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🇫🇷 French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that she would implement 140 billion euros ($157 billion) in cost savings by 2032 if elected next year, warning that without change France was "heading towards default" on its debt.
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October 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
🇫🇷 French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that she would implement 140 billion euros ($157 billion) in cost savings by 2032 if elected next year, warning that without change France was "heading towards default" on its debt.
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🏅 India, Qatar and South Africa were confirmed on Tuesday among the seven countries interested in hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics.
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October 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🏅 India, Qatar and South Africa were confirmed on Tuesday among the seven countries interested in hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics.
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🎾 Carlos Alcaraz has won his first title since returning from a four-month injury layoff after beating the Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in Tuesday's Japan Open final.
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October 6, 2026 at 11:50 AM
🎾 Carlos Alcaraz has won his first title since returning from a four-month injury layoff after beating the Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in Tuesday's Japan Open final.
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🇯🇵 Sleep-deprived Japan holds best-rested competition
In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organised by a mattress company.
In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organised by a mattress company.
October 6, 2026 at 11:40 AM
🇯🇵 Sleep-deprived Japan holds best-rested competition
In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organised by a mattress company.
In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organised by a mattress company.
☣️ Russia must be transparent after reports a laboratory technician has died of plague in Siberia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, adding that Washington was monitoring the situation "very closely".
October 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
☣️ Russia must be transparent after reports a laboratory technician has died of plague in Siberia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, adding that Washington was monitoring the situation "very closely".
🇮🇳 Mobile boat clinics bring healthcare to India's remote river islands
Residents of India’s northeastern Assam state queue to enter the cabin of a medical clinic boat, part of a network of vessels bringing healthcare to communities isolated by the Brahmaputra river.
Residents of India’s northeastern Assam state queue to enter the cabin of a medical clinic boat, part of a network of vessels bringing healthcare to communities isolated by the Brahmaputra river.
October 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM
🇮🇳 Mobile boat clinics bring healthcare to India's remote river islands
Residents of India’s northeastern Assam state queue to enter the cabin of a medical clinic boat, part of a network of vessels bringing healthcare to communities isolated by the Brahmaputra river.
Residents of India’s northeastern Assam state queue to enter the cabin of a medical clinic boat, part of a network of vessels bringing healthcare to communities isolated by the Brahmaputra river.
🇫🇷 Thousands of demonstrators were massing under heavy police surveillance across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.
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October 6, 2026 at 11:10 AM
🇫🇷 Thousands of demonstrators were massing under heavy police surveillance across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.
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🏅 Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on subatomic particles at the South Pole, the award jury said.
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October 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🏅 Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on subatomic particles at the South Pole, the award jury said.
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🇧🇷 Brazilians react to Bolsonaro's shock lead over President Lula
Brazilians in Sao Paulo share a mix of views after right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise first-place finish in the first round election, beating incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Brazilians in Sao Paulo share a mix of views after right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise first-place finish in the first round election, beating incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
October 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
🇧🇷 Brazilians react to Bolsonaro's shock lead over President Lula
Brazilians in Sao Paulo share a mix of views after right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise first-place finish in the first round election, beating incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Brazilians in Sao Paulo share a mix of views after right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise first-place finish in the first round election, beating incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
🇨🇴 Bogota hosts Tejo World Championships, Colombia's indigenous national sport
Throwing metal disks at a clay-filled target with the aim of striking a packet of gunpowder and setting off a small explosion, teams from 18 countries compete at the Tejo World Championship in Bogota.
Throwing metal disks at a clay-filled target with the aim of striking a packet of gunpowder and setting off a small explosion, teams from 18 countries compete at the Tejo World Championship in Bogota.
October 6, 2026 at 10:20 AM
🇨🇴 Bogota hosts Tejo World Championships, Colombia's indigenous national sport
Throwing metal disks at a clay-filled target with the aim of striking a packet of gunpowder and setting off a small explosion, teams from 18 countries compete at the Tejo World Championship in Bogota.
Throwing metal disks at a clay-filled target with the aim of striking a packet of gunpowder and setting off a small explosion, teams from 18 countries compete at the Tejo World Championship in Bogota.
🇷🇺 Russian authorities denied Tuesday that special restrictions had been introduced over reports that a laboratory technician died of plague, even as Washington said it was closely monitoring events.
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October 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
🇷🇺 Russian authorities denied Tuesday that special restrictions had been introduced over reports that a laboratory technician died of plague, even as Washington said it was closely monitoring events.
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⚽ Lionel Messi will pull on Argentina's sky blue-and-white jersey for the last time on Tuesday and enjoy an emotional farewell in front of his adoring fans in a stadium with a name to match his legacy: Monumental.
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October 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
⚽ Lionel Messi will pull on Argentina's sky blue-and-white jersey for the last time on Tuesday and enjoy an emotional farewell in front of his adoring fans in a stadium with a name to match his legacy: Monumental.
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🇰🇪 Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country.
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October 6, 2026 at 9:50 AM
🇰🇪 Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country.
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🇸🇪 Swedes spend night in bunker to prepare for air raids
Descending into a concrete bunker in western Sweden, a group of almost 40 volunteers take part in the country’s first overnight air raid shelter exercise.
Descending into a concrete bunker in western Sweden, a group of almost 40 volunteers take part in the country’s first overnight air raid shelter exercise.
October 6, 2026 at 9:40 AM
🇸🇪 Swedes spend night in bunker to prepare for air raids
Descending into a concrete bunker in western Sweden, a group of almost 40 volunteers take part in the country’s first overnight air raid shelter exercise.
Descending into a concrete bunker in western Sweden, a group of almost 40 volunteers take part in the country’s first overnight air raid shelter exercise.
🇾🇪 🇸🇦 Yemen's Houthis have claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified.
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October 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
🇾🇪 🇸🇦 Yemen's Houthis have claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified.
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🇫🇯 Pacific nations take centre stage at 'pre-COP' climate summit
Pacific leaders urge the world to stick to a target of limiting global warming to 1.5C, enhance access to climate finance and give more attention to the impact on oceans as the "pre-COP" meeting kicks off in the Fijian city of Nadi.
Pacific leaders urge the world to stick to a target of limiting global warming to 1.5C, enhance access to climate finance and give more attention to the impact on oceans as the "pre-COP" meeting kicks off in the Fijian city of Nadi.
October 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM
🇫🇯 Pacific nations take centre stage at 'pre-COP' climate summit
Pacific leaders urge the world to stick to a target of limiting global warming to 1.5C, enhance access to climate finance and give more attention to the impact on oceans as the "pre-COP" meeting kicks off in the Fijian city of Nadi.
Pacific leaders urge the world to stick to a target of limiting global warming to 1.5C, enhance access to climate finance and give more attention to the impact on oceans as the "pre-COP" meeting kicks off in the Fijian city of Nadi.
🇩🇪 Germany's former foreign spy chief has been arrested on suspicion of espionage, accused of seeking to pass sensitive information to overseas intelligence services, prosecutors said.
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October 6, 2026 at 9:11 AM
🇩🇪 Germany's former foreign spy chief has been arrested on suspicion of espionage, accused of seeking to pass sensitive information to overseas intelligence services, prosecutors said.
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🇲🇾 🇲🇲 Malaysia returns migrants to war-torn Myanmar
Malaysia has returned nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants to their war-ravaged home country under an opaque scheme that rights monitors say cannot assure their safety.
Malaysia has returned nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants to their war-ravaged home country under an opaque scheme that rights monitors say cannot assure their safety.
October 6, 2026 at 8:40 AM
🇲🇾 🇲🇲 Malaysia returns migrants to war-torn Myanmar
Malaysia has returned nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants to their war-ravaged home country under an opaque scheme that rights monitors say cannot assure their safety.
Malaysia has returned nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants to their war-ravaged home country under an opaque scheme that rights monitors say cannot assure their safety.
🇪🇨 Ecuadorans bless their pets at Catholic saint's feast in Quito
Hundreds of people bring their pets to be blessed in front of the Church of San Francisco in Ecuador's capital Quito's historic center during celebrations marking the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Hundreds of people bring their pets to be blessed in front of the Church of San Francisco in Ecuador's capital Quito's historic center during celebrations marking the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.
October 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
🇪🇨 Ecuadorans bless their pets at Catholic saint's feast in Quito
Hundreds of people bring their pets to be blessed in front of the Church of San Francisco in Ecuador's capital Quito's historic center during celebrations marking the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Hundreds of people bring their pets to be blessed in front of the Church of San Francisco in Ecuador's capital Quito's historic center during celebrations marking the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Nobel Prize-winning US researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent decades illuminating the workings of the brain to unlock its mysteries.
Deisseroth won the prize in medicine alongside German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel
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Deisseroth won the prize in medicine alongside German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel
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October 6, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Nobel Prize-winning US researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent decades illuminating the workings of the brain to unlock its mysteries.
Deisseroth won the prize in medicine alongside German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel
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Deisseroth won the prize in medicine alongside German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel
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Purple reign.
The Philippine ube has become a trend-setting sensation from Los Angeles to London to Seoul, drawing lines outside coffee shops and bakeries and millions of views on social media.
But keeping pace with the boom has proven tricky for the nation's smallholder farmers
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The Philippine ube has become a trend-setting sensation from Los Angeles to London to Seoul, drawing lines outside coffee shops and bakeries and millions of views on social media.
But keeping pace with the boom has proven tricky for the nation's smallholder farmers
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October 6, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Purple reign.
The Philippine ube has become a trend-setting sensation from Los Angeles to London to Seoul, drawing lines outside coffee shops and bakeries and millions of views on social media.
But keeping pace with the boom has proven tricky for the nation's smallholder farmers
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The Philippine ube has become a trend-setting sensation from Los Angeles to London to Seoul, drawing lines outside coffee shops and bakeries and millions of views on social media.
But keeping pace with the boom has proven tricky for the nation's smallholder farmers
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AI chatbots have made large-scale cheating among students -- what some educators call "homework scams" -- easier than ever.
But studies show AI text detectors are often unreliable, generating false positives that can erode trust between instructors and students
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But studies show AI text detectors are often unreliable, generating false positives that can erode trust between instructors and students
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October 6, 2026 at 7:26 AM
AI chatbots have made large-scale cheating among students -- what some educators call "homework scams" -- easier than ever.
But studies show AI text detectors are often unreliable, generating false positives that can erode trust between instructors and students
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But studies show AI text detectors are often unreliable, generating false positives that can erode trust between instructors and students
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Pacific "pre-COP" meeting.
Leaders visit the tiny Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu for a first-hand look at a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out due to climate change
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Leaders visit the tiny Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu for a first-hand look at a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out due to climate change
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October 6, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Pacific "pre-COP" meeting.
Leaders visit the tiny Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu for a first-hand look at a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out due to climate change
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Leaders visit the tiny Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu for a first-hand look at a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out due to climate change
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