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Moscow had rejected Kyiv's accusation that it has deliberated targetted civilian areas

Civilian areas targeted

Russia 'tearing Kyiv apart', mayor says, as strikes paralyse traffic

The nationwide buildout of data centers has become a major political flashpoint just weeks ahead of US midterm elections

Questionable charm offensive

Amazon vows $1 bn for data center towns, decries 'myths'

Nearly 1,500 people have died in DR Congo from the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there are vaccines or treatments

48.4 fatality rate

DR Congo Ebola outbreak killed more than 4,000: official figures

The US job market posted lower than expected gains in September, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics also revising down the last two months' figures

Significantly missing expectations

US posts weak job growth data in September

Protesters outside Spain's parliament reacted with rage to the votes against the housing meaures

Amid nationwide protests

Spain's government dealt blow as lawmakers reject housing bills

Manchester City have been found guilty of more than 100 breaches of financial rules between 2009 and 2018

Punishment uncertain

Man City appeal against explosive ruling on breaches of financial rules

Sweden's Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson is to make a new bid to form a coalition government

Swedish Social Democrats leader to make new bid to form government

Gold medallist Lin Yu-ting celebrates on the podium

Continental showpiece

Taiwan boxer Lin wins Games gold as Japan edge North Korea on penalties

Training Laotian pilots will require China to put military assets at the Ban Keun facility -- whether modest transport aircraft or modern fighter jets

Crucial shipping routes, undersea resource exploration

China widens military footprint with Laos air base

Tensions in the region have been growing for months

Renewed fighting

Ethiopia's conflict: the regional dimension

Global life expectancy is rising back to levels seen before the Covid pandemic, according to WHO

Life expectancy almost back to pre-Covid levels, says WHO

Switzerland's President Guy Parmelin will be stepping down from government at the end of the year

Swiss president to quit government

Protesters are demanding urgent action to tackle Spain's housing crisis

Opposed by Catalan separatists

Spain housing package at risk in parliament, as protests mount

A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft is pictured on the tarmac after landing at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday

First public remarks

Pilot in flydubai attack says could not let 'all those people die'

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea "even called for an apology" over a blast at the DMZ and added it is "really despicable"

North Korea calls Seoul 'despicable' after DMZ apology demand

Students react as they walk past graffiti featuring the Brazilian national flag ahead of the friendly football match between India and Brazil in Kolkata

First-ever international friendly

Ancelotti says Brazil 'respects' India ahead of showdown

A Vellink driverless train from China's CRRC at the InnoTrans transport show in Berlin

No more laughingstock?

Germany's crisis-hit rail operator looks to AI future

Kusal Mendis will captain Sri Lanka in their three-match T20 series against Pakistan

Stand-in captain

Sri Lanka drop Asalanka from T20 against Pakistan

Disney chief Dana Walden speaks about the group's layoffs at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles

'Harsh reality'

Disney president says layoffs 'extremely painful' but necessary

Pilot Smit Machchhar says he realised the plane was going down while he was lying injured

'I know God himself saved me'

Indian flydubai pilot opened cockpit door to save passengers

Copernicus observatory

Europe's hottest summer caused record heat stress: monitor

A newly purchased F-16V Block 70 fighter jet lands at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung on October 2, 2026

Upgrading military capabilities

Taiwan receives its first US-made F-16V fighter jets

A giant electoral poster for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party with the slogan "no surrender" on the facade of a building in Tel Aviv

Facing growing isolation

Israel courts Europe's far right, finding friends but also unease

Picture of Palestine Liberation Organisation executive committee chairman Yasser Arafat (L) and Egyptian President Gamal Abel Nasser (C) taken on 4 February 1969 in Cairo during the National Palestinian Council.

Power & Politics

The rise of political Islam I: The four forces of the 20th Century

Fewer and fewer students are choosing to study science across west Africa

Lack of investment, teachers, labs

'We're losing our scientists': west Africa's STEM struggle

Long known as a tourist hotspot, South Pacific nation Fiji has in recent years emerged as a major cog in the international drug trade.

Life on frontline of climate change

World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battle

Bogong moths carpet the wall of an alpine cave in Australia, after completing an annual migration to beat the summer heat

Migratory spectacle

Return of swarming moth spectacle has Australia in a flutter

Kazakhstan's Rita Bakisheva (R) competes against India's Kashish Malik in the mixed individual virtual taekwondo

Fascination and bewilderment

Not-so-brave new world: virtual taekwondo makes Asian Games debut

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