Pennsylvania has recorded 903 measles cases and four deaths, with hospitalisations increasing as the outbreak spreads through largely unvaccinated communities and officials dispute the fatality count.

McDonald's shares edged higher after reaching a new 52-week low, as investor concerns over value, slowing traffic, rising yields and costly strategic plans weigh on the stock.

Hande Erçel's appearance at a Doha jewellery exhibition highlights the Turkish actress's rise from television dramas to international fame across film, fashion and streaming.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its cash rate to 4.60%, increasing mortgage costs, reducing borrowing capacity and creating mixed consequences for renters and savers.

Elon Musk predicted that advanced robots and AI could create universal high incomes and make money less important, while urging young people to build broad knowledge to direct machines effectively.

Brazil recovered from an early Australia lead to win 4-2 at Suncorp Stadium, securing a victory in their two-match friendly tour after a 1-1 draw in Townsville.

Users reported trouble with Claude on Downdetector, but Anthropic and several independent monitors showed no matching outage, leaving the scale and cause of the disruption unclear.

Spotify users in the United States reported problems for a second consecutive day, with Downdetector tracking complaints while the company had not confirmed a widespread outage.

Mozilla has begun rolling out Firefox 157, featuring its Nova visual redesign, three interface density settings, hardware-accelerated AV1 video decoding and several playback improvements.

Carnival reported record third-quarter revenue and profit, exceeded Wall Street expectations and raised its 2026 outlook despite higher fuel costs, sending cruise stocks sharply higher.

Iovance Biotherapeutics shares rose more than 20% after the company raised its 2026 revenue forecast, citing accelerating demand for its melanoma therapy Amtagvi.

The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards averaged 8.43 million viewers, the show's biggest audience since 2015, as Madonna returned to the stage and Taylor Swift set a new awards record.