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In a Gates Notes essay, the Microsoft co-founder argues AI may equalise or deepen inequality depending on policy, not mo…

Bill Gates says choices made now will determine whether AI reduces or deepens inequality

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Technology

Bill Gates argues, in an essay published on Gates Notes, that artificial intelligence could be “the greatest e...

FAO marks 16 October under the message “Innovate today.

World Food Day 2026 promotes innovation for tomorrow's food

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Agriculture

World Food Day is observed on 16 October 2026 around the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Natio...

NATS’ preliminary report attributes the 8 September incident to a NAS defect; more than 2,000 flights were delayed, canc…

Millisecond-long software error triggered UK air-traffic disruption

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Transport

NATS has published a preliminary report on the 8 September 2026 incident: a previously unknown software defect...

James Meredith escorted at the University of Mississippi, 1962, federal archive photograph

64 years since James Meredith was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi

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Justice

On 20 September 1962, James Meredith tried to enrol at the University of Mississippi. Governor Ross Barnett, t...

3 October 2026 marks 36 years since reunification.

Germany marks 36 years of reunification: Unity Day, 3 October 2026

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History

Germany marks 36 years since reunification on Saturday 3 October 2026. German Unity Day is the only public hol...

Official day is Friday 25 September. Gatherings may be on other days too.

Macmillan Coffee Morning 2026 mobilises UK communities on 25 September

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Health

Macmillan Cancer Support marks official Coffee Morning day on Friday 25 September 2026. Hosts — in homes, scho...

Oxfam’s research says 32% of wardrobe items went unworn in a year and that 4 in 10 people in Britain wore an item only o…

Oxfam launches Second Hand September 2026 and its first State of Style report

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Environment

Oxfam GB published its first State of Style report on 1 September 2026, alongside the Second Hand September ca...

The health ministry reports 107,677 centenarians in 2026, up 7,914 on the previous year; almost 88% are women.

Japan passes 100,000 people aged 100 or older for the first time

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Society

The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan reached 107,677 in 2026, passing 100,000 for the first time, a...

The 18 September 2026 report selects evidence, humanitarian law, the MH17 inquiry and relatives’ suffering from the 9 Ju…

Eurojust examines the ECtHR judgment in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia

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Justice

Eurojust published on 18 September 2026 a report on the practical implications of the European Court of Human...

A honeybee (Apis mellifera) on oilseed rape; not an identified commercial hive

European research: wild pollinators can help but cannot simply replace honeybees

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Environment

A CORDIS analysis published on 18 September 2026 rejects the idea that the loss of honeybees would automatical...

A European headquarters; not an Open Data Maturity ranking chart

European Union proposes an updated way to assess open-data maturity

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Technology

The European Data Portal published a methodological study on 18 September 2026 on the future of the Open Data...

The European Commission building; not identifiable children

European Commission presents EU KIDS Act for a safer online environment for children

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Technology

The European Commission presented the EU KIDS Act proposal on 17 September 2026, describing it as a step towar...

NASA portrait of Sunita Williams, 31 July 2018; not the 2024 Starliner mission

61 years since the birth of astronaut Sunita Williams, a veteran of three space missions

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Science

Former NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams turns 61 on 19 September 2026. She was born in Euclid, Ohio, grew...

Italo Calvino on a bicycle; a period photograph, not Siena in 1985

41 years since the death of Italo Calvino, the writer who combined fable, history and literary experiment

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Culture

Italo Calvino died in Siena on 19 September 1985, after a cerebral haemorrhage. He was 61. Born on 15 October...

FDA White Oak campus, Building 66; a headquarters, not a box of an approved medicine

FDA Grants Priority Review to AstraZeneca Treatment for Hypophosphatasia

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Health

On 18 September the FDA granted Priority Review to the application for efzimfotase alfa, an investigational tr...

Northern spotted owl, US Forest Service photograph 1990; an archive image, not the 2026 memo

New US Legal Interpretation Reduces Protection for Endangered Animals Killed Incidentally

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Environment

In 2026 the US Fish and Wildlife Service changed how it applies “take” under the Endangered Species Act. After...

Ministry of Defence Main Building, London; not family accommodation

British Military Families Gain Greater Role in Signing Off Housing Repairs

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Defence & Security

The UK Ministry of Defence announced on 18 September 2026 a package giving military families a stronger say ov...

Hot-air balloon at sunrise over a rural Cappadocia landscape

How Can a Hot-Air Balloon Fly?

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Transport

A hot-air balloon does not rise because smoke pushes it. The principle is buoyancy: surrounding air exerts an...

The British Museum, north-east façade; a museum, not the Seated Nymph statuette

UK Temporarily Blocks Export of £4.6 Million Renaissance Sculpture

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Culture

The UK government has temporarily deferred the export licence for the bronze statuette “Seated Nymph”, attribu...

Government Offices, Great George Street, London, 2018; a building, not the HMRC app

Nearly Seven Million UK Adults Lack Information About Their State Pension

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Society

HMRC says nearly seven million UK adults — about 12.5%, from a survey of 5,206 people in February–March 2026 —...

Ceramic-glass induction hob with no pan and no flame, in a kitchen

How Does an Induction Hob Heat a Pan Without a Flame?

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Technology

Under the glass of an induction hob there is usually no flame and no glowing element that first heats the air....

Joseph Stiglitz at Cologne city hall; not the 23 September UN event

More Than 1,500 Economists Call for International Action on Extreme Inequality

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International

More than 1,500 economists and researchers from over 100 countries have signed an open letter asking leaders t...

Terraced houses in north London with a For Sale board; a residential street, not a specific sale

UK House-Price Growth Is Expected to Remain Below Inflation

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Economy

UK house prices are expected to rise 1.3% in 2026, below projected inflation, according to the median of a Reu...

The modern port of Moín, near Limón on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, not an image from 1502

524 years since Columbus’s expedition reached the coast of Costa Rica

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History

On 18 September, anniversary calendars often recall Christopher Columbus’s expedition reaching the Caribbean c...

Italy’s Economy Ministry in Rome; the building, not a bond auction

Italy Warns Its Public-Debt Burden Is Rising at an Alarming Rate

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Economy

The cost of servicing Italy’s public debt has begun to rise at “an alarming rate,” Economy Minister Giancarlo...

The Selfridges façade on Oxford Street, 2012; not the August 2026 statistics

Great Britain’s Retail Sales Rise 0.5% in August

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Economy

Retail sales volumes in Great Britain rose 0.5% in August 2026 on July, according to the Office for National S...

Condensation on a window at sunset; not a half-wiped bathroom mirror

Why Do Windows and Mirrors Fog Up?

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Science

After a hot shower, a mirror mists over. In winter a window does the same. In a car, visibility falls. In ever...

The Italian carrier Cavour in Darwin harbour, 2024; not the Red Sea mission

Italy Calls for More Ships to Protect Commercial Traffic in the Red Sea

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Transport

Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto called on Friday for a stronger naval presence in the Red Sea to escor...

Building 92 on Microsoft’s Redmond campus; not a ministry that has bought G7

Microsoft Launches Microsoft 365 G7 for Government Institutions

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Technology

Microsoft has introduced Microsoft 365 G7, a package for public institutions that ties Copilot, software-agent...

A rocky shore and ocean; not the mouth of a named river

Why Is the Ocean Salty?

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Environment

River water usually tastes almost neutral; seawater is salty. Not because rivers carry no salts, but because t...

A Jimi Hendrix memorial; not a 1970 concert photograph

56 years since the death of Jimi Hendrix, the guitarist who reshaped rock sound

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Culture

Jimi Hendrix died in London on 18 September 1970, aged 27. Born in Seattle in 1942 as Johnny Allen Hendrix and...

The Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park, New York, September 2011

15 years since the Occupy Wall Street movement began in New York

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Society

17 September 2026 marks 15 years since Occupy Wall Street began in New York’s financial district. The mobilisa...

Calendar

October 2026