A catcher’s helmet split during a Balkan league game, prompting an urgent recall of 2,640 units sold to clubs and shops across the region. Four fixtures have been suspended as officials investigate how the equipment passed inspection.
A chart tucked inside a second-hand desk has helped launch the biggest private investment yet announced in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. A sonar survey prompted by the find confirmed a deep approach to Lowmans Bay, where developers plan a new freight terminal.
A public inquiry in Accra has exposed a gap between the number of medical deliveries claimed by Ghana’s drone network and the receipts recorded by clinics. More than one in four entries examined by The Plausible Post lacked a clinic confirmation, though the figures do not establish that every unconfirmed package failed to arrive.
South Korea has ordered the recall of 186,400 apartment heat-allocation devices after tests found they could overstate household use, threatening a ₩84 billion (about €54 million) billing dispute. The failure has turned a government-backed energy-saving scheme into a test of whether tenants can trust the charges bundled into their monthly housing fees.
A new vent has opened on Arctic Norway’s Beerenberg volcano, while a scientist who resigned on Thursday says officials withheld the most severe eruption scenarios. The first ash plume is modest, but monitoring data show accelerating unrest and forecasters warn that a larger blast could disrupt hundreds of North Atlantic flights.
A new owner of a Vienna game studio says its hit tournament title secretly gave selected teams an undisclosed tracking advantage. The discovery has thrown past finals into dispute and put a major November competition on hold.
A strike by tug crews and dock staff left only one harbour tug available when a container ship struck a gantry crane at Ghana’s Port of Tema. Two workers were treated for minor injuries, and six containers fell into the water as the country’s main seaport shut its busiest berth.
A ruling meant to restore one disputed budget line sent 11.84 billion baht into Bangkok district accounts in less than an hour. City officials say a computer system revived thousands of old spending authorisations, turning a court order into an extraordinary municipal cash release.
Seven people were hurt when a raised viewing deck partly gave way at a Lahore exhibition venue on Friday, hours after television star Rimsha Valeen announced she was joining a dance competition. Organisers said about 4,000 people came to see her; two of the injured were in serious but stable condition.
A faulty scoreboard declared a 7-0 winner in a Mamelodi football final that was still tied, sending players and supporters into a moment of bewilderment. Officials switched to handwritten records, restarted the match and watched the underdogs take the cup on penalties.
A buoy network meant to track Atlantic storms opened in Galway with its key west-coast feed missing and a live display showing calm seas. Researchers say the failure comes as Ireland faces a rising risk of exceptionally wet, damaging storms, with one forecast to approach next week.
A Brussels commercial court has ordered a broadcaster to hand 16 Belgian football clubs copies of 13 seasons of match footage, ending a dispute that left teams unable to access their own archives. Retired television director Dieter Ebermann says the ruling could return more than goals to clubs: it could restore the missing parts of their history.