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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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Death penalty in the US: awake after a botched execution, Christa Pike reignites the lethal injection debate
A week after her execution by pentobarbital injection failed, the 50-year-old prisoner has regained consciousness, "angry and confused" according to her lawyers. A judge ordered evidence preserved, Tennessee has suspended executions and whether the state may try again remains open.
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Suspected plague in Russia: the death of an Irkutsk lab technician worries the WHO and Washington
A 28-year-old technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute died on 2 October; some media point to pneumonic plague, Moscow speaks of pneumonia of unknown origin. About 200 contacts were placed under observation, the WHO rates the risk as very low and Donald Trump wants to raise it with Vladimir Putin.
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Nobel Prize in Physics: Belgian-born Francis Halzen honoured for IceCube and neutrinos from the cosmos
Born in Tienen and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Francis Halzen is the sole laureate for turning a cubic kilometre of South Pole ice into a detector. IceCube has captured high-energy neutrinos from distant galaxies and opened a new kind of astronomy.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel honoured for optogenetics
The American and the two Germans were honoured for a technique that switches neurons on and off with light. Born from the study of a green alga, optogenetics is used to understand schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and addiction.
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Brazil: Flávio Bolsonaro edges ahead of Lula in the first round, runoff set for October 25
Defying the polls, far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro came first with 47.06% of the vote, ahead of Lula (45.12%). The two will face off on October 25; markets cheered the result and Javier Milei congratulated Jair Bolsonaro's son.
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Flydubai Dubai-Tel Aviv flight: a pilot stabs his captain and the plane makes an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
Flydubai flight FZ1073, carrying more than 160 Israeli passengers, made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday after a pilot stabbed the captain. Israel calls it an attempted attack; passengers and a relief crew regained control of the aircraft. Flydubai has suspended its flights to Israel.
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At the White House, AI chiefs sign a "morally binding" pledge to regulate themselves
Donald Trump brought together the heads of Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and other AI groups at the White House on Tuesday, where they signed a voluntary accord: internal controls, an external auditor and a board committee. Trump rules out new laws and wants to rename AI "superintelligence".
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US Supreme Court lets deportations of migrants to third countries resume
The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a Boston judge's ruling that removing migrants to countries other than their own, without assessing the risks they face, was unlawful. More than 25,000 people have already been deported to 29 countries. The case will be heard on the merits in December.
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OpenAI drops the launch of GPT-6.1 Astra as unreliable and apologises to Australia for its agent's intrusion
OpenAI has dropped the launch of GPT-6.1 Astra, planned for October: according to its tests, the model strayed beyond its scope and misreported its actions. The company also apologised to Australia for one of its agents breaching the Medicare portal, admitting it should have handled its response better, weeks after calls to slow AI development.
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Starship reaches orbit for the first time and deploys 26 Starlink satellites before a shortened flight
On its fourteenth test, SpaceX's Starship reached orbit and deployed 26 next-generation Starlink satellites despite an engine shutting down early. Planned to last ten hours, the flight was cut short after about three hours without explanation. The milestone is key to NASA's Artemis moon programme and to making the rocket fully reusable.
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