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Worse than Greece? Financial markets are singling out France for a 2010-style sovereign debt crisis

Once a safe haven, France faces bond market mayhem as borrowing costs surge to 15-year highs.

Once a safe haven, France faces bond market mayhem as borrowing costs surge to 15-year highs.

‘Gen Z has risen up’: Tens of thousands demand better education in France

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Cornell rape allegations fuel calls for safer US campuses

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An 86-year-old father stranded in California shows the real human toll of US air sanctions on Iran

AI borrowing binge rattles US markets

Dozens quarantined in Siberia after plague institute lab worker dies

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US and China are trying to make nice, says Singapore diplomat

Trump and Xi are nudging the bilateral relationship from confrontation to stability, says Chan Heng Chee.

Nepal’s towns in ruins: What it will take to rebuild after massive flood

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Indonesia needs to grow more rice, corn and sugar. Can its forests survive?

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America’s political maps are shifting. So is who can win

Republican redistricting a blow to civil rights, raises racial tensions ahead of Nov 3 midterm elections.

A plaque marks the spot where Rosa Parks boarded a public bus and refused to yield her seat for a white passenger, her rebellion sparking a mass protest that forced authorities to end segregation on the city’s buses in 1956. It also brought to the national stage a dapper 26-year-old pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.

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George Washington’s White House had 9 slaves. Does it matter?

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No clear edge for Democrats as midterm elections take shape in the US

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COP31 eyes modest steps as climate disasters multiply

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Extreme heat putting pregnant women, newborns at risk: UN climate chief

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US Supreme Court hears bid to shut the door on climate suits

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Heat deaths in Western Europe top 34,600 during warmest summer ever

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While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 7, 2026

A masked protester throwing an object, amid clashes with French police in Paris on Oct 6.

Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say

FILE PHOTO: A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026. J. Miles Cary/ Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS/File Photo

Sweden police say armed man shot outside royal palace

A police cordon in place after officers shot a man armed with a knife near the Royal Palace in central Stockholm, on Oct 6.

Lula campaign scrambles to rebrand before Brazil runoff

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Workers' Party (PT) candidate for presidential re-election, reacts during an address to supporters after the country's electoral authority said Liberal Party (PL)'s candidate Flavio Bolsonaro will face Lula in the runoff of a presidential election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil October 4, 2026. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Russia says tanker crew rescued in Black Sea after attack set ship ablaze

Hundreds arrested in French school protests, as Macron summons ministers

Riot police clashing with protesters in the French capital, Paris, on Oct 6, as nationwide protests over decrepit conditions in French high schools descended into sporadic violence.

Cornell hires ex-Justice Dept official Yates to review rape claims response

People attend a Justice for Survivors rally outside of the Day Hall administrative building at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, US, October 5, 2026. REUTERS/Lauren Petracca

British adventurer back on UK soil after 28-year round-the-world walk

Karl Bushby, a 57-year-old former paratrooper, arrived back in the UK on Oct 5, after swimming across the English Channel. He set off for home from Chile in November 1998.

Police officer charged in France after teen loses several teeth to tear gas grenade

In videos of the incident shared on social media, a tear gas grenade is fired at the 14-year-old student’s face, knocking him to the ground.

Yemeni government fighters recorded driving vehicles over Houthi opponents

Military vehicles travel along a road during what Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces say was an advance against the Iran-backed Houthis, near Dhubab, Taiz Governorate, Yemen, in this still image taken from video released October 5, 2026. Southern Giants Brigades/Handout via REUTERS

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