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Soldiers on Ukraine's front line say Trump's United States has betrayed them

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On Oct 9, Washington and Moscow agreed on a deal for the United States to buy several hundred thousand tonnes of Russian diesel. On Oct 14, Ukraine's army reported limits on its access to the Starlink satellite network, which guides its drones.

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UN climate panel fails to agree on when to publish its next major report

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The 65th plenary session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ended in Addis Ababa without a deal on the timetable for its seventh assessment report. The panel says the session will resume as soon as possible.

US moves to let specialty pharmacies make some peptides

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The plan, backed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., would let pharmacies temporarily compound popular peptides such as BPC-157, two people familiar with it said. Compounding means mixing a drug from scratch instead of selling a manufacturer's product.

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French high school protests inspire students in Italy, Belgium and Montreal

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In France, high school students say their movement will go on through the two-week All Saints' holiday that starts Saturday. They want lighter timetables, absent teachers replaced, the Parcoursup admission system scrapped and run-down buildings repaired.

The Perseverance rover collected a sample called Sapphire Canyon in the Jezero crater, where a lake existed more than three billion years ago. Scientists call it a potential biosignature.

French students keep schools blocked as debt weighs on next year's election

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High school students in Paris have blocked school entrances for weeks over holes in classroom walls, growing class sizes and a shortage of teachers.

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US measles cases reach 4,410 as the Pennsylvania outbreak grows

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recorded 4,410 measles cases so far in 2026, up 330 in a week, with 451 hospitalizations.

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Gaza health ministry says malnutrition has reached catastrophic levels

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At least 466 Palestinians have died of malnutrition and starvation since 2024, a third of them children, the Gaza Health Ministry said Friday, World Food Day.