Common cold triggers killer blood clot disorder, scientists discover (www.thesun.co.uk)
Russia facing ‘functional defeat’ in the Black Sea – but Kyiv allies warn they are running out of ammunition (www.independent.co.uk)
Ukraine has achieved the “functional defeat” of Vladimir Putin’s prized Black Sea fleet with intensified attacks in recent weeks, a UK defence minister has suggested – but warned that Western allies are running out of ammunition to help Kyiv repel Russia’s invasion....
Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging (www.theguardian.com)
A deal to expedite grain exports has been reached between Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania (apnews.com)
Saudi Arabia punishes critical tweets with the death penalty or 45 years in prison (english.elpais.com)
Myanmar junta wants census, biometric identification systems ahead of delayed election (www.abc.net.au)
Shooting at a major Bangkok shopping mall kills at least 2, and a suspect is in police custody (apnews.com)
Swedish foreign minister misses Kyiv summit after forgetting passport (www.thelocal.se)
UN must end its ‘failed approach’ in Myanmar, report says (myanmar-now.org)
14 year old kills at least 3 in mass shooting in downtown Bangkok (www.theguardian.com)
Bangladesh dengue deaths cross 1,000 in worst outbreak on record (www.aljazeera.com)
More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever this year, official data shows – nearly four times more than in the whole of last year....
Cheaper, more effective malaria vaccine wins WHO approval (www.theguardian.com)
R21/Matrix-M vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, is the first malaria vaccine to reach 75% efficacy target...
Brazil's government starts expelling non-Indigenous people from two native territories in the Amazon (apnews.com)
India police search journalists' homes and offices in the country's latest raids on media (apnews.com)
Russian Soldier Denied Payment Because He Was Injured in Friendly Fire (www.businessinsider.com)
6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Nepal (www.khaleejtimes.com)
Pakistan police bust organ trafficking ring that took kidneys from hundreds (www.bbc.com)
Russia's gas production collapses to late-stage USSR levels (www.newsweek.com)
Maldives’ new pro-China president-elect vows to kick out Indian military (www.scmp.com)
The president-elect of the Maldives said he will stick to his campaign promise to remove Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago state, promising he would initiate the process....
Kharkiv to build Ukraine’s first underground school to protect children (www.theguardian.com)
Children in frontline city are currently taught in the underground metro system amid threats from Russia’s missile attacks...
Paris is crawling with bedbugs. They're even riding the trains, and a ferry. (www.cbsnews.com)
Just 10 months before the opening of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, the French capital is battling an invasion of bedbugs....
Pope Francis suggests gay couples could be blessed in Vatican reversal (www.theguardian.com)
Conservative cardinals had challenged the pope to confirm teachings on LGBTQ+ issues...
India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats over Sikh murder rift: Report (www.aljazeera.com)
India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by October 10, according to The Financial Times newspaper....
'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin (www.reuters.com)
Drunk recruits. Insubordinate soldiers. Convicts....