• UN General Assembly: New York, United States.
• Trump-Xi meeting: United States and China.
• AI talks: US proposed an AI incident notification mechanism with China.
• Australia: Campaigning for a UN Security Council seat for 2029–2030.
• Australia's fellow nominee: Finland.
• Russia: United Russia retained its dominant position in the State Duma election.
• North Korea: Two ballistic missiles were reported launched into the East Sea.
• Italy: Government announced plans concerning face coverings and foreign-student numbers in schools.
• Germany: AfD led an exit poll in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
• Canada-France: Mark Carney and Emmanuel Macron pledged closer ties.
• UK: Prime Minister Andy Burnham headed to New York for the UN General Assembly.
• Australia-Zimbabwe: Australia completed a 3–0 ODI sweep.
• Sri Lanka: Severe drought and expected heavy rain linked to El Niño.

Exam Tip

For CSS, PMS, PPSC and FPSC preparation, remember names + countries + organisations + dates + numbers. These are commonly useful for one-line current-affairs questions.