•Dolly Parton is laid to rest in a small private ceremony beside husband Carl Dean, with family requesting donations to her Imagination Library instead of flowers.
•Farms across the U.S. roll out patriotic and Dolly Parton-themed corn mazes this fall as tributes to her legacy continue.
•UK lawyers file a £2 billion class-action against Apple, alleging it applies stricter App Tracking Transparency rules to third-party developers than to its own ads business.
•BASF's trinamiX unit sues Apple in a Texas federal court, alleging Face ID infringes seven of its patents across iPhone and iPad models.
•China-Taiwan tensions weigh heavily on the Pacific Islands Forum as member states navigate competing pressure from Beijing.
•The Pacific Islands Forum convenes in Palau, addressing transnational crime and climate resilience amid deep divisions over China-Taiwan tensions and missile-test protests.