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UK zoo says 'serious incident' in tiger enclosure 10 Oct 2026 - 07:19 pm
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WHO urges shift from long-term psychiatric hospital care to community services 10 Oct 2026 - 03:15 pm
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'No divisions, no borders', French astronaut says of seeing Earth 10 Oct 2026 - 11:00 am
European Space Agency (ESA) French astronaut Sophie Adenot reacts as she delivers a speech following her arrival at the Military Airport in Cologne on October 10, 2026. (Photo by Ina Fassbender / AFP)
South Africa's Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize 09 Oct 2026 - 12:37 pm
(FILES) New United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, South African judge Navanethem (Navi) Pillay poses in her office at the Palais Wilson, headquarters of the specialised UN agency as she takes up her post on Spetember 1, 2008 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
France pledges more teachers after school students vow no let-up 08 Oct 2026 - 11:37 pm
French police officers clash with protesters during a demonstration of high-school students at Place de la Bastille, in Paris, on October 8, 2026, as part of a nationwide protest movement over learning conditions. Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
Russia says all clear after contact tracing in reported plague case 08 Oct 2026 - 07:10 pm
A security person wearing a face mask looks out from the door of an infectious diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, where an employee of the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute had died, in the Irkutsk region on October 7, 2026. (Photo by TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP)
Canada's Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize 08 Oct 2026 - 02:43 pm
Copies of books by Canadian author Anne Carson are on display at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, after a press conference on October 8, 2026 to announce her as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Teen knife attack kills one, injures two in Polish school 08 Oct 2026 - 01:49 pm
Police officers guard outside the scene of a knife attack at a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, Poland. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
WHO says cannot conduct full risk assessment on Russia plague reports 07 Oct 2026 - 08:53 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference on global health issues, in Geneva, on October 7, 2026. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
Nobel physics winner's pride at pioneering AI role 07 Oct 2026 - 05:21 pm
Nobel Prize in Physics laureate and Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen poses at the Rectorate of the University of Turin, in Turin, Italy, on October 7, 2026. Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP
Most child migrants reaching Europe in 2025 travelled alone: UN 07 Oct 2026 - 03:25 pm
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Seven wounded in Poland school stabbing attack: police 07 Oct 2026 - 02:36 pm
This handout picture taken and released by Policja Mazowsze on October 7, 2026, shows two policemen detaining a suspected high school knife attacker in the town of Ostroleka, some 130 km north of Warsaw. Photo by Handout / Policja Mazowsze / AFP
French missile test shows Europe militarising: Kremlin 07 Oct 2026 - 02:13 pm
This handout photograph released and taken by the French Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans on October 6, 2026 shows French President Emmanuel Macron (L) attending the first test launch of a new intercontinental missile, fired from a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine off the coast of Finistere, western France, on October 6, 2026. (Photo by Benjamin PAPIN / French Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans / AFP)
French-Japanese duo wins Nobel for solving chemical asymmetry puzzle 07 Oct 2026 - 02:00 pm
The chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry Heiner Linke (L) explains the field of research of Nobel Prize winners France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai (displayed on the screen in background) during a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 7, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
WHO chief urges transparency amid Russia plague reports 07 Oct 2026 - 01:30 pm
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Ukraine drone attack triggers huge tanker fire off Russia's Sochi 07 Oct 2026 - 01:14 pm
This screen grab taken from an UGC obtained by AFPTV on October 6, 2026, shows a fire on a vessel believed to be an oil tanker at the Russian city of Sochi on the Black Sea, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by -UGC / UGC / AFP)
Bulgaria ends search for missing crew from drone-hit ship 07 Oct 2026 - 10:45 am
An injured crew member from a ship struck by drones in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone is moved on a stretcher after he was rescued, at the Varna harbour on October 6, 2026.  (Photo by AFP)
France suspends stun grenade use in school protests: minister 07 Oct 2026 - 10:31 am
Protesters stand amid tear gas fired by police during demonstration part of a nationwide day of actions called by high-school students in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on October 6, 2026. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)