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Pope Leo XIV undergoes lung cancer surgery: the Vatican confirms an adenocarcinoma after a lobe is removed
The first American pope had the lower lobe of his right lung removed at Rome's Gemelli hospital; further tests will show whether the cancer has spread.
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France: the high school protest movement doubles in size as Greta Thunberg joins the marches, six months before the presidential election
Over 160,000 marchers according to the Interior Ministry, 480,000 according to unions: the protest by high school and university students is growing and merging with anger over the cost of living.
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2026 economics Nobel: Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford honoured for the tools of economic stabilisation
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honours the microeconomic foundations of the models central banks now use to respond to shocks, from the pandemic to energy crises.
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'Energy ceasefire': Trump announces it between Moscow and Kyiv, Zelensky learns of it and Russia strikes Kharkiv
Donald Trump proclaimed an immediate truce on energy infrastructure without giving its terms. Kyiv says it will accept it if Moscow does, the Kremlin stays silent, and a Kharkiv power plant is hit that evening.
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Saudi Arabia: twelve dead and 309 injured in an attack on Riyadh airport blamed on the Houthis
The third strike in a week on King Khalid airport killed people of seven nationalities; the Riyadh-led coalition vows to retaliate and Donald Trump says he is weighing US participation in strikes on the Houthis.
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Trump says it is "time for Ukraine to get a new president" and turns on Zelensky after the Russian diesel deal
A day after his Russian diesel deal with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump called for Volodymyr Zelensky to be replaced, blaming him for strikes on Russian refineries. Moscow hailed the remarks as "historic", while Kyiv and London backed the Ukrainian president.
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Trump-Putin deal on Russian diesel: Washington eases sanctions, Zelensky condemns "a weak decision"
After a call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump announced massive deliveries of Russian diesel to bring prices down before the midterm elections; the Treasury authorised the imports until April 2027. Kyiv speaks of money for the war, and lawmakers from both parties say the deal runs against the sanctions law.
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Panama: buildings collapse in the centre of the country, tsunami alert lifted
The earthquake, followed by a magnitude 6.6 aftershock, hit the provinces of Herrera, Coclé, Veraguas and Los Santos: roads and buildings collapsed, a colonial church destroyed, people injured. The Panama Canal is operating normally; the tsunami alert issued for nine countries was lifted.
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Nobel Peace Prize for Navi Pillay: the South African jurist is honoured as Washington sanctions the ICC hours later
A former judge of international criminal courts and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, 85, is honoured for her work for international law. The same day, the United States sanctioned the International Criminal Court; Israel criticised the Oslo committee's choice.
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Spain: the death of Maricarmen Abascal, evicted at 87, rekindles anger over the housing crisis
Evicted on 23 September from the Madrid flat she had lived in for more than 70 years, the 87-year-old died in hospital before she could return. Her case, a symbol of soaring rents, weighs on the campaign for the 29 November election and on a planned general strike.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry: France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai honoured for the mirror-molecule puzzle
Henri Kagan, 95, and Kenso Soai, 76, were honoured for showing how a chemical reaction can produce only one of a molecule's two mirror-image forms. Their work underpins drug manufacturing; in France, the press hails recognition long awaited since 2001.
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