Gunmen kill 20 miners in southwest Pakistan attack ahead of Asian security summit
It’s the latest attack in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital. No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attack.
What a Hospital in War-torn Sudan Looks Like
Sudan’s war has displaced more than 10 million people and half the country faces starvations. The country’s medical services have collapsed leaving a patchwork of charities, local groups and the Sudanese diaspora to try to provide what health care they…
Internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret looks back on a year of war
Keret, who lives in Tel Aviv, reflects on the protests in Israel and the U.S. over the hostages and Gaza. The son of Holocaust survivors, he has left- and right-wing political views in his own family.
Han Kang becomes the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature
The citation commended Han Kang’s “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” She won the International Booker Prize for The Vegetarian in 2016.
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Milton plows across Florida with high winds, torrential rain and tornadoes. Israeli military’s ground incursion continues in southern Lebanon. Polls suggest Republicans make gains among Black voters.
The death toll in a gang attack on a Haitian town rises to at least 115
The attack on residents of Pont-Sondé on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history. The U.N. had previously said that at least 70 people were killed.
On the frontline of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon
Just over a week ago, the Israeli military sent ground troops into Lebanon to push the militant group Hezbollah back from the border. Our correspondent got as close a look at this invasion as possible, from a town ten miles from the border. He tells us…
Lynx, tiger and tadpoles, oh my: See the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners
A lynx stretching in the sun, tadpoles swimming beneath lily pads and an investigator dusting a tusk for prints are among the winning images from the newest Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins
The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins. The awards continue with the literature prize on Thursday.
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Hurricane Milton is expected to be historic when it makes landfall. Attorneys general sue TikTok — saying it places profit over children’s mental health. The EPA mandates replacement of lead pipes.
Musk’s X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice authorized the restoration of the social media platform’s service in Brazil, over a month after its nationwide shutdown, according to a court document.
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