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- ICE shooting in New York sparks protests and calls for agents to leave the city
- Firmus cancels planned Australian listing for AI data-centre business
- Flooding in Thailand has affected millions after weeks of heavy rain
- Malaysia closes schools as haze worsens
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- BBC NewsICE agent shoots man in New York City
- Al JazeeraUproar in NY after ICE shoots man with child in the car
- CBC NewsU.S. ICE agents shoot and wound man during arrest in New York City, sparking protests
- Deutsche WelleMan injured after New York shooting involving ICE
- Le MondeNew York mayor will ask Trump to withdraw ICE after shooting
- RechercheNew York Governor Kathy Hochul said she urged federal officials to halt ICE operations in New York and asked for any body-camera footage of the shooting to be made public.
- RechercheThe shooting follows fatal shootings by federal immigration or border agents in Minneapolis in January. Al Jazeera reported that ICE agent Renee Good and Border Patrol agent Alex Pretti were killed.
- RechercheFirmus planned to use the money to build liquid-cooled AI data centers in Australia and across Asia. The company had two small operating sites, while its planned expansion included facilities that had not yet been built.
- BBC NewsNvidia-backed AI data centre firm scraps mega listing due to market volatility
- RechercheFirmus’s valuation had risen from less than 2 billion Australian dollars just over a year earlier to about 15 billion around eight weeks before the planned listing, before reaching almost 44 billion Australian dollars.
- RechercheA planned 104-megawatt Firmus data center in St Leonards, Tasmania, received fast-tracked approval from Launceston city council in September 2025 without a public hearing. The project drew opposition from local residents.
- RechercheNASA satellite images taken on October 2 showed floodwater beside the Bang Pakong River and covering nearby agricultural and aquaculture areas in Prachin Buri province.
- RechercheAs background, Bangkok lies on a largely flat floodplain near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, which drains into the Gulf of Thailand.
- RechercheCNA reported that Indonesia’s forest and land fires had produced thick haze in neighboring countries, including Malaysia and Singapore.
- RechercheSchools in Johor were also closed on October 8 and 9 as a precaution amid worsening haze and deteriorating air quality.
- RechercheIn an earlier haze episode in August 2026, Malaysia’s Department of Environment said haze was moving in from various directions; the report linked some smoke to hotspots in Indonesia’s Kalimantan and Sumatra.