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A rock painting at a cave in Maros-Pangkep, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, October 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The world’s oldest cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are under threat as heat and smoke from the country’s worst wildfires in more than a decade risk accelerating the deterioration of the more than…
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A health worker dressed in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in a room at an Ebola isolation facility at The Nairobi Hospital, Kenya. | Photo Credit: AP Kenya’s Health Ministry announced the country’s second Ebola death on Friday (October 23, 2026), saying a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the first patient died after…
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The United States appears to be preparing to resume large-scale strikes against Iran, but there is unlikely to be a military solution for either side in the devastating conflict, experts said. Washington and Tehran’s forces have settled into a pattern of strikes on commercial ships, with the United States seeking to enforce a blockade of…
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Days ahead of close-fought Israeli elections, campaigns have gone into overdrive with poor-taste jibes and inflammatory attacks against candidates, sometimes crossing red lines. Fuelled in part by a boom in AI-generated images flooding social media, candidates and activists are seeking to portray their opponents as weak, untrustworthy or damaging for the country as they play…
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France will deploy about 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests on Saturday (October 24, 2026) after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago. Protests by high school students over learning conditions sparked a movement that has since spread nationwide, fuelled by broader…
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Ukraine’s top negotiator involved in a humanitarian mission led by U.S. first lady Melania Trump told The Associated Press that a local ceasefire with Russia will start Tuesday (October 27, 2026) — two days before the mission begins — and last several days. Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. negotiators reached a deal on Friday (October 23,…
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President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump said on Friday (October 23, 2026) the United States would take care of Cuba after dealing with Iran and would send Secretary of State Marco Rubio to finish the deal. “We’ll take care of Cuba on our way back from Iran … then we’re going…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration lifted some tariffs on Canadian imports on Friday (October 23, 2026), two weeks ahead of midterm elections, after a vulnerable Republican candidate said she’d lobbied for the change. The easing of tariffs will apply to products including “plywood sheets, some paper…
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International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The head of the UN nuclear agency, Rafael Grossi, said on Friday (October 23, 2026) that he expects the use of nuclear power could more than triple by 2060. Mr. Grossi said in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s annual report to the UN General…
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The first clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in the outbreak gripping the Democratic Republic of Congo began Friday (October 23, 2026), the head of the World Health Organisation said. Also Read: Congo’s Ebola outbreak records more than 4,000 deaths The DR Congo’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak has passed the 9,700-case mark, with the number of…