Learn “intercepted”, “strain”, “discharge” in slow English. From: Russian strikes kill at least eight across Ukraine.
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- Russian strikes kill at least eight across Ukraine
- Frontline workers in DR Congo receive Ebola vaccine
- Chinese nursery owner jailed for life after children poisoned
- Cameroonian journalist shot in Bamenda
- Pope Leo XIV to leave hospital after lung cancer surgery
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- RechercheAl Jazeera reported that at least eight people were killed and nearly 60 injured in the latest wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine. It attributed the overnight launch figure to Ukraine’s Air Force: 332 drones and missiles, of which 293 were intercepted or neutralised.
- RechercheThe overnight barrage damaged residential buildings and disrupted power supply in several regions, according to RFE/RL’s account of statements by Ukrainian authorities.
- RechercheAs background, the Associated Press described heavy Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid ahead of winter as an annual feature of the war, with the stated aim of denying civilians heat and running water.
- Russian attacks kill eight in Ukraine, cut power to over a million - Internazionale
- Kharkiv Missile Strikes Injure 15, Including 3 Children
- Ukraine’s ADF down four Kalibr missiles, 289 drones in overnight Russian attack
- RechercheThe article describes this as the deadliest of the country’s 17 Ebola outbreaks. It reports that the Health Ministry’s figures as of Wednesday were 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths.
- RechercheThe BBC says the 2025 investigation found that nursery chefs used inedible paint to improve the appearance of meals, and that the paint was marked as inedible.
- RechercheFor background on the scale of the 2025 findings, China Daily reported that 247 of 251 children and 28 of 34 staff members at the kindergarten had abnormal blood-lead levels. These are figures from 2025, not the sentencing date.
- RechercheFive other staff members were sentenced: executive principal Zhu Jinglin received 15 years, and four kitchen workers received sentences of six to eight years.
- China sentences 6 to prison over lead poisoning of 247 kindergarten children
- RechercheFrance 24 reported on 17 October 2026 that journalist Ambe Macmillan was recovering in hospital after being shot in the legs by gunmen in Bamenda, and that a young woman was killed when attackers opened fire on mourners at a wake.
- Bamenda Shooting: Journalist Injured, Schoolgirl Killed In Nkwen
- Cameroonian journalist shot in Bamenda
- Anglophone crisis: Armed men kidnapped a journalist in Bamenda
- RechercheHistorical background: a 2019 report said Ambe Macmillan had previously been abducted in Bamenda and later released, according to reports cited by AllAfrica.
- Man charged with murder after fatal assault at caravan park
- RechercheHistorical background: RSF reported in 2023 that journalists in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions faced threats and attacks from both armed separatists and government security forces. This is background about conditions reported at that time, not a measure of current risk.
- ABC NewsPope Leo XIV to be discharged from hospital and return to Vatican