October 2026

the United List

Latvia First came second with 13.1 per cent and 17 seats; the Greens and Farmers Union fell short of the five per cent threshold with 4.4 per cent. Turnout was only 51.8 per cent.

💡 Did you know? That was the lowest turnout ever recorded in a Latvian parliamentary election.

Anne Carson

The announcement came on a Thursday, three days after the Medicine prize and one day before the Peace prize.

💡 Did you know? The Economics prize followed on 12 October and went to Robert Hall and Michael Woodford.

Doha

China topped the medal table with 169 gold medals, ahead of Japan with 83 and South Korea with 39.

💡 Did you know? The Games ended on a Sunday, 4 October.

optogenetics

Deisseroth works in the United States, Hegemann and Nagel in Germany. The Nobel announcements run through the first full week of October, with Medicine first.

💡 Did you know? Researchers use the method to study how nerve cells shape memories and behaviour.

Navi Pillay

The Norwegian Nobel Committee made the announcement in Oslo.

💡 Did you know? The prize was announced on a Friday.

Vincent Luis

In the women's race the American Taylor Knibb won in 8:36:29 after the defending champion dropped out.

💡 Did you know? For the first time since 2019, men and women raced on the Kona course at the same time.

Amos Kipruto

Hawi Feysa won the women's race in 2:13:33, also a personal best, and Catherine Debrunner set a wheelchair world record of 1:33:16.

💡 Did you know? Marcel Hug won the men's wheelchair race in 1:21:34, a course record.

Phobos

The Martian Moons eXploration mission lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center and targets both Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos.

💡 Did you know? From launch to the return of the capsule, about five years pass.

Armenia

Sixteen countries competed at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali.

💡 Did you know? It was the 24th edition of the contest.

Street Fighter

The previous weekend's number one, Other Mommy, slipped to third place with $8.2 million.

💡 Did you know? Four of the top five films that weekend were new releases.

Kimi Antonelli

He did not yet clinch the world title: at the next race in Mexico he needs just two points, a ninth place.

💡 Did you know? After the Singapore race on 11 October, won by Max Verstappen, he led the standings with 340 points ahead of George Russell on 238.

Lula da Silva

In the first round on 4 October Flávio Bolsonaro had still led by 47.03 to 45.16 per cent. Lula then gained more than ten million votes compared with the first round.

💡 Did you know? Bolsonaro initially refused to accept the result and said he would challenge it.

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About 7.3 million Israelis were eligible to vote. In interim results with just over 66 per cent counted, Netanyahu's bloc stood at 56 seats and the alliance around Gadi Eisenkot at 48; a majority needs 61 of 120 seats.

💡 Did you know? The official final result is expected eight days after the vote, and soldiers' ballots are counted later.

Patrick Stewart

His spokesperson named Alzheimer's disease as the cause of death, and he also had Lewy body dementia. On stage he played Claudius and Macbeth, among others, and performed a one-man version of A Christmas Carol.

💡 Did you know? With Ian McKellen he appeared on stage in Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Pinter's No Man's Land.

the Milwaukee Brewers

Milwaukee lost only two games in the entire postseason: Game 3 of the Division Series against the San Diego Padres and Game 4 of the World Series against the Rays.

💡 Did you know? In the fifth inning a single by David Hamilton brought shortstop Cooper Pratt home.