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Ukraine attacks Russian gas processing plant as Zelenskyy calls for more international pressure on Putin.Published On 19 Oct 202519 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Monday, October 20, 2025:Fighting The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said in a post on Facebook that it struck a gas processing plant in Russia’s Orenburg region, causing explosions and “a large-scale fire”. Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy said that the Orenburg gas processing plant, the largest facility of its kind in the world, had been forced to suspend its intake of gas from Kazakhstan following the Ukrainian…

United Nations demands the release of its employees after Houthi forces raided a facility and detained staff in Sanaa.Published On 19 Oct 202519 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareYemen’s Houthi authorities have detained about two dozen United Nations employees after raiding another UN-run facility in the capital Sanaa, the UN has confirmed.Jean Alam, spokesperson for the UN’s resident coordinator in Yemen, said staff were detained inside the compound in the city’s Hada district on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThose held include at least five Yemeni employees and 15 international personnel. A further 11 UN staff…

Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan — Abdul Hadi Nadir’s tiny body wears down quickly when the fever sets in. His skin turns yellow, he stops eating, and his mother, Rimsha Nadir, knows exactly what that means – it is time for more blood.At a quiet but packed clinic in Lahore, Rimsha cradles her three-and-a-half-year-old son while sitting among other families with children.Abdul Hadi is one of the youngest in the room. Around him, children sit quietly, some tethered to their IV drips and receiving blood. Nearby, a mother sits at the foot of her 12-year-old son’s reclining chair, gently massaging his…

Lionel Messi’s 29 goals in 28 matches allow the Argentinian star to finish as MLS’s top scorer for the first time.Published On 19 Oct 202519 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareLionel Messi recorded a hat-trick and added an assist, while Baltasar Rodriguez scored the tie-breaking goal as visiting Inter Miami used a second-half assault to defeat Nashville SC 5-2 in a Decision Day matchup on Saturday night.Telasco Segovia also scored for Inter Miami (19-7-8, 65 points), who won their third straight game. Miami will be the No 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs and faces a rematch…

Bosnia’s Serb entity names an interim president after separatist Milorad Dodik is barred from politics by a state court.Published On 18 Oct 202518 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareBosnia and Herzegovina’s Serb-majority entity has appointed Ana Trisic Babic as interim president, marking the first formal acknowledgement that Milorad Dodik is stepping aside after being barred from politics by a state court.The Republika Srpska parliament confirmed Babic’s appointment on Saturday, saying she would serve until the early presidential elections scheduled for November 23.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listLawmakers also annulled several separatist laws passed under Dodik that…

The surge of multi-billion-dollar investments in AI has sparked growing debate over whether the industry is heading for a bubble similar to the dot-com boom.Investors are watching closely for signs that enthusiasm might be fading or that the heavy spending on infrastructure and chips is failing to deliver expected returns. A recent survey by BofA Global Research found that 54% of fund managers believe AI stocks are already in bubble territory, while 38% disagree.Echoes of the dot-com eraDespite the optimism surrounding AI, sceptics remain unconvinced of its real-world impact. Some even call it a bluff or a bubble waiting to…

Iran also expresses commitment to diplomacy as landmark 10-year nuclear deal with Western powers officially ends.Iran has said it is no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear programme as a landmark 10-year deal between it and world powers expired, though Tehran reiterated its “commitment to diplomacy”.From now on, “all of the provisions [of the 2015 deal], including the restrictions on the Iranian nuclear programme and the related mechanisms are considered terminated,” Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Saturday, the day of the pact’s expiration.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“Iran firmly expresses its commitment…

The South Korean government spent 1.2 trillion won ($850m) on developing AI textbooks for schools, but the national programme has been rolled back after just four months, amid allegations of inaccurate texts, concerns about privacy, and increased workloads on staff and pupils.Writing in Rest Of World, journalist Junhyup Kwon quotes a student as saying, “All our classes were delayed because of technical problems with the textbooks. […] I found it hard to stay focused and keep on track. The textbooks didn’t provide lessons tailored to my level.”Kim Jong-hee, chief digital officer of Dong-A Publishing, one of the textbook developers, spoke…

Hamas has handed over the remains of an additional captive it recovered in the ravaged Gaza Strip, as the Palestinian group urges mediators and the international community to pressure Israel to open border crossings and allow aid in.The armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, said in a statement on Friday that its fighters handed over the remains at 11pm local time (20:00 GMT), without elaborating on where the body was retrieved.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAccording to the group, the remains were pulled out earlier in the day and were those of an “occupation prisoner”, suggesting they…

Google has announced DeepSomatic, an AI tool that can identify cancer-related mutations in tumour genetic sequences more accurately.Cancer starts when the controls governing cell division malfunction. Finding the specific genetic mutations driving a tumour’s growth is essential for creating effective treatment plans. Doctors now regularly sequence tumour cell genomes from biopsies to inform treatments that can target how a particular cancer grows and spreads.Published in Nature Biotechnology, this work presents a tool that uses convolutional neural networks to identify genetic variants in tumour cells with greater accuracy than current methods. Google has made both DeepSomatic and the high-quality training dataset…