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GuardianOct 1Preview

United States lined up to host first Women’s Club World Cup

LA and San Diego among favoured host cities for 2028Tournament would include nineteen teamsThe United States is poised to host the first Women’s Club World Cup in January 2028, becoming the latest in a series of major Fifa tournaments staged in North America. Discussions to take the competition to the US are at an advanced stage, with Los Angeles and San Diego among the favoured host cities.It will follow the men’s tournament, whose expanded version debuted last year, in being staged by a country that also hosted the men’s World Cup this summer. Continue reading...

Exclusive by Nick Ames and Matt HughesWomen's footballFootball

Al JazeeraOct 1Preview

Afghanistan says Pakistani airstrikes killed women and children

Afghan officials say at least nine women and children were killed and 11 people wounded by Pakistani air attacks.

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NYTOct 1Preview

Here’s Why The Times’s First Crossword Is Nearly Impossible to Solve Today

Even Will Shortz has no trouble admitting that it’s a doozy.

Anna Kaufman and Sam EzerskyCrossword PuzzlesNewspapers

GuardianOct 1Preview

First home buyers with big loans among those most at risk of falling into negative equity, RBA warns

Central bank estimates fewer than one in 100 borrowers owe more on their home than its worthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank says households are well placed to weather the twin storm of rising interest rates and falling property prices, although it says recent borrowers who have taken out big loans are most at risk of falling into negative equity.Despite a deepening property price slump concentrated in Sydney and Melbourne, the RBA’s analysis suggested that fewer than one in 100 borrowers owe more on their home than it’s worth. Continue reading...

Patrick Commins Economics editorInterest ratesReserve Bank of Australia

GuardianOct 1Preview

‘Where illegal ebikes go to die’: first bikes seized under new laws in NSW crushed

Major Sydney hospital also warns recent injuries from ebikes include fractures, internal bleeding, as well as ‘perforation of certain organs’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe first illegal ebikes seized under new laws have been crushed in New South Wales, as a major Sydney hospital has warned of a spike in trauma injuries driven by those riding under the influence.The NSW government crushed 23 ebikes at a wrecking yard in western Sydney on Thursday, turning them into scrap metal. NSW police are assessing applications for the return of an additional 13 bikes seized during a joint operation with Transport for NSW in the northern beaches in September. Continue reading...

Penry BuckleyEbikesNew South Wales

BBCOct 1Preview

Northern Ireland's young drivers first in UK to get restrictions put on new licences

Northern Ireland becomes the first part of the UK to introduce new rules for new drivers in a bid to reduce fatal road crashes involving young people.

NYTSep 30Preview

Morocco’s King Names a Female Prime Minister, in a Historic First

Morocco became the second North African country to have a woman lead the government with the selection of Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, a lawyer and politician from the centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party.

Aida Alami and Ephrat LivniPolitics and GovernmentWomen's Rights

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