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Six Flags to fit seat belts to Goliath after rider's fatal fall in Georgia
The chain will add belts to the Georgia coaster and others with similar restraints after a 42-year-old Atlanta educator was ejected from the ride on October 12.
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Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes west of Vanuatu, tsunami warning issued for coasts within 300km
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes west of Vanuatu; tsunami warning issued for nearby coasts.
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Trump administration sues to block Alaska Senate result if Republican loses
The US Justice Department wants Alaska Senate certification delayed if Republican Sullivan loses by less than the vote for a same-named independent.
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450 given rabies shots in Indian village after cow suspected of rabies dies
Health teams in Gorakhpur vaccinate 450 people who drank milk from a cow that died after a suspected stray dog bite.
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Greece bans social media for children under 15
Greece's parliament passed a bill barring under-15s from social media, giving platforms two and a half months to build age verification.
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Iran says seven oil tankers damaged in a single day in the Strait of Hormuz
IRGC reports four vessels caught fire and three hit mines in Strait of Hormuz as maritime tensions escalate.
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Indonesia seizes 1.16 tonnes of ketamine from Mongolian-flagged tanker
Indonesian police seize 1.16 tonnes of ketamine from a Mongolian-flagged tanker off North Sumatra. Eight crew detained.
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Seven killed, 40 wounded as gunmen open fire on church funeral in Jordan
Gunmen killed seven mourners at a church funeral in Jordan's Karak governorate. The wounded toll has risen to 40 and security has been tightened nationwide.
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mRNA cancer vaccine cuts risk of melanoma returning by 42% in late-stage trial
Merck and Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine cuts melanoma recurrence risk by 42% in a late-stage trial of 1,137 patients.
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Rescuers search rubble after building under construction collapses in Nairobi's Eastleigh
A multi-storey block came down on a busy commercial street in the Kenyan capital, with several people feared trapped and one woman pulled out injured.
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White House announces localised ceasefire for Ukraine's Oleshky
Russia and Ukraine agree to localised ceasefire in Oleshky to allow aid and evacuate about 2,000 elderly residents.
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Iran war has doubled surface oil pollution in the Persian Gulf, satellite scientists say
Satellite data shows surface oil pollution has doubled in the Persian Gulf amid the Iran war, with a tanker spill closing beaches in the UAE.
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Tanker carrying 40,000 tonnes of Russian diesel heads to New York after Putin-Trump deal
A Russian tanker carrying 40,000 tonnes of diesel heads to New York after a Putin-Trump deal.
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Sri Lanka joins 100 countries in Samarkand for a childhood cancer congress and a new declaration
Deputy Minister Namal Sudarshana represented Sri Lanka at the Second International Congress on Childhood Cancer, which adopted the Samarkand Declaration.
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Three Sri Lankans from Jaffna detained near the India-Nepal border on expired visas
Indian border police held three Sri Lankan nationals and a Tamil Nadu woman in Bahraich district. Officials say the visas had lapsed about three months earlier.
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One killed, five wounded in Paris-area shooting France calls a 'racist, terrorist attack'
A gunman fires on a playground, fuel station and medical centre near Paris. A 39-year-old suspect is in custody.
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Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Champi closes in; 931 flights cancelled
Typhoon Champi kills one in Taiwan and the injury toll rises to 171 by Friday afternoon, with markets closed and 931 flights cancelled.
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At least 187 killed in mob violence in Bangladesh in nine months, rights group says
An HRSS report counts 398 mob attacks and 187 deaths from January to September — more than two and a half times the toll from political clashes.
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One killed, eight injured in attack on Dammam's King Fahd airport
Saudi aviation authorities reported a death and eight injuries at the Dammam airport SriLankan Airlines is due to fly to again on 24 October.
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France confirms world's first human case of Shamonda, a cattle virus, after patient dies
A severely immunocompromised patient in Lyon died in early October. Authorities say there is no risk to the general public; the WHO and ECDC are investigating.
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Two killed in drone attack on Aramco's Shaybah oilfield as US orders diplomats out of Saudi Arabia
Drone attack on Aramco's Shaybah oilfield kills two despite air defense interception. US orders diplomats out of Saudi Arabia.
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Sri Lanka and Romania hold sixth political consultations, with 26,000 workers on the agenda
Talks in Bucharest covered G2G recruitment, pension protection, driving licence recognition and a Colombo–Constanța shipping link.
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Sudanese army drone strikes on mourners and a fuel market kill more than 300
Drone strikes in West Kordofan and Abyei killed more than 300 people, with South Sudan lodging a formal protest over the border attack.
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Magnitude 7 earthquake kills at least 16 in Tibet's Nagqu region
A magnitude 7 quake struck Baqen County in Tibet on Thursday night. The death toll stands at 16, with injuries now at 76 and 12,489 people evacuated.