project. Badagry project targets deepwater capacity The MoU was signed in Copenhagen by Vincent Clerc, Group CEO of A. P.
