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Monday, October 31, 2022

Itaewon crush: Five friends went out for Halloween; only two came home
Ukraine war: Tales of endurance and hardship as winter looms
Banker Oleg Tinkov renounces Russian citizenship over Ukraine
US midterms: The $6bn election advert spending spree
Morbi bridge collapse: The brothers who died in Sunday's disaster
Ukraine war: Kyiv locals seen queuing for water

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Musk Twitter takeover: Billionaire denies report he plans to fire workers to avoid payouts
Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary
Nigeria floods: 'I have nowhere to go'
Brazil elections: Cheers and tears as Lula beats Bolsonaro
Indonesia syrup deaths: Parents demand accountability as toll rises
Switzerland sets record with world's longest passenger train

Saturday, October 29, 2022

The Nigerian woman cleaning up a land soaked in oil
Akshata Murty: Who is Rishi Sunak's wife?
Seoul crush witnesses describe 'out of control' scene
South Korea: Droves of revellers leave area after deadly Seoul crush
South Korea Halloween crush: Video shows panic as crowd surges

Friday, October 28, 2022

Ukraine war: Kyiv set for longer power cuts after air strikes
Israel's far right advance in polls as election looms
Catherine Cortez Masto: Will Latinos sink the first US Latina senator?
Arshad Sharif: Mystery over killing of Pakistani journalist in Kenya
Qatar 2022: Why are people protesting about the World Cup host?
Week in pictures: 22-28 October 2022
Freedom Convoy: Police dealt with 'inhuman circumstances', inquiry hears
Norway charges man accused of being Russian spy

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Elon Musk: How the world's richest person bought Twitter
How Brazil's election campaign turned ugly
Sliding yen: What is happening to the Japanese currency?
Rishi Sunak: How the US shaped Britain's new leader
Italy stabbing: One dead and Arsenal player among several injured
Clashes in Iran: Mourning Nika Shakarami

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Lee Jae-yong: Samsung appoints convicted heir to top job
Kenya battles unsafe Chinese contraceptive pill a decade after ban
Svalbard: The race to save the fastest-warming place on Earth
Sudan: 'No-one to intervene' for woman sentenced to stoning
Aastha Arora: Where is India's billionth baby now?
The impact of Iran's uprising beyond its borders
Six children in same Uganda family catch Ebola

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

COP27: Climate change threatening global health - report
Brazil election: Accusations and misinformation on the campaign trail
Lebanon: Iraqi tourists provide unlikely boost for failing economy
Iran protests: How countries are punishing the morality police
Politics increasingly a deal-breaker on US dating scene
Nedd Brockmann: The man who ran across Australia in 47 days
Ukraine war: South Africa refuses to seize sanctioned Russian superyacht
Democrats retract call for Biden change of course on Ukraine

Monday, October 24, 2022

'I feel less alone': The pandemic's varied effects on wellbeing
Sunak's rise to PM a 'ground-breaking milestone' - Biden
Inflation: Why Canada grocers are accused of 'greedflation'
Leslie Jordan: Will and Grace star dies aged 67
Ukraine round-up: Defence of Kherson and 'dirty bomb'
US charges alleged Chinese spies in telecoms probe case
St Louis: Three dead, six injured after school shooting
Korean Air crash: Plane overruns runway in bad weather

Sunday, October 23, 2022

Rugby League World Cup: Lebanon 32-14 Ireland - Five-try Cedars beat Wolfhounds
Brazil politician throws grenades at police in Rio de Janeiro state
US midterms predictions: The top US Senate races to watch
Ukraine war: Kyiv denounces Russia's 'dirty bomb' claims
New ground as tech aims to help boost soil health

Saturday, October 22, 2022

How the first report from Belsen concentration camp shocked the world
Hurricane Roslyn: Mexico braces for powerful storm
Iran protests: Huge rally in Berlin in support
Cost of living: Why more Australians are giving up their pets
Your pictures on the theme of 'empty spaces'
Who's building pipelines to steal Nigeria's oil?
Dietrich Mateschitz: Red Bull co-owner & energy drink giant dies aged 78
Hu Jintao: Former China leader led out of Party Congress meeting

Friday, October 21, 2022

China congress: How one man on a bridge marred Xi Jinping's big moment
The racism row engulfing Australian netball
Jair Bolsonaro: Why the world is watching Brazil's election
Money rains on highway after Chile burglary
Trump subpoena: Former president ordered to testify to January 6 committee

Thursday, October 20, 2022

TikTok denies it could be used to track US citizens
Fuel blaze engulfs Mexico railway and homes
Huge marine reserve in Hawaii boosts tuna stocks
Italy on verge of new government despite row
Chess cheating row: Hans Niemann sues accusers Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com for libel
New York court dismisses Kevin Spacey sexual assault lawsuit
Liz Truss resignation: World politicians and media react to Truss departure

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Mashki Gate: Stunning ancient rock carvings found in Iraq
Liam Hampson: Australian rugby league player found dead in Spanish club
Trump questioned under oath over rape accuser's defamation case
Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Nasa shows how a war zone faded from space
Ukraine round-up: Kherson evacuation and Putin's letters to Berlusconi
Amazon's Jeff Bezos in economy warning: 'Batten down hatches'
Joe Biden's unusual fight to bring down gas prices
Israel’s balancing act over Ukraine grows trickier after drone strikes

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Ethiopia civil war: Hyenas scavenge on corpses as Tigray forces retreat
Florida flesh-eating illness cases spike after Hurricane Ian
Ukraine war: Russia admits Kherson 'tense' under shelling
Introducing The New York Times Corps: A New Program
Ukraine round-up: Kyiv strikes and German spy chief fired
Comedian James Corden apologises after Balthazar restaurant ban

Monday, October 17, 2022

Thunberg: I don't want to go into politics
Germany extends nuclear power amid energy crisis
Emiliano Sala: 'A tragic plane crash; a stain on football's reputation'
Fuel protests in more than 90 countries, BBC analysis
How Iran state TV tries to control story of protests
Ukraine war: Moscow and Kyiv swap women prisoners for sailors
Kevin Spacey denies sex abuse claim during testimony at his trial
Ukraine war round-up: A drone attack and a fire engine delivery
Miranda House: India inquiry after men crash women's college event
Watch: Hong Kong protester beaten up in China consulate grounds
Kyiv drone strike: Explosions damage building

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Ukraine war: Multiple explosions in Kyiv as Ukraine reports kamikaze drone strikes
Al Jazeera staff allege harassment and bullying went unchecked
How Xi Jinping made himself unchallengeable
Nigeria floods: 'Overwhelming' disaster leaves more than 600 people dead
Families reunite on the Mexico-US border
China Communist Party Congress: What matters to people in Beijing?

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Ebola in Uganda: Three-week lockdown announced for two districts
How Ukraine is winning the social media war
Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos
Iran prison fire: Gunshots and sirens heard
Evin prison fire: Gun shots and sirens heard at notorious detention centre
Greece: Vehicles dragged into the sea as flash floods hit Crete

Friday, October 14, 2022

Bakhmut: The Ukrainian city where Russia is still advancing
Robert Pether: 'My Australian husband faces death in an Iraq jail'
Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from many university subjects
Nigeria's worst floods in a decade
Turkish mine explosion kills 22 and leaves dozens trapped
Iran: How we are uncovering the protests and crackdowns
Nigeria floods: Braving the rising waters in Kogi state
Iran protests: Fury over Iran police sex assault video

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Ringo Starr cancels North America tour with Covid
New footage shows Nancy Pelosi during Jan 6 riots
Watch: Turkey MP smashes phone with hammer in parliament
Parkland school shooting: Families devastated as gunman spared death
Jamaica bans music and TV glorifying crime
Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian court drops charges against separatist Ipob leader

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

China-Taiwan: Can a tech billionaire create a civilian fighting force?
Ukraine war: UN General Assembly condemns Russia annexation
Fatboy Slim car park gig shut down
Nato countries to boost Ukraine's missile defence after massive Russian strikes
General Sergei Surovikin: Who is Putin's hard-line new commander in Ukraine?
Alex Jones to pay $965m to Sandy Hook victims
Ukraine war round-up: Inside Putin's head and Crimea bridge arrests
Kanye West interview pulled over 'more hate speech'
Is religious freedom under attack in Nigeria?

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Frenzied bee ball wins top prize
Oh my gourd! Mammoth pumpkin squashes US record
Reparations: The US town paying its black residents
Cough-syrup scandal: How did it end up in The Gambia?
China's Communist Party Congress: A really simple guide
Iran protests: Alarm at crackdown by security forces in Kurdish city
Angela Lansbury: A shining star of stage and screen
Mark Zuckerberg reveals new Quest Pro VR headset

Monday, October 10, 2022

Swiss frog numbers jump after mass pond digging
Air France Crash: Aviation bosses heckled as trial begins
Officer fired after shooting teen in McDonald's car park
‘Exploited’ foreign doctors worry about risk to UK patients
Kenya curriculum uproar as pupils behead live chickens in school
One of world's most active volcanoes erupts again
War in Ukraine: Russia's forces are exhausted, says GCHQ head
Ukraine's day of missile strikes in a minute
Elon Musk wades into China and Taiwan tensions
Ukraine war: BBC journalist ducks as explosions hit central Kyiv

Sunday, October 9, 2022

Ukraine war: Liberating towns is a shot in the arm for Ukrainian troops
Pacific Island Fiji aims for a high-tech future
Iran protests: Germany calls for sanctions over violent crackdown
Nigeria boat accident kills at least 76 fleeing floodwater
Deadly landslides sweep away homes in Venezuela
Ukraine war: 'Russian missiles' leave Zaporizhzhia flats in ruins
Gambia cough syrup scandal: Police investigate deaths linked to medicine
Zaporizhzhia attack: Russian shelling in 'annexed' city kills 17

Saturday, October 8, 2022

Crimea bridge: Russia ramps up security after blast
Who wields the most power in Iran?
Ethiopia civil war: My patients are doomed to die in Tigray blockade
Crimean bridge fire: Blaze erupts on only bridge linking peninsula to Russia

Friday, October 7, 2022

Crimea bridge: Fire and smoke seen after reports of an explosion
Haiti asks world for military help to curb chaos
John Simpson: Zelensky strikes all the right notes
Ukraine says mass burial sites found in retaken town of Lyman
Will the Biden administration overhaul US cannabis policy?
Gambia cough syrup scandal: Mothers demand justice
New York City declares state of emergency over migrant 'crisis situation'

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Afghanistan: 'More more of us might be killed - but we will win'
Truss declares Macron a friend as pair forge working relationship
Saskatchewan suspect killed 11, including brother, police say
Ukraine war round-up: Strikes kill seven and Russians flee to Alaska
Two Russians sail to Alaska seeking asylum in US
EU leaders asked to agree on capping gas prices

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Kevin Spacey facing trial on New York sex abuse claim
North Korea carries out sixth missile launch in two weeks
Canada: Supreme Court to hear if US is 'safe' for migrants
Will UK royals follow the Danish downsizing?
Ukraine war: Russia-West clash warning and World Cup bid - round-up
Putin vows to 'stabilise' annexed regions as Ukraine makes gains

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

COP27: Activists "baffled" that Coca-Cola will be sponsor
Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of abuse on private plane
South Korea and US fire missiles into sea in response to North Korea
Take a ride around San Francisco in a driverless taxi
Ukraine war: The families who made it through the new Iron Curtain
Woman handcuffed in police car hit by train... and survives
Ukraine round-up: Inside liberated Lyman and Ukraine makes further ground against Russia

Monday, October 3, 2022

Indonesia football crush: Candlelight vigil for fans who died at stadium
Nick Kyrgios seeks dismissal of assault case on mental health grounds
Confidence Man: Key revelations from new book on Donald Trump
Ponniyin Selvan: Mani Ratnam's epic drama fires up India box office
Ukraine tank breakthrough in south towards Kherson
US women's soccer 'plagued by systemic abuse'
Brazil election: The presidential race is far from over
Fans of Sydney United 58 condemned for Nazi salutes during Australia Cup final

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Brazil election: Lula and Bolsonaro to face run-off
Drax: UK power station owner cuts down primary forests in Canada
Ukraine war: Questions over France's weapons supply to Kyiv
One Kenyan woman's journey for the father she has never known
Iran protests: Reports of students trapped amid clashes in Tehran
Burkina Faso's military leader agrees to step down after coup
NFL and NFLPA say changes to concussion protocol needed after Tua Tagovailoa incident

Saturday, October 1, 2022

Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face
Ukraine war: Indian doctor forced to abandon beloved pet jaguar
Iran: Rallies support Iran protests at woman's custody death
Equatorial Guinea seeks to block sale of confiscated Paris mansion
King Charles will not attend COP27, says Palace
Formula 1 budget cap row: Mercedes and Ferrari comments 'unacceptable' - Red Bull