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Power is shifting in more places than one this weekend. Governments are testing alliances, companies are making big bets, and the postseason picture is coming into focus — all while fresh developments in science, entertainment, and aviation deserve a closer look.

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The 11-nation BRICS bloc convened in New Delhi Friday for a summit on trade, energy and cutting the world's reliance on the US dollar, with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian joining host Prime Minister Narendra Modi to represent a bloc that now spans roughly half the world's population.

Iran's president pushed to expand trade in national currencies to blunt US sanctions, while the bloc still hasn't recovered from a failed attempt in May to agree on a joint statement about the Iran war — a rift a New Delhi communiqué may struggle to paper over this time either.

The death toll from Wednesday's ferry fire off Palawan has climbed to 35, with 53 people still missing and only 43 rescued out of 134 people listed aboard the MV June Aster.

Survivors described a loud explosion followed by smoke and flames before the vessel began taking on water; most recovered remains were found in the ship's economy-class sleeping area, and the cause remains under investigation.

North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles from Wonsan that flew roughly 250 kilometers, a day after the US, South Korea and Japan wrapped a five-day "Freedom Edge" joint military drill that Pyongyang had condemned.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs detected the launch and convened an emergency security meeting, while US Pacific Command said the missiles posed no immediate threat to American territory or allies.

Sweden's election Sunday is on a knife's edge, with the left-wing bloc holding a narrow 50.8%-47.6% lead over PM Ulf Kristersson's coalition, which has promised the hard-right Sweden Democrats cabinet posts if it wins.

Reform UK received a record £36 million donation from crypto billionaire Ben Delo, the largest single gift ever made to a British political party.

Israeli forces this week demolished an underground Hezbollah complex beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, a hilltop that has anchored months of cross-border fighting.

A federal jury in Los Angeles acquitted Lil Durk on all five felony counts Friday, clearing him of the murder-for-hire charge in a 2022 gas-station ambush, though he stays in custody for a second trial starting October 5.

Pasadena firefighters are inhaling an antioxidant that their own union warns could be risky, after crews reported fast relief from coughs and fatigue following the Eaton Fire that killed 19 people.

Arizona sued L'Oreal this week, alleging the cosmetics giant marketed chemical hair relaxers without disclosing cancer risks, joining a widening wave of state and consumer suits aimed at the beauty industry.

Larry Ellison filed a plan to sell up to 50 million Oracle shares worth roughly $7.5 billion at current prices, having never sold more than 25,000 at a time since 2000, with the stock down about 20% this year.

Tesla is finally bringing its long-delayed Semi to Europe, posting specs and launch plans on X as it tries to muscle into a freight market dominated by Daimler, Volvo, and MAN.

The US Export-Import Bank loaned $99.6 million to Africell, the only US-owned cell network in Africa, explicitly framed as countering Huawei's dominance of the continent's telecom infrastructure.

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AstraZeneca's camizestrant missed in a pivotal trial, falling short of standard treatment on progression-free survival in advanced breast cancer, weeks after the drug won accelerated US approval as Etcamah.

Rocket Lab filed a formal protest this week challenging NASA's decision to award Blue Origin a $700 million Mars orbiter contract, arguing the selection overlooked cheaper and more mature alternatives already flying missions.

Amazon is seeking approval to expand its drone deliveries across all of Darlington, England, after completing more than 500 flights in a trial with a best delivery time of 39 minutes.

Milwaukee clinched a playoff spot by battering Cincinnati 20-0, Garrett Mitchell hitting the Brewers' first grand slam of the season among four homers on a night that moved the club to 92-56.

Junior Caminero ended it with a walk-off two-run homer in the ninth, sending Tampa Bay to the playoffs 3-1 over Houston as the first team in the majors to clinch.

Ben Shelton fired 20 aces past Frances Tiafoe in a four-set semifinal at Ashe, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5, ending Tiafoe's third US Open semifinal run in five years.

Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky this week welcomed their first child together, the Oscar-winning singer and the tech entrepreneur confirmed, capping a whirlwind year of touring and engagement news.

Gary Oldman says HBO's "Harry Potter" series will satisfy fans more than the movies because it will run pretty much word-for-word, after the films cut "a lot of character detail."

Sony's biggest PS5 exclusive of the year arrives Tuesday carrying an 18 rating, a real gamble on Wolverine from the studio whose Spider-Man games have sold 50 million copies.

What it is: Investigators are turning to 21 Air, the small North Carolina cargo carrier whose Boeing 767 overran the runway at Miami International last Sunday, killing five ground workers. The plane came in at roughly 180 mph and ran 1,300 feet past the runway's end — and the two pilots at the controls had a combined five months and 18 months of certification on the aircraft type.

The detail: A former pilot-union president said of the crash, "we anticipated and we feared it." A 2021 internal memo from a departing safety director at the airline alleged company leadership gave safety only "lip service" — five years before the fatal crash, not five days.

Why it matters: 21 Air is one of a handful of small contract carriers that Amazon and DHL lean on to move packages overnight, often with less public scrutiny and thinner margins than major passenger airlines. A years-old internal warning going unheeded, paired with a cockpit crew still building experience on the aircraft type, points to a staffing and training pipeline strained by rapid e-commerce growth.

What to watch: Whether NTSB investigators substantiate the 2021 memo's claims as a pattern rather than a one-off complaint, and whether regulators respond by tightening oversight of small cargo contractors the way passenger carriers are scrutinized.

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A Hillsborough County deputy adopted a kitten rescued mid-"foot pursuit" from a busy Tampa interstate, after spotting the frightened animal huddled by a concrete wall along I-275.

New York's "Baklava Guy" turned a post-Knicks-game pastry joke into a $20,000-a-month business, handing out free syrup-soaked squares to strangers in parks until strangers started paying.

An Oviedo, Florida man was arrested for indecent exposure after deputies found him wearing only a G-string and sneakers in a Target parking lot, with women's underwear and sex toys discovered in his car.

Prehistoric cave paintings are discovered at Lascaux, France (1940) · President John F. Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University (1962) · Emperor Haile Selassie is deposed in a military coup in Ethiopia (1974) · Anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in South African police custody (1977)

"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." — John F. Kennedy

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