# NuseReal
Miscellaneous news
World Soccer Cup 2026 and aftermath
EU removes Panama from tax haven blacklist after the country reformed a "harmful" regime of exemptions for foreign-source income (ground news LINK) — 9 October 2026
AI companies plot for "the day after" catastrophic event — most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water (LINK) — 9 October 2026
US: Christa Pike, who survived an execution attempt, is discharged from hospital and back to prison, attorney says (LINK) — 10 October 2026
ArsTechnica: Outrage grows as US Centers for Disease Control reportedly poised to fund "unethical" vaccine trial on alleged harms of hepatitis B vaccine (LINK) — 9 October 2026
— Trial would expose newborns in Guinea-Bissau to hepatitis B, putting them at high risk of a lifelong infection, which can lead to liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, and premature death. The trial was suspended in January after its unethical design came to light and drew international outcry. Although the trial is still halted, staff of the CDC director's office told the agency's budget office in late September to set aside $1.6 million to fund the trial, according to a report by Rolling Stone. The money was to be pulled from funding for the CDC's global health security programs, which might otherwise go toward efforts like combating the Ebola outbreak currently raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
South Africa withdraws asylum directive removing barriers that prevented some migrants from applying for asylum, including those who entered South Africa irregularly, after anti-migrant violence (ground news LINK) — 9 October 2026
Malaysia closes schools in several states, territories due to haze (ground news LINK) — 9 October 2026
Former German spy chief had contacts with Chinese official, Spiegel reports: his lawyer denied August Hanning, who has been placed under arrest for suspected espionage, had damaged German interests and said he was being wrongfully prosecuted (LINK) — 9 October 2026
— Hanning was detained on suspicion of sharing information from confidential documents provided by his former chief of staff with foreign intelligence agents. The alleged activities took place after his retirement, when he worked as an independent security consultant.
The three winners of this year's Swiss cheese awards: La Guignarde for its hard cheese Gruyère d'alpage AOP, Fromagerie de la Suze for its Tête de Moine AOP semi-hard cheese, and Fromagerie Fleurette in Rougemont for its Tomme Fleurette soft cheese (LINK) — 9 October 2026
Anthropic AI model submitted false Philadelphia homicide tip in July through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a public website where people can share information about unsolved killings: police department called Anthropic's two-month delay in detecting and reporting the incident "unacceptable" (LINK) — 9 October 2026
Dow Jones futures rise after AI stocks tumble on underwhelming OpenAI revenue news: SpaceX hammers wireless rivals (LINK) — 9 October 2026
— OpenAI told investors that it saw $50 billion in annualized revenue at the end of September. A $68 billion figure was widely reported last month.
— Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, plans to buy significant wireless spectrum, bolstering its Starlink service. The news slammed shares of wireless giants Verizon Communications, AT&T and T-Mobile US in after-hours action, while also hitting AST SpaceMobile.
