Chinese sci-fi, digital cultural IPs shine at Worldcon in California

09-03

'Nobody will replace him': Argentina fans react to news of Messi's retirement

Football fans in Buenos Aires reacted with shock and sadness on Monday to the news that Argentina superstar Lionel Messi is retiring from international football.

09-02 https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/01/nobody-will-replace-him-argentina-fans-react-to-news-of-messis-retirement/

Practice Is the Sole Criterion for Testing Robots! DEEP Robotics' Six Industry Product Lines Make Their First Complete Debut at WRC 2026

08-25

Disabled man ‘booted off’ flight after dispute over his wheelchair aid

A man was removed from a flight over his wheelchair aid (Picture: Shane Hryhorec) A wheelchair user was removed from his flight home over a disability aid after an ‘undignified’ confrontation with

08-19 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/18/disabled-man-booted-off-flight-dispute-wheelchair-aid-29406487/

Man rescued alive after 15 days trapped in pitch-black underwater cave

Erasto Crisanto Valdez disappeared for 15 days in a cenote sinkhole in San Fransisco La Paz, a small rural community in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.

08-18 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/17/man-rescued-alive-15-days-trapped-pitch-black-underwater-cave-29394491/

At least one dead after Hurricane Lala lashes Hawaii with 91mph winds

'Stay home, stay sheltered, stay safe!'

08-17 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/16/one-dead-hurricane-lala-lashes-hawaii-91mph-winds-29388960/

UK warned it ‘doesn’t have the firepower’ to stop Russia seizing ships

Multiple defence planners have revealed that they are concerned about potential Russian 'hijackings' of British ships in the Indo-Pacific.

08-17 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/14/uk-warned-doesnt-firepower-stop-russia-seizing-ships-29375540/

Man, 27, attacked by shark and evacuated off boat near the Irish coast

'It ripped part of my calf off.'

08-13 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/13/man-27-injured-shark-bite-ireland-thought-im-going-die-29365985/

Monk arrested after ‘stabbing preacher with box cutter in a monastery’

A worker also had his throat slashed.

08-10 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/08/monk-arrested-stabbing-preacher-box-cutter-a-monastery-29330318/

Baby found alive beside parents’ bodies in field after US deportation

Nixon Giovanni Perez was deported from the US last year while Glendy Marisol Gonzalez self-deported to be with her family (Picture: The Perez Family)

08-07 https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/06/baby-found-alive-beside-parents-bodies-field-us-deportation-29312483/