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Nepal to Soon Declare 5,000 Missing People Dead, Enabling Family Support and Inheritance More than a month and a half after the massive floods in Nepal, the Nepali government is drastically shortening the waiting period to declare some 5,000 missing persons legally dead, paving the way for official death declarations soon. SBS Oct 10, 2026 3:50 PM

Anthropic's AI Generates Fake Police Tip, Discovered Months Later According to Reuters and AFP on the 9th local time, the Philadelphia Police Department announced that a false tip generated by Anthropic's AI model was submitted to "Philly Unsolved Murders," a website collecting tips related to cold murder cases in its jurisdiction. SBS Oct 10, 2026 3:16 PM

Zelenskyy Slams US-Russia Diesel Deal, Calls It Putin's 'Birthday Gift' Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on the 9th local time that he had reached an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply large-scale Russian diesel to the U.S. SBS Oct 10, 2026 11:54 AM

US Defense Department's Plan to Live Stream Mass Shooter's Execution Sparks Backlash: 'Abhorrent' Department of Defense's plan to live stream the execution of a mass shooter at a U.S. SBS Oct 10, 2026 11:47 AM

Anthropic to Block Users for 'AI Abuse'..."Conversations Ended After Sustained Mistreatment" According to the BBC on the 9th , Anthropic revised its usage policy the previous day to allow conversations to be terminated if users engage in "abusive or cruel behavior" toward the AI. SBS Oct 10, 2026 11:45 AM

US State Department on South Korea-US Intelligence Cooperation: 'Expect Appropriate Handling of Intelligence and Counterintelligence Matters' Rumors of friction between South Korean and US intelligence authorities emerged after it became known that South Korea's National Intelligence Service was unable to attend a trilateral working group meeting of South Korea, the US, and Japan held in Washington last June to counter North Korean cyber threats, following a request from the US side. SBS Oct 10, 2026 11:44 AM

Takaichi Expresses "Deep Concern" Over US ICC Sanctions, Vows Support for Court In a message posted on social media today , Prime Minister Takaichi stated, "Japan consistently values the rule of law in the international community and supports the ICC in fulfilling its role," adding, "This measure does not align with Japan's consistent stance, and I express deep concern." This message was posted shortly after the Trump administration announced high-intensity sanctions against the ICC, which came right after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge. SBS Oct 10, 2026 11:42 AM

"Boom" - 3 Killed, Including Pilot... Trump Steps Back for Now The situation in the Middle East is worsening by the day. As missiles hit an airport in Saudi Arabia and oil tankers are successively attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, international oil prices are surging. SBS Oct 10, 2026 11:30 AM

"Are We Iran?" Backlash Mounts Over Plan to Livestream Mass Shooter's Execution Department of Defense's plan to livestream the execution of a military base mass shooter. SBS Oct 10, 2026 11:30 AM

Following Leavitt, Trump Selects Zacchia as New Press Secretary: "Loyal from the Beginning" US President Donald Trump has appointed conservative media commentator Katie Zacchia as the new White House Press Secretary. SBS Oct 10, 2026 11:17 AM