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Oct 30, 2026 - World

As many as 8 million people have been affected by food shortages, electricity blackouts and health clinic closuresExtreme drought driven by an historic El Niño is affecting as many as 8 million people in Papua New Guinea, causing a cascade of issues from shortages of food and water, to electricity scarcity and schooling disruption.An influential coalition that includes churches, trade unions and business groups has said the Pacific nation is in the midst of a “national crisis”, but there appears to be “no coordinated plan to protect vulnerable communities from the worsening impacts of El Niño.” Continue reading...

Oct 30, 2026 - World

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will resign nine months before her term ends

Oct 30, 2026 - World

King Charles III arrived Thursday in Guyana, a former British colony that was the site of one of the biggest slave revolts in the Caribbean during the colonial era.

Oct 30, 2026 - World

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the European Union’s top official pushed to make Canada the bloc’s first “associate member” and build a broader alliance open to other countries, warning that foreign economic pressure threatens their sovereignty...

Oct 29, 2026 - World

Prime minister claims Arab Israeli parties used foreign backing to steal elections, in which his coalition lost its majorityBenjamin Netanyahu has been accused of using smear tactics to cling to power, after he claimed that Arab Israeli parties had used foreign backing to “steal” Tuesday’s election, in which the prime minister’s coalition lost its parliamentary majority.Netanyahu and his allies called on the internal security service, Shin Bet, to investigate alleged vote buying and other irregularities in Palestinian communities in Israel, supposedly funded by foreign money. Continue reading...