- Kenya Confirms 4 More Ebola Cases, Total Rises to 7 Tuko News
- Kenya confirms four new Ebola cases, bringing total number to seven Reuters
- Kenya Confirms Four New Ebola Cases The New York Times
- Kenya confirms four more Ebola cases, bringing total to seven Al Jazeera
- Kenya’s Ebola cases rise to 7, including health workers who cared for the first patient ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Livestreamers Film Themselves Using Humanoid Robot to Sexually Assault Teen Girl, Prompting Police to Seize the Bot – Futurism
- Livestreamers Film Themselves Using Humanoid Robot to Sexually Assault Teen Girl, Prompting Police to Seize the Bot Futurism
- Police seize robot that groped 16-year-old girl, investigate whether young men were at the controls AP News
- Robot seized by German police after it was allegedly used to grope teenage girl BBC
- German police seize humanoid robot that allegedly groped teen girl, and phones of young men who had it CBS News
- Humanoid Robot Allegedly Sexually Assaults 16-Year-Old Girl, Teenage Owner Accused of Filming the Incident People.com
Elon Musk agrees to settle lawsuits over 2024 election lottery
Trump-boosting billionaire was sued over promise to give away $1m per day to random signatories of petition
Elon Musk and his America Pac political action committee said recently that they agreed to settle two proposed class actions alleging the billionaire entrepreneur defrauded residents in closely contested states before the 2024 US election by promising voters a lottery-style daily $1m giveaway.
The plaintiffs, Musk and America Pac told the judge overseeing the two related lawsuits in federal court in Austin, Texas, on Thursday that they have reached settlements subject to court approval.
Continue reading...A fire guts a Bangladeshi beach resort, killing 10 people – AP News
Selma Blair ‘did not intend to harm anyone’ during airplane incident, representatives say
Actor experienced a ‘medical emergency’ on flight during which she allegedly injured crew members, statement says
Actor Selma Blair did not mean to hurt anyone during the recent flight which led to her arrest on allegations that she assaulted a pair of cabin crew members, a police officer and a nurse, her representatives said on Friday in a statement that characterized the episode as a medical emergency.
The lengthy statement also dismissed prior media coverage of Blair’s arrest after a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to New York as unsympathetic and inaccurate, singling out reporting from several outlets alleging that she tried to open the door of the airplane that she and her fellow passengers were on.
Continue reading...Pope discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery
The pontiff will give the traditional Angelus prayer and blessing in St Peter's Square on Sunday.
Isabel Allende wins €1m Spanish literary prize under pseudonym – The Guardian
- Isabel Allende wins €1m Spanish literary prize under pseudonym The Guardian
- Chilean author Isabel Allende wins Spain's prestigious Planeta Prize Reuters
- Isabel Allende’s powerful words on resilience: “We all have an untapped inner strength” Diario AS
- Isabel Allende: the big surprise behind the winning pseudonym of the Premio Planeta The New Barcelona Post
- 'Winning the Planeta is like winning the Nobel Prize', says Isabel Allende todoalicante.es
Portugal sees protests over cost of living and housing crisis as demonstrations sweep Europe – Euronews.com
- Portugal sees protests over cost of living and housing crisis as demonstrations sweep Europe Euronews.com
- ‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify The Guardian
- Portugal: Police violence against peaceful housing protesters must be investigated Amnesty International
- Tens of thousands march in Lisbon over housing, cost of living crisis The Jerusalem Post
- Protesters set up tent camps in Portugal over soaring housing costs Yahoo
Pope Leo discharged from hospital after cancer operation
Doctors say pontiff is ‘fit for discharge’ after operation to remove cancerous tumour from his lung
Pope Leo has been discharged from hospital in Rome after undergoing an operation to remove a cancerous tumour from his lung.
Leo, 71, was deemed “fit for discharge”, his doctors, Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora, said in a statement published by the Vatican.
Continue reading...Over half of Russian jet-powered drones downed by Ukraine’s aircraft, Zelensky says – The Kyiv Independent
- Over half of Russian jet-powered drones downed by Ukraine's aircraft, Zelensky says The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine Hurries to Build Defenses Against Russia’s Jet-Powered Drones WSJ
- Russia Repels 644 Ukrainian Drones as Trump Calls Attacks on Russian Refineries ‘Disgrace’ The Moscow Times
- The Race to Defend Kyiv Against Terrifying New Jet-Powered Drones The New York Times
- Central Ukrainian region hit by vast drone attack, killing three Reuters
CENTCOM chief cites reports Iran’s proxies holding back salaries to send money to IRGC – The Times of Israel
- CENTCOM chief cites reports Iran’s proxies holding back salaries to send money to IRGC The Times of Israel
- Iran-backed militias sending money back to cash-starved IRGC, U.S. says Axios
- EXCLUSIVE: Iran ships some LPG, jet fuel despite US blockade, data shows Reuters
- US blockade cost Iran $25 billion in oil revenue, CENTCOM chief says The Jerusalem Post
- Iran’s proxies are propping up Tehran with financial support, says US The Telegraph
‘We’re not playing games’: Parents launch playground protests to fight school field sell-off
School looking to sell piece of open land beloved by people in Devon town to fund refurbishments
On Saturdays throughout autumn, residents of Totnes have met at a field on the banks of the River Dart to play ballgames, fly kites or simply sit on the grass and chat.
But it hasn’t just been about having fun – this has been a “play protest” aimed at trying to save a beloved piece of open land in the historic Devon market town.
Continue reading...Ukraine says Russia’s claimed territorial advances are ‘an illusion’ – Reuters
- Ukraine says Russia's claimed territorial advances are 'an illusion' Reuters
- Ukraine's Armed Forces refute Russian claims of advance towards Zaporizhzhia and capture of Kostiantynivka an Українська правда
- Russia announces capture of Dobropilia, a Ukrainian stronghold EFE - Agencia de noticias
- Azov Regiment denies Russian claims of capturing three settlements near Dobropillia Ukrinform
- Ukraine Refutes Russian Claims of Seizing 1,800 Sq Km Since Fall Kyiv Post
A Wayward Shark Becomes a Celebrity in South Korea – The New York Times
- A Wayward Shark Becomes a Celebrity in South Korea The New York Times
- Celebrity shark trapped in South Korean canal stirs concerns over warming seas news - Mongabay
- A 12-Foot Shark Got Stuck In A South Korean Canal, And 600,000 People Came To See It A-Z Animals
- Shark 'Bukangi' Draws 1.48 Million Visitors as Month-Long Stay in Busan Port Continues news.sbs.co.kr
- "An Attention-Seeking Shark?"... Ecologist Choi Jaecheon on Why Bukangi Really Came 아시아경제
Putin Claims 6,500 Square Kilometres Seized in Ukraine. The Reality Is 45 Times Smaller – UNITED24 Media
- Putin Claims 6,500 Square Kilometres Seized in Ukraine. The Reality Is 45 Times Smaller UNITED24 Media
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 15, 2026 Critical Threats
- The Russia-Ukraine War Report Card, Oct. 14, 2026 Russia Matters
- ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 16, 2026 Kyiv Post
- The situation 1669 – October 16, 2026 SPARTANAT.com
Russian Bot Activity Collapses by 84% After Strikes on Yandex Data Centers, Ukraine Says – UNITED24 Media
- Russian Bot Activity Collapses by 84% After Strikes on Yandex Data Centers, Ukraine Says UNITED24 Media
- Drone Strikes Didn’t Take Out a Russian Bot Farm, But We Were Primed to Believe It Mother Jones
- Ukraine targets Russia’s ‘Google’ as the internet becomes a new front line CNN
- Yandex outage: Data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots went on the move Cloudflare Blog
- Ukrainian drone strikes highlight the vulnerability of Russia’s data centers Atlantic Council
Nursery owner in China jailed for life after hundreds of children poisoned
She and five staff members were found to have used the inedible paint in meals to make them look more appealing.
Nursery owner in China jailed for life after hundreds of children poisoned – BBC
- Nursery owner in China jailed for life after hundreds of children poisoned BBC
- Kindergarten Owner, Kitchen Staff Sentenced After Poisoning More Than 200 Children at School People.com
- Chinese kindergarten owner given life sentence over lead paint poisoning scandal South China Morning Post
- Kindergarten head sentenced to life imprisonment for adding toxic substances to food served to children, staff Global Times
- China sentences 6 for lead-tainted kindergarten food that sickened over 200 children AP News
Nursery owner in China jailed for life after hundreds of children poisoned
She and five staff members were found to have used the inedible paint in meals to make them look more appealing.
Europe’s protests are a revolt against Atlanticism – UnHerd
- Europe’s protests are a revolt against Atlanticism UnHerd
- Season Of Anger: Protests Break Out Across France, Italy, Portugal, US NDTV
- Angry Youth in Aging Europe The New York Times
- Generation 6-7 Does May ’68: A New Generation of Rebellion in Europe Left Voice
- It is not 1968, but protests are everywhere except Sri Lanka Island.lk