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Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oslo (AFP): The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday (Oct 11) awarded to the Japanese anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha.

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For Hiroshima survivor hugged by Obama, Nobel puts focus on denuclearisation

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man who survived the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and was decades later hugged by Barack Obama during the then U.S. President's visit to the city, said he hoped Friday's Nobel Peace Prize would help put a focus on nuclear disarmament.

World

Record wildfires ravage Peru's ecosystems and wildlife

LIMA (Reuters) - A record number of fires tore through Peru over the past few weeks, wreaking havoc across the country's ecosystems as grasslands, dry forests, coastal areas, and the Amazon were set ablaze.

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Han Kang's Nobel spurs hope of global recognition for Korean literature

SEOUL (Reuters) - Han Kang, South Korea's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was slow to secure global acclaim, getting her first big international prize nine years after her best-known novel was published, once it had finally been translated into English.

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Russia says it is ramping up AI-powered drone deployments in Ukraine

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said on Friday that AI-enabled drones were playing a key role on the battlefield in Ukraine and urged more training for troops on how to use them.

World

Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO (Reuters) -Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in a warning to countries who have nuclear weapons not to use them.

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Russian strikes on Ukraine's Odesa region kill four, governor says

KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian missile slammed into a commercial building in Ukraine's southern Odesa region overnight, killing four people including a 16-year-old girl, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Friday.

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Pope Francis meets Ukraine's Zelenskiy at Vatican

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Vatican on Friday for their second face-to-face encounter in four months.

World

In Russia, Ukrainian move to ban Moscow-linked church stirs anger

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Speaking behind the thick white walls of Moscow's ancient Danilov Monastery, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk is adamant: people must not be forbidden to pray in their chosen branch of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Smartphones

Here’s what you need to do before and after your phone is stolen or lost

Phones hold so much of our digital lives – emails, social media and bank accounts, photos, chat messages and more – that if they ever get stolen or go missing, it can cause major disruption beyond just the loss of a device.

World

Kenya court refers deputy president's impeachment case to chief justice

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's high court ruled on Friday that a case challenging Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment should be referred to the Chief Justice for further direction.

Social media

While others fled, these TikTokers posted through Hurricane Milton

As Hurricane Milton barrelled toward western Florida this week, viewers watched coverage of trees uprooted and lying in roads; roofs flying from strong gusts of wind; and streets turned into rivers amid driving rain. Millions tuned in from around the world for the firsthand accounts of the residents who stayed.

Internet

Google faces painful reckoning as antitrust cases rev up

Google’s antitrust problems are coming home to roost.

Driverless vehicle

Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s ‘Cybercab’, plans to bring autonomous driving tech to other models in 2025

Tesla unveiled its long-awaited robotaxi at a Hollywood studio Thursday night, though fans of the electric vehicle maker will have to wait until at least 2026 before they are available.

World

Russia's Putin visits Turkmenistan, talks of need for new world order

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Friday told a conference in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan that a new world order was needed where wealth was more fairly redistributed and the opinions of each nation taken into account.

World

Unidentified gunmen kill at least 21 coal miners in Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Unidentified gunmen attacked a cluster of small private coal mines in southwestern Pakistan early on Friday, shooting some miners as they slept and lining up others before opening fire, killing 21 in the restive region, police said.

Mobile apps

A very stiff breeze: BBC says sorry for 20,000 kph wind forecast

The BBC on Oct 10 apologised after a graphic incorrectly forecast winds of more than 13,000 miles (20,000 kilometres) per hour in London, as Hurricane Milton battered the US state of Florida.

World

Florida counts cost of Hurricane Milton amid political storm

FORT PIERCE/ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - Florida on Friday was clearing downed trees and power lines and mopping up flooded neighborhoods after Hurricane Milton roared through leaving at least 16 people dead.

World

North Korea's Kim lauds 'longest ruling party' on anniversary with Russian guests

(Reuters) - North Korea marked a founding anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party with a celebratory concert and banquet, and leader Kim Jong Un called for renewed training of all workers into revolutionaries espousing communism, state media said on Friday.

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Britain King Charles to host Qatar's Emir for December state visit

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla will host Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at Buckingham Palace for a state visit from Dec. 3-4, the palace said on Friday.