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Pope diagnosed with lung cancer but had successful surgery, Vatican says
Pope Leo had successful surgery to remove a lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican said.
Iran shifting tactics to step up attacks on shipping before US vote, officials say – Reuters
- Iran shifting tactics to step up attacks on shipping before US vote, officials say Reuters
- Iran Escalates Attacks on Ships, Threatening Oil Export Recovery Bloomberg.com
- October Sees Near Daily Strikes on Ships in Hormuz USNI News
- Iran increases threat to Strait of Hormuz shipping, and other Middle East developments AP News
- Ships in Hormuz strait hit by worst spate of attacks since start of war Financial Times
Iran war live: Saudi coalition hits Houthi sites; Aramco office hit in east
A Saudi Aramco building has been hit in Dhahran, following Saudi-led coalition strikes on Houthi 'vital assets' in Yemen
OpenAI engineer charged after listening device found in meeting room
US authorities say a Saudi national was arrested and charged after allegedly planting a concealed surveillance device.
Robot seized by German police after allegedly groping teenage girl – BBC
- Robot seized by German police after allegedly groping teenage girl BBC
- Police confiscate robot that groped 16-year-old girl, probe whether young men were at the controls AP News
- Authorities investigate public harassment of teen girl by humanoid robot Mashable
- Police investigating after humanoid robot ‘sexually assaults’ girl The Independent
- Humanoid robot ‘sexually assaults’ teenage girl in Germany The Times
Germany puts Ukrainian on trial accused of blowing up Nord Stream pipelines – BBC
- Germany puts Ukrainian on trial accused of blowing up Nord Stream pipelines BBC
- A trial over one of the biggest acts of sabotage in decades is getting underway. Here’s a refresher CNN
- Ukrainian ex-officer stands trial in Germany over Nord Stream bombing Reuters
- Ukrainian soldier to go on trial over sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines The Guardian
- Germany To Start Nord Stream 'War Crime' Trial With Prosecutors Blaming Ukrainian 'State Authorities' Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Germany puts Ukrainian on trial accused of blowing up Nord Stream pipelines
Four years after the attacks, Serhii Kuznetsov appears in court accused of a plot to destroy Russia's gas pipelines to Germany.
Watch: Witnesses describe ‘traumatic’ moment man fell out of Six Flags rollercoaster
One person has died and others were injured after an incident at a US amusement park.
India’s Modi faces unprecedented challenge to power as youth mobilize – The Washington Post
- India’s Modi faces unprecedented challenge to power as youth mobilize The Washington Post
- Is This the Beginning of the End of Indian Democracy? The New Yorker
- Despite lockdowns and thousands detained, India's youth-led protests grow Reuters
- After Lockdown, Sea of Protesters Flows Through India’s Capital The New York Times
- India’s government fails to crush Gen Z protests The Economist
Jamaica begins receiving third-country deportees under controversial US agreement – AP News
- Jamaica begins receiving third-country deportees under controversial US agreement AP News
- Jamaica begins receiving third-country deportees under controversial U.S. agreement NBC News
- Jamaica accepts first flight of third-country deportations from US amid looming Supreme Court battle Fox News
- Jamaica accepts first flight of third-country deportations from US Al Jazeera
- Gov’t says IOM to handle care, return of third-country nationals under US deal Jamaica Observer
Does a Russian lab worker’s death carry pandemic risk? Experts say it’s unlikely, with one caveat – PBS
- Does a Russian lab worker's death carry pandemic risk? Experts say it's unlikely, with one caveat PBS
- Russia’s frozen hinterlands have long been feared to harbor disease risks The Washington Post
- As a scientist, here's what worries me about the suspected Russian plague victim | Devi Sridhar The Guardian
- What Is Russia Hiding in Its Plague Labs? Tablet Magazine
- Is Russia playing deadly games with the plague? Look to its history. The Hill
Zimbabwean author denies using AI to write award-winning story
Simbarashe Kundizeza was responding to an accusation that has caused an uproar on social media.
Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026
Striking images including an urban coyote and an elephant carrying a dead calf are among this year's winners.
Cryptocurrency exchange founded by Reform donor Ben Delo sued for £20m
Former investor alleges BitMEX sold products in UK despite not being regulated by Financial Conduct Authority
A cryptocurrency exchange founded by the billionaire Reform UK donor Ben Delo is being sued for £20m over claims that the company mis-sold financial products in the UK.
Lewis Barber, who is a software engineer, alleges that BitMEX offered crypto derivative products to investors in the UK, despite not being regulated or approved to do so by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Continue reading...Stop making sense: focus on sounds to help learn a language, study suggests
Research shows that the best linguists process unfamiliar foreign speech sounds more like non-speech sounds
If you want to get really good at French, Arabic or Hungarian, don’t start with rote learning vocabulary and grammar, focus on how they sound instead, research suggests.
A new study of how humans learn modern languages has found that the brains of the most talented linguists hear foreign terms as random noise, not words.
Continue reading...Saudi conflict with Houthis escalates with new strikes – PBS
Pope Leo XIV’s brother Louis Prevost also battling cancer, wife tells CBS News – CBS News
- Pope Leo XIV's brother Louis Prevost also battling cancer, wife tells CBS News CBS News
- Pope Leo had peaceful night in hospital after lung cancer surgery Reuters
- What to know about pulmonary adenocarcinoma The Washington Post
- Pope Leo XIV undergoes successful lung surgery Vatican News
- What to know about Pope Leo's lung cancer diagnosis NPR
‘A window into its soul’: The rare elephant behaviour that reveals the depths of their emotions – BBC
- 'A window into its soul': The rare elephant behaviour that reveals the depths of their emotions BBC
- 16 Striking Photos From This Year’s Best Wildlife Photographers National Geographic
- Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 BBC
- Wildlife photographer of the year 2026 winners – in pictures The Guardian
- Heartbreaking photograph of an elephant and deceased calf wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 Natural History Museum
Missiles intercepted near Riyadh after Saudi coalition hits Yemen fuel depot
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen struck a fuel depot near the Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa.