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   Pope Leo returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery

   Pope Leo XIV has returned to the Vatican four days after lung cancer surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital. On Sunday, he thanked faithful in Saint Peter's Square for their prayers and pledged to gradually resume his duties.

   42 articles · 27 sources · Oct 17 to Oct 19

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   Four Soldiers Killed in Fire at Canadian Military Base

   Four Canadian soldiers were killed and thirty-nine others hospitalized after strong winds fanned a grass fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta during combat training Saturday. Prime Minister Mark Carney called it one of the worst peacetime tragedies for Canada's military.

   42 articles · 26 sources · Oct 18 to Oct 19

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   Russia frees American teacher Stephen Hubbard after four years

   Russia freed seventy-four-year-old American teacher Stephen Hubbard this week after he spent more than four years in a Russian prison on disputed mercenary charges. Hubbard, a retired Michigan school teacher, was captured in Ukraine in two thousand twenty-two and designated as wrongfully detained by the United States in two thousand twenty-four.

   41 articles · 31 sources · Oct 20 to Oct 22

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   Australian MP Helen Haines Loses Leg in Deliberate Car Attack

   Australian independent lawmaker Helen Haines is in critical condition after being deliberately struck by a car outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed a forty-three-year-old suspect is in custody and a counter-terrorism taskforce is investigating.

   40 articles · 18 sources · Oct 19 to Oct 20

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   Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs in car attack

   Australian independent MP Helen Haines has lost both legs after a driver allegedly rammed her vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria, on Monday afternoon. Police describe the assault as deliberate and targeted, and forty-three-year-old Brendan Nugent now faces three charges including intentionally causing serious injury.

   36 articles · 17 sources · Oct 19 to Oct 21

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   Christina Applegate Says She Was Misdiagnosed With MS

   Emmy-winning actress Christina Applegate revealed on her podcast 'MeSsy' that she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021 and does not have the disease. Despite the news, her debilitating symptoms persist, leaving her 'back at square one' as she searches for answers.

   35 articles · 29 sources · Oct 20 to Oct 21

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   Pope Leo XIV Discharged After Lung Cancer Surgery

   Pope Leo XIV was discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Saturday, four days after surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung due to lung cancer. The seventy-one-year-old pontiff will deliver the Sunday noon Angelus prayer at Saint Peter's Square and plans to travel to Latin America in November.

   33 articles · 24 sources · Oct 16 to Oct 17

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   Christina Applegate says her multiple sclerosis diagnosis was incorrect

   Emmy-winning actor Christina Applegate says her doctor told her that she does not have multiple sclerosis, reversing the diagnosis she publicly announced in two thousand twenty-one. After five years advocating for people with the disease, she says her debilitating symptoms persist and have worsened, leaving her “back at square one” about what is causing them.

   30 articles · 24 sources · Oct 20 to Oct 21

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   Japan launches mission to Mars moon Phobos

   Japan has launched the MMX spacecraft to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars's two moons. The five-year mission aims to return at least ten grams of surface material to Earth by twenty thirty one.

   28 articles · 23 sources · Oct 18 to Oct 20

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    Fire at Canadian Military Base Kills Multiple Soldiers

    Four Canadian service members were killed and dozens injured after high winds fueled a fast-moving fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta during live-fire training. Prime Minister Mark Carney called it one of the worst peacetime tragedies in the country's military history.

    28 articles · 23 sources · Oct 18 to Oct 19

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    Driver released after truck plows through Kansas soccer game

    A thirty-four-year-old woman drove a pickup truck onto a youth soccer field in Wichita, Kansas, killing a six-year-old boy and a thirty-five-year-old man and injuring about ten others. Police released the driver without charges as they await toxicology results.

    28 articles · 14 sources · Oct 17 to Oct 19

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    Meta ordered to pay $25 billion over Facebook privacy

    A New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms on Wednesday to pay twenty-five billion dollars after a jury found the company misled Facebook users about data privacy and content moderation. The Cambridge Analytica case concerned one point four million Facebook users in the state, and the judge cut a two hundred nineteen point five billion dollar penalty after more than forty-three million violations were found.

    27 articles · 23 sources · Oct 21 to Oct 22

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    Four Canadian Soldiers Killed in Fire at Alberta Base

    Four Canadian service members died and dozens were injured after a fast-moving fire erupted during combat training at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta on Saturday. High winds fueled the blaze, sending at least thirty-nine soldiers to hospitals with nineteen in critical condition.

    27 articles · 20 sources · Oct 18 to Oct 19

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    Elon Musk pledges SpaceX share to every American child

    Elon Musk has pledged to give one share of his SpaceX company to every child in America beginning next year, a gift potentially worth more than ten point five billion dollars at current market prices. The billionaire has not detailed how the massive giveaway will work, which ages of children will qualify, or whether the shares will be held in trust.

    26 articles · 21 sources · Oct 19 to Oct 20

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    MP Helen Haines loses both legs after alleged car attack

    Australian federal lawmaker Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after a driver allegedly rammed her repeatedly outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria on Monday. Her husband said she remains in stable condition at a Melbourne hospital, while forty-three-year-old suspect Brendan Nugent faces three charges over the apparent targeted attack and has been denied bail.

    25 articles · 14 sources · Oct 20 to Oct 21

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    Israeli settlers beat Washington Post journalist during West Bank olive harvest

    Masked Israeli settlers beat Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and Palestinian villagers during the annual olive harvest in the occupied West Bank village of Abu Falah. The United States condemned the attack as criminal, lawmakers demanded accountability, and Prime Minister Netanyahu's office called for an investigation into who initiated the violence.

    25 articles · 13 sources · Oct 16 to Oct 17

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    Pope Leo XIV Needs No Further Lung Cancer Treatment

    Pope Leo XIV will not need further treatment for lung cancer after last week's surgery, the Vatican announced Wednesday. Tests confirmed the disease was localized, and the seventy-one year old pontiff is gradually resuming his activities.

    24 articles · 22 sources · Oct 21 to Oct 22

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