India’s youth-led Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke was released from detention on Saturday, a day after his arrest during a police crackdown on protests against the election authority. Dipke, 31, was detained Friday in New Delhi as he headed to join a rally that the CJP protest movement had called in the capital’s central […]
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Brazil’s right embraces election betting odds amid polls skepticism
Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market, may be banned in Brazil, but right-wing figures have embraced its election odds as an accurate litmus test of voter intent, amid distrust of opinion polls. Polymarket allows users to buy and sell shares tied to the probability of real-world events, from who will win the Oscars to the […]
Four more Ebola cases detected in Kenya, bringing total to seven
Kenya has confirmed four new Ebola cases, the health ministry said Saturday, including another relative of the first victim and three healthcare workers who treated him. The country had not reported a single case of the contagious virus until October 6, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
French protesters clash with police during nationwide demonstrations
Protesters clashed with police in Paris and other cities in France on Saturday during nationwide rallies over high prices as the country heads towards a presidential election. Protesters broke into the town hall of France’s second-largest city of Marseille before being forced out by police. In Paris, police fired a water cannon and teargas after hundreds […]
Albanian capital sees fifth straight day of violent clashes
Albania’s capital Tirana saw clashes for a fifth straight day Saturday as protesters demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, who pledged to listen to their criticism. Several hundred people, some masked, gathered around noon in front of the ministry of education, with protests later spreading across the city. Protesters threw rocks at the […]
Pope to return to Vatican after cancer surgery
Pope Leo XIV will leave the Rome hospital Saturday where he has been recovering from lung cancer surgery after doctors deemed him “fit for discharge”, the Vatican said. Leo, 71, has been at the Gemelli hospital in Rome since Tuesday when doctors removed part of his right lung to extract a cancerous tumour. “Considering the blood […]
Haze triggers highest-level alert in parts of Southeast Asia
Fires in Indonesia that have sent toxic smoke and disrupted daily life across Southeast Asia have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc’s meteorological monitor. The months-long pollution spell has closed schools, fuelled a surge in respiratory conditions and restricted outdoor activities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and East Timor.”This thing needs to stop,” Zul […]
Zelensky says Trump waiving sanctions ‘rewards’ Putin, warns Moscow wants ‘blackout’ in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that US President Donald Trump’s decision to block Russia sanctions only “rewards” Russia’s Vladimir Putin and warned Moscow was trying to deprive “millions” of Ukrainians of heat and electricity before winter. Amid a clash with the Ukrainian wartime leader, Trump signed an executive order that waived sweeping US sanctions targeting Russia’s […]
Haze triggers highest-level alert in parts of Southeast Asia: monitor
Fires in Indonesia that have sent toxic smoke disrupting daily life across Southeast Asia has triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc’s meteorological monitor. The months-long pollution spell has closed schools, fuelled a surge in respiratory conditions and restricted outdoor activities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and East Timor.”This thing needs to stop,” Zul Hafiz, […]