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Soaring gasoline prices have contributed to accelerating inflation in the United States ahead of November's midterm elections

Soaring gasoline prices

US consumer inflation hotter than expected as midterms loom

Violent incidents broke out on the sidelines of Paris demonstrations on Tuesday

Three weeks of protests

Macron says French student protesters 'exploited' by political forces: spokeswoman

Two ships were hit off the Bulgarian coast on October 6, followed by another two on Tuesday

At the Black Sea

Ukraine war reaches shores of Bulgarian fishing village

Russian jet-powered drones have caused major damage

Growing tensions with US

Restrictions expose Ukraine's Starlink dependency in Russia war: observers

A man tries to contain a forest fire in Amazonas, Brazil

'Deliberate criminal activity'

Brazil probing 'criminal' origin of forest fires: minister to AFP

A UK ban on supporting Palestine Action means books by Irish author Sally Rooney can no longer be sold in Britain

Best-selling Irish author

Sally Rooney books cannot be sold in UK amid Palestine Action ban: publisher

Turkish riot police stand guard outside pro-opposition Halk TV in Istanbul during a raid on the channel's headquarters

Pro-opposition Halk TV

Govt takes control of Turkey's most-watched news channel

Disgraced comedian

UK prosecutor tells jury Russell Brand a 'sexual predator'

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the opening goal for Al-Nassr against Neftchi Fergana after the game was delayed by an attack on Riyadh

Dangerous escalation

Saudi league postpones three matches after Houthi attacks

India has launched a clampdown on protests against the revision of voter rolls

Jailing youth 'an act of cowardice'

India sends 'cockroach' leaders to jail after protest

The EU wants to ramp up its data centre capacity

Increased data centres?

EU takes a page from Ireland's AI playbook

Orelien was accused of using AI to write his French-language novel about migration, which was set to be translated in more than 20 countries

'Slander and heresy'

Canadian publisher supports novelist Orelien after AI denial

A daylight robbery in October has placed security standards at the Louvre under scrutiny

Creaking and over-capacity

Louvre boss warns of closure risk without major renovations

Long lines stretch from petrol stations on tourist hub Bali as fuel shortages bite

Officials urged people to stay calm

Fuel shortage triggers queues on Indonesia's Bali island

Fires in parts of Indonesia have sent thick haze across the region

Forest fires raging

Indonesia haze spikes Singapore pollution, shuts East Timor schools

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe believes Kenya's efforts to battle doping will be helped by staging the 2029 world championships

On Nairobi visit

Kenya hosting 2029 World Championships will help doping fight, says Coe

An imam walks past graffiti sprayed on the wall of a mosque following a reported arson attack by Israeli settlers in Mikhmas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on October 14, 2026.

Graffiti and arson attack

Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in occupied West Bank

Damaged houses lie partially submerged in sludge along the banks of the Budhi Gandaki river after floods in Nepal

Unleashed tsunami-like wall

Nepal flood triggered by rock and ice avalanche: report

A person watches a news feed running a Russia's FSB security service footage of the operation to detain a Japanese journalist accused of espionage, on a smartphone in Moscow on October 13, 2026

Suspicion of espionage

Japan summons Russian ambassador to protest journalist's arrest

A female Amur tiger pictured at Knowsley Safari, near Liverpool, northern England, in 2020

'Deeply offensive media content'

'Distressed' family of UK man killed by tiger urge end to online posts

Sberbank is Russia's largest bank by assets and number of clients

Retaliatory campaign

Drone hits data centre of Russia's largest bank

The mountain is constantly shifting

Peak at 4,807.47 metres

Mont Blanc nearly two metres taller than in 2023: French surveyors

Life under Russian occupation

British Embassy in Luxembourg hosts discussions on Ukraine's resilience

Sao Tome, off the Gulf of Guinea, has revived its vanilla cultivation to try to diversify its economy

Sao Tome's niche vanilla finds far-away fans

Roland Lescure issued a stark warning

Growing concern

Higher borrowing costs an 'alarm signal' for France: finance minister

This file picture shows a new bridge linking China and North Korea that will finally open 12 years after its construction, with Beijing vowing it will spur trade and "enhance the well-being of the two peoples"

China-North Korea bridge to open Thursday, 12 years late

The 56-year-old Frenchman trains European bison to jump through rings of fire

300kg hairy sidekicks

Ivan Deforge, the French 'bison tamer' in Moscow

From 1 May 2027 onwards

Wallonia unveils plans for mandatory motorway vignette

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