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World News on Friday, October 16, 2026
10 stories, newest first, each credited to the outlet that reported it. Everything BBN aired that day.
- BUSINESS
Toyota commits to making cars in Canada as U.S. rivals downsize
Toyota calls Canada key to a localization push that has run for four decades, while it also recalls more than thirty thousand vehicles in the United States.
Reported by The Japan Times - WORLD NEWS
Indonesia accepts foreign help as forest fires kill four
Smoke from the blazes is spreading across the region, and Jakarta has now said it will accept foreign assistance to fight them.
Reported by Al Jazeera - WORLD DESK
Chicago fraternity assault allegation: what the timeline shows
Police and the university face questions over safety at a fraternity house near campus, where a 21-year-old woman alleges she was assaulted last weekend; the allegation is unproven.
Reported by Hindustan Times - THE BBN INTERVIEW
Brundle calls Hamilton's Singapore pit call 'bizarre'
Former driver and commentator Martin Brundle weighed in on Hamilton's Singapore pit call; the team has not said who made it.
Reported by Motorsport Week · with a Short - WORLD NEWS
Japan's bean sprout shortage squeezes Jiro-style ramen shops
SoraNews24 reports the shortage of bean sprouts, called moyashi in Japan, is hitting shops that serve Jiro-style ramen; the topping is cheap, until it isn't.
Reported by SoraNews24 - MEDIA WATCH
Kash Patel demands MS NOW apologize after false report claiming FBI…
The FBI says Patel was at a law enforcement event in Lynchburg, Virginia, when the claim aired; the network has retracted it but not apologized.
Reported by Fox News, The Washington Times · with a Short - WORLD NEWS
Ancient fungus as tall as a traffic cone found in China
Researchers in Yunnan Province described the species in Frontiers in Fungal Biology, dating it to the era when the dinosaurs died out; the reporting does not say more.
Reported by ScienceAlert · with a Short - SPECIAL REPORT
Onion cartel fined $28m; temple plot, Harry and Meghan
Regulators fined the group $28 million after onions briefly cost more than a day's minimum wage in 2022; the fine arrived four years later.
Reported by BBC, Japan Today - SPECIAL REPORT
The Sexual Abuse Crisis in Paris's Public Schools
Parisian authorities now acknowledge a collective failure to keep sexual offenders out of school jobs, after a surge of abuse accusations; the fix is the open question.
Reported by The New York Times · with a Short - SPECIAL REPORT
Sydney suburb in lockdown as police search for man seen with shotgun
A police helicopter and armed tactical officers are searching Sydney's inner west for a man who allegedly torched a stolen car; residents stay inside.
Reported by The Guardian, KSL News · with a Short