Türkiye test-fires secretly built ballistic missile – Bloomberg
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The short-range projectile reportedly flew over 500km, the farthest for any such weapon developed by Ankara

Türkiye has reportedly developed a short-range ballistic missile in secret and conducted a successful test launch of the weapon over the Black Sea on Tuesday, Bloomberg has reported.

Citing two anonymous sources who were not authorized to comment on the matter, the outlet says the missile was fired from a mobile platform stationed at an airport near the northeast port city of Rize. The launch was conducted at around 7am local time.

The missile reportedly traveled 561km in 458 seconds, striking a targe...

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Almost half of young Americans use marijuana
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Consumption in the US may have hit an all-time high, federal data shows

More than two-fifths of young Americans report using marijuana ‘on occasion’, according to federal data published earlier this year. With nearly half of adults saying they’ve tried the drug, and the Biden administration’s announcement of a blanket pardon for those convicted of possessing it, reversing decades of federal prohibition, cannabis is finding unprecedented acceptance in a country that once exported its ‘war on drugs’ around the globe. 

Cannabis use has reached an all-time high in the US, with a 2021 Gallup poll showing 49% of American a...

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Hyper-realistic Jesus put on display
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Sculptors based their depiction of Christ’s wounded body on data from the Shroud of Turin

An ultra-lifelike model of Jesus Christ has gone on display at Salamanca Cathedral in Spain. Made from silicone, latex, and human hair and based on data from the Shroud of Turin, the sculpture depicts Christ’s horrific wounds. 

The exhibit, dubbed ‘The Mystery Man,’ opened last week, after 15 years of research by a group of artists led by curator Alvaro Blanco, the Catholic News Agency reported. Blanco’s team based Christ’s form on a study of the Shroud of Turin, a linen cloth discovered in the Middle Ages that some Catholics say is the burial shroud of Jesus...

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WATCH Police violently crack down on cost-of-living protesters
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Demonstrations for better wages in France elicited a harsh response from law enforcement

Massive protests against the high cost of living met with a heavily-armed police crackdown in Paris on Tuesday. Tens of thousands of striking union members and their supporters filled the city streets to denounce President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies and demand better wages in the face of massive inflation.

Tension en cours, projectiles et charge policière. #Greve18Octobre...

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Iran agrees to ship missiles, more drones to Russia: Report
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 Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in

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Germany: Cybersecurity chief dismissed following media reports of ties with Russia
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Earlier today, Germany’s Interior Ministry indicated that the head of the country’s national cybersecurity agency, Arne Schoenbohm, has been sacked

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Millions forced to skip meals for an entire day in the UK, new study shows
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Food insecurity in the Unit

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French cement firm Lafarge pleads guilty to supporting Syrian terror groups, fined $780 million
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A French major cement company has been fined nearly $780 million for supporting terror groups, including the Islamic State, during the Syrian civil

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Man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting his wife while she was unconscious
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Man is accused of sexually assaulting his wife over a period of nine years by inserting various objects into her vagina while the woman was unconscious

Businesswoman Jackie Lavin takes defamation action against Sunday Times
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Action is over an article she says wrongly stated that she was forced to sell her former Co Kildare home.

Live: Gerry Hutch pleads not guilty to murder, eviction ban approved
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Gerry Hutch 'told ex-councillor he was part of group that shot David Byrne'
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Mr Byrne was killed in 2016 in one of the early attacks of the Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud.

Why are work­ers strik­ing and protest­ing across France?
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Thou­sands have tak­en to the streets across France, as ten­sions rise be­tween work­ers and the gov­ern­ment.
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Ama­zon work­ers re­ject union bid in up­state New York
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The loss has dashed, for now, the labour group’s hopes to get Ama­zon to the ne­go­ti­at­ing ta­ble on con­tracts.
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US to be­gin ac­cept­ing Venezue­lan claims un­der new mi­gra­tion plan
New pro­gramme will al­low 24,000 Venezue­lans into the US, but most ar­riv­ing at bor­der with Mex­i­co will be ex­pelled.
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First images of Nord Stream damage revealed (VIDEO)
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The photos and video show evidence of what Danish police say were “powerful explosions”

Swedish newspaper Expressen released the first underwater images of the ruptured Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline on Tuesday. The Russia-Germany gas line was critically damaged in an act of apparent sabotage last month.

The video footage, shot 80 meters below the surface of the Baltic Sea, shows long tears in the seabed leading up to the blown-apart pipe. At least 50 meters of the concrete-reinforced steel pipe are missing, the Swedish newspaper...

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US ‘ally’ expresses desire to join BRICS
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Saudi Arabia has inquired with South Africa’s president about joining the economic bloc

Saudi Arabia wants to join the BRICS alliance, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has stated, signaling a dramatic potential expansion of the bloc amid growing tensions with the US over the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

Ramaphosa told reporters of Riyadh’s BRICS inquiry, as he wrapped up his two-day state visit to the desert kingdom on Sunday. The trip included meetings w...

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German cyberczar fired over alleged Russian ties – media
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Local media reports had claimed that an ex-Russian spy may have infiltrated a cybersecurity group that Arne Schonbohm co-founded 

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has reportedly fired the president of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Arne Schonbohm, according to DPA and Der Spiegel. Earlier this month, media reports claimed that the official may have been in contact with Russian intelligence operatives via a cybersecurity group he co-founded a decade ago, and which had allegedly been infiltrated by Russian spies. 

On Tuesday, German news agency DPA published an article saying...

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North Korea fires artillery shells near sea border, says South Korean military
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North Korea once again fire

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