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Hockey collégial : trois points dans les bagages

Les deux équipes de hockey du Cégep de Rimouski ont ramené trois points sur une possibilité de huit de leur fin de semaine sur la route.

Les Pionniers en ont mérité deux à la suite de leur victoire, samedi face aux Vulkins à Victoriaville, par la marque de 5-4, en prolongation, grâce au but de Loukaya Arsenault, son deuxième du match. Emmanuel Gagnon, Émile Vachon et Samuel Dunn ont aussi marqué. La victoire va au dossier du gardien, Justin Mercure.

Dimanche à Limoilou, ce fut un revers de 3-1 face aux Titans. Maxence Bouchard a le but des Pionniers dont le filet était de nouveau défendu par Mercure (33 arrêts sur 35 lancers)

« Un bon effort de groupe, samedi. Nous avons appliqué le plan de match et avons été engagés pendant une grande partie du match. Nous sommes demeurés calmes dans les moments plus difficiles. C’était notre première victoire en plus de deux ans contre Victoriaville, disons qu’elle a fait le plus grand bien. Dimanche, un lent départ nous a fait mal. Nous avons oublié de nous présenter en première période et malheureusement, malgré un bien meilleur effort pour les 40 dernières minutes, nous n’avons pas réussi à revenir dans le match. C’est une situation récurrente, nous devrons trouver des façons d’être prêt dès le début des matchs », explique Nicholas Duchesne. 

Pionnières

Pendant ce temps, les Pionnières ont perdu deux fois à Trois-Rivières, 3-2 en prolongation, et 4-1.

Samedi, elles sont revenues de l’arrière avec deux buts en troisième période, ceux de et Lili-Pier Fournier et Ylia Trempe pour créer l’égalité. Laurence Charest a bloqué 39 des 42 rondelles en sa direction pour aider son équipe à récolter un point de classement.  

« Nous avons connu un bon match et fait preuve de caractère pour revenir de l’arrière 0-2 en troisième période. Une bonne sortie de nos joueuses, ce qui augurait bien pour dimanche », a commenté Jean-François Duchesne.

Le lendemain, Océlia Cotton-Blanchette a le seul but dans le revers. Ariel Fortin a repoussé 25 rondelles. Les Pionnières ont maintenant un dossier de 0-3-2-1 en six parties pour trois points. 

« Un match à oublier. Le congé de la mi-session va faire du bien avec une semaine de repos avant de revenir en force à la maison, le dimanche 25 octobre », mentionne l’entraineur-chef. 

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NFL roundup: Daniels’ overtime blunder costs Commanders as Giants salvage wild 27-27 tie

Par : Agencies

Jayden Daniels took off on an ill-advised scramble in the closing seconds of overtime with the Commanders in field-goal range, and Washington were unable to stop the clock before time expired, settling for a 27-27 tie with the New York Giants on Sunday after both teams made critical mistakes in the extra period.

Washington (1-3-1) got the ball with two minutes left in overtime when Daron Payne stripped the ball from Cam Skattebo with the Giants in range for a game-winning field goal. Daniels quickly moved the Commanders to the Giants’ 24-yard line, but with 12 seconds left and Washington out of timeouts, he held on to the ball and went down for no gain. Washington lined up to spike the ball, but the clock ticked down to zero and coach Dan Quinn ripped off his headset in disgust.

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Kyrie Irving returns from 20-month injury layoff with vintage display in Macau

Par : Agencies
  • Mavericks star dazzles in return from ACL tear

  • Irving scores 17 points in Dallas’s 132-115 win

  • Dusty May hails nine-time All-Star as an ‘artist’

Kyrie Irving waited nearly 600 days for his return to the NBA. The Dallas Mavericks didn’t keep him waiting any longer for his welcome-back basket.

Irving scored a reverse layup on the game’s opening possession on Sunday night, setting the tone for a team-high 17 points in the Mavericks’ 132-115 pre-season win over the Houston Rockets in Macau.

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Saudi and Yemeni Airports Hit in New Round of Strikes

At least one person was killed in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, kingdom authorities said. The Houthis said Saudi aircraft hit the Yemeni capital’s airport.

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49ers edge Seahawks, Jaguars stun Eagles and Packers thrash Bears: NFL week five – as it happened

The unbeaten 49ers edged the Super Bowl champion Seahawks 32-29 after the Packers thrashed the Bears 31-7 in week five of the NFL

TOUCHDOWN! Bengals 7-0 Dolphins 14:03, 1st quarter

J Burrow to M Gesicki for four yards

J Croskey-Merritt 33 yard rush

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‘I lost us that game’: Sirianni rues blunder as Jaguars stun Eagles in London

Par : Agencies

Cam Little grew up playing soccer and watching Premier League games every weekend. So lining up a game-winning kick for the Jaguars in London was something special.

Little connected from 57 yards as time expired and Jacksonville beat the Philadelphia Eagles 19-17 in a wild finish at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.

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NFL today: How to watch 49ers v Seahawks, TV channels & live stream Sunday 11 October

How will the Seahawks and 49ers fare today? Here is what to know, including kick-off time, TV channels and live stream options

Last winter, two games between the 49ers and Seahawks decided the shape of the NFL season. The two teams played each other in the Bay Area on the last weekend of the regular season, and Seattle’s win secured the NFC West and homefield advantage when the teams met later in the NFC divisional playoffs. Seattle’s advantage only got more lopsided at home, and a 41-6 win proved to be the launching pad that sent the Seahawks flying through the rest of the playoffs, ending with a Super Bowl victory. The Niners watched from home.

Now they meet again in one of the most anticipated games of the 2026 season to date. The 49ers take an unbeaten record on the road against a 3-1 Seattle team who have kept the train on the tracks despite Sam Darnold getting hurt early in Week 1 and missing a game. Whoever wins here will claim divisional favorite status as we move into the second quarter of the season, and they’ll also give themselves a good shot to claim a head-to-head tiebreaker that may be important in the league’s most competitive division.

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Taylor Knibb wins Ironman world title after leader collapses in dramatic Kona finish

  • Knibb overtakes Norwegian rival in final kilometer

  • Defending champion Løvseth collapses while leading

  • France’s Vincent Luis wins men’s title on Kona debut

American triathlete Taylor Knibb has won her first Hawaiian Ironman world title after one of the most dramatic finishes in race history.

With a mile left, Norwegian defending champion Solveig Løvseth led Knibb by more than a minute and looked rock-solid, having taken the lead from her inside the final 10km of the 42.2km marathon run.

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Saudi Arabia Has Few Options as Houthis Aim at Heart of Its Ambitions

Three deadly attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on an airport in the Saudi capital underscored the asymmetrical nature of their conflict with the kingdom.

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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Paris in August. Houthi strikes on the Saudi capital, Riyadh, have cast a shadow on his efforts to transform the kingdom into a global hub for business and tourism.
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Hockey senior : Mont-Joli l’emporte en présaison sur Causapscal

Les Excavations Léon Chouinard ont bien entamé leur préparation pour la saison 2026-2027 en remportant son premier match préparatoire par la marque de 6-3 sur le Bar Laser de Causapscal, samedi soir (10 octobre), devant 520 spectateurs à l’Amphithéâtre Desjardins de Mont-Joli.

Le capitaine Karel Pelletier a alimenté ses coéquipiers en amassant quatre mentions d’aide.

Samuel Bouque et Maxim Pelletier avec chacun un doublé, Trystan Tremblay et Anthony Roy ont inscrit les buts des Excavations Léon Chouinard. La réplique appartient à Marc-Antoine Lévesque (2) et Pier-Olivier Michaud.

Les gardiens Alexandre Lauzier et Olivier Gauthier se sont séparés le travail devant le filet des Excavations Léon Chouinard face à Jean-Christophe Parent et Vincent Morin.

Les deux équipes se retrouveront, le 30 octobre, au Centre sportif Gérard-Duchaine de Causapscal.

Mont-Joli entamera ensuite sa campagne devant ses partisans, le 6 novembre, face aux Castors Côté Automobile de Matane.

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Williams strikes out 12 as Guardians blank White Sox to complete ALDS comeback

Par : Agencies
  • Williams fans 12 as Cleveland win decisive Game 5

  • Ramírez’s two-run homer provides only scoring

  • Guardians to face Rays for place in World Series

Gavin Williams struck out 12, José Ramírez homered on a pitch just above home plate and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Saturday night to complete a comeback from a 2-0 deficit in their best-of-five American League Division Series.

Cleveland open the American League Championship Series at Tampa Bay on Monday night, seeking their first World Series appearance since 2016. The Guardians/Indians franchise have not won the title since 1948, the longest drought among MLB teams.

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Oklahoma stun No 1 Texas as Sandell’s last-second kick seals Red River upset

Par : Agencies
  • Sandell’s 47-yard kick seals 27-24 upset in Dallas

  • Sooners overcome offensive struggles to stun Texas

  • Manning throws three TDs but two costly picks

Tate Sandell kicked a 47-yard field goal on the final play and Oklahoma overcame their continued offensive ineptness with touchdowns on special teams and defense in a 27-24 win over No 1 Texas in the Red River rivalry game on Saturday.

The Sooners (3-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) beat a No 1 team for the first time since a 38-17 win over Missouri in 2007. They had been 0-4-1 when facing a top-ranked Texas team.

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Ukraine, long keeping its weapons at home, now lets 18 arms makers export, approving over 90% of more than 400 applications

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Ukraine, which long kept its weapons at home, is now clearing its arms makers to sell abroad. Its Commission on Export Control has granted 18 Ukrainian companies permission to send their finished weapons abroad and has processed more than 400 export applications, with over 90% approved, the National Security and Defense Council says, citing commission head Davyd Aloian.

Ukraine now produces far more weapons than it can afford, with defense production growing from about $1 billion a year at the start of the invasion to a projected $55 billion in 2026.

The exports are reportedly conducted under the Drone Deals framework that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy unveiled in April, which allows controlled sales of surplus weapons to partner countries while the Defense Ministry and General Staff retain first claim to everything the front needs. Some categories already run up to 50% beyond what Ukraine can use or finance.

From a stalled commission to 18 approvals

The commission’s work had been halting. It resumed in February after an eight-month freeze and issued the first permits then, and its updated membership has been working since, Aloian notes.

Building partnerships abroad

Aloian framed the goal as scaling Ukrainian technology rather than one-off deals. The state wants domestic producers to expand abroad while partners get working solutions, he says, and is open to dialogue with the defense industry to fix problems as they arise.

Earlier, an industry group that represents more than 400 companies warned in September that the mechanism was choking. A new 20-to-30% fee on export permits priced Ukrainian goods out of the market, it said, and a joint-production program had stalled with hundreds of foreign bids pending.

Euromaidan Press cannot verify whether the Commission on Export Control has taken the issue into consideration.

The council recently met a UK Defense Ministry delegation to discuss closer cooperation, including a Drone Deal, an anti-ballistic coalition, and joint production, Aloian adds. Reaching foreign markets enables producers to attract new orders and investment, scale up, and build long-term partnerships.

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USWNT exposed by ruthless Spain as early goals settle heavyweight friendly

  • Guijarro and Navarro score in opening 14 minutes

  • US midfield and defensive lapses exposed by Spain

  • Yohannes misses penalty as US fightback falls short

In less than a year’s time, the United States and Spain will almost certainly arrive in Brazil as the top two contenders to win the Women’s World Cup. Spain, holders of the top spot in Fifa’s rankings for the past 60 weeks, are the defending champions; the second-ranked US won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

This month’s pair of friendlies between the two sides are taking place with caveats. Both sides are missing several of their most important players to injuries. The opening match in Brazil is 258 days away. Spain have booked their place, but the US still have to actually qualify for the World Cup, through a regional tournament that begins next month.

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Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airport Attacked Again, After Days of Houthi Strikes

The strike on Saturday was the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February, and forced the airport to temporarily suspend operations.

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LeBron James is everything Philadelphia wants. And everything it can’t stand | Bryan Armen Graham

The sports-mad city has embraced its new superstar, even as he choppers in from Manhattan and makes no secret of the fact that Philly was never his first choice

Philadelphia has always had an instinctive affinity with athletes who embrace the grind over the glamour. In a place where sports mean a little too much, commitment has traditionally counted for more than celebrity. What it demands above all, sometimes unreasonably, is the sense that they have bought in, that the city and its fortunes matter to them as much as they do to the people who devote their lives to backing its teams.

Few embodied that ethic more completely than Lane Johnson, the Eagles’ revered right tackle and best player for more than a decade, who abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday after 14 seasons, two Super Bowl titles and a career spent neutralizing some of the most freakish physical specimens to walk the earth. Johnson’s quotidian greatness on the offensive line was almost perversely workmanlike. According to Pro Football Focus, he allowed just 10 sacks across close to 7,000 pass-blocking snaps in the last 13 years, going entire seasons without letting his man bring down the quarterback. The Eagles won nearly two-thirds of their games when he played and lost nearly two-thirds when he didn’t.

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Post-its, homework breaks and karaoke: inside the Women’s Pro Baseball League’s debut season

The first league of its kind in 70 years brought players from all around the world to Illinois for eight weeks, writing a new chapter in the history of women’s sports

On the morning of 14 September, Rocky Henley sat at her rental home’s dining room table amid scattered rulebooks, colorful markers and graph paper. The New York Heights manager drew a chart on a large poster – her method of sketching plays for the evening’s playoff game. Her assistant manager, Jackson, trudged in from the kitchen in flannel pajama pants and a Heights hoodie and watched her work. He also happens to be her son.

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‘I’m supposed to be here’: Angel Reese’s road from ridicule to the WNBA finals

After years of mockery and doubts about her game, Reese has helped carry Atlanta to the WNBA’s biggest stage. Her critics might want to start forming an apology queue

A lot of folks owe Angel Reese an apology after Friday night. They should probably form an orderly queue.

Not that the bad-faith take merchants who have spent three years gleefully circulating her missed layups, likening her occasionally awkward footwork to “Bambi on ice” and marveling at the supposed comic genius of “mebounds” are likely to join it. The right-wing culture warriors who turned one of the WNBA’s most naturally gifted rebounders into a joke were never particularly interested in an honest assessment of her basketball abilities. But after Friday the punchline has never worn thinner.

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Basketball : les Pionniers accueillent une équipe de la USCAA

L’équipe de basketball des Pionniers du Cégep de Rimouski accueillera, ce samedi 10 octobre, les Bengals de l’University of Maine at Fort Kent (UMFK). Cette équipe évolue dans la United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), soit l’équivalent de NCAA division 3.

Il s’agit d’un match présaison pour l’équipe rimouskoise qui entamera sa saison régulière de 14 matchs le samedi 17 octobre.

« C’est vraiment un haut calibre de basketball et ce sont des joueurs qui sont plus âgés que ceux de notre équipe. Ça nous permet, avant le début de notre saison, d’avoir un dernier défi de taille pour que nos joueurs puissent compétitionner le plus possible avec une équipe de haut niveau », mentionne l’entraîneur-chef des Pionniers du Cégep de Rimouski, Olivier Collin.

Un duel entre les deux équipes avait également eu lieu la saison dernière à Edmundston, au Nouveau-Brunswick. L’UMFK profite de son passage au Canada pour affronter d’autres formations.

« Ils ont joué contre l’Université de Moncton et après le match contre nous, ils vont aller affronter l’Université Laval. On voit que c’est une équipe qui va compétitionner à un niveau supérieur au nôtre, mais nous ne voyons que des avantages à se confronter à autant d’adversité avant le début de la saison », explique l’entraîneur.

Ce dernier a l’intention de travailler différents aspects du jeu de son équipe pendant cette partie historique, dont la gestion des émotions et la discipline.

« Il y a aussi le fait d’être capable de suivre un plan de match même quand c’est plus difficile. Quand nous avons des matchs préparatoires contre des équipes un peu moins organisées, nous pouvons avoir l’impression que tout va bien et que nos plans de match fonctionnent. Contre de meilleures équipes, avec la pression qu’ils vont mettre et le gabarit des joueurs, ça va nous apprendre à rencontrer l’adversité. »

Ouvert à tous

Olivier Collin invite les spectateurs à assister gratuitement à la partie qui sera présentée au PEPS du Cégep de Rimouski, à 15 h.

« Nous voulions l’offrir au public. C’est la première fois qu’une équipe des États-Unis vient jouer à Rimouski. C’est un événement qui a un caractère exceptionnel. Toute la communauté est invitée, autant les plus jeunes amateurs de basketball que les plus vieux. Nous sommes très contents d’accueillir une équipe comme ça à Rimouski pour notre équipe, mais aussi pour le basketball en général. »

L’équipe des Pionniers est composée de 15 joueurs principalement du Bas-Saint-Laurent, dont neuf sont des recrues.

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Ukrainian Drones Close Moscow Airports as Putin Flies Back to Russia

Government planes reported to be carrying the Russian president and his aides home from Turkmenistan were forced to circle or divert to another city.

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A photo released by state media on Friday showing President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Turkmenbashi.
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Hockey senior : match préparatoire et début de saison à Mont-Joli

Les Excavations Léon Chouinard de Mont-Joli entameront leur saison 2026-2027 dans la Ligue de hockey senior de l’Est-du-Québec devant leurs partisans, le 6 novembre, en recevant les Castors Côté Automobile de Matane.

La troupe de Mike Abud affrontera les champions en titre de la Ligue de hockey senior de l’Est-du-Québec, à 20 h 30, à l’Amphithéâtre Desjardins.

Mont-Joli recevra de nouveau Matane, le 29 novembre, les Corsaires de Forillon, le 5 et le 19 décembre, les Vikings du Rocher, le 20 décembre, ainsi que le Bar Laser de Causapscal, le 30 janvier et le 13 février.

Sur la route, les Excavations Léon Chouinard effectueront deux voyages en Gaspésie pour jouer contre Forillon et Le Rocher, les 14 et 15 novembre, ainsi que les 23 et 24 janvier, en plus de visiter Matane, le 12 décembre et le 5 février, et Causapscal, le 6 février.

En 2026-2027, chacun des cinq formations de la Ligue de hockey senior de l’Est-du-Québec disputeront 14 rencontres en saison régulière.

Mont-Joli jouera aussi un match préparatoire à domicile, ce samedi 10 octobre, à 18 h 30, contre le Bar Laser, à l’Amphithéâtre Desjardins.

Plusieurs vétérans se mêleront aux jeunes qui tentent de mériter un poste au sein des Excavations Léon Chouinard de Mont-Joli.

Causapscal accueillera à son tour les Excavations Léon Chouinard, le 30 octobre, au Centre sportif Gérard-Duchaine.

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Mike Ditka: a life in pictures

Mike Ditka, the fiery former NFL player and coach who led the Chicago Bears to their lone Super Bowl title and became one of the most recognizable figures in American sports, has died aged 86

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Mike Ditka, legendary Chicago Bears head coach, dies aged 86

Mike Ditka, who won NFL titles as a player and coach with the Chicago Bears, has died at 86, his family announced Friday.

“It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Mike Ditka,” the family said. “While the world knew Mike as a Hall of Fame football player, legendary coach, and leader of the Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl XX championship team, we knew him as the heart of our family. Mike will be missed beyond measure and remembered forever.”

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Russia sells cheaper fuel abroad and pays to keep its own pumps running amid Ukraine’s refinery strikes, but crude money still flows

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Russia's seaborne exports of refined oil products rose to a three-month high in September, but the growth came from cheaper fuel oil and naphtha as diesel shipments fell to their lowest in more than a decade, Bloomberg reported, citing Vortexa data. Russia kept diesel at home after Ukrainian refinery strikes and paid oil companies to supply its pumps, while high crude prices lifted its crude export earnings.

During the ongoing deep-strike campaign, Ukraine's long-range drones have knocked out more than half of Russia's oil refining capacity, Kyiv says, and Russia's budget oil revenues are falling even as it raises war spending. High global crude prices are softening that blow.

Cheaper fuel out

Total seaborne product exports reached about 1.17 million barrels a day in September. Fuel oil shipments rose 6% to about 613,000 barrels a day, the highest since April. Naphtha, a feedstock for petrochemicals, jumped 35% to 363,000 barrels a day. Exports of refinery feedstocks, including vacuum gasoil, rose to about 32,000 barrels a day, according to Bloomberg.

The trade has moved north. Almost 80% of fuel oil cargoes left from Baltic ports, and naphtha loadings there rose almost 50% as Ukrainian attacks disrupted Black Sea infrastructure. In September, Ukraine reported hitting an oil terminal in Novorossiysk, Russia's main Black Sea oil port—one in a string of attacks on Russia's Black Sea ports and oil sites.

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More than 500 drones by Moscow’s count: Kh-101 fuel plant, second Yandex data center, and a far-north refinery hit

Diesel kept at home

Diesel and gasoil exports fell 28% to 144,000 barrels a day, the lowest monthly volume in Vortexa data going back more than a decade. Russia has restricted diesel exports to protect domestic supply after Ukrainian attacks on its refineries. Drones kept hitting them into October, from a Lukoil refinery in Volgograd to Gazprom's Salavat complex in Bashkortostan.

In September, Russia paid oil companies the biggest subsidy in more than four years to keep road fuel on the domestic market. It also imported about 350,000 tonnes of motor fuel by sea, mostly gasoline from India, Morocco, and Türkiye, Reuters calculations showed. Officials are considering letting some producers resume diesel exports in October to avoid overstocking, according to Interfax.

The diesel squeeze has reached the White House. US President Donald Trump stated on 30 September that diesel was hurt "not by the Middle East, but by what's going on in Russia, because those diesel refineries are being knocked out at a pretty alarming rate."

Crude carries the revenue

Russia's crude exports reached about 3.99 million barrels a day in the week to 27 September, and the estimated value of its seaborne crude shipments neared its highest since the full-scale invasion began, Bloomberg reported. Brent crude traded at about $102.60 a barrel on 9 October, according to Trading Economics data.

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Days of Deadly Houthi Attacks Show Saudi Arabia’s Vulnerabilities

Par : Euan Ward
The escalating violence has brought the conflict in Yemen to the doorstep of the Saudi capital, and the kingdom has no easy options to curtail the increasingly sophisticated and targeted strikes.

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A still from a video obtained from social media and verified by The New York Times showing a blast at King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday.
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Zavier Gozo: ‘You have to be uncomfortable to get to the highest levels’

Crystal Palace’s American import had never lived anywhere but Utah before moving to London. Now, he’s aiming for more Premier League minutes

Much has changed in Zavier Gozo’s life since May.

Back then, Gozo was a day removed from learning he wasn’t among Mauricio Pochettino’s 26 selections for the World Cup, having just made what proved to be his third-to-last appearance with boyhood club Real Salt Lake.

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Bucky Irving runs riot as Buccaneers stun Cowboys for first win of season

Par : Agencies
  • Irving rushes for career-high 165 yards and two TDs

  • Rookie Daniels impresses in second NFL start

  • Prescott throws two picks as Dallas fall to 2-3

Bucky Irving already had his first 100-yard game since his rookie year in 2024 when the Tampa Bay running back finished off the Dallas Cowboys with a run that gave him a career high.

Jalon Daniels, the undrafted rookie filling in for franchise quarterback Baker Mayfield, enjoyed the view while doing plenty himself to get the Buccaneers their first win of the season in just his second start.

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LeBron James shines in pre-season debut for revamped Philadelphia 76ers

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  • James scores 10 points in 18-minute Sixers debut

  • Jaylen Brown leads Philadelphia with 18 points

  • Nets pull away in third quarter for 114-108 victory

NBA superstar LeBron James delivered a solid first-half performance in his first pre-season game for Philadelphia on Thursday, but the new-look 76ers fell 114-108 to the Brooklyn Nets.

James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, announced in July that he had signed a two-year, $8m deal with the 76ers, ending weeks of speculation over where the four-time NBA champion would land as a free agent after eight seasons and one title with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Hockey senior de l’Est : calendrier remodelé de 14 matchs

Le retrait de Trois-Pistoles force des changements au format de la saison régulière dans la Ligue de hockey senior de l’Est-du-Québec (LHSEQ), qui regroupe cinq équipes qui joueront chacune 14 parties, soit deux de moins que l’année dernière, dans un calendrier débalancé.

La présidente du circuit régional, Christina Froud, mentionne que le plan initial était d’augmenter le nombre de matchs à 16, mais que le retrait de Trois-Pistoles a incité les équipes à revenir à une saison de 14 matchs.

« On voulait éviter aux équipes d’avoir trop de couchers sur la route et aussi éviter un trop grand nombre de matchs entre les mêmes équipes », explique-t-elle.

La saison régulière débutera le samedi 6 novembre. Il y aura deux équipes en Gaspésie : Forillon et Le Rocher et trois au Bas-Saint-Laurent : Matane, Causapscal et Mont-Joli.

« Lorsqu’une équipe du Bas-Saint-Laurent se rendra en Gaspésie, elle disputera deux matchs, un à Rivière-au-Renard (Forillon) et un à Chandler (Le Rocher). Même chose pour les équipes de la Gaspésie qui viendront dans l’Ouest », précise la présidente. Après Matane et Causapscal au cours des dernières années, ce sera au tour de Mont-Joli de faire deux voyages en Gaspésie cette saison.

Autre changement à la saison régulière, il y aura une seule division de cinq équipes au lieu de deux divisions de trois formations comme lors des années précédentes.

Le format des séries demeure à déterminer. Il y a aucun changement aux règles sur la patinoire.

La président de la Ligue de hockey senior Desjardins, Christina Froud, en compagnie de la mascotte des Castors Côté Automobiles, Castou et du capitaine, Wilson Forest. (Photo courtoisie Tatum Guillermic Photographe)

En plus de Christina Froud, le comité exécutif du circuit est majoritairement féminin avec la présence de Stéphanie Lebel Villeneuve (secrétaire) et Tania Cyr (registraire). Renaud Valois (trésorier) complète l’équipe en place.

La présidente mentionne que les dirigeants de la ligue et des cinq équipes en place espèrent le retour de Trois-Pistoles en 2027-28.

« Ils ont convenu de protéger les joueurs de Trois-Pistoles pour un éventuel retour, l’an prochain. Les joueurs ne sont pas disponibles pour les équipes. »

Possible expansion

La présidente ne ferme pas la porte non plus à une expansion. « Nous sommes ouverts à accueillir une nouvelle équipe, à condition qu’elle ne soit pas sur le territoire d’une équipe existante. Si on reçoit une demande d’un autre territoire, une expansion est toujours possible », assure-t-elle.

L’an dernier, les Castors Côté Automobile de Matane ont vaincu le Bar Laser de Causapscal en sept parties, lors de la finale de la Ligue de hockey senior de l’Est-du-Québec.

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NFL today: How to watch Buccaneers v Cowboys, TV channels & live stream Thursday 8 October

How will the Buccaneers and Cowboys fare today? Here is what to know, including kick-off time, TV channels and live stream options

The bad news for the Buccaneers: Their 0-4 start has been an unmitigated disaster that, in normal circumstances, would have already evaporated their playoff chances. The good news for Tampa Bay, however, is that they play in the NFC South, meaning they’re still just two games out of a tie for the lead in what is often the worst division in the NFL. All is not quite lost yet.

If the Bucs want to join the 1992 Chargers and become the second team to make the postseason after an 0-4 opening, they’ll need to stop the bleeding on Thursday night in north Texas. They’ll have to do it without Baker Mayfield, who continues to nurse an injury to his throwing thumb.

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Senegalese college basketball player freed from ICE as another is detained

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A Kentucky State University women’s basketball player from Senegal who was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been released after spending two months in custody.

At a hearing on Tuesday, a judge granted Aminata Seck a $2,500 bond, which was posted on Wednesday after ICE declined to appeal, according to Hishem Alsalman, managing attorney of Alsalman Law Office.

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Victor Montagliani eyes re-election at Concacaf that would rule out Fifa presidency run

  • Confederation president clarifies his intentions to staff

  • Canadian was eyed as potential rival to Gianni Infantino

Victor Montagliani has told Concacaf staff he intends to stand for re-election as the confederation’s presidentnext year, which will rule him out of going up against Gianni Infantino for the top job at Fifa.

The Canadian businessman is understood to have relayed the message to most of the 41 members of Concacaf, the North and Central American and Caribbean confederation.

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With no Pulisic and good results, have the USMNT moved on from their savior complex? | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The US have been defined for so long by the next singular player. This past perfect window shows that era may be over

In 1990, then-United States men’s national team manager Bob Gansler made a critical and somewhat controversial choice. He left three of the program’s laureled veterans at home and brought a young and little-tested team to the World Cup in Italy, the USA’s first in 40 years.

As Gansler recalled later: “I was thinking not only for ’90, but I was thinking about the 90s.”

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Patinage artistique : 27 athlètes de Rimouski à Lévis

Le Club de patinage artistique de Rimouski enverra 27 de ses athlètes à l’Invitation Carole Gauthier, présentée du 9 au 12 octobre, à l’Aréna de Lévis.

Il s’agit d’un événement annuel d’envergure qui rassemble des centaines de patineurs de tous âges et niveaux provenant de diverses régions du Québec.

La compétition réunira des centaines de patineuses de partout à travers le Québec dans différentes catégories. Pour plusieurs représentantes rimouskoise, il s’agira d’une première compétition cette
saison.

Dans l’ordre respectif de gauche à droite : (1ère rangée) Ana-Eve Gagné, Jade Levesque, Rose Gagné, Clara Gagné, Cora Lizotte, Eloïse Breau et Livia Ross.

(2e rangée) Florence Levesque, Laura Rioux, Rose-Élie Fournier, Marissa May Dubé, Naomy Audy et Lydia
Blanchette.

(3e rangée) Maïlie Hamilton, Elza Veilleux, Angélique Beaulieu, Maya Dufour, Coralie Gendreau, Océane Deschênes, Maude Harrisson, Laurence Gagnon, Léonie Desrosiers, Éléa Doussin, Ariane Dubé, Marie-Maude Carvalho, Meredith Habel et Amilia Caron (absente sur la photo).

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Inside NBA Europe’s $10bn plan that has football clubs queueing to join

Some of the biggest names in European football will bid for a franchise in ESL-style league, now due to launch in 2028

The launch of NBA Europe will be delayed 12 months until 2028, with a pre-qualifying competition planned for next year to find four temporary members to join the 16-team league’s inaugural season alongside 12 permanent franchises.

The NBA is planning to invest about $10bn (£7.6bn) over 10 years in what sources have described as the sporting world’s biggest-ever startup competition. It is understood to have received multiple offers for the 12 franchises that exceed their targets, with prices expected to range from $500m to more than $1bn for the London franchise.

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Un jeune rimouskois sur la glace du Centre Bell

Un jeune joueur de hockey de Rimouski a eu l’occasion d’être sur la glace lors de la cérémonie d’ouverture du premier match de la saison des Canadiens de Montréal au Centre Bell, ce mardi 6 octobre. Alex Lepage a vécu un rêve en représentant l’Océanic et en côtoyant des joueurs de la LNH.

Dans le cadre des célébrations entourant le 50e anniversaire de Hockey Québec, 22 jeunes hockeyeurs de partout au Québec ont été invités à prendre part à la cérémonie. Alex évolue en M11 pour l’Association du hockey mineur de Rimouski.

« Ça a été de fortes émotions et une expérience exceptionnelle. Alex a vraiment aimé ça. En même temps, c’était stressant. Il a réalisé un rêve d’être avec des joueurs de la LNH en plus de patiner au Centre Bell. Ça fait environ un mois que nous étions au courant, mais nous ne pouvions pas en parler », mentionne sa mère, Lyne Poirier.

Alex Lepage au Centre Bell. (Photo courtoisie)

Cette dernière avait communiqué avec les responsables du programme Développement hockey des Canadiens de Montréal.

« Comme parents, nous misons sur l’expérience et non la performance. Nous voulons qu’Alex vive de beaux moments au hockey, qu’il s’améliore et qu’il joue dans le plaisir. Depuis un an, j’étais à la recherche d’une activité ou d’un concours en lien avec les Canadiens et je suis tombée sur ce programme. Je leur ai écrit et donné le profil d’Alex. Finalement, nous avons eu l’invitation. »

Rencontre de joueurs

Avant la cérémonie, le jeune rimouskois a eu la chance de donner la main aux joueurs des Canadiens Phillip Danault et Samuel Montembeault. Pendant l’interprétation de l’hymne national, il était placé devant Jake Evans et le gardien Jakub Dobes.

Par la suite. Alex et sa famille ont eu l’occasion de regarder la partie de la galerie de presse où il a pu voir les joueurs qui n’étaient pas en uniforme pour le match de mardi. Le partisan de l’Océanic a fièrement porté les couleurs de son équipe.

Le Rimouskois a pu regarder la partie de la galerie de presse. (Photo courtoisie)

« Parmi les 22 jeunes, il était l’un des seuls qui portaient le chandail de l’équipe de la LHJMQ de sa ville. Je suis fière qu’il ait pu le faire. Il a son billet de saison pour l’Océanic et pour nous c’est une religion. »

Les participants sont arrivés à Montréal le 5 octobre pour prendre part à une répétition en vue de la cérémonie. Le hockeyeur a pu jouer avec des rondelles sur la glace du Centre Bell en compagnie des autres jeunes.

« Développement hockey des Canadiens de Montréal payait deux nuitées dans un hôtel tout près du Centre Bell. Nous avons pu découvrir l’endroit et nous avons côtoyé d’autres enfants et d’autres parents de partout au Québec qui vivaient aussi cette expérience », conclut Lyne Poirier.

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Indiana Fever and the Magasphere: a WNBA team’s dangerous path to popularity | Howard Bryant

Teams have always symbolized division within America. And the Fever have come to prominence during a time of dark political intensity

It’s over for now, but no professional sports team spent more time receiving and drawing attention to itself than did the Indiana Fever this season. The Fever has broken, the team eliminated by the defending champion Las Vegas Aces for the second straight season, but Indiana succeeded in being the WNBA’s canary in the coal mine, embodying both the obvious and unintended consequences of rapid growth, while also allowing themselves to be a season-long distraction: part-time professional basketball team, part-time right-wing culture war centerpiece. Less than a decade ago, Atlanta and Minneapolis were praised for their unified political stances. Today, Trumpism has replaced social justice as the defining characteristic of the league – and as the curtain closed on the 2026 WNBA regular season, Indiana stood at its epicenter.

The Fever were the most polarizing team in professional sports, known less for their basketball than their culpability in pulling the league from its old cultural identity as a Black/queer league into its current climate of political divisiveness – a calculated and dangerous path to popularity. This season, there was the basketball of the WNBA, and then there was the Indiana Fever, the league’s Maga-friendly option.

This article originally appeared on Howard Bryant’s Substack. You can subscribe here.

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Rays sweep Yankees out of playoffs after ‘crazy’ fan interference downgrades New York home run

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  • Rays sweep Yankees 3-0 after fan interference call

  • Dodgers eliminate Braves to keep three-peat bid alive

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Anthony Volpe rounded the bases, touched home plate and then waited out the uncertainty like everyone else.

“Just hoping for the best,” the New York Yankees infielder said. “Crazy.”

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Delta Passenger Steals and Crashes Airport Tug in California, Officials Say

The episode briefly disrupted operations on Tuesday at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, Calif., where the man went onto the tarmac, the authorities said.

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A Delta Air Lines passenger stole a vehicle used to tow planes and crashed it on the tarmac at John Wayne Airport in Southern California on Tuesday, the authorities said.
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3 Killed and Dozens Injured in Attacks on Saudi Airports, as Houthis Claim Strikes

Residents of Saudi Arabia’s capital reported hearing booms on Thursday, a day after the Saudi government said two women and a Sudanese man died in strikes on two airports.

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A poster showing the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi during a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday.
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Louis Jean se joint à Endurance hockey Rimouski

Pour sa cinquième présentation, Endurance hockey Rimouski comptera sur Louis Jean pour animer sa séance questions-réponses avec Kerry Fraser ainsi le souper VIP impliquant les Anciens Canadiens de Montréal.

L’animateur se joindra à l’ancien arbitre de la LNH pour l’activité, prévue le 14 janvier prochain, dans dans la salle de montre du Rimouski Toyota.

Ils échangeront sur les souvenirs et les coulisses du parcours de Kerry Fraser dans la LNH.

Le lendemain, Louis Jean se chargera des discussions entre le public et les anciens joueurs des Canadiens, au Colisée Financière Sun Life.

Pour se procurer des billets pour assister aux différentes activités, en plus du match impliquant les Anciens Canadiens contre Endurance hockey Rimouski, les personnes intéressées peuvent contacter l’organisation rimouskoise en message privé, via sa page Facebook ou encore par courriel à nthibeault@tag8.ca.

Endurance hockey Rimouski a vu le jour en janvier 2023. Une formation de 25 joueurs de hockey amateurs joue pendant 25 heures consécutives afin de remettre les profits à la Fondation Santé et Rimouski, à la Fondation TAG ainsi qu’au Fonds d’études des joueurs du Club de hockey L’Océanic.

Les joueurs, partenaires et collaborateurs d’Endurance hockey Rimouski 2026. (Folio Photo – Iften Redjah)

Lors des quatre premières éditions, 212 000 $ ont été amassés pour financer divers projets pour des projets en santé mentale chez les jeunes.

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Lionel Messi’s Argentina career turned football into a sacred mystery

Jorge Messi wanted his country to fall in love with his son. That ambition was fulfilled during a brilliant international career that ended this week

“What Argentina is doing in this World Cup is of a sacred order,” Brazilian writer Milly Lacombe posted at the height of the tide of anti-Argentinian sentiment during this year’s tournament. She was exploring the contradiction she felt around her support of Lionel Messi: “a player who is a God and a man who shakes Trump’s hand”.

Lacombe highlighted the importance of acknowledging the complexities around Messi and the Argentinian team. How is it possible that Messi was not speaking out against the racist incidents we all saw around the Argentina team, she asked. “That’s why it hurts so much to see someone with Messi’s power choosing to make himself small,” she wrote.

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Russia’s war against Ukraine sends the bill to its own companies: bond defaults head for a 17-year high

russia facing record number corporate defaults second time decade one main causes being same—waging war against ukraine · post russian rubles tsn money news ukrainian reports

More than 50 Russian companies could default on their bonds this year, the most since 2009, a rating-agency analyst told Russian newspaper Izvestia, which reported it on 6 October.

Russia's wartime economy is straining under high interest rates, and the budget is too: the 2026 deficit has nearly doubled from the earlier forecast to a record $88 billion, with more deficits planned for the next three years as Moscow raises taxes to fund the war and plans its biggest defense budget since the full-scale invasion began.

A default is a situation in which a company cannot make promised interest payments to investors on time or repay borrowed money. If a payment is not made by the agreed deadline, the company becomes delinquent, which under certain conditions is recognized as a default.

So far this year, 20 companies have defaulted for the first time, compared with 24 in all of 2025, said Mikhail Nikonov of the Expert RA rating agency. Most of the companies that missed payments are small issuers of high-yield bonds, Izvestia reported.

In 2026, Russian companies have missed payments totaling 41 billion rubles (about $490 million), compared with 34 billion rubles (about $410 million) the previous year, according to investment bank Sinara.

Russia faces a new wave of corporate defaults

By the end of 2026, the number of Russian companies unable to service their ruble-denominated debt on time could reach 40–50, the highest level since 2010, said Pavel Zholobov, junior managing director at the NRA rating agency.

The number of bond defaults in 2026 has already reached its highest level in a decade, Zholobov said. Similar figures were recorded in the mid-2010s: in 2014, 35 companies missed payments; in 2015, 52 did so; and in 2016, there were 44 issuers. This occurred in part after Western sanctions were imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea and its war in Donbas, as well as amid a halving of oil prices and a sharp weakening of the ruble.

So-called "little green men" (the Russian occupation troops comprised special forces who removed insignia, wear face masks to prevent identification and call themselves a "Crimean self-defense force") surround a Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, Crimea, during the Russian annexation of the peninsula in February-March 2014.
So-called "little green men" (the Russian occupation troops comprised special forces who removed insignia, wear face masks to prevent identification and call themselves a "Crimean self-defense force") surround a Ukrainian military base in Perevalne, Crimea, during the Russian annexation of the peninsula in February-March 2014.

There were more defaults only in 2009. At the time, amid the fallout from the global financial crisis, more than 100 issuers faced payment problems, while the volume of distressed debt reached nearly 200 billion rubles, Zholobov noted.

High interest rates put pressure on companies

This time, the main reason for companies' difficulties in making bond payments has been the prolonged period of high interest rates, which has continued since 2023. Companies are raising financing at high interest rates but are unable to refinance their debt on more favorable terms, explained Ekaterina Sidorova, head of the Foreign Exchange, Commodities and Debt Markets Department at SberCIB Investment Research.

At the same time, the situation does not yet resemble a systemic debt crisis: defaults are primarily being recorded among companies with low credit ratings and high debt burdens, Sidorova said.

If a company fails to repay bond debt, it is given 10 business days to meet its obligations. If it fails to do so, the company may offer investors a restructuring—for example, by postponing payments in exchange for a higher interest rate.

The number of defaults will remain high in 2027, Sidorova believes.

High interest rates were a response to accelerating inflation in Russia. Domestic demand was outpacing production, Russia's Central Bank said in October 2023. Sanctions over the war and rising defense spending had also hit the economy and the ruble, which had lost about 25% against the dollar that year. The bank raised its key rate from 7.5% in the first half of 2023 to 15% by the fall.

Ukraine targets Russia's oil industry to weaken its war economy

Ukraine is also seeking to weaken Russia's economy as part of efforts to reduce its ability to finance the war. In particular, Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara said strikes on oil refineries are aimed at "bleeding the Russian war machine" and destroying its military and economic potential. According to the ministry, the attacks have knocked out more than 51% of Russia's oil refining capacity.

In the first half of July, Russian oil refineries processed about 3.9 million barrels of oil per day—the lowest level since March 2005. Due to the production cuts, Moscow was also forced to restrict fuel exports.

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Ukrainian drugmakers sold $114 million worth of medicines to Uzbekistan in six months. Now they may lose the right to sell there

A pharmacy in Ukraine.

Ukrainian drugmakers could lose the certificates that let them sell in Uzbekistan, their most important export market, Ukrainian business outlet Ekonomichna Pravda reported on 7 October. Uzbekistan is ending remote factory inspections next year, and industry sources say its inspectors are wary of traveling to a country at war.

Russia's war keeps reshaping Central Asia's trade with both warring countries: Ukrainian refinery strikes pushed Russian fuel shortages into the region, and Kazakhstan gained leverage over a Russian retail giant.

A market worth a third of export earnings

Uzbekistan brings in about 30% of the Ukrainian drug industry's foreign-currency earnings, and one in 10 medicine packs sold there is Ukrainian, Ekonomichna Pravda wrote. By the outlet's count, at least three of Ukraine's five biggest drugmakers by revenue rank it as their top foreign market.

The currency from Uzbekistan lets manufacturers keep prices low in Ukraine and absorb losses from Russian strikes, three industry sources told Ekonomichna Pravda. Losing the market would force producers to raise domestic prices or pull low-margin medicines, which "will hit the Ukrainian patient," said Hennadii Vovk, former deputy head of Ukraine's State Service on Medicines and Drug Control.

Exports reached $114 million in January–June 2026, more than in all of 2021, said Yevheniia Piddubna, government relations head at Farmak, Ukraine's largest drugmaker. She said Uzbekistan takes 35% of Farmak's exports.

Data from the YouControl business registry, cited by the outlet, complicates that picture. In 2022, 30–35% of Farmak's products went to Uzbekistan. In 2025, Uzbekistan was not among its direct buyers. Farmak explained that wartime currency rules cap payment terms at 180 days, while foreign buyers often demand longer. So part of its trade runs through the group's Polish company.

Remote checks end, and inspectors hesitate to travel

Uzbekistan grants three-year certificates of good manufacturing practice (GMP) after inspecting the factory. Since the pandemic, it has allowed remote checks. That suited Ukraine, where Uzbek experts avoided traveling because of Russia's invasion, industry sources told the outlet. Remote inspections end on 1 January 2027.

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Most Ukrainian certificates expire within a year. Farmak's runs out in November 2026, and the company may not manage to renew it in time. Three producers renewed under the old rules until 2029: Darnytsia, the Borshchahivskyi Chemical and Pharmaceutical Plant, and Farmex Group. According to Piddubna, Uzbekistan's regulator has drafted rules for remote inspections in force-majeure cases, but nothing has been put into practice. Industry sources said the Uzbek Presidential Administration must sign off.

Producers have asked the Office of the President, the Foreign Ministry, and the Health Ministry to raise the issue with Uzbekistan's government, but no Ukrainian experts have been sent there yet, the outlet reported. Russia, whose share of the Uzbek drug market is almost the same as Ukraine's, is ready to take Ukraine's place, its sources said.

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Teen brilliance to Pochettino’s haters: Winners and losers from the USMNT’s perfect window

The United States winning four of four benefits many that were involved, and may hurt those who were left behind

Cavan Sullivan

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Coco Gauff says online racist abuse during China Open was ‘draining’ after loss to Mertens

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Coco Gauff said she had been left drained by the racist abuse she experienced during the China Open after losing in the last 16 to Elise Mertens.

The American was dismayed earlier this week after an incident during her match against Chinese teenager Sun Xinran. The 16-year-old thought she had hit a winner late in the first set but Gauff had raised her hand to stop the point because she was distracted by flickering lights on the stadium’s advertising hoardings. The move prompted some boos from the crowd. The umpire agreed to have the point replayed, and Gauff went on to win 7-5, 6-1.

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How a Shadow Economy in Asia Is Keeping Iranian Oil Flowing

Par : Max Kim
Companies continue to service a “dark fleet” of Iranian tankers in waters off Malaysia in spite of Washington’s threat to target them.

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A tanker used as floating storage in the heavily trafficked waters off the Malaysian state of Johor in September.
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