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Reuters
ReutersOct 20
JAXA launches the Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center toward Phobos aboard an H3 rocket, aiming to collect at least 10 grams of surface material from the Martian...
JAXA launches the Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center toward Phobos aboard an H3 rocket, aiming to collect at least 10 grams of surface material from the Martian moon and return the samples to Earth in 2031.
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AFP via RFI
AFP via RFIOct 20
South Korea withdraws additional embassy staff from Ukraine following a dispute over two captured North Korean soldiers who were transferred to South Korea.
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The Brussels Times
The Brussels TimesOct 19
Andorra and San Marino each sign an association agreement with the European Union.
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AFP via France 24
AFP via France 24Oct 19
The World Food Programme cuts monthly food aid for about 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip because of funding shortages, reducing the number of recipients from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.
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Reuters
ReutersOct 19
Albertans vote on ten referendums, including one to decide if Alberta should seek separation from Canada.
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BBC News
BBC NewsOct 19
Albertan voters reject pursuing a future independence referendum, with more than two-thirds supporting the province remaining in Canada.
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Al Jazeera
Al JazeeraOct 19
A judge in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, issues a no-bail bond arrest warrant for former Cuban president Raúl Castro after Florida attorney general James Uthmeier charged Castro with...
A judge in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, issues a no-bail bond arrest warrant for former Cuban president Raúl Castro after Florida attorney general James Uthmeier charged Castro with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder by directing spies to infiltrate Brothers to the Rescue and ordering the attack on their planes in 1996.
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AFP via France 24
AFP via France 24Oct 19
Israel Police arrest 10 people in the occupied West Bank over attacks on American photojournalist Heidi Levine and the mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, France, who were travelling with European diplomats...
Israel Police arrest 10 people in the occupied West Bank over attacks on American photojournalist Heidi Levine and the mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, France, who were travelling with European diplomats, and seize vehicles and other evidence during raids.
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Reuters
ReutersOct 19
A Kenyan court convicts Good News International Ministries leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie of murdering 190 children and an adult whose deaths were linked to starvation in Shakahola Forest.
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AFP
AFPOct 19
A driver deliberately strikes with car independent Australian MP Helen Haines outside her office in Wangaratta, Victoria, leaving her in critical condition and without a leg.
Police arrest the driver, while Haines is airlifted to a hospital.
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Reuters
ReutersOct 19
A teacher and a student are injured in a stabbing attack at a school in Bistrița, Romania.
The 13-year-old suspect is arrested.
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AP
APOct 19
Twelve migrants, including an infant, are killed when two separate speedboats capsize off the coast of the Lesbos and Samos islands in Greece.
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AP
APOct 19
Fourteen miners are killed and seven more injured during the collapse of an open pit gold mine in Nariño Department, Colombia.
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Reuters
ReutersOct 19
A missile attack by the Houthis kills 58 soldiers and injure over 200 at a training center in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen.
There are 14 missing.
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AP
APOct 19
Three children are killed in an alleged Rapid Support Forces drone strike in Khartoum, Sudan.
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JAXA launches the Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center toward Phobos aboard an H3 rocket, aiming to collect at least 10 grams of surface material from the Martian...

South Korea withdraws additional embassy staff from Ukraine following a dispute over two captured North Korean soldiers who were transferred to South Korea.

Andorra and San Marino each sign an association agreement with the European Union.

The World Food Programme cuts monthly food aid for about 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip because of funding shortages, reducing the number of recipients from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.

Albertans vote on ten referendums, including one to decide if Alberta should seek separation from Canada.

Albertan voters reject pursuing a future independence referendum, with more than two-thirds supporting the province remaining in Canada.

A judge in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, issues a no-bail bond arrest warrant for former Cuban president Raúl Castro after Florida attorney general James Uthmeier charged Castro with...

Israel Police arrest 10 people in the occupied West Bank over attacks on American photojournalist Heidi Levine and the mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, France, who were travelling with European diplomats...

A Kenyan court convicts Good News International Ministries leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie of murdering 190 children and an adult whose deaths were linked to starvation in Shakahola Forest.

A driver deliberately strikes with car independent Australian MP Helen Haines outside her office in Wangaratta, Victoria, leaving her in critical condition and without a leg.

A teacher and a student are injured in a stabbing attack at a school in Bistrița, Romania.

Twelve migrants, including an infant, are killed when two separate speedboats capsize off the coast of the Lesbos and Samos islands in Greece.

Fourteen miners are killed and seven more injured during the collapse of an open pit gold mine in Nariño Department, Colombia.

A missile attack by the Houthis kills 58 soldiers and injure over 200 at a training center in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen.

Three children are killed in an alleged Rapid Support Forces drone strike in Khartoum, Sudan.