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October 8

International relations

South Korea recalls its ambassador to Ukraine after accusing Ukraine of breaching a non-disclosure agreement by disclosing the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea. Ukraine denies that such an agreement existed.
Source: The Straits Times external link

Arts and culture

Canadian poet Anne Carson is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for "her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms ‌for contemporary literature".
Source: BBC News external link
The Bank of England announces that the Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee, and European hedgehog will feature on the next set of pound sterling notes to be issued in the United Kingdom. It will be the first time animals have replaced people on banknotes in England, which is intended to increase awareness of British wildlife.
Source: BBC News external link

Law and crime

High Court judge Nicholas Hilliard of England and Wales quashes search warrants used on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes, finding errors in Thames Valley Police's applications and issuing judge Mark Lucraft's consideration of legally protected material.
Source: AP external link
A 15-year-old student carries out a mass stabbing against staff members at a primary school in the village of Leszczydół-Nowiny, Wyszków County, Poland, killing one person and injuring two more. The suspect is taken into police custody.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

In the United States, Georgia governor Brian Kemp declares a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Isaias.
Source: Fox 5 Atlanta external link

Business and economy

Taiwan's finance ministry reports that exports reached a record US$87.2 billion in September, while imports rose to a record $63.6 billion and the trade surplus reached a record $23.6 billion, citing demand for artificial intelligence-related hardware.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

In baseball, Teruaki Satō of the Hanshin Tigers wins the Triple Crown; the last NPB Triple Crown was won by Munetaka Murakami in 2022.
Source: Kyodo News external link
Swiss and Sunderland A.F.C. footballer Granit Xhaka receives a two-year probation after admitting to obtaining a fake COVID-19 vaccination certificate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: ESPN external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Israel Defense Forces announce that they have killed Muhammad Muhsen Nimr Yazji, a Hamas militant who took part in holding Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Matan Angrest during an airstrike in Gaza City, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link

October 7

Disasters and accidents

Tropical cyclone Isaias strengthens into a category 1 hurricane, becoming the first Atlantic hurricane of the season amidst a unusually quiet season caused by the ongoing El Niño phenomenon.
Source: AP external link

Business and economy

Guinea sets nationwide price ceilings for bottled water after a ban on single-use plastic water sachets causes shortages and higher prices, with retail packs of several bottle sizes capped at 25,000 francs (US$2.84).
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
The Reserve Bank of India raises its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5%, its first increase since February 2023.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Science and technology

French chemist Henri B. Kagan from the Paris-Saclay University and Japanese organic chemist Kensō Soai from the Tokyo University of Science are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis".
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum sanctions a constitutional amendment prohibiting Mexicans with dual citizenship from running for president or governor.
Source: El Economista external link
For a second consecutive day, riots occur in Liège, Belgium, following earlier student protests, prompting authorities to close the Guillemins railway station and urge local businesses to shut down. Over 100 people are arrested.
Source: RTBF external link
The Court of Appeal in London, United Kingdom, quashes the convictions of five former Barclays traders for manipulating Libor and Euribor, following a 2025 Supreme Court ruling that found legal errors had made similar convictions unsafe.
Source: AFP external link
Nine people are injured in a mass stabbing at a high school in Ostrołęka, Poland. The suspect, a 19-year-old student, is arrested after being injured himself.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

The British Antarctic Survey reports that Zavodovski Island in Antarctica has lost more than 500,000 chinstrap penguins since 2011, ending its status as the world's largest penguin colony as warming waters reduce access to Antarctic krill.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Australia's High Court rejects MACH Energy's appeal to expand the Mount Pleasant coal mine in New South Wales, finding that planning authorities failed to adequately consider greenhouse gas emissions from burning exported coal overseas.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Houthi forces claim attacks on Abha International Airport and Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia that killed three civilians and injured 36 others since yesterday.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Israeli settlers launch an attack in the occupied West Bank targeting Palestinians, killing a man and wounding 16 other people.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Eritrean forces are reported to have invaded Ethiopia's Tigray Region and are moving south toward Mekelle.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Russian forces launch a massive ballistic missile and drone attack on Ukraine, killing at least 28 people, including 20 people killed at a single apartment hit by a North Korean KN-23 missile in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, while hundreds more are wounded.
Source: The Guardian external link
Bulgaria halts the search for the 12 Syrian sailors missing since yesterday after a merchant ship sank after being hit by a drone strike in its waters. The perpetrators are still unknown.
Source: Reuters external link
The Malian Armed Forces and the Russian Africa Corps retake Kidal, which was captured by the Azawad Liberation Front five months ago, after days of airstrikes and ground operations.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Four women are killed in a Rapid Support Forces drone strike on homes and a mosque in Ad-Damazin, Blue Nile State, Sudan.
Source: AP external link

October 6

Politics and elections

Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council postpones presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December 13, citing technical, operational, and security requirements.
Source: AFP external link
The Kuvendi begins the procedure to elect a president on 6 October, finishing the voting process minutes after the constitutional deadline on midnight 7 October. Justina Pula is declared the next president of Kosovo.
Source: Kosovo Online external link

Business and economy

The merger between American media conglomerates Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery into Skydance takes effect.
Source: CNN external link

Health and environment

Kenya confirms its first imported case of the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebolavirus in Nairobi in a deceased male who traveled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Source: Reuters external link
The Nairobi Hospital steps up its infection-control measures, tracing, and staff monitoring following Kenya's first imported case of Ebola.
Source: The Star Kenya external link
Indonesia halts a program to clear millions of hectares of forest for rice cultivation after achieving rice self-sufficiency, and plans instead to increase yields on existing farmland through improved agricultural methods.
Source: AFP via CNA external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Houthis launches missiles against the airports of Najran and Jizan, in Saudi Arabia, causing material damages and wounding three people.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz says that the military has killed 4,000 militants who took part in the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Source: The Jewish Chronicle external link
Four Indonesian seamen return home after Puntland maritime police rescued 17 crew members from the hijacked oil tanker . Somali pirates had held the crew for more than five months and killed five members.
Source: AFP external link
Three gunmen and a police officer are killed, and another officer is wounded, in a shootout during an operation against illegal miners in Inambari District, Tambopata province, Madre de Dios, Peru. Authorities seize 15 AKM rifles, a pistol, and five grenades.
Source: in Spanish external link
Two merchant ships are hit by drones of unknown origins off the coast of Bulgaria. One of the ships has sunk, leaving the crew missing.
Source: Reuters external link
At least ten soldiers are killed by Islamic State gunmen during an attack at a military base in Kukawa, Borno State, Nigeria. Over 25 attackers are also killed in the shootout.
Source: AP external link

Science and technology

The Royal Society Open Science reports the discovery of the crocodile species in the Mokattam Formation rocks that were used to build the Great Sphinx Giza pyramid in Egypt.
Source: Phys.org external link
OpenAI releases 377 results on open problems in mathematics in areas such as algebra, number theory, combinatorics and theoretical computer science.
Source: The New York Times external link
Belgian physicist Francis Halzen from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin".
Source: CNN external link

Law and crime

Riots break out in Liège, Belgium, following a day of student protests, resulting in damaged shops and destroyed bus shelters in the city center.
Source: Le Soir external link
August Hanning, former head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, is arrested at his home in Nordwalde, North Rhine-Westphalia, after being charged by the country's Federal Public Prosecutor General with treason, espionage, and trading state secrets. A former aide of Hanning's is also arrested for aiding and abetting attempted treason and treasonous espionage.
Source: DW external link

October 5

Science and technology

American scientist Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, and German biophysicists Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for "their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics".
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

The United States Air Force withdraws all of its B-1 Lancer strategic bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. The U.S. Department of Defense confirms the bombers have returned to bases in the United States.
Source: BBC News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Presidential Leadership Council launches a large-scale military operation against Houthis in Yemen, with the aim to capture all Houthi-controlled territories.
Source: TRT World external link
Turkey and Pakistan agree to deploy troops under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement to help Saudi and Yemeni forces against the Houthis.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A Yemeni government offensive pushes the Houthis back from the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Protesters clash with police in Pristina, Kosovo, after parliament fails to advance legislation limiting the Kosovo Specialist Chambers' powers. One police officer and 11 civilians are injured.
Source: AP external link

Politics and elections

In Kosovo, the acting presidency of Albulena Haxhiu becomes due to her having continuously served in the position for more than six months since assuming office on 4 April, violating the third paragraph of Article 90 in the constitution. The Kuvendi has two days left until the presidential election deadline by the Constitutional Court expires.
Source: RKS external link
Voters in Quebec, Canada, elect members to the National Assembly.
Source: The Guardian external link
The Parti Québécois is elected into a minority government while the ruling Coalition Avenir Québec face an electoral wipeout.
Source: CBC external link
Romanian president Nicușor Dan designates diplomat Luca Niculescu to form a government. Niculescu's choice is the fourth attempt by Dan to appoint a Prime Minister to succeed Ilie Bolojan, who lost a no-confidence vote last May.
Source: Reuters external link
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez calls a snap general election for 29 November after Parliament voted down two emergency housing decrees that would have restricted evictions, frozen rents, and blocked vulture-fund property buys.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: Gulf News external link
Source: The Laotian Times external link
Source: Anadolu Agency external link

Business and economy

Brazil's benchmark Ibovespa index rises nearly 9% to almost 210,000 points after the first round of the presidential election, surpassing 200,000 points for the first time.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Russian president Vladimir Putin approves the restructuring of UniCredit Bank Russia and the subsequent sale of most of the business to a United Arab Emirates-based private investor, while UniCredit retains its payments operations.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

A Nigerian Air Force ATR 42-500 aircraft crashes in Ondo State, Nigeria, killing all 25 people on board.
Source: Reuters external link
The toll from yesterday's collision between two ships in the Congo River near Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 30 people killed and dozens missing.
Source: AP external link