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Pope Leo to enter hospital on Tuesday for surgery on lung nodule
VATICAN CITY, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Pope Leo was due to be hospitalised in Rome on Tuesday ahead of surgery to remove a small growth on one of his lungs, in the first major health issue of his 17-month tenure.
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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Panama, EMSC says
PANAMA CITY, Oct 12 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck Panama on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
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Saudi warning system stayed silent before deadly airport attacks
RIYADH, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia stopped issuing public warnings of imminent military attacks days before a series of deadly strikes on Riyadh airport that killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 300.
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U.S. stocks end mixed as tech shares slide
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed on Monday, as a slump in chip and other technology shares and rising oil prices offset gains in energy and other value names.
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Egypt posts 2.8 bln USD balance-of-payments surplus in FY 2025/2026
CAIRO, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Egypt recorded a balance-of-payments surplus of 2.8 billion U.S. dollars in the 2025/2026 fiscal year, reversing a deficit of 2.1 billion dollars a year earlier, the Central Bank of Egypt said Monday.
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Britain's economy faces multiple headwinds: report
LONDON, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The British economy faces lower growth, inflation and interest rate pressures, and uncertainty over investment and productivity, an economic forecast published Monday by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said.
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Catholics in US Army must not participate in firing squad, prominent archbishop says
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Catholics serving in the US Army should not participate in the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan that the Pentagon is planning to livestream in December, a prominent US archbishop said on Monday.
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Israel says deadly school trip blast likely caused by leftover Hezbollah bomb
JERUSALEM, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- A preliminary Israeli military investigation found that Monday's deadly explosion near the Lebanese border was likely caused by a Hezbollah cluster bomb left over from past fighting, according to a military statement.
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Cyberattack on refrigeration systems hits French supermarkets: media
PARIS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- A large-scale cyberattack targeting the refrigeration systems of hundreds of French supermarkets caused losses that could reach several million euros, French news channel BFMTV reported on Monday, citing industry sources.
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US hopes diesel deal can 'soften' Moscow on peace talks, sources say
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON/KYIV, Oct 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's envoys told Ukrainian officials on Friday that a deal to allow Russian diesel exports is part of a bid to draw Russia back to negotiations after the failure of previous efforts to launch sustained talks to end the war, three people familiar with the meeting told Reuters.
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Explainer: What pay raises, ice cream prices reveal about 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Imagine receiving an extra 1,000 U.S. dollars this month, would you spend it differently if it were a one-time bonus rather than a permanent monthly pay raise?
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U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Monday.
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Train fire halts Madrid-Barcelona high-speed services
MADRID, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- High-speed rail services between Madrid and Barcelona were suspended in both directions on Monday after a fire broke out on an AVE train in northeastern Spain, forcing the evacuation of 283 passengers, rail operator Renfe said.
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Venezuela receives equipment, spare parts to restore battered power grid
CARACAS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela has received new equipment and spare parts to help restore its battered national power grid, the Venezuelan News Agency (AVN) reported Monday, citing the Ministry of Communication and Information.
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377 settler, soldier attacks on West Bank Palestinians in 2 weeks: Israeli rights group
JERUSALEM, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Israeli human rights group Yesh Din said Monday it had documented 377 incidents of Israeli settler and soldier violence across 162 Palestinian communities in the West Bank over a two-week period ending Saturday.
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Paris Motor Show kicks off with record number of Chinese brands
PARIS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The 91st Paris Motor Show opened in the French capital on Monday, with a record number of Chinese automakers taking part to showcase their latest models and technologies.
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At least 72 Sudanese artisanal miners killed in strike, rights monitor says
Oct 12 (Reuters) - At least 72 artisanal miners were killed in an airstrike in northern Sudan close to the Egyptian border, rights monitor Emergency Lawyers said on Sunday, in the second such incident in recent months.
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Azerbaijan, Cambodia sign trade, economic cooperation agreements
BAKU, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijan and Cambodia signed a series of agreements on Monday aimed at strengthening trade and economic cooperation, as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet paid an official visit to the South Caucasus country.
