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A technician inspects a new oxygen concentrator before it is delivered to a customer at a medical supply warehouse in Kuala Lumpur on October 15, 2026

Oxygen tanks, purifier sales spike as haze crisis hits Southeast Asia

Multiple blazes were set during the protests in France

'Never seen anything like it': mass looting grips Paris

Thousands of rallies were held across the United States, including Portland, Maine, to call on voters to remove Republicans from power

Protecting the vote

Across US, 'No Kings' events seek to boost early voting

Members of the media film Exploration and Return Modules, making up the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima prefecture on August 13, 2026

Japan to launch historic round-trip mission to Mars moon

Baritone Peter Mattei plays Abraham Lincoln in 'Lincoln in the Bardo,' which will have its world premiere at New York's Metropolitan Opera

Met Opera goes for big and bold, despite shaky finances

US President Donald Trump presented Elon Musk with the nation's top science medal, calling him a 'national treasure' and 'our modern-day Thomas Edison'

Musk back in the spotlight, but politics dims the awe

Andrew Garfield portrays OpenAI chief Sam Altman in 'Artificial'

Hollywood's fresh take on tech titans: from heroes to villains

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading Washington's push into central and south Asia

US goes on the offensive in central Asia

Palestinians stand on a hilltop looking down at the smoke from fires after Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at the olive harvest near the village of Asira al-Qibliya on October 3, 2026

Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, beat French mayor

Protesters gathered on the Champs-Elysees in Paris

Against soaring inflation

Clashes, blazes and wide-scale looting grip France on day of protests

Parents and caregivers in Bend, Oregon, known for its mountain skyline and outdoor activities, are reeling from the deadly school shooting and searching for ways to discuss what happened with their children

Oregon families grapple with explaining school shooting to children

Hundreds of protesters rallied at night in Rossio square -- located at the bustling, touristic heart of the Portuguese capital

Tents spring up in Lisbon as Portugal housing protests spread

The fire reached the roof of the town hall in Limoges

Town hall in Limoges 'largely lost' to blaze set during French protests

More than 90,000 suspected gang members have been arrested in the Central American country since Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency in 2022

El Salvador's Bukele puts conditions on early release of gang prisoners

A Russian missile attack hit the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia

Executive order

Zelensky says Trump could lift more Russia sanctions

Protesters in Tirana threw rocks and petrol bombs, while police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas

Albanian capital sees fifth straight day of violent clashes

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland celebrates scoring against Ipswich

Haaland stars in Man City win, Liverpool beat Brentford

Pope Leo XIV was operated on Tuesday for a cancerous tumour in his lung

'Fit for discharge'

Smiling pope returns to Vatican after cancer surgery

India's Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke was released from detention a day after his arrest during a police crackdown on protests against the election authority

Day after his arrest

'Cockroach' party founder released from Indian police custody

La nostalgie de la "Grande Allemagne" refait surface. Simple provocation... ou bruit des bottes ?

'Greater Germany'

Far-right AfD activist sparks outrage with map including Luxembourg

Users have traded about $185 million in contracts on the outcome of Brazil's election

Brazil's right embraces election betting odds amid polls skepticism

Kenya has been preparing medical facilities and healthcare workers to deal with potential Ebola patients

Four more Ebola cases detected in Kenya, bringing total to seven

Albania's capital has seen five straight days of protests

Albanian capital sees fifth straight day of violent clashes

Policeauto an der Belsch (Symbolfoto)

Motorway standoff

Man threatening to blow himself up surrenders on E25 near Liège

Kagiso Rabada is fit to return for South Africa after missing the series opener

Rabada returns as S.Africa seek to bounce back against Australia

Nepal suffered one of the worst disasters in its history on August 26, when a mountain collapse near the China border triggered catastrophic floods that killed more than 1,400 people and left over 5,000 missing

One of the worst disasters in its history

Nepal floods 'defining moment' for climate action: UN

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said a slowdown in AI investment "would be felt across the world".

Driver of global growth

Leaders weigh 'huge benefit', risks of AI for global economy

Fires in Indonesia have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia's capital, with toxic haze and triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc's climate and fire monitor

Haze triggers highest-level alert in parts of Southeast Asia

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