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Oct 21, 2026 - World

U.S. President Donald Trump and leading Republicans are trying to leverage widespread riots in France ahead of midterm congressional elections by making unsubstantiated claims that the social unrest in Europe is caused by Muslim migrants.

Oct 21, 2026 - World

King Charles III led tributes Wednesday to the people of the Welsh village of Aberfan on the 60th anniversary of a coal slide onto a school that claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adults.

Oct 21, 2026 - World

Bukang-i successfully guided out after month in which it drew 1.6m visitors and was watched over by YouTubersIn South Korea, they call them jagyeongdan, a word whose meaning sits somewhere between vigilante group and neighbourhood watch. Each night they put on hi-vis vests, picked up their selfie sticks and gathered around the harbour in Busan to keep watch over an unlikely charge: a stranded shark affectionately known as Bukang-i.On Wednesday, after more than a month in the canal and at the third attempt, the shark was successfully guided out, South Korea’s oceans ministry said. Officials expect her to move into open water in time. Continue reading...

Oct 21, 2026 - World

The Pentagon's effort to dramatically ramp up interceptor missile production to replace stocks depleted by the Iran and Ukraine wars has begun reaching deeper into the supply chain of the U.S. defense industrial base.

Oct 21, 2026 - World

Chinese exports of the precursor chemicals used to make deadly fentanyl are continuing, despite Beijing's agreement last year to halt the flow and despite President Trump pressing Chinese President Xi Jinping at their recent summit to do more, according to Trump administration officials.