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President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. judge on Thursday (October 22, 2026) issued President Donald Trump a December 11 deadline to testify under oath in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Judge Enjolique Lett in Miami gave the order in response to complaints by the British broadcaster that Mr….
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At least sixteen dead, 32 injured after 7.0 quake strikes China’s Tibet: State media Sixteen dead, 32 injured after strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck China’s Tibet region late Thursday (October 22, 2026), and casualties have been reported, state news agency Xinhua said, citing local authorities. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 10:33 p.m. (1433…
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a festive event at the Bolshoi Theatre marking the 150th anniversary of Russia’s Union of Theatre Workers in Moscow, Russia, on October 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia is ready to resume three-way talks with Ukraine and the United States, but on the security parameters of…
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Thousands of protesters took to the Paris streets on Thursday (October 22, 2026) while other cities banned demonstrations following a weekend of clashes and widespread looting that marked France’s most violent unrest in years. Also Read: Clashes and fires break out as protesters rally across France, joining students Organisers of the Paris protest said an…
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Women plan street demonstrations in more than 20 Polish cities and towns on Thursday (October 22, 2026) to protest the lack of access to free and legal abortion. They’re accusing Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s liberal government of failing to fulfil its promise to relax Poland’s strict abortion laws, and are protesting even though the Parliament…
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On October 12, NATO’s top military commander issued a stark warning to Russia. General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said that if Moscow were “foolish enough” to attack an alliance territory, NATO would destroy “anything and everything” involved in the attack. His remarks came at a time of rising tensions between Russia and…
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On August 26, a climate-induced ice-and-rock avalanche in Nepal set off a debris flow and flooding along the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli-Narayani river system. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations climate convention’s Loss and Damage Fund has set aside $21.6 million for Nepal towards addressing the damage from the Bhotekoshi floods that ravaged the country in…
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US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev attend a meeting with Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired U.S. schoolteacher who was recently freed after serving a prison sentence in Russia following his conviction on mercenary charges, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on October 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A retired U.S. teacher…
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Police officers equipped with riot control gear stand guard amid an anti-government protest by students, in Tirana, Albania, on October 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Albanian lawmakers grappled on the floor of parliament on Thursday (October 22, 2026), as the opposition accused the government of violently targeting protesters over a week of unrest in…
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Russia bombarded Kyiv with ballistic missiles in an hourslong nighttime barrage, and the Russian military said on Thursday (October 22, 2026) that its air defences intercepted 808 drones fired by Ukraine at Moscow and other cities, in attacks that dampened new hopes of progress in ending the war. At least two people were killed in…
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