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Injuries in China's Tibet rise to 65 after 22 October earthquake, death toll remains at 16: Xinhua reported that 339 houses collapsed (ground news LINK) — 23 October 2026


France's Macron tightens curbs on protests, blaming hard left for unrest (LINK) — 22 October 2026

French supermarket giant Carrefour's shares plunge 14% after warning 'unprecedented' unrest will hit business (LINK) — 21 October 2026


Trump says Elon Musk restored Ukraine's Starlink access but declines to say whether they spoke (LINK) — 22 October 2026

Rubio, Hegseth point finger at Musk in Starlink and Starshield slowdown for Ukraine (LINK) — 22 October 2026


US veterans ask federal judge to block Trump's triumphal arch unless Congress approves it (LINK) — 22 October 2026


Champi, one of 2026's strongest storms, has been downgraded to a typhoon as it heads toward Taiwan and eastern China (LINK) — 21 October22 October 2026

Hundreds of flights cancelled across East Asia as Typhoon Champi roars toward Taiwan — (LINK)

Subtropical Storm Josephine forms in the Atlantic: damage from Josephine has closed the only highway to North Carolina's Outer Banks (LINK) — 22 October 2026


Global scramble to fix critical cyber-security flaws in PHP as many websites taken offline: PHP powers a vast number of platforms, including online shops, Wikipedia and WordPress – the content management system behind many websites like blogs (LINK) — 22 October 2026


Iran's IRGC Navy says seven vessels hit in the Strait of Hormuz, potentially marking the highest single-day damage since the war began in Feb, and warns US of wider response (ground news LINK) — 22 October 2026


Austrian and Swiss women freed after 18 months held as kidnaps in Niger reach Benghazi, sources say (ground news LINK) — 22 October 2026


Missiles hit Kyiv after Russia agrees to US call to resume Ukraine peace talks (LINK) — 21 October 2026

— Several houses were hit on Wednesday night, injuring six people, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said. The attack came amid a new diplomatic push led by Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Witkoff met Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the city of St Petersburg on Wednesday — a day after meeting Ukraine's leader. Speaking on Wednesday, Trump said: "The other day I was talking to Vladimir Putin about settling his war with Ukraine, which I think we're getting closer to, by the way, maybe now the closest we've been."


UAE nominates its diplomat Lana Nusseibeh as UN secretary-general, potentially breaking deadlock: US President Donald Trump's administration reportedly opposed all seven contenders in the race to date (LINK) — 21 October 2026


Netanyahu's office orders closure of West Bank after soldiers kill 2 men behind an alleged attack that wounded 5 people ahead of next Tuesday's national elections (ground news LINK) — 23 October 2026


Heat killed 'staggering' 50,000 people in Europe's cities this summer, scientists warn (LINK) — 22 October 2026

— Imperial and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: People succumbed to heat at highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, with health issues, loneliness and poverty exacerbating toll


Almost all coral reef ecosystems face risk of collapse in 50 years, mostly due to warming oceans and heat waves, IUCN warns (LINK) — 22 October 2026

— Some 96% of shallow-water reef systems are already critically endangered and could disappear by 2075, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced on the sidelines of a U.N. biodiversity conference in Albania.


U.S. is a big reason the world is losing ground in the fight against climate change, UNEP report says: The U.S. was the only major economy that failed last year to reduce its carbon pollution or at least slow the growth in how much carbon dioxide is spewed by burning fossil fuels (LINK) — 22 October 2026

UNEP: New report lays out emission cuts needed for return to 1.5C — (LINK)


Germany target of 'intensive' espionage, Merz says after suspected Russian spy arrest of Ukrainian (LINK) — 22 October 2026

— Other arrests this year included a Romanian woman and a Ukrainian man accused of spying on an individual supplying drones from Germany to Ukraine.


Venezuelans call for elections in first national protest in nearly two years (ground news LINK) — 22 October 2026


First Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya might have crossed paths at Uganda airport — health officials (ground news LINK) — 22 October 2026

— The virus emerged in Congo in May, infecting more than 9,500 people and killing nearly half, while spreading to 66 health zones. Uganda declared its own outbreak over on August 27 after 42 consecutive days without new cases, yet officials are now tracing links to the country.


Trump claims right to seek third term despite constitutional restrictions, says 'they cheated us': argues his alleged 2020 election loss justified another bid despite the constitutional limit (ground news LINK) — 22 October 2026

Trump ordered to sit for deposition by December 11 in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC, which has accused the US president of stalling to avoid answering questions under oath (LINK) — 22 October 2026


Top Democratic Virginia lawmaker L. Louise Lucas, 82, charged by DOJ with running illegal cannabis operation along with two of her daughters, her grandson and three others (LINK) — 22 October 2026


US orders non-emergency embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia after Houthi missile and drone attacks on airports and energy sites (ground news LINK) — 21 October 2026

— Reuters reports that the drawdown may extend to other U.S. missions in the Gulf, with officials saying family members could be pulled from several posts as the Houthi threat persists. The FT notes that Britain will send fighter jets and refueling support, while Reuters says Washington has also increased intelligence and targeting assistance.


Qatar, France call for opening of Hormuz and Gaza ceasefire implementation after the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met French President Emmanuel Macron in Doha (LINK) — 21 October 2026


Catchup: Kenya confirms new Ebola case, total at nine, health ministry says (LINK) — 20 October 2026



Special report: Switzerland's 'White Mountain College' introduces more educational innovations (LINK)


Special report: International artists cherish this 'fairytale' Swiss village (LINK)


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