Globe at a glance: From stabbing attack at Penn Station to Xi in North Korea

Stabbing attack at NY Penn Station: A violent stabbing spree at New York’s busy Penn Station left five people injured on Sunday evening. Emergency responders rushed the victims to Bellevue Hospital, while police successfully took a suspect into custody directly underneath the high-security Madison Square Garden arena.

Southern Philippines earthquake: A powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines, causing structural collapse and at least one confirmed death. The disaster triggered immediate regional anxiety, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to issue an alert for local coastlines before safety evaluations could be finalised.

Plane crashes in Dominican Republic: A private US-registered business jet crashed and exploded into a fireball at the La Romana International Airport in the eastern Dominican Republic, killing both crew members on board.

Ukrainian drone strikes Russian rail: A targeted Ukrainian drone strike struck vital transport infrastructure in Russian-controlled territory, hitting a train line and killing one person. The operation targeted logistics networks in the occupied Donbas region, deliberately aiming to disrupt Moscow’s primary military supply routes.

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Xi Jinping visits North Korea: Chinese President Xi Jinping declared Beijing’s friendship with North Korea "invincible" directly ahead of his highly anticipated state visit to Pyongyang. The summit aims to reinforce traditional bilateral alliances and project regional influence amid tightening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia

Dawoodi Bohra verdict: Following his April 2024 ruling on the high-profile Dawoodi Bohra succession case, retired Bombay High Court Judge Gautam Patel has revealed that he and his family are facing severe, carefully calibrated security threats. The intimidation has crossed international borders, with family members located in the United Kingdom being targeted.

AR Rahman at Wagah border: Oscar and Grammy-winning music maestro AR Rahman made history by delivering his first-ever live performance at the iconic Attari-Wagah border in Punjab. The event, titled "Jai Ho - A Musical Salute to the Bravehearts," was organised as a grand tribute to the soldiers of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Indian Armed Forces.

The big number: According to global computational estimates, 170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 is the approximate number of individual digital bits of data that currently exist in our global "datasphere." If you tried to download this much data over a standard high-speed home internet connection, it would take you roughly 5.4 billion years.

Quote of the day: "First of all, I didn't guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world? ... I don't like these endless wars. This is not an endless war. We've been doing this for three months."

- US President Donald Trump

This day in history: On this day in 1789, James Madison stepped up to the podium in the US House of Representatives and introduced a package of twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Ten of these would eventually be ratified as the Bill of Rights.