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Canberra marks 25 years since Australia went to Afghanistan
Leaders gathered at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Sunday for the 25th anniversary. Veterans want the war's official histories released.
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Ammonia-powered bulk ship Mineral Europa heads for Australia
Mineral Europa, billed as the first bulk ship built to burn ammonia, left Qingdao for Fortescue on 9 October. Trackers show it bound for Zhoushan first.
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Houthi strike on Riyadh airport kills 13, Saudis vow response
A Houthi missile strike on Riyadh's King Khalid airport on Saturday has killed 13, including an Indian man who died Sunday. It was hit again Sunday.
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Tesla Semi Megachargers open between Savannah and Atlanta
Tesla and Pilot opened six Tesla Semi Megacharger stalls near Savannah on 8 October. With eight more near Atlanta, the Semi can now charge at both ends.
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Pauline Hanson vows to shut prayer halls that preach hatred
Pauline Hanson told the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne on Friday she wants the power to shut prayer halls that preach hatred.
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Stanford gives first commercial Orca-T after FDA approval
Stanford gave the first commercial Orca-T after June FDA approval. Precision-T found 78% vs 38.4% free of moderate-to-severe chronic GVHD at one year.
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WHO presses Russia for answers on Irkutsk lab worker's death
Russia says an Irkutsk anti-plague institute worker who died on 2 October had pneumonia of unknown cause, not plague. WHO says it still needs answers.
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Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for showing how reactions can make just one mirror image of a molecule.
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Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube
Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on 6 October for IceCube, the South Pole neutrino observatory. He takes the full 12 million kronor.
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Schneider Electric to buy PTC for US$22.6 billion
Schneider Electric will buy Boston design-software maker PTC for US$22.6 billion, or US$205 a share, its biggest deal ever, closing by late 2027.
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AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for about US$8.2 billion
AMD has agreed to buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in an all-stock deal worth about US$8.2 billion. It's due to close by the end of 2026 if regulators sign off.