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- Drone attacks hit commercial ships near Bulgaria, crew missing
- Kenya reports its first Ebola death as outbreak spreads in DR Congo
- Nigeria military plane crash kills 25
- Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics for neutrino research
- Quebec election gives separatist party a path to an independence referendum
- Nobel Prize in Medicine recognizes research using light to study brain cells
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- CBC NewsCrew of ship missing after drone attacks on 2 commercial vessels in Black Sea near Bulgaria
- BBC NewsShip sinks and crew missing after Black Sea drone attack
- RechercheThe day before the Bulgaria attacks, a Turkish-owned cargo ship carrying corn caught fire after a drone attack and sank off Romania’s coast. Romanian authorities said two people died and 11 crew members were rescued.
- RechercheThe Oct. 2 CBC report said Russia and Ukraine together account for roughly a quarter of global wheat exports, and their combined exports were estimated to be down 60 per cent from the previous year.
- RechercheThe outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola; the Guardian reported that there was no vaccine or specific treatment for this strain at the time of publication.
- BBC NewsKenya confirms its first Ebola death as outbreak spreads
- Deutsche WelleKenya reports first-ever Ebola death
- RechercheThe man had lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for seven years. After falling ill and receiving treatment there, he traveled overland to Kampala, Uganda, then flew to Nairobi on October 3.
- BBC NewsNigeria mourns 25 killed as military plane crashes into swamp
- Deutsche WelleNigerian military plane crash kills all 25 on board
- AfricanewsNigeria air force lowers plane crash toll to 25, civilians among victims
- RechercheOn October 5, a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 crashed near Igbokoda in Ondo state, southern Nigeria, while on a routine trip from Benin City to Lagos.
- RechercheNigeria’s president and military chiefs ordered an investigation. President Bola Tinubu also declared three days of public mourning.
- RechercheIn May 2021, army chief Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers died when their plane crashed in bad weather while trying to land at Kaduna airport.
- Al JazeeraFrancis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics for work on ‘ghost particles’
- ABC NewsFrancis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on neutrinos
- The GuardianNobel prize in physics goes to Francis Halzen for south pole work on neutrinos
- NPRFrancis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space
- Le Monde2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Belgium's Francis Halzen for his work on subatomic particles at the South Pole
- Deutsche WelleNobel Physics Prize goes to Francis Halzen for neutrino work
- France 24Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen for ice research
- BBC NewsSeparatist party projected to win Quebec election, adding new test to Canada's unity
- Le MondeQuébec's independence back to the table after Parti Québécois election win
- RechercheBecause it does not have a majority, the PQ will need support from other parties to advance its plans, including a referendum on Quebec independence.
- RechercheThe PQ last governed Quebec from 2012 to 2014, under premier Pauline Marois.
- France 24US, German scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on light and brain
- The GuardianNobel prize in medicine 2026 awarded for research into mysteries of brain