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Airbnb has updated its global policy to limit the chores hosts can require guests to do, with the changes taking effect on 20 November, including for bookings in Australia. Hosts will generally no longer be able to ask guests to perform tasks requiring significant effort or time, or tasks a cleaner would typically do.
North Korea said it plans to resume anti-South Korea propaganda broadcasts along the border, with Kim Yo Jong saying loudspeakers will be placed along the entire frontier and put on standby within days. South Korea's defence ministry urged North Korea to discuss measures to ease tension and prevent an accidental clash.
Randwick City Council has closed Coogee and Maroubra beaches in Sydney until further notice after a decomposing juvenile humpback whale carcass was found at Lurline Bay on Thursday, 22 October. The council says it has no plans to remove the whale and is working with the Gamay Rangers on a culturally sensitive approach.
Glenn Richard Rollo, a 74-year-old Victorian antiques store owner, was fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to 13 wildlife charges linked to more than 700 illegally taxidermied and frozen native animals. The case followed a search of his store and home by the conservation regulator in April last year. The court appearance took place at the Kyneton local court on Tuesday.
Qatar and France called on October 22, 2026, for freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and full implementation of the Gaza ceasefire, during a meeting in Doha between Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and French President Emmanuel Macron. The joint statement also condemned Iranian military attacks in the region and backed implementation of the Trilateral Framework Agreement on Lebanon.
Multiple protesters were removed from Donald Trump's rally at Clemson University in South Carolina on October 21, 2026, and one protester was apparently punched by an attendee. Trump praised the attendee, saying he loved the punch and that it took courage to do at a Trump rally. The rally supported Darline Graham, who is running in the Senate race in South Carolina.
Les Éditions du Boréal said on October 21, 2026 that it is ending its professional relationship with author Thélyson Orélien after new information indicated AI was used in writing his novel C'était ça ou mourir. Orélien has given differing accounts of his use of AI, and the publisher said it may never know the full extent of its use.
Adelaide Zoo announced on October 20, 2026 that it had its first Southern Cassowary egg in 34 years, describing the egg as fluorescent green. According to the zoo and ABC Adelaide, the egg was laid by 10-year-old Martina.
Several European governments took some websites offline as a precaution against two critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language used by more than 70 percent of websites. The flaws, dubbed PHP2Shell, were found by researchers working with OpenAI and by Wiz, and PHP has released fixes.
The US State Department has ordered nonemergency government employees and their family members to leave its mission in Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi attacks on the kingdom. Pigott said Iranian-supported Houthis have increasingly attacked Saudi Arabia, including civilian airports, and Reuters reported that US officials said other Gulf missions would also order family members to leave.
