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Spain faces fresh housing protests after parliament rejects tenant protections
MADRID, Oct 3 — Fresh protests over housing are due to take place in Madrid and other Spanish cities today, a day after parliament rejected two government measures to strengthen […]
China opens its first overseas air force base in Laos, analysts warn Beijing is only getting started
BANGKOK, Oct 3 — When China opened its first overseas air force base this week, a joint facility in isolated Laos, it was sending a signal — its foreign military […]
Gaza’s hospitals need supplies, WHO says getting them in can take 74 days
GENEVA, Oct 3 — Getting humanitarian aid through Israel into Gaza is layered with “delay after delay”, the World Health Organisation said today, as it decried “chronic shortages” of medical […]
How did he get back in the cockpit? Flydubai co-pilot accused of mid-air attack was previously banned in Oman
DUBAI, Oct 3 — The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of a flydubai flight to Israel had previously been barred from flying in Oman over concerns about his extremist […]
UK man accused of Widdecombe murder charged over alleged terror plot against Farage
LONDON, Oct 3 — A 28-year-old man already charged with the murder of a UK politician, has been charged with preparing acts of terrorism, including against hard-right leader Nigel Farage, […]
Driver arrested after car crashes into rugby league fans in Australia, 10 injured
SYDNEY, Oct 3 — A car crashed into a crowd of rugby league supporters in the eastern Australian city of Newcastle today, injuring 10 people including three children, local officials […]
Lula, Bolsonaro trade blows in final scramble for votes in Brazil
BRASÍLIA, Oct 3 — President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and rival Flavio Bolsonaro are pulling no punches in a last-ditch effort to win voters ahead of tomorrow’s election in […]
King Charles to confront Britain’s colonial ‘darkest days’ on Caribbean tour
LONDON, Oct 3 — King Charles III will acknowledge the “darkest days” of colonial rule and slavery while touring Caribbean countries on a visit beginning this month, a Buckingham Palace […]
‘There is no precedent’: US murderer Christa Pike unconscious on ventilator after botched execution
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 — Convicted US murderer Christa Pike is unconscious and on a ventilator after a botched attempt to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyers said in a […]
North Korea launches missile after Seoul blames it for DMZ blast
SEOUL, Oct 3 — North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile, Seoul’s military said today after it blamed the North for an explosion in the Demilitarised Zone that wounded […]