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Riyadh kindergarten hit by interception debris as Houthis say targeted airport
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The Saudi civil defence agency said a kindergarten and a medical complex in Riyadh were damaged by debris from a missile …
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Protests, clashes as S. African anti-migrant tensions reignite
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South African protesters clashed with foreign nationals on Thursday, police and an AFP reporter said, as tensions over …
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'Fighting for our future': France high school students vow no let-up
AFP - 58m ago
Tens of thousands of people thronged a Paris square on Thursday demanding better education and less police brutality, as …
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Venezuela's Maduro, wife hit with new US torture charges
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The United States on Thursday filed new torture charges against ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife …
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Russian strike on buses kills 30 in frontline Ukrainian city
AFP - 1h ago
Ukraine on Thursday accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians after 30 people were killed when two buses were …
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Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson wins 'crazy' Nobel
AFP - 2h ago
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson for her modern twists on Greek …
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After botched US execution, Christa Pike walking, mentally 'foggy': lawyer
AFP - 2h ago
The convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was walking around her hospital room though she was mentally …
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High school students turn out for new protests across France
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High school pupils across France launched a fresh day of protests on Thursday, despite government attempts to ease a …
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Rwanda to host F1 Grand Prix: sources close to both sides
AFP - 3h ago
Rwanda will host an F1 Grand Prix, sources in the government and close to the sport's governing body told AFP Thursday, …
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Woman in botched US execution walking, mentally 'foggy': lawyer
AFP - 3h ago
The convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was walking around her hospital room though she was mentally …
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Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 'crazy' Nobel
AFP - 1h ago
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson for her modern twists on Greek …
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Canada's Anne Carson wins Nobel for modern spin on classics
AFP - 1h ago
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson for her modern twists on Greek …
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Diplomats, schools in Saudi take safety measures after blasts heard: sources to AFP
AFP - 3h ago
Diplomats stationed in the Saudi capital were sheltering in place and international schools took safety measures on …
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Canada's Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize
AFP - 50m ago
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson, an essayist and classicist who …
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Ethiopia drones hit Eritrean troops in Tigray
AFP - 6h ago
Ethiopian drone strikes have targeted Eritrean forces who had reached a northern Tigrayan city, a conflict monitor and …
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Saudi says three dead in airport attacks claimed by Houthis
AFP - 10h ago
Saudi authorities said Wednesday three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom's international airports, …
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After botched US execution, Christa Pike was nearly taken off life support
AFP - 13h ago
A convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was almost taken off life support before she regained …
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Saudi Arabia says 3 dead at airports after Houthis claim attacks
Oct 07 2026
Saudi authorities said Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom's international …
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After botched execution, US woman was nearly taken off life support before revival
Oct 07 2026
A convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was almost taken off life support before she regained …
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Five children among 28 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine
Oct 07 2026
Russian attacks across Ukraine on Wednesday killed at least 28 people, including five children who died when a missile …
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Mourning, war and elections as Israel marks October 7
Oct 07 2026
Israel marked the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attack on Wednesday with silent tributes, new strikes on Gaza …
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Saudi Arabia says three dead at airports after Houthis claim attacks
Oct 07 2026
Saudi authorities said on Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom's international …
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Trump plans to turn Florida golf course into presidential retreat
Oct 07 2026
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants to turn his luxury Florida golf course into a retreat for future …
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After botched execution, US woman is awake and shackled to bed
Oct 07 2026
A convicted US killer who survived a botched execution is shackled to her hospital bed, awake and able to speak a …
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Five children among 26 killed in Ukraine after Russian strikes
Oct 07 2026
Russian strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday killed at least 26 people, including five children who died when a missile …
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US woman who survived botched execution is awake and speaking
Oct 07 2026
A convicted killer was awake in a US hospital on Wednesday following a botched execution last week, with her lawyers in …
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Trump wants to turn Florida golf course into presidential retreat
Oct 07 2026
Donald Trump wants to turn his luxury Florida golf course into retreat for future US presidents modeled on the historic …
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French-Japanese duo wins chemistry Nobel for solving molecular 'mystery'
Oct 07 2026
France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how to …
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Children among heavy casualties in Ukraine after Russian strikes
Oct 07 2026
At least 24 people were killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday, including four young children who died …
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UK court quashes five ex-traders' Libor rate rigging convictions
Oct 07 2026
The Court of Appeal in London on Wednesday quashed the criminal convictions of five former financial traders for …
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Heavy casualties in Ukraine after Russian strikes
Oct 07 2026
At least 20 people were killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday, including 14 when a missile slammed into …
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French-Japanese duo wins Nobel for solving chemical asymmetry puzzle
Oct 07 2026
France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on Wednesday won the Nobel chemistry prize for solving the mystery of why …
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US military on Okinawa face curfew, alcohol ban after murder case
Oct 07 2026
US forces on Okinawa were barred on Wednesday from drinking alcohol for 48 hours and faced a 30-day curfew after the …
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US woman who survived botched execution is conscious, speaking: lawyers
Oct 07 2026
The woman who survived a failed execution in a US prison last week is now conscious and speaking, but her prognosis …
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US pushes Russia for information on plague reports
Oct 07 2026
The United States made a formal request pressing Russia for information on the reported plague death of a laboratory …
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Saudi coalition says shot down Houthi missile
Oct 07 2026
The Saudi-led coalition said Wednesday it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthis at Saudi Arabia, as …
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Sleep, appetite, gene-editing experts contend for Nobel chemistry prize
Oct 07 2026
Molecules that regulate sleep and appetite or methods for editing genes are some of the research fields commentators say …
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Verstappen revival to be put to the test in steamy Singapore
Oct 07 2026
Max Verstappen's resurgence in Malaysia will be put to the test just 300 kilometres south at the Singapore Grand Prix …
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Emotion, tears as Messi retires from Argentina national team
Oct 07 2026
Lionel Messi brought the curtain down on his 21-year international career on Tuesday, bidding farewell to adoring …
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Crisis-stricken Haiti postpones elections
Oct 07 2026
Haiti, which has been engulfed by years of gang violence and political chaos, has indefinitely postponed elections due …
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Crisis-striken Haiti postpones elections
Oct 07 2026
Haiti, which has been engulfed by years of gang violence and political chaos, has indefinitely postponed elections due …
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Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer covering West Bank
Oct 07 2026
Armed Israeli settlers on Tuesday beat an AFP photographer, leaving him requiring hospital treatment, as he covered …
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Trump to speak to Putin on plague as US, UN urge transparency
Oct 07 2026
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported …
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Trump to speak to Putin on plague as US steps up pressure
Oct 06 2026
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported …
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As Messi bows out, Argentines say 'thank you'
Oct 06 2026
Argentines will bid farewell to Lionel Messi with a huge "thank you" themed send-off in Buenos Aires on Tuesday as the …
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Ronaldo opens door for Portugal return, apologises for walkout
Oct 06 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the door for a return to the Portuguese national team on Tuesday and apologised for his …
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Saudi coalition says intercepted missile fired by Yemen's Houthis
Oct 06 2026
The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday that it intercepted a missile fired by the group at the …
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Nobel physics prize hails 'ghostly messengers' from space
Oct 06 2026
Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel physics prize for groundbreaking work using Antarctic ice to …
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Hundreds arrested in French school protests as Macron summons ministers
Oct 06 2026
Mass protests over decrepit conditions at France's high schools descended into sporadic violence Tuesday, leading to …
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Nobel winner Halzen says years of October 'misery' finally over
Oct 06 2026
Physicist Francis Halzen has an impressively long list of academic accolades -- but every October, as the Nobel Prize …
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'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands mass for tense France school protests
Oct 06 2026
A quarter of a million demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday as unions and teachers joined high …
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'The sound keeps coming back': children maimed in Ethiopia's Tigray clashes
Oct 06 2026
Lying on a hospital bed, rolled-up blankets propping up the remains of her legs, 10-year-old double-amputee Iyerusalem …
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'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands demand better education in France
Oct 06 2026
A quarter of a million demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday as unions and teachers joined high …
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Bulgaria searches for missing crew after drones hit more Black Sea ships
Oct 06 2026
Bulgarian authorities on Tuesday were searching for the missing crew of a ship that sank in the Black Sea after drones …
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Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport, deny losing territory
Oct 06 2026
Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the Saudi capital's main airport and on Tuesday denied being pushed back by …
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Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after death of worker
Oct 06 2026
Russian authorities denied Tuesday that they were imposing anti-plague measures after a laboratory technician reportedly …
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Kenya reports first-ever Ebola death
Oct 06 2026
Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister said Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living …
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'Afraid for my future': Tens of thousands demand better education in France
Oct 06 2026
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high …
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Nobel physics prize honours work on 'ghostly messengers' from outer space
Oct 06 2026
Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel physics prize for groundbreaking work using South Pole ice to …
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'No future': Thousands mass in France for high school protests
Oct 06 2026
Thousands of demonstrators were massing under heavy police surveillance across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers …
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Bulgaria searches for missing crew after drones hit two more ships in Black Sea
Oct 06 2026
Bulgarian authorities launched a major search on Tuesday for the missing crew of a ship that sank in the Black Sea after …
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Thousands mass in France for high school protests
Oct 06 2026
Thousands of demonstrators were massing under heavy police surveillance Tuesday in Paris and cities across France, as …
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Moscow denies sanitary measures over plague reports
Oct 06 2026
Russian authorities denied Tuesday that special restrictions had been introduced over reports that a laboratory …
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End of an era as Messi prepares to hang up Argentina boots
Oct 06 2026
Lionel Messi will pull on Argentina's sky blue-and-white jersey for the last time on Tuesday and enjoy an emotional …
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Tens of thousands expected in Paris for high school protests
Oct 06 2026
Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected on the streets of Paris on Tuesday as France's powerful trade unions …
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Purple reign: Philippines seeks to keep grip on ube throne
Oct 06 2026
The Philippine ube has become a trend-setting sensation from Los Angeles to London to Seoul, with the humble yam's …
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Yemen's Houthis say struck Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites
Oct 06 2026
Iran-backed Houthis said Monday they had struck Riyadh's international airport, an oil refinery and other sites in Saudi …
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Ready, set, snooze: Sleep-deprived Japanese compete for best-rested
Oct 06 2026
In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest …
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Bolsonaro rides right-wing surge into Brazil's election runoff
Oct 06 2026
Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro heads to a runoff election buoyed by sweeping gains in Congress, after a shock first-place …
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NHL record-breaker Ovechkin says current season will be his last
Oct 06 2026
NHL all-time scoring leader Alex Ovechkin said Monday that the current season will be his last in the North American ice …
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American Nobel laureate in medicine hopes to illuminate the brain
Oct 06 2026
Nobel Prize-winning American researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent …
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'Reckless' AI firms can't control models, says whistleblower
Oct 06 2026
Leading artificial intelligence companies do not know how to keep AI systems from pursuing objectives their developers …
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Trump approves firing squad for convicted US military base shooter
Oct 06 2026
President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist who shot dead …
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Grappling with 'homework scams,' US universities shun AI detectors
Oct 06 2026
Locked in a cat-and-mouse struggle, biology professor Timothy Paustian devised novel ways to catch students turning in …
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France roar back in Nations League as Italy beat Turkey
Oct 06 2026
Michael Olise starred as France stormed back from behind to thrash Belgium 4-1 in the UEFA Nations League on Monday, …
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Yemen's Houthis claim striking Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites
Oct 05 2026
Iran-backed Houthis on Monday said they had struck Riyadh's international airport, an Aramco refinery and several other …
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Best-selling British author Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
Oct 05 2026
British author Jeffrey Archer, who penned a series of best-selling novels, served as a Conservative MP and was convicted …
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Quebec votes as separatist surge poses test for Canada PM
Oct 05 2026
Quebec separatists eyed a return to power in Canada's majority French-speaking province Monday in an election that could …
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Teenager loses hand picking up grenade in France school protests
Oct 05 2026
A 15-year-old lost a hand on Monday in the latest round of French high school protests that have erupted into clashes …
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Russia downplays plague reports as Trump offers US help
Oct 05 2026
Russia on Monday sought to downplay reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, even as President Donald …
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Trump says US moved bombers from UK base after 'threats'
Oct 05 2026
President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from a British airbase because …
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Riyadh's allies pledge troops as Yemen, Saudi Arabia attack Houthis
Oct 05 2026
Pakistan and Turkey pledged Monday to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia under a new mutual defence pact following weeks of …
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Switching on brain cells: the Nobel-winning science of optogenetics
Oct 05 2026
In optogenetics, scientists control neurones by stimulating them with light -- potentially unlocking breakthroughs for …
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US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for illuminating the brain
Oct 05 2026
The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists …
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Ukraine says using AI robot guns to shoot down new Russian drones
Oct 05 2026
Ukraine has begun using artificial intelligence-enabled robot guns to take down Russia's new and fast-moving jet-powered …
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Drone hits Ethiopia IDP camp as fears grow of regional war
Oct 05 2026
A drone strike in Ethiopia's Tigray region killed several people in a displacement camp, sources said on Monday, as the …
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Yemen, Saudi Arabia strike Houthis as counteroffensive gets underway
Oct 05 2026
Yemen's military backed by Saudi jets attacked Houthi targets including in the capital on Monday as they launched an …
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Spain's PM calls snap election after housing bill defeat
Oct 05 2026
Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called a snap election for November 29, after parliament …
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US withdraws all bomber aircraft from UK airbase
Oct 05 2026
The United States confirmed that it had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the British airbase of RAF Fairford, reportedly …
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US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
Oct 05 2026
The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists …
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Yemen, Saudi Arabia target Houthis in new campaign as war escalates
Oct 05 2026
Yemen's military backed by Saudi jets attacked Houthi targets on Monday as they launched an ambitious campaign to …
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Hundreds of French high schools shut as protests persist
Oct 05 2026
French high-school students on Monday pressed on with a protest movement over learning conditions that has rocked the …
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US-German trio win medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
Oct 05 2026
The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues …
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Spain PM calls early election after housing crisis defeat
Oct 05 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called a snap election for November 29, after parliament rejected housing …
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Yemen military announces broad strikes against Houthis
Oct 05 2026
The Yemeni military announced a broad set of strikes against Houthi targets on Monday, after the government declared a …
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Brazil heads to run-off as Bolsonaro pulls off shock first place finish over Lula
Oct 05 2026
Right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise first-place finish ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da …
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Bolsonaro edges past Lula as nail-biter Brazil vote goes to a run-off
Oct 05 2026
Right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday's election in which …
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Research into weight-loss drugs tipped for Nobel as award week opens
Oct 05 2026
Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on …
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Bolsonaro leads Lula as nail-biter Brazil vote goes to a run-off
Oct 05 2026
Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro, finished ahead of President Luiz …
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Flavio Bolsonaro leads Lula in near-done Brazil vote count
Oct 04 2026
Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, was leading incumbent Luiz Inacio …
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Flavio Bolsonaro leads Lula in partial Brazil poll results
Oct 04 2026
Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, is leading incumbent Luiz …
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Portugal move into Nations League knockout stage, Germany held
Oct 04 2026
Portugal became the first team to reach the quarter-finals of the Nations League when they beat Norway 2-1 on Sunday, …
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