• October 16, 2025
King Charles roused by bagpiper at London home, continuing royal tradition

King Charles roused by bagpiper at London home, continuing royal tradition

King Charles III is continuing the royal tradition of having bagpipes played as a morning alarm call. On Tuesday, the monarch’s new official piper, Pipe Major Paul Burns, performed on the grounds of Clarence House for…

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Zelensky: Russia is “deliberately working to ensure starvation” with suspension from grain deal

Zelensky: Russia is “deliberately working to ensure starvation” with suspension from grain deal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the decision of Russia to suspend its participation from the grain export deal with Ukraine “deliberate” and “a rather predictable statement” in his nightly address Saturday. “This is not the decision they…

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World ‘nowhere near’ hitting climate targets, U.N. warns

World ‘nowhere near’ hitting climate targets, U.N. warns

The world is “nowhere near” hitting its targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, putting it on track to soar past the limit for global warming that countries committed to in the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement, the…

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At Least 151 Killed in Halloween Crowd Surge in Seoul

At Least 151 Killed in Halloween Crowd Surge in Seoul

SEOUL — A raucous Halloween celebration in the swinging center of the South Korean capital morphed on Saturday night into a grim procession of bodies after at least 151 people were killed in the crush…

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Paul Pelosi attack: Violent extremism warning ahead of US election…

Paul Pelosi attack: Violent extremism warning ahead of US election…

The violent attack on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s husband comes with just over a week to go before the US midterm elections – a moment when political tensions are coming to the boil.…

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India vaccine maker destroys 100 million doses of expired Covid jab…

India vaccine maker destroys 100 million doses of expired Covid jab…

Indian vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has said it had to dump 100 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine after they expired. The firm stopped producing Covishield in December last year due to…

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Ukraine war: Russian tactics on eastern front ‘crazy’, says Zelensky …

Ukraine war: Russian tactics on eastern front ‘crazy’, says Zelensky …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian commanders of “craziness” in their efforts to capture the eastern town of Bakhmut. The town – which sits in the Donetsk region and had a pre-war population of…

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Russia ends civilian pull-out before Kherson battle…

Russia ends civilian pull-out before Kherson battle…

Russian officials say they have completed an operation to move civilians out of the occupied southern city of Kherson ahead of an expected battle with advancing Ukrainian forces. At least 70,000 civilians are said to…

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Putin pins Ukraine hopes on winter and divisive US politics

Putin pins Ukraine hopes on winter and divisive US politics

It feels like I’m watching a scene from a James Bond film. Somewhere near Moscow, Russia’s president is up on stage being quizzed about the Apocalypse. The moderator reminds Putin he had once predicted that,…

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Ready for anything’: US aircraft carrier crew training for war with Russia but aims to deter threats

Ready for anything’: US aircraft carrier crew training for war with Russia but aims to deter threats

Sky News sees US pilots take part in NATO exercises in European waters as the alliance’s chief voices new concern about Ukraine after Russia falsely alleged the Ukrainians were planning to use a radioactive “dirty…

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