Wed, 14 Oct 2026
Wednesday 14 October: pope's surgery and Gulf oil strikes
Pope Leo has lung cancer surgery, Saudi-Houthi strikes hit oil sites, a regional transport strike hits the Netherlands, and an OpenAI engineer is charged.
World news
Pope Leo has lung cancer, part of right lung removed
CNN | PBS | NBC Chicago
Saudi coalition hits Yemen oil sites, Houthis strike back at Aramco
Al Jazeera | France 24 | US News | Democracy Now
Passenger train derails in Pakistan
Washington Post | KSAT | Daily Times
Guilfoyle resigns as US ambassador to Greece
CBS News | Al Jazeera | ABC News
Bulgaria summons Russian ambassador after drone attack sinks ship
CNN | Arab News | Democracy Now
IMF raises world growth forecast, warns on debt and AI boom
Big US banks open earnings season, shares slip
Dutch news
Regional transport strike today, weekly strikes threatened until Christmas
NL Times | Treinreiziger | Mobiliteit.nl
Prosecutors allege terrorist intent in Pride Amsterdam arson
NL Times | Welingelichte Kringen
Three Russian gymnasts refused visas for Rotterdam Worlds
Senate scraps penalty payments for waiting asylum seekers
Cabinet again blocks sale of DigiD provider Solvinity
Israel presses Alkmaar to lift ban on Hapoel fans
IMF raises Dutch growth forecast to 1.5 percent
Albert Heijn restarts systems after cyber incident
NHG limit rises, extra loan for low energy label homes
AI news
OpenAI engineer charged over hidden recording device
AI labs differ on regulation at UK parliament hearing
Google releases Gemini 4 Argon to developers and businesses
Character.AI files for bankruptcy, Disney first bidder
Memory chip stocks fall on CXMT design claim
Quartz | Seoul Economic Daily | Invezz
Also
Dutch women beat Hungary 3-0, Slovenia next
Nature: October bird migration on Texel
On this day in 1947: Yeager breaks the sound barrier
On the agenda today
US September inflation figures at 14:30
Newsquawk | Continuum Economics