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• Vatican Pope Surgery

  12-10-2026 09:18 via article.wn.com
  The statue of late Pope John Paul II is pictured at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to be hospitalized, in Rome, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. ......
  
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• Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no intelligence from partners on incoming missile strike on Kyiv

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv in which five missiles hit civilian infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday in a post on X. Zelenskyy characterized the barrage on the capital as “particularly vile,” and emphasized that receiving intelligence from Ukraine’s partners on such ballistic missile attacks “helps save lives, and this is one of the most critical issue
  
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• ‘You terrorist killed thousands of people in Bangladesh’: Mohammed Yunus heckled at JFK airport

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Bnagladesh government will pursue legal action over the reported harassment of former interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. ......
  
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• What to know after immigration authorities raided home of Trump critic Ilhan Omar

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
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• Waterford plunged into 'utter devastation' after house fire kills several people

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  The Taoiseach, Ireland’s Prime Minister, paid his respects to those who died in the fire ......
  
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• US midterm elections: 10 under-the-radar races worth watching

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Though Democrats have a strong edge heading into the midterms, some races have openings for Republicans...
  
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• UK holiday demand may have peaked amid cost of living squeeze, says travel industry

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Spain remains most popular destination as Britons book later in hope of better deals, Abta report finds...
  
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• UK asks Interpol to reject Argentina’s ‘politically motivated’ requests for Falklands oil arrests

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Exclusive: Caution urged over Javier Milei government’s ‘red notice’ requests for arrest of individuals linked to oil project...
  
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• Trump targets Ilhan Omar at rally following raid on her home – US politics live

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  President says Somalia, birthplace of the Minnesota Democratic congresswoman, is ‘one of the worst countries on the planet’...
  
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• Trill seekers: can scientists use AI and tutors to help birds remember lost songs?

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  When populations fall, fledglings can struggle to learn the right notes to attract mates. But research on how birds communicate offers hope for species’ survival...
  
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• Spain's king and queen visit Ceuta as territory grapples with protracted migration crisis

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  CEUTA, Spain (AP) — King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia kicked off their first visit to Ceuta on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with residents of the Spanish city in North Africa as they grapple with a migration crisis that has strained relations with Morocco. The royal couple will then travel to Melilla, Spain’s other North African exclave, on Wednesday. It will be the first visit by a Spanish monarch to the two cities since Felipe’s father, Juan Carlos I, toured them in 2007. T
  
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• Prosecutors drop 3 impeachment charges against Philippine VP Duterte to speed up trial

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Prosecutors dropped three of four impeachment charges against Vice President Sara Duterte Tuesday to speed up her ongoing trial, saying the remaining allegation of unexplained wealth was enough to convict her. The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, approved the move. But Duterte’s lawyers called it “completely unfair,” saying prosecutors had already addressed...
  
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• Pope Leo heads to Rome hospital for lung operation

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV was due to be admitted to hospital in Rome on Tuesday for surgery to remove a nodule on his lung, an operation experts say is generally low-risk. The 71-year-old will head to the Gemelli hospital in the late morning, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told AFP. The surgery to remove a pulmonary nodule, or small growth of tissue in the lung, will mark the pope’s first hospitalisation since he became head of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025. On Sunday, in a surprise announcement f
  
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• ‘Our future is being stolen’: Greta Thunberg joins students protesting in Paris

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Swedish activist stands alongside French teenagers calling for investment to fix teacher shortages and crumbling schools...
  
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• 'Our future is being robbed': Greta Thunberg joins France student protests

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined high school pupils campaigning for better learning conditions in France on Tuesday ahead of fresh nationwide demonstrations, with authorities and participants wary of further violence. The 23-year-old, who became famous as a teen for school strikes to demand action on climate change, stood among pupils demonstrating outside a school at the heart of the movement in the capital’s largest suburb of Saint-Denis. Thunberg arrived at the Paul Eluard high sc
  
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• New Delhi police detain top 'cockroach' leaders after flash protest at Jantar Mantar

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) said on Tuesday that key leaders had been detained after entering an iconic protest site in New Delhi blocked by police. Opposition parties and supporters of the movement have taken to the streets in recent days, defying a security clampdown to demand the resignation of the head of India’s election commission, accusing it of manipulating voter rolls to benefit Prime Minister...
  
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• Netflix secures Spanish broadcasting rights for 2030 World Cup

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  The 2030 edition is set to feature 48 teams, with Netflix having the rights to show all 104 matches in Spain. ......
  
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• Netanyahu orders prosecution of 'NAZA' whistleblowers

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the country’s attorney general and the head of the Shin Bet security service to identify and prosecute whistleblowers interviewed for an investigative documentary about Israel’s mass killings of civilians in Gaza, Israeli media reported.In a letter to army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, Shin Bet chief David Zini...
  
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• Millions of Medicaid recipients to face draconian requirements as of 1 January

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Trump’s reform law that seeks to make coverage harder to get, and to keep, includes working 80 hours per month...
  
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• Japan, US review troops

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
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• Is punishing the poor Trump’s last hand to play?

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  The pre-midterm defenestration of ACA enrollees looks like political madness – but the president appears to believe hitting poor people might work for him...
  
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• Indonesia relocates 8 orangutans into protected forest after rescue from wildfires

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Eight endangered orangutans were released into a protected forest weeks after wildfires destroyed large swaths of their habitat in Indonesian Borneo, a conservation group said. The orangutans, including three mothers with infants and two adolescent males, were rescued from areas in Ketapang and North Kayong regencies that were ravaged by fires between August and September. The animals were moved Oct. 8 to Batu Nyambu protected forest in West Kalimantan province, s
  
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• How a scandal engulfing Brazil’s top court could return the Bolsonaros to power

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  The judge who helped convict Jair Bolsonaro is caught up in a crisis that could benefit his son and damage Lula...
  
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• Houthi rebels report airstrikes in Yemen, and other Middle East developments

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out overnight airstrikes along Yemen’s northern border with the kingdom and its western coastline. Saudi Arabia did not immediately respond to the claim. The reported strikes came hours after air raid sirens sounded and explosions were heard in the Saudi capital. Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Tuesday. Read our full coverage here. Houthis say airstrikes hit areas in Yemen under their contro
  
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• Global semiconductor stocks sell-off over AI boom worries pulls Asian shares lower

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Global shares are mixed. But a...
  
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• Germany’s Nuremberg airport suspends all flights after ‘aviation emergency’

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
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• Forever Is Now review – political study of former Irish Green leader is like The ...

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Eamon Ryan is shown to be principled, likable and hard working in a glowing portrait, filmed while serving in the country’s coalition government...
  
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• First Thing: Democratic leaders condemn federal raid on Ilhan Omar as she vows not to ...

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Minnesota congresswoman criticized raid as attempt by Trump administration ‘to target political enemies and weaponize law enforcement’. Plus what is to be done about the world record in the women’s marathon?...
  
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• Ex-Chicago detective identified as killing child in 65-year cold case

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  Police used recently discovered DNA to pin murder of eight-year-old girl on Thomas McInerney, who died in 2006...
  
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• ‘Denial won’t alter facts’: India reaffirms Ladakh sovereignty, dismisses Chinese objections

  13-10-2026 14:01 via article.wn.com
  The 28 locations identified by the Centre include geographical features with names drawn from different historical, cultural and geographical references. ......
  
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