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Ecuador jail riot: Anxiety, fear and little information

French Cop Leaves Suicide Note Unmasking Himself as Notorious ‘Grele’ Serial Killer

Aboriginal war hero Frederick Prentice recognised 105 years after his bravery on the Western Front

China’s population could halve within next 45 years

Dubai opens coronavirus-delayed Expo 2020

Rome mayor election: Can Rome be rescued from the rubbish?

Straight-talking rappers tackle Middle East conflict

Randall Goosby: Violinist champions music by black composers

The biggest test of Biden's presidency so far

Refugees who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are granted asylum in Canada

Malawi court sentences Chinese wildlife trafficking kingpin to 14 years in jail

Gloria Estefan says she was sexually abused aged nine

Covid patient diagnosed with ‘restless anal syndrome’ in world first

Shutdown: Senate votes to keep US government open

Nigel Farage hit by van at roundabout while driving around in search of petrol

Ecuador: At least 116 killed and 80 injured in 'worst prison massacre' in country's history

Suspect in ATM attacks blew himself up filming tutorial, says Europol | Netherlands

Havana Syndrome Cause Wasn’t Microwaves: Government Report

French confession may end 35-year hunt for serial killer

Almost half of Argentines are now living in extreme poverty

Former Nazi death camp secretary, 96, found after going 'on the run’

Climate change: Youth have 'every right to be angry' says UK PM

Boris Johnson handed a life peerage and ministerial job to a Tory donor who gave the party £122,500

Zaid Ait Malek: The stowaway who became a Spanish ultra running star

Ontario recommends people aged 18 to 24 take Pfizer over Moderna

Australian Covid data: Shock as teenagers reveal they're behind hit tracking site

Companies listing being vaccinated as a requirement in job postings s "jumped 20 times"

Afghanistan: US-Taliban deal hastened Afghan collapse, defence officials say

Britney Spears' father suspended as conservator

Italy climate minister accepts Thunberg's 'blah, blah, blah' criticism

Top US general says America lost the war in Afghanistan, and more troops would not have changed the outcome

'Missing' Drunk Man Spent Hours Helping a Search Party Look for Himself

$385 billion ‘hidden debt’: How China’s Belt and Road plan is trapping poor nations

US declares 23 bird, fish and other species extinct

YouTube to remove all anti-vaccine misinformation

The workers who keep global supply chains moving are warning of a 'system collapse'

Danish artist given $84K to use in artwork delivered blank canvases, titled them ‘Take the Money and Run’

Katty Kay: Former BBC journalist quits US media firm

Vatican to mandate vaccines for employees

Can the US avoid another government shutdown?

Anger as France slashes visas for Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia

Beijing 2022: Non-vaccinated athletes must serve 21-day quarantine

Deaf man sues police in Colorado over alleged excessive use of force

Data shows the U.S. is the world’s largest Covid vaccine donor — way ahead of China

‘Humbled and heartbroken’: WHO finds its Ebola Staff Abused Women and Girls

Pope Francis praises youth activists in fight to tackle climate change | “It is said that you are the future, but in these matters, you are the present. You are those who are making the future today, in the present,” the pontiff said.

Peru's ex-President Alejandro Toledo cleared for extradition from US

CIA evacuates intelligence officer from Serbia as 'Havana Syndrome' attacks on American spies and diplomats continue to grow

Turkish man presumed missing attends search efforts for himself

US government will run out of money by October 18, Treasury secretary says

The World Health Organization has described itself as “heartbroken” after an independent inquiry it commissioned said scores of women and girls were sexually abused by aid workers during the devastating 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The abuse led to 29 pregnancies.

Life at 50C: Mexico's struggle for water

German coalition talks: Where Brits see a crisis, Germans find unity

Aar Maanta - the pop star bringing Somalia to the Mississippi

Calais: On patrol with the troops looking for migrants

Hathras rape case: Prisoners in their own home, lives on hold, a village divided

U.S. needs to work with Europe to slow China’s innovation rate, Commerce Secretary Raimondo says

A museum says they gave an artist $84,000 in cash to use in artwork. He delivered blank canvases and titled them "Take the Money and Run."

The US drone strike that killed 10 civilians in Kabul & the military called a mistake started with an alleged stop at an 'ISIS safe house'. The New York Times visited and found that the building was actually home to an NGO worker and his family.

Real Madrid 1-2 Sheriff Tiraspol: Champions League debutants snatch win

Controversial preacher arrested on Calgary tarmac for warrants after U.S. anti-vaxx speaking tour

YouTube deletes RT's German YouTube channels after COVID misinformation strike

Calls For UK To Suspend Trade Deal With Faroe Islands After Dolphin Bloodbath

Pakistan home to 12 foreign terrorist organisations: US Congressional report

Italy: Statue of scantily-clad woman sparks sexism row

Mexico Creates National Guard Special Team to Recover Stolen Archaeological Pieces

Amazon plans a pay cut of up to 23% for hourly workers who guide trucks in and out of its UK delivery stations

China's Xi calls for nurturing of patriotic scientists: President Xi Jinping wants to increase the talent pool of scientists and intellectuals in China who have the “correct political inclination”

Canadian man out $18,000 after being tricked into thinking he won lottery he never entered

John Lennon: Recording of unreleased song up for auction in Denmark

What it's like to be a nine-year-old in a vaccine clinical trial

Remembering Babyn Yar and Ukraine's forgotten 'Holocaust by Bullets'

Rescue operation underway for 39 miners stuck underground in Sudbury, Ontario Canada

A Michelin-starred chef from Martinique turned away from a gala dinner in the French city of Lyon despite being one of the invited guests has denounced his treatment. Marcel Ravin who hails from the Caribbean island is Black

Covid-19: President Joe Biden receives Pfizer booster jab

Two transgender women win seats in German parliament

U.S. won't be investigated for claims of torture, mistreatment in Afghanistan, ICC aays

Three Polish regions repeal 'LGBT-free' declarations

San Marino votes overwhelmingly to end abortion ban

R. Kelly convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking: Live updates

Iraq Government Issues Arrest Warrants For Iraqi Speakers Who Championed Peace With Israel

R Kelly guilty in sex trafficking trial

Germany election: Coalition talks begin after close election

Macron egged by protester shouting 'Vive la revolution'

Race to the bottom: the disastrous blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea | Deep-sea mining

Egg thrown at French President Macron during food trade fair

Afghan economy on brink of collapse, diplomat warns

Australia: Footage captures car careering across eight lanes

UK named alongside Russia, Poland and Hungary in damning LGBT+ hate report

The Irish Government is examining introducing a bank holiday between now and the end of the year as part of a pandemic bonus. Plans are at an advanced stage to have a day to recognise the contribution of frontline workers and to remember those who died from Covid.

Indian authorities are using politically motivated allegations of tax evasion and financial irregularities to silence human rights activists, journalists, and other critics of the government, Human Rights Watch said

British petrol stations run out of fuel as motorists panic buy amid truck-driver shortage

Boris Johnson to consider using army to supply petrol stations

The tallest mural in Ireland has been completed in Dundalk. The mural, which depicts the warrior god Lú, the namesake of Co Louth, is 41 metres in height. It has been painted on the side of the Crowne Plaza Hotel by Australian Artist Sam Bates aka 'Smug One'.

Scientists find new way to reduce marine "dead zones"

San Marino votes to legalise abortion in referendum

The world's biggest carbon-removal plant just opened. In a year, it'll negate just 3 seconds' worth of global emissions.

Switzerland same-sex marriage: Two-thirds of voters back yes

Swiss approve same-sex marriage by wide margin in referendum

Afghanistan: Taliban ban Helmand barbers from trimming beards

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits south of Philippines capital

San Marino voters overwhelmingly back legal abortion

Shocking Video Shows Police Firing and Killing Protestors in India

Italy says Taliban government cannot be recognized, but Afghans must be helped

German exit polls show centre-right bloc on track for worst-ever result in post-Second World War Germany

Head of Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan killed, Taliban say

German elections: Far-right party projected to lose votes

Labour conference: Angela Rayner stands by calling Boris Johnson 'scum'

Afghanistan: Taliban ban Helmand barbers from trimming beards

Indian state of Assam burns around 2,500 rhino horns to mark World Rhino Day to give message to the poachers that the medicinal value of the horns is a myth

Peru PM warns gas sector: pay higher taxes or face nationalization

Communist party wins local election in Graz, second largest city in Austria

Swiss voters back same-sex marriage and adoption by clear majority

German election: Two main rivals neck-and-neck, exit poll shows | World News

COP26: What is the Glasgow climate conference and why is it important?

Letter from Africa: The wonders of Somali cuisine and a taste of home

Hollywood Actor's Union might go on strike with over 60,000 people.

A French sports group on Saturday announced plans to launch a sailing race in the thawing Canadian Arctic to raise awareness of global warning

70% of Europeans Are Planning to Travel in Next 4 Months, Research Reveals

German elections: Voters decide who will take charge after Merkel

Rwanda genocide 'kingpin' Théoneste Bagosora dies in prison

Duterte Won’t Cooperate As Int’l Criminal Court Probes His ‘War on Drugs’

Monster rats to invade UK homes via toilet, warns pest expert

German regulator launches investigation into Chinese mobile phones

A daily pill to treat Covid could be just months away, scientists say

Eyewitness accounts, video confirm reports of Tigrayan children held in concentration camp

Decision to end all COVID-19 measures was a mistake, says provincial infectious disease doctor

Preliminary research finds that even mild cases of COVID-19 leave a mark on the brain – but it's not yet clear how long it lasts

UN food summit will be ‘elitist’ and ‘pro-corporate’, says special rapporteur

Empty shelves, gasoline shortages and sky-high energy prices? Britain is facing a ‘difficult winter’

North Korea willing to talk to South if respect is assured: The comments, made by the powerful sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, could see a restart of stalled peace talks between the governments on the split peninsula

Global Citizen Live: Billie Eilish and Ed Sheeran feature in 24-hour concert

French President Macron wants to allow trapping of 110,000+ wild birds: the French President is preparing to authorise the trapping of more than 110,000 wild birds, even though the French Council of State and the European Court of Justice have recently declared this practice illegal.

3,600 Years ago, a 50-Meter-Wide Meteor Exploded in the Sky and Destroyed a City Near the Dead Sea

Three women to lead major Morocco cities

Hundreds protest in Moscow claiming Russia's election was rigged

Two German activists from the youth climate movement who have been on hunger strike since August 30 are now also refusing liquids after German lawmakers declined to meet with them.

‘Absolutely madness’: Melbourne teenagers reveal they are behind leading Covid tracking website

Climate change: Whisper it cautiously... there's been progress in run up to COP26

Meng Wanzhou: The PowerPoint that sparked an international row

Hundreds of Thousands Take to Streets Worldwide for 'Uproot the System' Climate Strikes

Situation becoming 'dire' at US airbase in Germany housing approximately 2,000 pregnant Afghan refugees

Afghanistan: Inside the prison staffed by former inmates released by the Taliban

Ros Atkins On… Germany’s Election Explained

Attacked by a hyena: My advice for a fellow victim

Switzerland to hold referendum on same-sex marriage

Prince Andrew's lawyers accept he was served with US case papers

Lithuania donates more COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan

Over 300 prominent Iraqis publicly call for full peace with Israel

Huawei's Meng Wanzhou 'to be freed' in US deal

To help U.S. allies flee Afghanistan, these advocates turned to Iran. An international network succeeded in smuggling Afghan female lawmakers out of the country after the airport was closed

R. Kelly trial: A look at the key moments as jury deliberates

Over 500,000 Signatures To Decriminalize Cannabis In Italy Are Trapped In A Bureaucratic Quagmire

Russia accused of 'Ghostwriter' cyberattacks ahead of German election

DARPA denies funding Wuhan Institute of Virology amid alleged document leak

Mobile phones of five French cabinet ministers infected by Pegasus malware

Bolsonaro's son and his Agriculture Minister test positive for COVID

Fluoride will be added to UK drinking water to cut tooth decay | Health

Britain offers Canada's military help to defend the Arctic

Taliban’s ex-morality chief says amputations to resume: ‘Cutting off hands is very necessary’

Hezbollah threatened top judge probing Beirut port blast, source says

Africa's week in pictures: 17-23 September 2021

Migrants freezing to death on Belarus-Poland border

Spyware 'found on phones of five French cabinet members'

US formally returns ancient artifact purchased by Hobby Lobby to Iraq

Gilgamesh Dream Tablet to be formally handed back to Iraq

Pool of water near Dead Sea turns blood red, authorities investigating

R Kelly lawyer compares him to Martin Luther King

Why are so many Haitians at the US-Mexico border?

Here’s a handful of facts about sign language

House approves $1 billion for Israel's Iron Dome defense system

Fossilized footprints show humans made it to North America much earlier than first thought

Amateur divers discover 'enormously valuable' hoard of Roman coins

Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago

Canary Islands volcano: 'Miracle house' escapes lava

Earliest definitive evidence of people in Americas

Netherlands Covid: Boy wins court battle for right to jab

Sri Lanka Shaman Who Tried to End Pandemic With 'Blessed' Water Cure Dies of Covid-19

China sends 24 fighter jets toward Taiwan in show of force

Thousands remain at Haitian migrant camp in Texas

Taliban official: Strict punishment, executions will return

Canadians End Up In ICU After Attending ‘Covid Party’

Russian plane enters NATO member Estonia's airspace for 6th time this year

Grim echoes of history in images of Haitians at US-Mexico border

Brazil's Bolsonaro in COVID isolation after trip to U.N.

Angela Merkel: Four expert verdicts on a contested legacy

The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you

Why China's Xi Jinping looks to be pursuing a road back to socialism

Central African Republic war: No-go zones and Russian meddling

Angela Merkel: What will Germans miss about the chancellor?

US and China must ban petrol and diesel cars by 2035, UK and Dutch governments warn

Climate strike: Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future strike returns on Friday

President Biden pledges 500m more vaccine doses to developing world

'Side-eying Chloe' Clem to sell iconic meme as NFT

Erdogan: Mideast peace impossible if Israel continues 'oppressing' Palestinians

First Nations student reprimanded after not standing for O Canada

France To Send Its Ambassador Back To The U.S. Following A Macron-Biden Call

Gabon Minister Suspends Shrimp Fishery and Expels Purse Seiner that Tormented Two Humpback Whales

Climate change goals are in reach if pledges are fulfilled, says new report

172 Windsor, Ont., hospital staff suspended without pay for not getting COVID-19 shots

US to return Gilgamesh Tablet, 17,000 artifacts taken from Iraq

Aukus pact: France and US seek to mend rift

Many Canadians angry after election produces a $610M bill and not much change

Russia, China, Pakistan agree to maintain contacts with the Taliban after meeting in Kabul

Air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths a year: The UN health agency now ranks air pollution on a par with smoking or an unhealthy diet. As a result, it has issued new, stricter guidelines they claim could save millions of lives

Chinese defector Wei Jingsheng claims he warned US of Covid months before pandemic declared

With No U.S. Support, Leaders of Afghan Resistance Flee the Country

World has never been more threatened or divided, we must wake up, says UN Chief Guterres

Xi tells UN China will stop funding coal projects overseas

South Korean leader repeats call for declaration to end Korean War

Brazil’s unvaccinated Bolsonaro appears to break U.N. vaccine ‘honor system’ during address

Gabby Petito: Body found in Wyoming is missing 'van life' blogger

Canada election: Conservative O'Toole defiant after loss to Trudeau

BTS: Korean boyband open UN general debate with performance and speech

Fires in the Amazon have already impacted 90% of plant and animal species

New therapy for babies can reduce likelihood of autism diagnosis by two-thirds: study

Chinese social media users are in an uproar over the letter Evergrande's chairman sent to employees, calling him 'delusional' and accusing him of 'cheating' employees out of money

Bolsonaro vowed to show a new Brazil but ‘lie-filled’ UN speech cuts little ice

Haitian migrants revolt in custody and seize control of privately contracted bus

Amazon's AI-powered cameras punish its delivery drivers when they look at side mirrors or when other cars cut them off, report says

A COVID-19 booster shot that could protect against multiple variants at once is being tested in humans for the first time

Canary Islands volcano: BBC reporter on the evacuation of La Palma residents

Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus launches campaign to fix £500m music royalty problem

Record backlog of cargo ships at California ports

Boris Johnson says dealing with Joe Biden is ‘a breath of fresh air’

EU wants Apple to change iPhone charging system by 2024

Judge played solitaire during appeal, losing party demands new hearing

Melbourne descends into chaos as police arrest 62 and fire rubber pellets at anti-lockdown protesters | Australia Melbourne (The Guardian)

Asteroid that could be 3 times as tall as Statue of Liberty to pass Earth on Fall Equinox

How 'nerd' culture powered through the pandemic

100 Million Doses of COVID Vaccines Hoarded by Rich Nations Are Set to Expire

Vatican says to require COVID-19 health pass for residents, visitors

Russian Elections Tainted by Reports of Ballot Stuffing, Pro-Kremlin Party to Retain Power

Biden To Announce 'Good News' On $100 Billion UN Climate Fund

Texas abortion: Doctor sued in first known challenges of new law

Cambodia: The autistic teenager jailed over a Telegram post

Dow Plunges 600 Points To Lowest Level In Two Months As Experts Fear Great Recession-Style Collapse With Evergrande

Twitch hate raids: Minority streamers have 'a target on their back'

A year in Calais: One migrant’s year-long attempt to cross the Channel

Pro-Putin party takes majority in Russian parliamentary election sullied by fraud

A sex worker group unionized for the first time in Canada

Germany: Gas station employee killed over a face mask.

U.S. does not recognize Russian Duma elections on Ukraine territory -State Dept

Braving intimidation, hundreds of Iraqi women run for parliament

Gabby Petito: What do we know about the case so far?

A 20-year-old clerk was shot in the face and killed after asking a customer to wear a face mask in Germany. The suspected shooter said he was stressed out by coronavirus measures.

Ukraine holds military drills with U.S. forces, NATO allies

UK PM Johnson calls on all rich countries to meet $100 billion climate pledge - “I’m increasingly frustrated that the ‘something’ to which many of you have committed is nowhere near enough,”

All international travelers coming into the US will be required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 starting in early November

Guinness World Records: Japanese sisters certified world's oldest twins

Hong Kong holds first elections under new "patriots only" law imposed by Beijing

A new Model for a Real Warp Drive that Doesn’t Break the Laws of Physics

Emmy Awards 2021: The red carpet looks in pictures

Can apps manage our chronic health conditions?

Italy will likely hold a referendum on decriminalizing cannabis next year

Prince Charles ‘cash-for-honours’ scandal grows with fresh allegations

Migrants in Texas: US flies Haitian migrants back home from border

Street dreams of Nairobi dance crew hoping to beat the odds

My dad, held hostage in Iran

My husband and son fought in Afghanistan - it changed all of us

Koala numbers plummet by 30 per cent in three years

Ruling party set to sweep Russian election despite its record low approval ratings

Lebanon outraged as Israel moves forward with gas drilling plans

Israeli man seeks UK asylum to avoid participating in 'apartheid'

Pope says Church must face truth of cruelty to children

Google Blocks More Anti-Kremlin Content as Vote in Russia Winds Down

SpaceX: Inspiration4 amateur astronaut capsule splashes back to Earth

Canary Island volcano erupts after week on alert

Boxer-senator Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president

Canada leaders kick off final day of campaign, polls suggest Trudeau has edge

Smoke from massive wildfires in Australia led to algae bloom

Volcano on Canary Island La Palma erupts, spewing ash and lava into national park

Myanmar anti-junta dissidents have carried out a bomb attack on security forces near Yangon, with several killed in an ensuing firefight. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in February

‘Highly effective’ ovarian cancer treatment could help thousands of women

Cape honey bees suspected to have killed 63 African penguins

SpaceX: Inspiration4 amateur astronauts return to Earth after three days

Morgan Bullock makes professional debut in Riverdance

Three Poachers Are Sentenced To A Combined 105 Years In Prison For Killing Three Rhinos In South Africa

Mossad assassinated Iran’s chief nuke scientist with remote AI gun

The link between climate change, seaweed and ice cream

From Katrina to Ida: How US presidents react to climate change and natural disasters

Fake Paralympians boss: 'I didn't know about cheating'

Afghanistan: The 'shattered dreams' of the Ariana cabin crew

Get an Eiffel of this performer walking the line in Paris

Recalled French ambassador accuses Australia of ‘treason in the making’ over AUKUS submarine deal

Germany: Second climate activist on hunger strike hospitalized in Berlin. Another climate activist on hunger strike in Berlin has been taken to the hospital after fainting. Six activists calling themselves "the last generation" have not eaten since the end of August

Migrants in Texas: Thousands moved to processing centres

Boxer Amir Khan removed from US flight

Mexican president pitches regional block similar to European Union

CIA warned kids were at scene of Kabul drone strike before missile hit

Chinese property giant admits to misconduct by executives: Six Evergrande executives cashed in their investments just as the company's liquidity crunch became clear. China's second-largest real estate company is close to collapse

YouTube blocks Navalny’s team videos with a list of Smart Voting candidates it wants to back in nationwide parliamentary elections currently underway

Nike and Amazon among brands advertising on Covid conspiracy sites