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Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T09:35:12+00:00

Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on SaturdayKenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) died after returning to the country.In mid-May, the DRC declared its 17th Ebola outbreak, an extremely deadly disease that has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years. Continue reading...

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Israël et le traumatisme du 7-Octobre

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-06T09:30:09+00:00

Trois ans après les attaques terroristes commises par le Hamas, le traumatisme reste profond au sein de la société israélienne, empêchant tout examen critique de la riposte menée par Benyamin Nétanyahou, qui s’est traduite par l’anéantissement de Gaza.

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Francia, gli studenti tornano in piazza: scontri a Parigi e Strasburgo

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-10-06T09:28:22+00:00

Nuove manifestazioni dopo quelle del fine settimana, degenerate in violenza. Mélenchon al corteo: “Quello che fate è incredibile”. Lecornu: “Sospese lezioni al liceo per organizzare momenti di democrazia interna”

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Nifty clears 2-session highs; Trent, Kotak lead; IT drags

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-06T09:26:00+00:00

At 12.45 pm, the Sensex was up 573.45 points or 0.79% at 72,955.92, while the Nifty 50 gained 167.45 points or 0.74% to trade at 22,723.20

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George Fenton, Oscar-nominated British composer for more than 100 films, dies aged 76

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T09:24:56+00:00

Fenton’s successes include scores for Gandhi, Groundhog Day and 18 Ken Loach films, plus BBC TV news themes, Blue Planet and moreGeorge Fenton, the British composer who earned five Oscar nominations for scores to films such as Gandhi and Dangerous Liaisons, has died aged 76.A statement from his family said his death was “unexpected” but did not give a cause. The statement added that he was survived by various family members, as well as “a life of music”. Continue reading...

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Palestine weekly: Olive harvest opens under assault

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-06T09:22:09+00:00

Israeli settlers and forces beat Palestinians, set property on fire and steal crops across the occupied West Bank.

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India, Tanzania discuss deepening parliamentary cooperation

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-06T09:22:06+00:00

The Indian delegation features Harivansh alongside Lok Sabha MPs Anurag Thakur, Aparajita Sarangi, Sanjay Jaiswal, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Lata Wankhede, Bijuli Kalita Medhi and N. K. Premachandran, as well as Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra

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Dos barcos comerciales son atacados por drones en el mar Negro

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-10-06T09:20:33+00:00

Uno de ellos se ha hundido y otro ha tenido que ser evacuado un día después de que otra ofensiva matara a dos personas a bordo de un buque en Rumania

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Indian insurance brokers oppose regulator's proposed reforms

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-06T09:18:08+00:00

The ‌regulator's ⁠proposed rules include linking commission levels to ⁠the complexity of products and effort required to sell

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"Потяг "Червона Рута"" – ексклюзивна прем’єра з 7 жовтня на Київстар ТБ

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-10-06T09:18:00+00:00

Вже завтра, 7 жовтня, на платформі кіно і телебачення Київстар ТБ ексклюзивно відбудеться прем’єра української сімейної романтичної комедії "Потяг "Червона рута"".

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Soupçons de peste en Sibérie : les autorités russes nient la mise en place de mesures sanitaires

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-06T09:10:39+00:00

L’agence de santé publique russe a dénoncé « une fausse information » selon laquelle « un régime sanitaire et épidémiologique renforcé et de restrictions strictes » aurait été instauré dans la région d’Irkoutsk à la suite de la mort d’une technicienne de l’Institut de lutte contre la peste.

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Soupçons de peste en Russie : les autorités nient la mise en place de mesures sanitaires, après la mort d’une laborantine

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-06T09:10:38+00:00

L’agence de santé publique russe a dénoncé « une fausse information » selon laquelle « un régime sanitaire et épidémiologique renforcé et de restrictions strictes » aurait été instauré dans la région d’Irkoutsk à la suite de la mort d’une technicienne de l’Institut de lutte contre la peste.

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UK probes Meta over risk assessment of Instagram Instants

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-06T09:08:47+00:00

Instants allows ‌content ⁠shared by users ⁠in social media platform Instagram to disappear after being viewed

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Woman’s body found in stockyard trough close to NSW-Queensland border

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T09:05:54+00:00

Police say body found by trail bike riders at remote farm in Terragon is badly decomposed, sparking search of missing persons recordsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA partially submerged body believed to be a woman has been discovered in a remote stockyard, with the death being treated as suspicious.Officers were called to a property in Terragon, near Murwillumbah in northern NSW, at about 11.20am on Monday after reports of a dead body. Continue reading...

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In Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-06T09:03:19+00:00

China’s booming artificial intelligence sector has given local researchers good reason to remain in the country, but it has yet to lure overseas scientists despite a government push.

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In Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-06T09:03:19+00:00

China’s booming artificial intelligence sector has given local researchers good reason to remain in the country, but it has yet to lure overseas scientists despite a government push.

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Opposition leaders detained, as Rahul Gandhi says, ‘Gyanesh, its done bro!’

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-06T09:00:54+00:00

As the India bloc march moved on the Parliament Street, after the MPs gathered at Parliament’s Makar Dwar, the protestors were stopped for the first time near Niti Aayog office by security personnel

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Melting Swiss Glaciers Release Archaeological Treasures

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-06T09:00:53+00:00

Archaeologists are scouring mountain passes as artifacts from a bygone world all but tumble out of Switzerland’s shrinking ice.

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US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T09:00:09+00:00

For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author saysUS households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago – outpacing inflation, grocery prices and household incomes, according to a new study.Food & Water Watch, a Washington DC-based non-profit, analyzed 2025 billing data from the 500 largest community water systems in the US, which together serve about 155 million people, or 45% of the country’s population. The analysis compared current rates with data from a similar Food & Water Watch surve

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Loss of green space could be issue that decides Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T09:00:08+00:00

Labour could pay price for disappearance of parks and playgrounds around Euston stationWhen HS2 construction began around London’s Euston station in 2017 and people living nearby watched parks and playgrounds give way to diggers and rubble, they were promised that the lost green space would be replaced. “They have to give it all back,” said Dorothea Hackman. “But they are destroying it – so there’s nothing to give back.”As the dust from the political party conference season begins to settle, disappearing green spaces and housing developments have become central issues in the Holborn and St Pan

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Axe used by Jack Nicholson in The Shining for sale as part of Stanley Kubrick auction

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-06T09:00:08+00:00

Exclusive: Weapon is one of hundreds of items to be sold as part of the influential late director’s personal archiveThe axe wielded by Jack Nicholson as he delivered his chillingly manic line “Here’s Johnny!” in the 1980 horror movie The Shining is to go on sale.Nicholson’s character, Jack Torrance, uses the axe to hack out an opening in a locked door protecting his terrified wife Wendy, played by Shelley Duvall. It is also the murder weapon in the killing of Scatman Crothers’ character, Dick Hallorann. One of cinema’s most famous axes could be yours for a list price of between £30,000 and £50

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