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At this week's European Women's Chess Club Cup, Sivanandan came close to drawing her opening-round match against Russian Grandmaster Aleksandra Goryachkina before defeating Belarusian International Master Olga Badelka in the third round

The quake in the South Pacific struck at around 1:30 p.m. and was centred 197 kilometres (122 miles) west-northwest of Port-Orly, at a depth of 10 km

The election outcome could see Latin America's largest country join a regional shift to the right championed by U.S. President Donald Trump, or remain a left-wing stronghold

Near the Maros-Pangkep cave, firefighters worked to put out fires as smoke drifted over the dramatic karst landscape that is a defining feature of the national park and UNESCO Global Geopark surrounding the cave

Fuelled in part by a boom in AI-generated images flooding social media, candidates and activists are seeking to portray their opponents as weak, untrustworthy or damaging for the country as they play on stereotypes and fears to sway public opinion

Protests by high school students over learning conditions sparked a movement that has since spread nationwide, fuelled by broader anger over the rising cost of living

Neither the U.S. nor Iran has engaged in major attacks on land-based targets since early September, but that may soon change

The ITBP was formed on October 24, 1962 after the Indo-China war

The remaining seven Ebola patients were receiving treatment at two isolation facilities. No new infections were reported

Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. negotiators reached a deal to provide humanitarian assistance in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, in the war-divided region of Kherson in southern Ukraine

Mr. Trump predicted last month the U.S. and Cuba would reach an agreement and that he did not think military action would be necessary

The change could help Senator Susan Collins, who faces a strong challenge from a Democrat in Maine, a U.S.-Canada border state hit hard by Donald Trumps trade war

Could there be a strike this weekend? Absolutely, Tom Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and point man on Syria who does not have a direct role on Iran, told podcast host Mario Nawfal

Their comments followed warnings by Iranian officials that undersea cables in the region could become targets in any renewed conflict if diplomacy with Washington collapses

The designation advances the Trump administrations push to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign critical minerals, bolster domestic manufacturing and secure key materials for economic and national security, says U.S. Department of Energy

The girl, who was not named, is suspected of having packaged deadly drugs and sending them to Ukrainian soldiers she contacted by Telegram, says police statement

The state brings the ballot box to the forest but does not bring the voter to the ballot box, says Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, known as APIB

Multiple Republican vulnerabilities are strengthening Democratic hopes

The disaster struck Nagqu, a city north of Tibets capital, Lhasa, which is some 4,800 meters (5,249 yards) above sea level on October 22, 2026

Elon will never do anything wrong. I know him very well, he is a fair person, the U.S. President said

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said earlier this week that the first shipment would amount to 40,000 tons of diesel, according to Russia's Interfax news agency

Development of women and girl children should be the priority of any government, says farmers leader

The ceasefire will allow non-military teams from both countries to visit residents in their homes and coordinate transportation for those wishing to evacuate to either Russia or Ukraine, with an unnamed American media organisation accompanying the teams to document the process, Melania Trump said.

The issue once again brings the strained relationship between the siblings into focus with the APCC chiefs efforts to persuade her brother through family members to spare the venue in Bengaluru reportedly failing

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann told the Punjab Assembly he was kept at the airport for two hours on his return from France and asked to pay an arbitrary challan of 50,000; the House passed a resolution for an independent probe into the functioning of the Election Commission

Randhir Jaiswal was asked about reports that India denied permission to certain Iranian aircraft to use Indian airspace.

According to Energy Department data, Karnatakas power demand peaked at 18,650 MW during the summer of 2025. It subsequently touched 20,000 MW in September 2026.

Videos spreading online showed a dramatic crash and huge clouds of dust as the building came down in a densely populated business and residential area of Eastleigh

The shooting took place at a a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, about 180 kilometers (110 miles) south of the capital, Amman.

Protests last week devolved into mayhem, with people setting fires, storming public buildings, smashing shop windows, looting and clashing with police. It was France's most violent unrest in years

According to sources in the Energy Department, Karnatakas average daily electricity consumption rose to 349-362 Million Units (MU) in the first two weeks of October 2026, surpassing the record of 340 MU recorded in September.

The strikes on civilian shipping in the waters off NATO and EU members Bulgaria and Romania have left a score of sailors missing or dead and stirred condemnation in Europe.

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the shootings happened at three separate locations in the towns of Trappes and La Verriere, near Paris

The exercise, codenamed Rummy, involved RAF Typhoon fighter jets alongside French Rafale aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea, a statement said

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