Emergency workers search the rubble of a Russian rocket attack that killed at least 49 people in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine [Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP] Thu 05 October 2023: Ukrainian officials say at least 51 people have been killed after a Russian missile hit a supermarket in the Kupiansk district […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: The recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature has been named as Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse, on Thursday. According to the Swedish Academy, which presented the award to Fosse, “his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable,” was recognized. Fosse is renowned for his distinctive style […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on October 5th each year to recognize the important role that teachers play in education. This day aims to support and upskill teachers, especially in the face of challenges. UNESCO highlights the global shortage of teachers and advocates for better working conditions and support for educators. […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: A new Reuters/Ipsos poll is showing that support is falling among Americans for supplying Ukraine with weapons, a warning sign for Kyiv, which relies heavily on US arms to fight Russia. The two-day poll, which closed on Wednesday, showed only 41 percent of respondents agreed with a statement that Washington “should […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: More than 60 Jamaican primary school kids were hospitalized after eating potent rainbow-colored cannabis candy, the Caribbean country’s education minister said on social media platform X, causing them to vomit and hallucinate. “I feel confident that together we will strengthen our safety and security regime to combat the unconscionable sale of […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: Climate change is one of the most profound challenges the world faces, remarked Pope Francis on Wednesday. In his apostolic exhortation, the pope warned that the world is collapsing and may be getting closer to the breaking point, adding that it is indubitable that the impact of climate change will increasingly […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: During the 78th UN General Assembly last month, world leaders criticized existing multilateral institutions and called for reform, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday. “Without exception, leaders spoke of the importance of multilateral solutions. But leader after leader told me that our current multilateral institutions are not delivering-and called for […]
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Wed 04 October 2023: The world football governing body, FIFA, has partially lifted its ban on Russia competing in international football matches by allowing its under-17 girls and boys teams to take part in tournaments, a move that is likely to irk authorities in Ukraine and other parts of Europe. Teams from Russia were banned […]
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Assault rifles and missiles seized by the French navy lay on the deck of a ship at an undisclosed location [US military’s Central Command via AP] Wed 04 October 2023: The United States has transferred to Ukraine 1.1 million rounds of small arms ammunition that it seized from Iran, says US Central Command. The rounds […]
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots. Wed 04 October 2023: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Chemistry was awarded to researchers Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov for “the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots,” which […]
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