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WHO warns of contaminated India cough syrups

The World Health Organization issued a health advisory warning about three contaminated cough syrups identified in India, urging authorities to report any detection of these medicines in their countries to the health agency.

October 14, 2025 12:11 pm
 

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Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on innovation, growth and 'creative destruction'

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel economics prize for their work on how innovation and the forces of “creative destruction” can drive economic growth and lift living standards across the globe.

October 14, 2025 11:03 am
 

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Imprisoned Cuban dissident goes into exile in US

One of Cuba’s best known dissidents went into exile from prison, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said, headed for the U.S. at the Trump administration’s request.

October 14, 2025 10:02 am
 

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At least 66 injured after two trains collide in Slovakia

Two trains collided in eastern Slovakia, derailing an engine and a carriage and injuring at least 66 people, emergency medical services and police said.

October 14, 2025 9:30 am
 

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Heavy rains flood Mexico towns, leave nearly 130 dead or missing

Torrential rains that lashed Mexico last week killed at least 64 people and 65 more are missing, the government said, after a tropical depression triggered landslides and flooding in parts of the Gulf Coast and central states.

October 14, 2025 8:36 am
 

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Israel releases Palestinian prisoners under U.S brokered ceasefire

Joyous Palestinians rushed to embrace prisoners freed under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement as they arrived by bus to the occupied West Bank and Gaza on Monday.

October 14, 2025 7:15 am
 

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Netanyahu absent from Egypt-led Gaza conflict summit

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend Monday’s summit on ending the Gaza war in Egypt, his office said, after Cairo had earlier announced he would take part, a prospect that could have been awkward for some confirmed guests.

October 14, 2025 6:44 am
 

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First seven hostages released in Gaza are now back in Israel

The Israeli military has just released the first pictures of some of the hostages who were freed from Hamas and received by the Israel Defense Forces today.

October 13, 2025 8:04 pm
 

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Trump to be lauded in Israel as long-held hostages return home

U.S. President Donald Trump will receive a hero’s welcome in Israel’s parliament on Monday as a fragile Gaza ceasefire he helped to broker enters a fourth day, with the expected release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners marking tentative steps in a conflict long resistant to resolution.

October 13, 2025 5:21 pm
 

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At least 44 people dead after torrential rains in Mexico

At least 44 people were killed in Mexico after days of heavy rains and flooding, the government said on Monday.

October 13, 2025 2:44 pm
 

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Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, border closed

Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said on Moday, in the most serious fighting between the neighbours since the Taliban came to power in Kabul.

October 13, 2025 1:41 pm
 

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How AstraZeneca sealed a US medicine deal with Trump

AstraZeneca (AZN.L), opens new tab CEO Pascal Soriot looked relaxed standing in the Oval Office on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a medicine deal that will lower drug prices for millions of Americans.

October 13, 2025 12:39 pm

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