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Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday, killing one person, injuring more than 500, downing trees and cutting power as it weakened and moved north toward the Chinese coast.
A fire broke out on the evening of 23 October 2026 at the Kehlsteinhaus in Berchtesgaden, a former Nazi-era retreat, and German police said a suspect had been detained.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the Defense Department has designated China's Confucius Institutes a threat to US national security, alleging that dozens of related entities operated at US universities under different names.
Moody's Ratings left France's sovereign credit rating unchanged, according to the Wall Street Journal and Le Monde, amid reported budget and political uncertainty in the country.
A criminal investigation into Argentine President Javier Milei and his sister, Karina Milei, over their links to the $Libra cryptocurrency scandal has been dropped, according to court records cited by BBC News and Reuters.
A DRC-led trial called Tumaini began in Bunia with the Ervebo vaccine, and two Bundibugyo-specific candidates are expected to join it.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Cubans to pursue change through a partnership with the CIA, after President Donald Trump told a Florida rally that warships returning from Iran could stop off Cuba's coast.
Kenya's Health Ministry said on 23 October 2026 that a 65-year-old woman, a close relative of the country's first Ebola patient, has died after developing symptoms in quarantine.
US President Donald Trump said Washington may launch another military operation against Iran, according to Reuters and Anadolu Agency, though neither report gives his exact words or any details of a possible operation.
The Japanese novelist and film-maker, author of Almost Transparent Blue and Coin Locker Babies, has died at 74, according to Anadolu Agency, The Japan Times and The Guardian.
The Trump administration removed some US tariffs on Canadian products on Friday, and Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, who is seeking re-election, said the move would help her state's farm and coastal industries.
A gunman firing from a car killed one person and wounded five, including a 12-year-old girl, in Trappes and La Verrière; a 39-year-old suspect is in custody and President Emmanuel Macron called it a racist terrorist attack.
A drone strike sank the merchant vessel Khoryv in the Black Sea on Friday, killing one crew member and leaving three missing, and Romania's president blamed Russia, though the reports reviewed by Vocemundi include no Russian response to this incident.
The Japan Times reports that a Japanese white paper calls for more support amid rising youth suicides, while Medical Xpress reports that university researchers have published 10 'Principles of Practice' for organizations working with young people.
Reuters and Anadolu Agency report that American Express plans to cut about 5% of its global workforce, a plan Reuters says CEO Stephen Squeri discussed with analysts on a post-earnings call.
Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany collapsed while watching a reserve-team training session on 23 October 2026 and is under medical care in hospital, according to the club, which says his coaching staff will take charge for now.
China released a document on Friday opposing an arms race in space, the same day Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for stronger outer space governance at the opening of a Global Governance Forum.
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Kenya's world and Olympic marathon champion has been provisionally suspended after an out-of-competition sample collected in Kenya before her Sydney Marathon win tested positive for the banned substance EPO.
The White House says the truce in the southern Ukrainian city is meant to allow aid deliveries and civilian evacuations, but neither Russia nor Ukraine had confirmed it at the time of the reports.