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A woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria has been medically evacuated to Switzerland, authorities say. Source link

Western Sydney International (WSI), the city’s first commercial 24-hour airport, opened for flights on Sunday. It’s been built to serve Western Sydney, but for some residents, living close by won’t necessarily mean a faster commute. A metro is being built but has faced delays and won’t be complete for at …

The US justice department illegally fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey, a federal judge has ruled. Comey, who lost her job as a federal prosecutor in New York in July 2025, sued the government, arguing she was unlawfully fired because of …

Americans have gone all in on “maxxing”, making it the 2026 Word of the Year for Dictionary.com. Short for maximising, the term “can be used on its own or added to the end of any word to convey you’re doing something to the fullest or optimizing it as much as …

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The Pope is recovering well from cancer surgery and his trip to South America will go ahead as planned next month, the Vatican has said. Leo had the lower lobe of his right lung removed on 13 October and was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer. …

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The naming of geographical features in Antarctica follows strict rules. The Amos Channel was recommended by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee, which looks after names for sites within the British Antarctic Territory, as well as South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Athena Dinar, from the British Antarctic Survey, …

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In the next week, two sets of elections will be held on two continents, the outcomes of which could have profound consequences for the world. By a fluke of electoral timetabling, millions of voters around 6,000 miles apart will unite in exercising their democratic rights within days of each other. …

Police have arrested a teenager in connection with a shooting on Saturday that injured 12 people in Florida. The incident took place at 20:00 local time (01:00 Sunday GMT), close to an American football stadium in the city of Tallahassee where a university game had recently been played. Eleven people …

Two Catholic bishops in the US have said they regret meeting President Donald Trump at the White House, after images of them praying with him were released and prompted many to ask if they were making a political statement. Photos and video of the 22 October meeting show a group …

Measuring the electoral impact of online mobilisation, however, is notoriously difficult. While Lula’s allies credit Lula’s Army with helping fuel the comeback, political scientists caution that it is impossible to determine how many votes, if any, were directly influenced by the WhatsApp operation. Political scientist Denilde Holzhacker argues that a …

Lula, who turns 81 on Tuesday, has already been president for three non-consecutive terms, serving two terms between January 2003 to December 2010, and again from January 2023. His win makes him the first in Brazilian history to secure a fourth term, which will last until 2030. But this has …

A US Marine has been indicted on suspicion of murdering and robbing a woman in Japan earlier this month in a case that has triggered protests, Japanese media reports. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, who was stationed at US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, was arrested on suspicion of killing Anna …

North Korean howitzer guns have been seen close to the border with South Korea – at a time when tensions between the two nations are high. Source link

The October full Moon lit up skies around the world this weekend. Full Moons throughout the year have traditionally been given names that reflect what is going on in nature. This particular full moon is known by several names, including the Hunter’s Moon, a name rooted in historical traditions in …

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Under his chosen successor, progress stalled. The economic boom also gave way to recession, and the country’s political scene was rocked by a huge investigation into top-level corruption, known as Operation Car Wash. Lula was among those to get caught up in the scandal. In July 2017, he was convicted …

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