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Sunday 4 October 2026 · so far · times in UTC

What the front pages led with on 4 October 2026

64 news sites, 92 top headlines. The longest-running: A Journey Along the Dnipro in Wartime Ukraine on Spiegel International (DE), 4d 23h on top.

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Graphic Online (GH) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 7h 10m Health sovereignty a priority for 1.4 billion Africans - President Mahama declares

Buenos Aires Times (AR) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 13h 29m Milei sticks to his guns even if he looks crazy

ABC News (US) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:40 (from 3 Oct) 6h 39m DA's office declined to review additional material on Cornell 'gang rape' probe: Docs
  2. 00:40–02:11 1h 31m Cornell president speaks out, says 'defining moment' for university

CBS News (US) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 10h 11m Tennessee prison system head to resign after failed Christa Pike execution

CNN (US) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 11h 28m Flydubai co-pilot attacked colleague with ax in 'terrorist act,' UAE says

Fox News (US) 3 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 3 Oct) 3h 21m Rubio follows through after Iranian diplomats ignore order to leave
  2. 01:21–02:02 41m Cornell chief addresses fallout from allegations involving former frat brothers
  3. 02:02–02:11 9m Rubio follows through after Iranian diplomats ignore order to leave

The Globe and Mail (CA) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 3h 10m How some Alberta separatists are courting U.S. support for independence

The Guardian (US) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 9h 48m Outgoing prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say

National Post (CA) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 5h 0m From ‘political orphan’ to probable premier, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is going 'all-in' on separatism

NBC News (US) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 3h 30m Cornell University police made drug arrest hours before alleged sexual assault

New York Post (US) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:41 (from 3 Oct) 3h 30m Chilling audio captures moments before Boston-bound plane vanished
  2. 01:41–02:11 30m Debris from vanished Boston-bound plane found by Coast Guard amid massive search off Nantucket

USA Today (US) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 2h 59m As some try to unmask Cornell's 'Jane Doe,' countless women come forward

The Gleaner (JM) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 4h 40m UDC warns it cannot guarantee daily services at Little Dunn’s River

Mexico News Daily (MX) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 9h 39m Mexico’s week in review: Peso sinks to 18 as school safety, storms and trade talks dominate

Los Angeles Times (US) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:12 (from 3 Oct) 1h 12m Behind Tarik Skubal and three home runs, Dodgers defeat Braves in NLDS Game 1
  2. 00:12–02:11 1h 58m Provocative, sexually suggestive ad by Hilton campaign condemned by political allies on the right

The New Zealand Herald (NZ) 5 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:12 (from 3 Oct) 1h 1m Where the winning $15.3m Lotto Powerball ticket was sold
  2. 00:12–01:21 1h 8m Sister doctors being investigated by Health NZ amid claims of bullying
  3. 01:21–01:31 10m Watch: Labour promises to reinstate pay equity, but only costs one settlement in plan
  4. 01:31–02:02 31m Watch: Labour promises to reinstate pay equity as it releases fiscal plan
  5. 02:02–02:11 9m Labour promises to reinstate pay equity as it releases fiscal plan

RNZ (NZ) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:52 (from 3 Oct) 1h 30m Live: National promises $1.75b for Auckland's Mill Road, Greens announce $2 transport fare cap
  2. 00:52–02:11 1h 18m Live: ACT promises to scrap tax on KiwiSaver earnings at campaign launch

ABC News (AU) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:21 (from 3 Oct) 2h 22m Teen charged after crashing into crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters
  2. 00:21–02:11 1h 49m AFP confirms investigation of flydubai co-pilot's Australian links

The Age (AU) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 3h 10m An Australian soldier taught Tate’s inner circle to ‘recruit’ billionaires. He’s now turned his back on the manosphere

The Sydney Morning Herald (AU) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:12 (from 3 Oct) 2h 52m P-plater in horror crash previously lost his licence
  2. 01:12–02:11 59m P-plater in horror Newcastle car crash pictured

The Japan Times (JP) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:12 (from 3 Oct) 14h 10m Ibaraki won’t accept second-stage survey for nuclear waste site, governor says
  2. 01:12–02:11 59m Host of contentious bills await Takaichi in autumn session of parliament

The Korea Times (KR) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:12 (from 3 Oct) 19h 32m No clear path ahead for Lee's 'pacemaker' role amid Trump pressure, NK provocations
  2. 00:12–02:11 1h 58m N. Korea's Kim oversees hypersonic missile launch, calls for bolstering war deterrent

Kyodo News (JP) 3 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:40 (from 3 Oct) 11h 48m Asian Games: Japan breaks gold record with new wins in sepaktakraw, padel
  2. 00:40–01:50 1h 10m FEATURE: Fukushima firm uses decommissioning know-how to develop AI robots
  3. 01:50–02:11 21m FEATURE: Maids at Tokyo cafe ramp up efforts to attract foreign visitors

Global Times (CN) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 2 Oct) 1d 16h Chinese travelers to Europe, South America, Australia and NZ up over 40% for Golden Week while Japan drops out of top 10: travel agencies

Philippine Daily Inquirer (PH) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 4h 0m Chinese teachers exit PH ‘at their parents’ request’

Philstar (PH) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 10h 11m VP on Trillanes claims: Same exhausted lies

Rappler (PH) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:02 (from 3 Oct) 15h 41m MAP: Where have system losses been highest from 2021 to 2025?

South China Morning Post (HK) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 4h 0m China, Africa boost law enforcement ties in crackdown on cross-border cybercrime
  2. 02:11–02:11 0m As AI floods China’s screens with microdramas, viewers are getting picky

The Star (MY) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:12 (from 3 Oct) 1h 50m Move to safeguard young gamers
  2. 01:12–02:11 59m Form Four girl found dead at Yong Peng school

The Straits Times (SG) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 3h 30m ‘Blessing in disguise’: Malaysia's Transport Minister Loke sees silver lining despite setbacks for his DAP

The Jakarta Post (ID) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 1d 1h Reshuffle shores up coalition support for 2029

VnExpress International (VN) 3 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:31 (from 3 Oct) 11h 49m Driving from Hanoi to Paris: 68 days through 20 countries
  2. 00:31–00:40 9m Billionaire brothers' IOI Properties to build 4 new Marriott hotels across Malaysia
  3. 00:40–02:11 1h 31m Meet the professor at Asia's 3rd-best university behind Singapore's first homegrown eVTOL

The Daily Star (BD) 4 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:30 (from 3 Oct) 4h 48m The next pandemic cannot wait for another promise. Are we ready?
  2. 01:30–01:41 10m Myanmar migrants returned to war-torn nation from Malaysia
  3. 01:41–02:02 21m 12 goals in 9 games: Yamal fires Spain to 3-1 win over Czech Republic
  4. 02:02–02:11 9m Myanmar migrants returned to war-torn nation from Malaysia

The Hindu (IN) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 2h 41m The young and the satyagraha | Gandhi’s motto was truth and non-violence, and so is Gen Z’s

The Times of India (IN) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 3 Oct) 3h 40m Watch: Netanyahu invites PM Modi, pilot Machchhar to Israel I-Day
  2. 01:21–02:11 50m 'He prayed before attack': Machchhar tells Netanyahu chilling flydubai cockpit ordeal

The Express Tribune (PK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 4h 19m Deadlock persists as hours-long govt, PTI talks end without breakthrough

Gulf News (AE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 6h 19m Two tankers reportedly ‘explode’ in Strait of Hormuz

The National (AE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 17h 59m Flydubai co-pilot attacked pilot with axe in 'attempted terrorist act'

Al Jazeera English (QA) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:12 (from 3 Oct) 1h 52m UAE releases Iranians as Yemeni forces strike Sanaa ‘military targets’
  2. 00:12–02:11 1h 58m Yemeni forces strike Houthi-held Sanaa as Trump signals decision on Iran

Arab News (SA) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 5h 40m Coalition spokesman: Houthi claims of targeting Riyadh are misleading

Daily News Egypt (EG) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 5h 28m Egypt to host 2026 Arab Junior and Youth Golf Championship with players from 13 countries

Haaretz (IL) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 4h 30m Israel's Flydubai Near-Catastrophe Demands an Investigation, Not a Victory Lap

Hürriyet Daily News (TR) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 10h 29m Erdoğan pledges swift action to protect fund investors

The Jerusalem Post (IL) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:12 (from 3 Oct) 2h 12m 'The hard way': US remains 'hell-bent' to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, says Hegseth
  2. 00:12–02:11 1h 58m US remains 'hell-bent' on preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, says Hegseth

The Kyiv Independent (UA) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 15h 39m Russian strikes kill 8, injure 83 across Ukraine, target another key Kyiv bridge

The Moscow Times (RU) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 7h 59m Ukraine Will Hit Russian Refineries in Response to Moscow's ‘New Doctrine’ of Airstrikes

The Standard (KE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 5h 0m Unite or perish, Uhuru tells Opposition leaders

Ynetnews (IL) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:31 (from 3 Oct) 3h 20m What we know about flydubai suspect and his troubling online trail
  2. 00:31–02:11 1h 40m Flydubai security failure: Who was supposed to vet the crew, and how did the system fail?

Daily Maverick (ZA) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 2 Oct) 1d 11h Cash to drop charges and threats for associates — Sibiya faces weekend in jail

DW (DE) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:30 (from 3 Oct) 5h 30m Bosnia-Herzegovina shaped by war, separatism, EU ambitions
  2. 01:30–02:11 40m Brazil election: Polls show Lula and Bolsonaro neck and neck

Euronews (FR) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 6h 29m Nearly 500,000 people protest in Madrid over Spain's housing crisis

France 24 (FR) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 2h 59m Italy’s Ustica enigma: Can French files solve mystery crash blamed on stray missile?

Le Monde in English (FR) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 8h 59m How film producer Edward Saatchi is using AI to recreate the lost ending of an Orson Welles masterpiece

Spiegel International (DE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 29 Sep) 4d 23h A Journey Along the Dnipro in Wartime Ukraine

SWI swissinfo.ch (CH) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 17h 39m Inglourious subtitlers and the art of cinematic transcreators

BBC News (UK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 3h 10m Children are dying falling into abandoned Afghan wells - this is how one five-year-old was rescued

BusinessDay (NG) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 13h 9m Nigeria’s oil earnings are rising, will FX windfall translate into cheaper dollars?

Channel 4 News (UK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 7h 30m Russia ramps up attacks on Ukraine’s capital making Kyiv unlivable

The Independent (UK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 4h 0m House GOP reportedly in ‘triage mode’ as midterm bloodbath fears spiral

The Irish Times (IE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 8h 49m Thousands attend rallies as Drumcree stand-off enters seventh day

Middle East Eye (UK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 3h 40m Pro-Israel advocates hound Green Party members over 'Zionism is Racism' motion

The Mirror (UK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 4h 0m Emotional Debbie McGee reveals precious final days with TV star husband Paul Daniels

Premium Times (NG) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 6h 29m Why we can’t strike despite locating kidnapped NYSC members – Police

RTÉ News (IE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–02:11 (from 3 Oct) 3h 19m Rival rallies held amid Drumcree stand-off

Each line is one headline that held a site's top slot: when it was there that day, how long it stayed in all, and a link to its permanent record. A reworded headline starts a new line. We check each front page every 10m or so, so times are right to within a few minutes.

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