Global – October 11, 2026 -- Anyone weighing silver royalty and streaming companies against silver miners is really choosing between two different sets of risks, cost exposures and sources of upside.

Royalty and streaming firms fund mines instead of running them

A royalty entitles its owner to a share of revenue, production or, in some cases, profit from a mining property. A common type is the net smelter return royalty (NSR), calculated as a percentage of mineral value after deductions set out in the agreement. A net profits interest is based on defined profits instead.

A stream works differently. The company pays a large upfront sum and gains the right to buy an agreed share of future metal output. It then pays a further, predetermined amount on delivery. Wheaton Precious Metals describes its model this way, and Royal Gold uses both streams and royalties. Franco-Nevada holds a broad portfolio of both and does not develop or operate mines.

Canada – October 11, 2026 -- Anyone researching Canadian silver stocks should check the exchange first, because the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) host very different kinds of companies. The listing venue shows a company's stage, but it says nothing about whether its project is any good.

The TSX-V is built for earlier-stage companies that need public capital

The TSX-V is Canada's public venture-capital market for emerging companies. Mining is a major part of it, but technology, energy and life sciences businesses also trade there. Exploration costs money long before a project earns revenue, covering geologists, drilling contractors, technical studies, environmental work and land payments.

Waltham – – October 11, 2026 -- National Grid is holding free, in-person Customer Assistance events across Massachusetts in October 2026, where customers can get one-on-one help with winter heating bills and learn how to apply for Home Energy Assistance Programs (HEAP).

Trained National Grid Advocates will staff the events. They can explain bill management options, share energy-saving tips and walk customers through the HEAP application. Chief Customer Officer Bill Malee said the company is encouraging customers to "act now" and use the programs available before the heating season starts.

Income-eligible customers can apply for HEAP from October 1, 2026

Gas and electric customers in Massachusetts can check eligibility and application steps for each program. Other options covered at the events include payment assistance, a Budget Plan, the Tiered Discount Rate Program and the Arrears Management Program.

Seoul – October 11, 2026 -- Arirang TV premieres "K-FOOD: Gyeongbuk Edition" on October 14 at 9:00 a.m. (KST), with new episodes every Wednesday at the same time for four weeks. The series follows two celebrity teams through Mungyeong, Pohang, Gyeongju and Andong in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea.

The show is billed as a "taste road variety" program. Regional signature dishes, tourist sights, history, culture and hands-on activities are woven into one travel story. The cast works as a "Taste Crew": they try local food, join tours and activities, and turn their travel photos and videos into social media content for global viewers.

Two teams of three split the journey

Kwon Hyuk-soo, Yujeong and Harin make up Team A. Shindong, Lim Do-hwa and Seungwoo form Team B. The cast also takes on a dance challenge.

Hangzhou – October 11, 2026 -- Rihanna's golden embroidered dragon robe from the 2015 Met Gala is on public display in China until August 31, 2027, as part of a Guo Pei retrospective at the China National Silk Museum.

"Garden of Ethereal Realms: Guo Pei Costume Art Exhibition" opened on September 27, 2026, in the museum's Fashion Gallery. It covers four decades of work by Guo Pei, a leading figure in Chinese contemporary haute couture, and shows how her career has developed.

About 200 couture pieces fill four sections

The show presents approximately 200 haute couture works, organized into four sections and nine representative series. The sections are titled "Time, Fable, Rebirth," "Building Dreams, Legend," "Dream Isle Garden," and "Eastern Palace Echoes."

Washington – October 11, 2026 -- Soccer fans can buy a limited-edition, U.S. Soccer-licensed scarf where 100% of each purchase goes to RedRover, helping domestic violence survivors stay together with their pets. The Courageous & Comfy Soccer Scarf launched alongside Purina's Purple Leash Project appearance at the U.S. Women's National Team match against Spain at Audi Field.

Mariska Hargitay served as Honorary Captain for the coin toss

Purina, the Official Pet Care Partner of the U.S. Soccer Federation, invited actress, producer and advocate Mariska Hargitay to join the match during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Hargitay, a longtime Purina partner, took part in the pre-match coin toss alongside Cassidy, a 75-pound Golden Retriever, and her handler, Patrice "Pat" Eller.

Cassidy and Eller are a Pet Partners pet therapy team that comforts children who may be called to testify in court.

New York – October 11, 2026 -- LEGO fans can now build a Star Wars and Marvel crossover for a LEGO Ideas challenge, and the favorite submissions can become an official LEGO product.

The LEGO Group announced the challenge at New York Comic Con during a panel featuring Kevin Smith, an actor, director and Marvel Comics writer. It is the first time fans can build with both Marvel and Star Wars in a single LEGO Ideas challenge.

Fans pick vehicles, characters or scenes

The challenge is open now. Entrants choose one of three themes: Star Wars and Marvel vehicles, characters or scenes. They then review the rules and guidelines, build with LEGO elements and submit their design on the LEGO Ideas platform.

Voting starts December 15, 2026

Fans vote on the submissions from December 15, 2026. The favorites will then be turned into an official LEGO product, and the Grand Prize Selections will be announced next year.

Chengdu – October 10, 2026 -- Climbing brand KAILAS has launched "Stay Warm, Stay Together," a campaign built around its GT Glacier Traverse Series, a line of snow-mountain gear that uses goose down with a fill power of up to 1,000.

Selected GT Glacier Traverse styles pair 1,000-fill down with ultralight fabric

The series is designed for snow-mountain climbing and balances warmth, protection and lightweight performance. Selected styles combine goose down rated up to 1,000 fill power with ZERO-Gravity Ultralight Fabric. KAILAS says the pairing delivers an exceptional warmth-to-weight ratio, keeping climbers warm while cutting unnecessary weight.

KAILAS describes itself as one of the world's three full-category climbing brands. It makes high-altitude down jackets, technical shells and climbing hardware, all tested and refined in real mountain environments.

Vancouver – October 10, 2026 -- Four publicly listed retail investing platforms now report more than 41 million funded accounts combined, and two of them, Robinhood and Webull, posted record quarters this summer. The figure is the sum of the funded-account numbers reported by Robinhood, Webull, Futu and eToro for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Free tools now compete with brokerages on research and AI

Not every investor needs a brokerage to follow the market. Free tools let people watch prices, keep a watchlist and see why a stock moved without paying for a terminal. One example is Quote Daddy, a free stock-tracking app for web, iPhone and Android. It offers live watchlists for U.S. stocks and ETFs, interactive charts, alerts, and insider activity drawn from SEC Form 4 filings. It also tracks the latest SEC 13F holdings of well-known investors and congressional disclosed trades.

Canary Islands – October 10, 2026 -- A Spanish STEM educator and an 11-year-old British wildlife campaigner will receive STARMUS VIII's two junior medals at the festival in Tenerife and La Palma, running 17 to 22 October 2026.

Valeria Corrales built a 240,000-subscriber STEM channel

Valeria Corrales, from Spain, will receive the Junior Stephen Hawking Medal for her work bringing science, programming and technology to young audiences. She co-founded the educational platform ValPat in 2018, at age ten, with her mentor Patricia Heredia.

ValPat has grown into a major Spanish-language STEM education platform with more than 750 videos and 240,000 YouTube subscribers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Corrales and Heredia ran 100 consecutive days of free online STEM classes for thousands of children across Spain and Latin America.