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CONFLICT1d agoRussia, Ukraine and the US set for November peace talksTalks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States are planned to resume in November in the United Arab Emirates, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.Africanews [en]
WORLD1d agoVirginia man arrested after Quantico Iwo Jima statue defaced with sledgehammerA Virginia man was arrested after allegedly using a sledgehammer to decapitate one of the figures from the Iwo Jima statue at Quantico.Military Times
POLITICS1d agoJapan-Russia ties erode as journalist sits in Moscow jailJapan is demanding access to a journalist who was arrested by Russian security services. The Kremlin claims that Japan is using journalists as spies.DW News [en]
HEALTH1d agoAuthorities investigating whether first Kenyan and Nigerian Ebola cases crossed pathsNPR News
DISASTERBREAKING1d agoCasualties feared as multi-storey building collapses in NairobiVanguard Nigeria
CONFLICT1d ago270 Ukrainians return home in prisoner exchangeOn October 23, 270 Ukrainians returned home as part of a prisoner exchange.Ukrinform [en]
HEALTH1d agoEbola Patient In Nigeria Is Swiss, Had Not Visited DRC, Says Swiss Foreign MinistryChannels TV
WORLD1d agoUK urges households to stockpile essentials for emergenciesThe prime minister highlighted a new government campaign that urges households to stockpile essential items in case everyday services are disrupted by anything from severe weather to cyberattacks. The post UK urges households to stockpile essentials for emergencies appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
MILITARY1d agoChina’s first aircraft carrier forms ‘evolving pattern’ of voyages in disputed Asian seasThe carrier group’s passages not far from Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines have raised alerts.Defense News
WORLD1d agoEsquel: a biochemist arrested for holding his family hostageThe arrested man is a 71-year-old who gained much notoriety during the coronavirus pandemic. The man has three children, who are illiterate.Clarín
BUSINESS1d agoAn Arctic Traffic Jam Highlights Doubts Over Russia's Northern Sea Route To ChinaThe Kremlin has heavily invested in the promise that retreating Arctic sea ice opens up a once impassable route that is further from the reach of Ukrainian drone attacks or European naval interdiction of shadow fleet vessels. But officials are learning that cutting a path through ice isn't easy.RFE/RL
WORLD1d agoNigerian man dies in sleep in UK; leaves wife, two childrenThe Nigerian Community in the United Kingdom has announced the death of a Nigerian man, Ekeobong Omega Nelson, who died at the age of 35, leaving behind his wife and two young children. The post Nigerian man dies in sleep in UK; leaves wife, two children appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
WORLD1d agoCAS clears Japan’s Olympic silver medallist Ikeda of doping, overturns banRace walker Koki Ikeda returns to competition immediately; Ethiopia’s marathon runner Ruti Aga given 6-year doping ban.Al Jazeera [en]
SCI & TECH1d agoSpace junk found twice in a few days amid 'growing risk of casualties'Debris was found on Monday in Indonesia, just days after a Minnesota farmer, on the other side of the world, reported finding a huge metallic object, believed to be space junk, in a cornfield.Clarín
DISASTERBREAKING1d agoSeveral feared trapped as multi-storey building collapses in NairobiAfricanews [en]
CONFLICTBREAKING1d agoIsrael vows major West Bank operation after attack kills 2 troopsCBS News
POLITICS1d agoFrance: shops barricaded in Lyon and Orléans for possible unrest as protests loomWooden boards are going up across France as shopkeepers brace for possible unrest. With a National Rally congress in Orléans and protests approaching in Lyon, businesses fear damage and disruption.EuroNews [en]
BUSINESS1d agoUnited Rentals files shelf registration for shares, warrants, debtUnited Rentals has filed a shelf registration, allowing it to offer shares, warrants, and debt securities in the future. This is a routine financial action for a public company.Seeking Alpha Tech
POLITICS1d agoFifty Antifa groups in France join vast network to ensure chaos in weekend protestsFox News World
POLITICS1d agoChina, Europe should coordinate on carbon pricing, border tax: energy transition expertChina and Europe should jointly introduce a system like the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), a levy on carbon-intensive imports designed to account for the carbon costs domestic producers face, which “applies against the rest of the world,” the co-chair of a global energy transition organisation says. “The biggest single thing which I would love China to do is to say, ‘We want to join with Europe in a climate club’,” said Adair Turner, co-chair of the Energy Transitions Commission,...South China Morning Post
POLITICS1d agoThe EU is its own worst enemyBeijing has told Brussels not to “fantasise” that pressure will extract concessions. This came after China made a goodwill gesture in the recent hybrid-car trade deal. The European Union responded by doubling down on a proposed trade “kill switch”. The instrument follows a Franco-German proposal. It would let the bloc swiftly restrict single-market access in response to economic coercion. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says all 27 leaders back it. Chemicals and machinery are priority sectors....South China Morning Post
SCI & TECH1d agoAnthropic’s AI oversight isn’t democratic enoughRepresentatives looking out for the public’s interests should be embedded in all teams building advanced AI.The Hill
POLITICS1d agoMuammar Gaddafi: he wanted to be the «king of kings»… Where did his dream end?Mouammar Kadhafi, tué par les rebelles en 2011, était le fils d'un éleveur et agriculteur bédouin. Mais comment est-il devenu l'un des dirigeants les plus influents du monde arabe ?BBC Afrique
POLITICS1d agoARTE Europe Weekly: Should the EU Sanction Israel Over Violence in the West Bank?Occupation, displacement and war crimes: according to the UN, radical Israelis in the West Bank are violating international law.Balkan Insight