A free health-screening day in Amman drew six times its planned turnout, leaving 87 people treated for heat exhaustion and dozens of volunteer organisers briefly detained. City officials said a barrier failure and a blocked exit turned a neighbourhood service project into a public-safety incident.
A rail upgrade crew arriving weeks early has left the North Macedonian border town of Gevgelija short of 286 beds. In a surprise turn, landlords and long-term tenants locked in a housing dispute are now helping find rooms for the visiting workers.
A record-setting Italian study of AI washing machines counted recycled rinse water as fresh-water savings, an audit has found. The report also says the research lab failed to disclose €240,000 (about $263,000) in support from online retailer Aurelia Market, which sold the machines tested.
A feed barge ran aground on Lake Inari, exposing a water shortage far worse than officials had reported across northern Finland, Sweden and Norway. An audit says missing river readings were repeatedly replaced with old figures as scientists warn of a fourth failed growing season in 2027.
A streaming fault pushed a private rehearsal clip featuring 89-year-old screen star Evelyn Mai Senn to millions of accounts in China on Friday. The recording revealed her plan to return to acting — and her refusal to let a studio use a digital double in her place.
A public hearing has traced last week’s sudden shift of a floating walkway at Durban’s Point waterfront to an anchoring error on a curved section. A mathematician whose online explanation helped clarify the geometry says the calculation was sound — but the diagram was not.
A public map that promised quick access to urgent care sent thousands of Danish patients toward clinics whose waiting rooms were already packed. Its operator says a timing fault froze queue estimates, setting off a furious dispute over who was responsible for the detours.
A Swiss audit has found that 23,180 rural homes listed as ready for fibre broadband still cannot order a connection, escalating a long-running fight between two rival providers. A satellite company has responded with a free-service offer, while the disputed rollout faces a freeze on 48 million Swiss francs in public funding.
A new Moroccan law could force a Casablanca exhibition to document the origins and permissions behind every textile on display — or pull the costumes before its opening. Experts warn that the rules, which took effect on 1 October, could make large fashion and design shows too risky to mount.
A new study of Swedish sports-club elections has traced a knife-edge vote in 2018 to a player who is still guarding the same goal at 50. Yasmin Sachdeva says she went to the meeting for one practical reason: keeping her team close to home.
A civic budgeting game drew an unprecedented 187,420 verified votes in Brussels and activated a legal promise to direct €38 million (about $44 million) to local projects. The minister responsible stunned colleagues by resigning after the result, then the regional government agreed to honour it in full.
Mexican screen star Vera Solano says she has called off her 52-million-peso wedding and will sell 2.4 million litres of petrol at cost after Hurricane Bruna disrupted supplies in Veracruz. Her pledge has drawn huge attention — and a sharp dispute over what “at cost” actually means.