Zephyrhills – October 17, 2026 -- US citizens abroad must report worldwide income to the IRS and back it with records of earnings, business transactions and financial accounts, according to a HelloNation article featuring accountant Nils Lenz of Zephyrhills, Florida.

Federal tax obligations follow US citizens overseas

The article states that federal tax obligations apply to all US citizens regardless of residence. Expatriate business owners may need foreign tax returns, proof of taxes paid in another country and records tied to foreign bank accounts. Some must also file the Foreign Bank Account Report once certain financial thresholds are met.

Bangkok – October 17, 2026 -- The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) has disbursed more than US$1.37 billion in financing to over 1.3 million clients since inception, and its microfinance network has now won the "Excellence in Inclusive Banking and Social Impact" award at the 2026 Sustainable Development Goals Awards.

The World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) organized the awards with the European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG). AGFUND CEO Hammam bin Nasser bin Juraid accepted the award in Bangkok, alongside the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group.

AGFUND network has issued 1.5 million loans across nine countries

AGFUND opened its first bank in Jordan in 2004. The network now covers Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Mauritania and Sierra Leone, focusing on communities underserved by conventional financial institutions.

Guangzhou – October 17, 2026 -- GAC sold more than 197,000 vehicles overseas in January-September 2026, up 138.9% year on year, and is targeting 300,000 overseas units for the full year. The automaker disclosed the figures as it exhibited at the 140th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair), which opened on 15 October in Guangzhou.

GAC overseas sales have more than doubled since 2024

Overseas volume stood at 90,000 units in 2024 and reached 130,000 units in 2025. The nine-month 2026 total already exceeds the full-year 2025 figure. Reaching the annual goal requires fewer than 103,000 additional units in the final quarter.

GAC describes the shift as a move from product export to system-level global expansion. It plans to advance its ONE GAC 2.0 strategy, deepening localized operations and widening its global footprint.

North Little Rock – October 17, 2026 -- Highland County and Bath County, Virginia, went live on Caliber Hosted CAD on October 6 in a shared hosted environment, putting two neighboring rural dispatch centers on one platform across more than 900 square miles of mountainous terrain, Caliber Public Safety announced.

Each county keeps its own dispatch operation, configuration, workflows and local control. Both run on the same underlying platform, which removes the technical barriers that normally separate CAD systems in adjacent jurisdictions.

Shared tenant targets cross-county incidents in a sparsely staffed region

Highland County covers roughly 416 square miles and has about 2,300 residents. Bath County covers more than 500 square miles and has about 4,100 residents. Both are largely forested and mountainous, with few dispatchers and responders on any shift, and mutual aid is routine.

North Chicago – October 17, 2026 -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) is presenting 20 new scientific abstracts from its inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) portfolio at the 2026 United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week, held October 17-20 in Barcelona, Spain. The data cover long-term and real-world outcomes for Skyrizi (risankizumab) and Rinvoq (upadacitinib) in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).

Risankizumab maintains remission in UC through week 96

In the COMMAND study, patients on risankizumab 180 mg reached as-observed clinical remission rates of 54.0%-73.1% at week 96. Endoscopic remission rates were 38.8%-53.5%. The ranges span advanced therapy-naïve and advanced therapy-experienced patients, and the study reports up to three years of maintenance treatment.

Beijing – October 16, 2026 -- More than 200 domestic and international dignitaries attended the opening of the World Winter Sports Expo 2026 (WWSE 2026) in Beijing on October 15, a event aligned with the directives of China's 15th Five-Year Plan for the ice and snow industry.

The Expo is a legacy of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Its stated mission is to expand the ice and snow economy, cultivate new productive forces in the sector and deepen the integration of culture, sports and tourism. Organizers structured the program around three directions: upgrading the ice and snow industry, deepening culture-sports-tourism integration, and empowering the outdoor economy through technology. The format includes an opening ceremony, a main conference, parallel sessions and special thematic events.

Vancouver – October 16, 2026 -- Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) will review its third-quarter 2026 operating results in a conference call on Monday, November 16, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time).

Ballard opens Q3 call to investors by phone and webcast

Participants in Canada and the United States can join the live call through a toll-free dial-in line. A live webcast will also run through a link on the homepage of Ballard's website, in the 'Latest News' section.

Webcast to stay available in the Investor Hub after the call

After the call ends, Ballard will post a link to the webcast in the 'Investor Hub' area of the 'Investors' section of its website. Investors who cannot attend live can review the discussion of the quarterly results there.

Lakeland, Fla. – October 16, 2026 -- Florida Southern College dedicated its Army ROTC building in honor of alumnus Lt. Gen. Donald L. Kerrick on Friday, following a gift from Kerrick that funds significant renovations and equipment upgrades for the Moccasin Battalion.

The facility is now the Lt. Gen. Donald L. Kerrick Building. The investment is intended to enhance training facilities and resources for future military officers.

Kerrick's career spans combat, the White House and Dayton

Kerrick graduated from Florida Southern in 1971 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. His career included combat assignments in Southeast Asia and Operation Desert Storm. In 2000, he was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He also served on the U.S. Balkans Peacekeeping Delegation, which helped negotiate the Dayton Peace Agreement ending the war in Bosnia.

Griffin -- Brightmoor Hospice, LLC began mailing breach notifications on October 16, 2026, after two employee email accounts were accessed without authorization and found to contain protected health information of certain patients.

Unauthorized access lasted two days in March 2026

Brightmoor discovered suspicious activity on or around March 25, 2026. Third-party specialists determined that the two accounts were accessed between March 24 and March 25, 2026. The company secured the accounts immediately and began reviewing their contents.

Review confirmed patient data on August 18, 2026

Brightmoor determined on August 18 that protected health information was present in the accounts. It then reviewed internal records to locate addresses for potentially affected individuals. Mailing began 59 days later. The company has not stated how many individuals are affected.

Needham, Mass. – October 16, 2026 -- Evident has launched the Pramana POD, a benchtop whole slide imaging (WSI) scanner that scans at true 40X resolution at 25 slides per hour under defined conditions and targets small and medium-sized pathology laboratories.

Evident extends autonomous Pramana WSI technology to smaller laboratories

The system is built for small and medium-sized labs and for specialty applications within larger institutions. Evident is extending its existing Pramana autonomous WSI technology to this segment as laboratories expand digital workflows amid rising case volumes and operational demands.

Automated imaging aims to cut operator intervention and post-scan QA

The scanner automates imaging with a tissue finder, extensive label detection, and automated focal plane and scan-profile selection. Built-in image-quality assessment is designed to deliver pathologist-ready images and flag scans that may need further review.