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Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst says that while people may think of plague as “something medieval”, cases are reported every year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar. However, he says the laboratory link makes this incident “a little more serious”.
Conservative leader will deliver her keynote speech to Tory conference laterGood morning. Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce cuts to inheritance tax (IHT) this morning in a keynote conference speech that will claim the next election will be a “battle of ideas” between a government spending ever more money, and a Conservative party determined to make the state live within its means.The Tories ha...
Ceremonies at the Nova festival site and Kfar Aza marked three years since the Hamas-led October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war.
Angus Taylor says opposition ‘worked closely’ with Parliamentary Budget Office but Liberal sources say it has not yet conducted a full analysis of the policyGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition MPs concede the party’s newly released immigration policy has not been costed in full by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), despite Angus Taylor defending the plan as “bu...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the Nobel Prize in chemistry
A former Australian Catholic bishop has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for sexually abusing two young Indigenous men
Clashes erupt in Paris as school pupils demanding better funding face riot police, amid nationwide protests over shortages and crumbling schools.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to call on the nations of the West to return to their civilizational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries
Russia has attacked Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles, killing two people and damaging civilian infrastructure
Yemeni government says one of the missiles hit Aden airport's runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land.
Iran's oil exports have struggled amid a US blockade. A Russian energy crisis because of Ukrainian attacks could help.
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. On today’s docket: Israel’s Ambassador to France Joshua Zarka responds to mounting controversy over the removal of the Israeli flag at an exhibition in the European Parliament, and the latest on the suspected pneumonic plague outbreak.
Malaysia’s Melaka will hold a state election on November 14 as the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition nears a pact with Islamist rivals, leaving Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s alliance facing another difficult contest after a string of recent defeats. The filing of nominations will begin on October 31 and early voting on November 10, Election Commission chairman Ramlan Harun said on Wednesda...
Gaza City’s port was a hub for fishing and tourism before the genocide. Al Jazeera’s Maram Humaid shows what’s left.
The governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has demanded that the central government do more to ensure discipline among U.S. troops on the southern island following the arrest of a U.S. Marine on accusations that he robbed and murdered a lo...
EU ministers agreed on new rules allowing sanctions for migrants who refuse to cooperate with return procedures, detention up to 24 months or longer for security risks, and return hubs outside the EU. Watch the video!
Russia’s Defence Ministry says its forces carried out a 'massive strike' on Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions.
More than 137,000 students in conflict zones lose access to education, deepening Yemen's already dire schooling crisis.
Singapore occupies a “peculiarly sensitive existential point” as it seeks to retain strategic options amid a great power rivalry, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan has said, doubling down on the city state’s stance of refusing to take sides. He also warned that the global landscape would remain unsettled if China and the United States failed to address their respective domestic issues. Speaking...
Singapore occupies a “peculiarly sensitive existential point” as it seeks to retain strategic options amid a great power rivalry, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan has said, doubling down on the city state’s stance of refusing to take sides. He also warned that the global landscape would remain unsettled if China and the United States failed to address their respective domestic issues. Speaking...
Finnish opposition has called for measures to prevent power shortages, soaring energy prices caused by data centres.
Christa Pike remains shackled to her hospital bed with burned and blistered arms, while Tennessee has suspended executions and its prison chief has resigned.
A missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv killed two people on Wednesday, the mayor said, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of “massive strikes” heading towards the city. The capital has come under increased attack in recent weeks as winter approaches, with air raid sirens wailing nearly constantly to warn of incoming Russian strikes. Residents hunkered down in subway stations early on We...
Known for its showy plumes and used as an ornamental for decades, pampas grass, also known as Cortaderia selloana, is spreading, threatening biodiversity and raising vegetation management costs. Experts call for urgent action to halt its advance and reduce pollen exposure.
The Government's delay in bringing the Verifactu e-invoicing system into force gives firms and the self-employed more time, but fuels uncertainty over its rollout.
A former nursing student at a leading private hospital in Hong Kong has been jailed for two years and four months for stealing cash, credit cards and a phone from patients and colleagues, causing losses of at least HK$59,000. Leung Ho-fung, 29, was sentenced at the District Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to 11 counts of theft. He admitted stealing an iPhone, HK$6,500 (US$828) in cash and...
The WHO says the risk of a plague epidemic is low after a lab worker died in Siberia. We report on the drone attacks that have sunk ships off Romania and Bulgaria in recent days. And: EU envoys are set to approve the biggest Russia sanctions package since 2022.
‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes neededScientists who believe technology will largely solve the problems caused by the climate crisis are less likely to engage in civic action on the issue, according to a study.The report from the London School of Economics found they are 23% less likelyto sign petitions or take part in protests than peers...
At least two people were killed in a fire in Kyiv after what President Volodymyr Zelensky described as"massive strikes" on the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday. Ukraine has come under increased attack in recent weeks as Russian attacks have targeted energy infrastructure and rail and road transport.
"You're dreaming in colour", "a Potemkin budget, flimsy as cardboard", "purely incantatory, utterly unenforceable": the government torpedoes the counter-budget put forward by National Rally leader Marine Le Pen.
