– Ebola has killed 5,340 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 10,351 confirmed cases recorded as of October 29, the Ministry of Health announced. The case fatality rate stood at 51.6%, according to a statement on the
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– Germany’s new electric vehicle registrations surged 58% to 604,000 in the first nine months of 2026, helping lift global battery-electric vehicle registrations to a record 11 million, according to PwC. Worldwide registrations rose 12% over the period, driven mainly
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– India’s extreme poverty rate plunged from 27.1% to 2.6% between 2011 and 2023, lifting an estimated 496 million people out of poverty, the World Bank said in its October 2026 Poverty and Equity Brief. The Bank called it “one
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– Ebola has killed 5,340 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 10,351 confirmed cases recorded as of October 29, the Ministry of Health announced. The case fatality rate stood at 51.6%, according to a statement on the
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– Apple has added Touch to the Mac for the first time with a redesigned MacBook Pro that also introduces a tandem OLED display called PROLED XDR. Available in 14-inch and 16-inch versions, the laptop runs on M5 Pro and
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The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games will open on Saturday, October 31, and run until November 13, marking the first Olympic sporting event ever held on African soil. The Games will bring together the world’s best young athletes, with 2,655
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Jaguar unveiled the production Type 01 in New York on October 6, marking a major product launch for the British luxury brand. The four-door electric grand tourer is the first production Jaguar based on the dedicated Jaguar Electric Architecture. It
