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Nobel medicine prize honours US and German scientists for optogenetics work 

05 October 2026

American scientist Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiolog...

Murder in Okinawa: The US military’s history of alleged crime in Japan 

05 October 2026

The murder of a Japanese woman allegedly committed by a US Marine on the southern island of Okinawa has prompted public ...

Latest US military strike on alleged drug boat kills four in Caribbean 

05 October 2026

The United States has conducted another strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing four, accor...

Students continue to protest in France as hundreds of schools close 

05 October 2026

Hundreds of high schools in France are closed as student protests continue against rundown schools and teacher shortages...

In Russia-occupied Oleshky, Ukrainians face hunger, drones and landmines 

05 October 2026

Kyiv, Ukraine – On the day of her 41st wedding anniversary, Vera Gulyaeva recalled her husband’s life and death. In ...

Bolsonaro favourite to win: What Brazil’s first round of elections tells us 

05 October 2026

Right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has exceeded expectations in the first-round vote with a slight lead over ...

Before UK Greens, who else has equated Zionism with racism? 

05 October 2026

The United Kingdom’s Green Party has voted to define Zionism as a form of racism, drawing condemnation from the Israel...

Is Iran charging a toll to allow oil traffic through Hormuz? 

05 October 2026

Middle East oil exports have climbed back above levels seen before the US-Israel war on Iran began in February, despite ...

Growing outrage in Japan after US Marine arrested in woman’s killing 

05 October 2026

Japan’s prime minister says the killing of a woman, allegedly by a US Marine stationed in Okinawa, is a “heinous cri...

Libyan teachers’ strike escalates as union demands major education reforms 

05 October 2026

Teachers in Libya have escalated their protests over salaries into an open-ended strike at public schools. Protests bega...