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Saudi Arabia's civil defence authorities said danger had passed in the capital Riyadh on Monday, minutes after raising an alert, a day after an attack by Yemen's Houthis damaged an office building of oil giant Aramco in the city.

CONTRE-POINT - Dans une société fragilisée, désabusée, électrisée, la radicalité, loin de pénaliser, rend attractif. Jean-Luc Mélenchon fait avancer son projet insurrectionnel sous le paravent de « l’antifascisme » et de « l’antiracisme ».

Researchers have discovered a stunning new species of tiny orange-patterned fish in the Brazilian Amazon, but its survival may already be at risk. Named Laimosemion laranja, the brilliantly colored killifish measures less than three centimeters long and was found in just three small forest pools. Its extremely limited habitat is threatened by mining, defores

The old fear about cell phone radiation causing cancer is an overblown concern, but there are other dangers when you tuck a charging phone under your pillow.

Safety along Nelson Mandela Bay’s beachfront has improved, but vandalism, poor infrastructure and a declining family holiday market threaten to undermine its tourism revival.

‘There’s always a plan’, the PM has said in the past, about 2027. There will have to be.

Electrical causes are predominating in India’s recent fire incidents; while codes and guidelines are covering these increasingly, there are still major gaps such as taking into account harmonic currents put into the system by state-of-the-art electronics equipment

A cyclist urges police to take a tougher stance on intimidating and careless drivers who fail to leave enough space when overtaking.

Saved from a puddle after the Black Summer bushfires as tadpoles, these frogs are now fully formed and returning to the wild.

Édouard Geffray promet d’organiser dès cette année « la transparence totale sur les critères et les algorithmes locaux utilisés par les établissements » sur Parcoursup pour sélectionner les élèves.

Americans exposed the limits of Donald Trump's electoral power and weakened his grip on the Republican Party. But the Democratic landslide in the midterm elections does not spell the end of MAGA nor guarantee a lasting political realignment.

Entre 500 000 et 1,6 millions de personnes ont manifesté hier dans toute la France. Des cortèges parfois dispersés par les forces de l’ordre à l’aide de gaz lacrymogène.Un gaz qui provoque, pendant quelques minutes, des sensations de brûlures autour yeux et des irritations des voies respiratoires et de la peau.Mais depuis le début de la mobilisation lycéenne

Decaying ships transporting Russian oil now taking route around Ireland following threats by UK authorities

Health Canada says it found dangerous bacteria in more than 11,000 vials of unauthorized peptides seized from online retailers.

ANALYSE - Le programme du candidat LFI propose un projet irréaliste d’économie administrée affranchi de toute contrainte extérieure.

An endangered species is returning home months after bushfires destroyed its habitat.

Trois mois après la mort d’une jeune femme de 25 ans à Nice, une nouvelle fausse praticienne vient d’être placée sous contrôle judiciaire. Sur la Côte d’Azur, la justice s’inquiète de la multiplication des injections esthétiques illégales, favorisées par les réseaux sociaux.

He told journalists in Guwahati that he would bring the threat to the notice of the Supreme Court and the Gauhati High Court, as it could amount to an attempt to murder

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Globally, glaciers are often lumped into one narrative of loss. These three stories show how they can still surprise us.

Former Deputy Senate Majority Leader, Senator Bala Na’Allah, has warned that the 2027 general election could be one of the most dangerous in Nigeria’s history. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-election-could-be-dangerous-naallah/

Torrential rain hammered Georgia and Tennessee overnight, triggering catastrophic flooding in certain areas. Videos show the floods, damage and rescue efforts.

India must eliminate situations that lead to sewer cleaning deaths

<p>Power is draining away at home, but the US president will see a chance to make his mark through foreign policy</p><ul><li><p>Kim Darroch was Britain’s ambassador to the US between January 2016 and December 2019</p></li></ul><p>Election nights are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2026/nov/03/midterm-elections-in-pictures">party time in

The row is taking place over 35 empty roles at the Mason Clinic in Auckland.

A Syrian woman was killed when the Lebanese Army opened fire at a vehicle that refused to stop on the Syrian-Lebanese border. The army said it encountered a vehicle “with vision-obscuring glass and without licence plates” that had crossed from Syria illegally and sought to evade a Lebanese Armed Forces checkpoint in the border town of Arsal. “Its driver atte

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Les Sud-Africains ont voté mercredi pour élire leurs représentants locaux, lors d’un scrutin qui pourrait fragiliser davantage le Congrès national africain (ANC), au pouvoir depuis la fin de l’apartheid. Ces élections municipales constituent la dernière grande échéance électorale avant les élections générales de 2029.

A consultation will consider fines and other ways to clamp down on dangerous e-bike riders.

Violence in the state’s public hospitals has surged over the past four years, with a record 26,730 incidents logged last year including healthcare workers being bitten, punched and having their bones broken.

<p>Delivering net zero also at risk, say MPs as they call for centralised policy and funding for mines and diversification </p><p>The UK is “dangerously” dependent on China for critical raw materials needed for the military, renewable energy infrastructure and AI, a parliamentary investigation has found.</p><p>MPs on the business select committee called for

Auckland Council required urgent work on the deteriorating building.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has been ordered to improve the quality of Gouldian finch breeding habitat.

A swarm of thousands filmed on a Victorian mountain top is part of a surge in bogong moth sightings, which researchers say is good news for the endangered mountain pygmy possum.

DÉCRYPTAGE - Cet outil soutient le développement de projets de production de chaleur renouvelable. Le gouvernement est pris entre la volonté de décarboner et les contraintes budgétaires.

Breathe easy. For a minute.

<p>Tadpoles collected from puddles in East Gippsland were transported to Melbourne zoo, where they were raised to metamorphosis and successfully bred in captivity for the first time</p><p>After the 2019-20 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/feb/10/black-summer-after-the-fires-andrew-odwyer-geoffrey-keaton-death-toll-five-

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Barristers defending the teen social media ban from a High Court challenge suggested other ways for under-16s to participate in political debate.

Built around 1855, the former Fitzroy Hotel on Wakefield Street is considered the city's oldest brick building.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, who has a long association with Donald Trump, says his reaction to adverse midterm election results could be "dangerous".

CONTRE-POINT : La discussion de ce budget 2027 est révélatrice de l’usure d’un pouvoir qui s’est autodétruit dans la dissolution et du concours d’irresponsabilité de ceux qu’on appelle des « responsables » politiques.

Americans put the president and his Republicans in power – twice – for a reason. If voters deliver a harsh verdict today, it is because they didn’t get what they were promised.

A trip from Odesa to Kyiv as Russia’s new jet drones menace vital passenger and cargo services

With the excitement of the five-match T20 series out of the way, India and New Zealand begin the most crucial leg of the all-format tour. The five-match ODI series, which begins on Wednesday, is where both sides have channelled most of their energies. We are getting closer to the 2027 ODI World Cup, after all, and conditions in Auckland should be similar to

Affichant un soutien timide, le garde des Sceaux paraît peu optimiste sur les chances de victoire du candidat Horizons.

An opinion on the debate over Nigeria’s fuel subsidy, arguing that its reintroduction would be a form of dangerous populism ruinous to the economy. Read More: https://punchng.com/between-common-sense-and-dangerous-populism/

US President Donald Trump said the Democrats nominated "the most extreme and dangerous" candidates in US history in the midterms. He also lowered expectations by saying a sitting president "doesn't win" the midterms.

The US risks leaving the Iranian regime “angry and vengeful” and a lasting threat to Gulf allies unless the conflict is brought to a clear end, a senior adviser in Joe Biden's White House has warned. Amos Hochstein said Donald Trump's administration must push for a negotiated settlement with Iran, or risk leaving Gulf allies in the firing line. His comments

Nuclear danger, radiation threat and street combat: Ukrainians received a wave of messages Sunday night that raised alarm with a series of grave — and baseless — warnings.

U.S. President Donald Trump wants a three-way summit with his Russian and Chinese counterparts to talk about nuclear weapons and denuclearization.

Meteorologists say a super El Niño and a subtropical jet stream are to blame for the heavier rain, more torrential storms and bigger floods. Akiko Fujita is in Huntington Beach, California, with more details, and Andrew Kozak is in the studio with the forecast.

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 2 &mdash; Security controls at Kinabalu Park are adequate, but trespassing on prohibited trails on Mo...

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York, who is in a tough reelection battle in a district won by Kamala Harris in 2024, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he has bipartisan credentials despite his support for some of President Trump's signature policies, adding, "I show up for my constituents, and my constituents know me."

Outsourcing planning to AI can lead people to surrender their own critical thinking, which can have potentially deadly results in places like the backcountry.

Police saw unrestrained young people leaning from windows and waving flags.

Comic book writer and screenwriter Frank Miller – whose work includes “300,” “Sin City” and “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns” – returned this week to Lucca Comics and Games, an event that spans the gamut of geek culture and pop entertainment. As well as speaking at the event, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of […]