The world today, and the world as it was.
Sunday, October 4, 2026
What happened in the world, in short. Every story links to the original report.
Ten people are injured, including some critically, in a motor vehicle hooning incident in Newcastle, Australia, during a Newcastle Knights procession before the NRL Grand Final. The driver is arrested at the scene. The incident is considered unintentional.
A Latitude Air Ambulance Gulfstream G100, flying from St. David's Island, Bermuda to Boston, United States, goes missing over the Atlantic Ocean with six people on board. Search operations are ongoing.
Twenty people are killed and five others are injured after a four-vehicle crash in Plateau, Nigeria.
The United States National Park Service confirms that the Hōlei Sea Arch, located on Hawaii's Big Island, has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean.
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