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US jury finds French bank enabled Sudanese atrocities

A New York jury has found that French bank giant BNP Paribas helped Sudan's government commit genocide by providing banking services that violated American sanctions.

World • 18 Oct

Man arrested in US for alleged 7 October involvement

A Palestinian man has been arrested in the US state of Louisiana on terrorism-related charges for alleged involvement in the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, the Justice Department said.

US • 17 Oct

Sea ice, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

'Less and less sea ice', says Arctic solo navigator

Brazilian navigator Tamara Klink said she encountered "very little" sea ice on her solo sail through the Northwest Passage - a rare feat that would have been impossible without an icebreaker ship three decades ago.

News Lens • 17 Oct

US President Donald Trump gestures as he greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrives for a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC

Zelensky 'realistic' about US Tomahawks after Trump talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was "realistic" on chances of receiving US Tomahawk missiles after President Donald Trump told him he did not want escalation.

Ukraine • 18 Oct

An elderly couple grieves in front of their destroyed home

'Everything turned to ash': Gazans return to razed homes

As a fragile ceasefire holds, displaced Palestinian residents of Gaza City have returned to their homes only to find rubble, with many of them forced to camp out in makeshift shelters.

Middle East • 16 Oct

'Disturbing' retaliation for abuse victims - Vatican body

Victims of clerical sex abuse still face "disturbing" retaliation from Catholic Church leaders for speaking out despite years of efforts to tackle the global scourge, according to a Vatican panel.

World • 16 Oct

Oscar Wilde grandson to collect reissued library pass

The grandson of Oscar Wilde will collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish writer 130 years after it was revoked when he was convicted for being gay.

UK • 17 Oct

Spanish police are investigating how the painting valued at €600,000 went missing in transit to Granada

Picasso painting vanishes en route to Spanish exhibition

Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a Pablo Picasso painting, which vanished while in transit from Madrid to the southern city of Granada for an exhibition.

Europe • 17 Oct

Faulty engineering blamed for Titanic sub disaster

Flawed engineering and inadequate testing contributed to the catastrophic implosion of a private submersible during a 2023 expedition to the Titanic wreckage, the US National Transportation Safety Board has said.

US • 16 Oct

Cephissus Creek flowing through alpine rainforest in australia

Australian rainforests no longer a carbon sink: study

Australia's tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, scientists said, linking the "very concerning" trend to climate change.

News Lens • 16 Oct

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