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Verstappen wins Singapore sprint after stewards clear his yellow-flag overtake; Russell's crash extends Antonelli's title lead to 89 points
NASA's Perseverance rover drove 45.2 km on Mars, breaking Opportunity's off-world driving record in just 5.5 years
Delhi police detain hundreds including Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Kejriwal and CJP's Dipke as lockdown foils protests demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over SIR voter-roll deletions
Two arrested after suspected arson killed Philip and Kim English and sons Callum and Jayden in Waterford, leaving two children critically injured
Trump's unconfirmed Russia-Ukraine 'energy ceasefire' collapsed within days as Russia struck Ukrainian power plants, cutting power to 600,000
Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with early-stage lung adenocarcinoma after successful right lower-lobe removal at Gemelli Hospital; spread still being tested
South Africa's ex-deputy police chief Shadrack Sibiya resigns, remains jailed on rape and trafficking charges as bail judgment is set for 20 October
Houthi missile strikes on Riyadh and Abha airports kill 15+; Trump weighs US entry into war against Houthis
Archaeologists off Turkey's Kekova Island report a possibly 4,700-year-old Bronze Age shipwreck — potentially the world's oldest — dated only by amphora style, pending peer review
Tennessee's Christa Pike, first person to survive lethal injection, is discharged from hospital back to prison as the state's execution review continues
45-year-old man kills eight relatives and a family friend, including two children and a pregnant woman, at his Erie, Pennsylvania home before suicide
80 masked Israeli settlers attacked Abu Falah's olive harvest on October 16, burning trees and hospitalizing WaPo photographer Heidi Levine amid 170+ harvest-season settler attacks
Australia edges New Zealand 24-22 in Rugby League World Cup opener as debutant Jack Bostock's hat-trick wins a classic; Kalyn Ponga suffers suspected broken arm
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize went to Navi Pillay, who chaired the UN inquiry finding genocide in Gaza; hours later the US sanctioned the entire ICC
Amazon discontinues Fire tablets, launching Android-based Alexa Tablets with Google Play, priced $230–$550, shipping Oct. 14
Prince Harry and Meghan made their first joint public appearance since their August UK return, visiting three Nottingham charities while Buckingham Palace insists they remain non-working royals
















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