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World Space Week: Which countries have sent people to space? 

05 October 2026

Sixty-nine years ago this day, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit Earth, opening the Spac...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces snap election 

05 October 2026

BREAKINGBREAKING, News|Housing Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced a snap general election after parliame...

Samoa PM apologises after Nazi salute video emerges 

05 October 2026

Samoa’s Prime Minister La’auli Leuatea Schmidt has apologised after previously unseen video showed him leading a Naz...

Middle East oil exports surpass pre-war levels despite tensions, data shows 

05 October 2026

News|Oil and Gas Crude oil exports from the Middle East have risen above pre-war levels on four of the seven days in the...

Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague in Siberia; US monitoring case 

05 October 2026

News|Health An employee of a Russian anti-plague institute in the remote Siberian region of Irkutsk has reportedly died ...

FBI arrests ‘Chinese foreign agent’ for spying on Taiwan president’s son 

05 October 2026

News|Espionage The FBI has arrested a “Chinese foreign agent” at Los Angeles International Airport accused of spying...

US coastguard suspends search for six on board crashed medical jet 

05 October 2026

The United States coastguard has suspended its search for six people on board a medical transport jet that crashed while...

Nearly 1,500 migrants arrive in Myanmar from Malaysia despite UN warnings 

04 October 2026

Nearly 1,500 Myanmar refugees and migrants deported from Malaysia have arrived in their war-ravaged country under an opa...

Brazil’s presidential race: Three key takeaways from the first round 

04 October 2026

Brazil’s closely watched presidential election is heading to a second round between leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula...

Four African leaders issue joint declaration as Ethiopia war escalates 

04 October 2026

News|Conflict Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan have called for political and peaceful solutions amid escalating conflic...