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Winnipeg police have seized 26.5 kilograms of cocaine along with cash in a major drug bust, the Winnipeg Sun reports. Separately, CTV News Winnipeg reports that two people are in hospital and two others arrested following an alleged assault, according to city police. The seizures and assault case are keeping Winnipeg police activity in the news in Manitoba's capital.

Swedish singer and TV personality Peg Parnevik has spoken out after rumours that she could take part in Idol. Speaking to Swedish celebrity outlet Hänt, she dismissed the speculation, saying the rumours only make her angry. Her reaction is drawing attention among Swedish entertainment fans following the recent reports.

Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus has bought an airline company, according to a report circulating on financial news sites. The claim is that this is the company's second airline acquisition, though details about the target, price and timing have not been confirmed in the available reporting.

A new artificial intelligence release, Pegasus 1.6, is being highlighted in financial and technology coverage as a system that transforms video into actionable insights. The coverage ties the model to the broader AI chips and semiconductors story, suggesting demand for specialised hardware to run video-understanding workloads. Details on performance, availability and commercial impact have not been widely reported yet.

Formula 1 is in Singapore for the next round of the championship, run on the demanding Marina Bay street circuit. Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur called free practice sessions fundamental and predicted a challenging weekend ahead. Attention is on how teams set up their cars for the tight, bumpy streets in typically hot and humid conditions.

TwelveLabs has released Pegasus 1.6, a video understanding model aimed at physical AI applications such as robotics. The company says the model can analyze video input to help machines and robots interpret real-world visual environments, extending multimodal AI beyond screen-based tasks into embodied systems operating in physical spaces.

The chair of the House committee on China is calling on the Federal Reserve to review Hong Kong's access to the dollar, a lifeline underpinning the city's currency peg and its role as a global financial centre. The appeal raises questions about how US-China tensions could extend into monetary and banking arrangements between the two economies.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi met General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, leader of Sudan's armed forces, as Cairo says it is working for a political solution to Sudan's crisis. The talks underline Egypt's role as mediator in the conflict that has devastated Sudan since fighting broke out between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

A new Dev News Digest for 7 October 2026 offers a quick roundup of developer news since the previous edition, covering software releases and platform updates across web development and AI. It is tagged for news, programming, webdev, AI, software, coding, development and engineering, and is aimed at the broader inclusive developer community.

A city staffer at the center of Richmond's solar panel controversy has spoken publicly for the first time, saying he is being used as a scapegoat. The comments shed little new light on how the disputed panel installation was approved, but they put a personal face on a story that has been building locally and raise questions about who in city government is actually responsible.

The Winnipeg Jets have picked up a new goaltender through waivers ahead of their final pre-season roster cuts. With decisions looming on the team's roster, adding another netminder changes the competition in goal and could influence who stays with the club heading into the NHL season.

The National Bank of Kazakhstan has enlisted Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, to study the feasibility of a stablecoin pegged to the tenge, the national currency. The collaboration signals growing interest among central banks in using established private crypto firms to explore digital currency options, and could position Kazakhstan among the more crypto-forward economies in Central Asia.

Stablecoin payments startup Noah has raised a $16 million seed extension round, continuing investor interest in crypto-based payment infrastructure. The company is building tools to let businesses send and receive payments using stablecoins. The funding adds to a growing wave of investment in startups aiming to make dollar-pegged digital tokens usable for everyday cross-border payments.

Red5 published a blog post arguing that the MPEG-2 Transport Stream, a decades-old broadcasting format, remains relevant in modern streaming, including in emerging Media Over QUIC (MOQ) architectures. The piece contends that MPEG-TS's mature multiplexing and delivery capabilities continue to serve live streaming workloads alongside newer protocols. Engineers are weighing how legacy formats fit into next-generation media transport discussions.

A webcam overlooking Heimstettner See, near Munich, is back online, streaming live views of trains, weather and the surrounding outdoors. The camera is run over a freifunk community network using open-source streaming software. Local residents and technology enthusiasts following hobbyist webcam projects are picking up the news of the stream's return.

Magic Internet Money (MIM), a crypto asset pegged to the US dollar, is seeing renewed tracking of its interactive price chart on financial data platforms. The token, originally issued by the Abramac-based lending protocol Abracadabra.Money, is designed to maintain a one-to-one value with the dollar. Traders are watching its price movements for signs of stability or depegging as interest in stablecoin health continues across global markets.

A leaker claims Star Wars Jedi Part 3 and the long-gestating Knights of the Old Republic remake are targeted for 2027 or 2028, suggesting Lucasfilm's push into Star Wars games will keep expanding. If accurate, the two titles would headline an already crowded slate of upcoming Star Wars releases. Neither project has been given an official release window by Disney, Lucasfilm or the studios involved, so the dates remain unconfirmed and should be treated with caution until announced.

France is highlighting its Pégase 26 military deployment and growing defense ties with Indonesia, with the armed forces ministry pointing to shared capabilities, aerospace partnership and wider cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. The mission underscores France's effort to strengthen military links with Indonesia through joint exercises and industrial cooperation.

The head of Dunamu, the operator of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, is calling on the government to move quickly in issuing a won-backed stablecoin. He argues the country should act before falling behind rivals in digital currency innovation. The push comes as Korean policymakers weigh legislation for won-pegged tokens, and it fuels debate over how fast Seoul should regulate stablecoins.

Tether's USDT stablecoin is returning to the Bitcoin network through Utexo, according to a report from CryptoRank. The move puts the dollar-pegged token back in the Bitcoin ecosystem, a space it has largely ceded to other layer networks in recent years. Details on Utexo's role and the technical setup were not provided, and Tether has not yet commented further.