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President John Dramani Mahama on October 16 commissioned four new envoys, directing Ghana’s ambassador to Israel to uphold the country’s long standing support for a two state solution while advancing labour mobility talks and sector partnerships that serve Ghana’s development needs.
The Norwegian government has proposed a temporary ban on AI enabled camera glasses in selected public and privacy sensitive locations while an expert group draws up permanent rules. The move aims to curb covert recording and set a national framework for body worn devices.
Meta on October 15 released Muse Spark Open, an 816 billion parameter open weight model the company says is optimized for coding, long horizon agentic workflows and multimodal tasks, and that can be deployed locally across linked Apple Mac Studio machines using Apple’s MLX framework.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers convenes its 87th public meeting in Bali on October 17, 2026. The six day hybrid gathering brings global policymakers, registry operators and technical communities to Indonesia as discussions on DNS abuse, domain policy and platform accountability gain renewed urgency.
On October 17, 2026, Shanghai opens its new Grand Opera House and launches the 25th China Shanghai International Arts Festival, a six week season that expands festival programming to include film related screenings, stage to screen collaborations, and industry forums affecting upcoming Chinese movies and series.
Chasing 115, India recovered from 19 for 4 to chase down Zimbabwe in 15.4 overs as Deepti Sharma's 49 and an unbeaten 39 from debutant Niki Prasad delivered a four wicket win in the series opener at Raipur.
Beijing announced a draft revision to its Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export that would add 40 technologies across artificial intelligence, biomedicine and photovoltaics, require temporary pre export registration and open the changes to public comment.
Skydance’s completion of its takeover of Warner Bros consolidates major film and TV libraries under a single company, promising scale but prompting scrutiny over jobs, creative greenlights and franchise stewardship.
Shah Rukh Khan is curating UNIFYD, a new one-day Indian music and culture festival set for March 20, 2027 at Etihad Live, Yas Island, bringing leading Hindi and Punjabi artists together for a diaspora-focused event with plans for wider expansion.
Japanese police say evidence from a recent domestic voice phishing arrest led to an international probe with Vietnamese authorities that has dismantled a money laundering network used to move stolen funds overseas and return proceeds to scam operators.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has published a new ART framework for responsible AI in banking and announced a collaboration with Cyberport and the University of Hong Kong to build an AI training data sharing platform, tying supervisory guidance to practical data access and quality controls.
The 70th BFI London Film Festival moves into its last full weekend, with a packed schedule of premieres, competition screenings and special events across London and partner venues around the UK. Organisers have confirmed the Closing Night Gala will be held on October 18, with a UK premiere headline title closing the festival.
Finnish authorities will begin sending geographically targeted emergency warnings directly to mobile phones under a new Cell Broadcast system called FI-Alert, after amendments to the emergency warnings law come into force at the start of November.
The FDA approved phentolamine ophthalmic solution 0.75% for presbyopia, expanding the existing RYZUMVI label. The decision opens a large near vision market, triggers a milestone payment to Opus Genetics and hands Viatris exclusive U.S. commercialization rights, reshaping short term revenue prospects for both firms and the competitive ophthalmics landscape.
Australia opened the Rugby League World Cup with a 24-22 win over New Zealand in a high drama opener at Sydney Football Stadium. Debutant Jack Bostock scored a hat trick to snatch victory, but late injuries and a heavy workload raised fresh questions about Australia’s preparation for the tournament.