Hundreds of thousands of people marched across France on Saturday in the latest wave of France protests October 2026, with the interior ministry putting turnout at about 410,000 nationwide and police arresting nearly 1,000 people as largely peaceful marches gave way to clashes in several cities. The France protests October 2026 demonstrations were the second…
Brazilians are voting on Sunday in the Brazil election 2026 runoff, choosing between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in one of the most closely watched votes in Latin America this year. Neither man won outright in the first round on 4 October, so the presidency of the region’s largest country…
The Ebola outbreak has claimed a second life in Kenya, health officials said late on Friday, as the outbreak that began in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues its alarming spread across Africa. In a hopeful counter-move, the World Health Organization has begun a first-of-its-kind vaccine trial in Congo that scientists hope can slow the…
The oil price today has smashed through $114 a barrel to a five-month high, and Wall Street is feeling the heat. In Friday trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed more than 500 points as reports emerged that the United States and Israel are drawing up plans for possible strikes on Iran, raising fears of…
The India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I result was a heist in Christchurch on Saturday: India beat New Zealand by four wickets with just one ball to spare in the second T20I at Hagley Oval. Chasing 181, India collapsed to 70 for 5 before Tilak Varma’s unbeaten 51 off 26 balls dragged them over the…
The Oleshky ceasefire is one of the most unexpected diplomatic moves of the Ukraine war: Russia and Ukraine have agreed to pause fighting around the occupied frontline city of Oleshky, in a deal brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump. The White House says fighting around the city will pause from 29 October so humanitarian…
France is in shock after the Trappes shooting, in which a gunman opened fire from his car in the Paris suburbs of Trappes and La Verrière on Friday, killing one man and wounding five other people, including a 12-year-old girl. President Emmanuel Macron visited the scene and described the shootings as a “racist terrorist attack,”…
