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Woman in botched US execution walking, mentally ‘foggy’: lawyer

The convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was walking around her hospital room though she was mentally “foggy,” her lawyer said in an interview broadcast Thursday. Pike, 50, had been considered brain dead following two lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital last Wednesday that failed to kill her. Doctors had been planning to […]

Canadian poet Anne Carson wins ‘crazy’ Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson for her modern twists on Greek  mythology and antiquity that have inspired new forms of contemporary writing, the Swedish Academy said. The 76-year-old — who announced in 2024 that she has Parkinson’s disease — was honoured “for her bold and inventive […]

Britain’s Burnham says open to Germany joining warplane project

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Thursday that he was open to having Germany join a next-generation fighter jet project, after the collapse of a Franco-German warplane programme. Britain, Italy and Japan are working on the “Global Combat Air Programme” (GCAP), which aims to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon and Mitsubishi F-2 jets currently used by […]

Russian strike on buses kills 30 in frontline Ukrainian city

Ukraine on Thursday accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians after 30 people were killed when two buses were blown up in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, in one of the deadliest single attacks for weeks. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that the attack “will not go unanswered” after photos posted by local authorities showed the […]

G.Bissau moves towards postponement of December general election

Guinea-Bissau’s electoral commission announced Thursday that conditions had not been met to organise its December 6 presidential and legislative vote, which was meant to restore civilian rule after a coup last November. The perennially unstable west African nation has been gripped by significant political and security turmoil for several weeks, as the December deadline approaches. […]

China announces candidate for WHO chief

China announced Thursday it had put forward a candidate to lead the World Health Organization — a move that could signal intent to expand its influence at the WHO after the United States quit, even though questions persist about Beijing’s transparency over the Covid-19 pandemic. China has nominated maternity health expert Song Li for the […]

South Korea test-fires its first homegrown hypersonic weapon: presidency

South Korea test-fired its first homegrown hypersonic weapon on Thursday, the presidential office said, days after Pyongyang announced the AI-assisted launch of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung “observed the first test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) — currently under research and development using domestic technology,” the presidential Blue […]

Anne Carson: modern takes on Greek classics

Canadian-born poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, brings a modern twist to mysticism and antiquity in her unclassifiable writings about love, desire and despair. A professor of classics with a background in dead languages, literature, anthropology and history, she was described by The New York […]

Ethiopia drones hit Eritrean troops in Tigray

Ethiopian drone strikes have targeted Eritrean forces who had reached a northern Tigrayan city, a conflict monitor and witnesses said on Thursday, amid fears of a wider regional war. Relations between the two neighbouring countries, who fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, have again deteriorated in recent months. Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of backing […]