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United States: The United States military has stated that it has finally found debris from a missing F-35 fighter jet a day after asking for the public’s help to locate remains from the lost warplane. The aircraft went missing after a pilot ejected from it for unknown reasons. According to the Marine Corps’s Joint Base Charlesto, the debris field from the F-35B Lightning II jet was located in South Carolina’s rural Williamsburg County. “Personnel from Joint Base Charleston and @MCASBeaufortSC, in close coordination with local authorities, have located a debris field in Williamsburg County. The debris was discovered two hours…

Russia: China’s Foreign Minister Mr. Wang Yi is visiting Russia for security talks with Russian Foreign Minister Mr. Sergey Lavrovas as Moscow seeks continued support for its war on Ukraine. Beijing has always been accused by western countries of supporting Russia indirectly during the war. Earlier this month, Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin said he expected to meet Chinese President Mr. Xi Jinping but did not say when. The Russian President has not travelled abroad since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him in March over war crimes in Ukraine. Mr. Putin’s last visit to a foreign…

London, UK: The UK minister for loneliness, Mr. Stuart Andrew, has launched an awareness campaign for university students. “Going to university can be the biggest transition young people have faced. We want them to enjoy their experience at university and excel in their education, so we’re highlighting that it will help them to speak to other undergraduates about their feelings,” Mr. Andrew stated. The UK government has made addressing loneliness a key focus, investing over $99 million since 2018, with $42 million specifically targeting pandemic-induced loneliness. Additionally, they’ve allocated $4.4 million to Student Space, an online mental health platform providing…

Taiwan: Taiwan’s defence ministry has urged China to stop “destructive, unilateral action.” It comes following reports of rising Chinese military activities near the island. China, considering Taiwan as its territory, conducts frequent military exercises around the island to assert its sovereignty and put pressure on Taipei. The ministry said that since September 17, 2023, it had spotted 103 Chinese military aircraft over the sea, a number it called a “recent high.” In the last 24 hours, China’s activities in the region indicated 40 planes crossing the unofficial median line of the Taiwan Strait, a boundary that had been respected until…

United States: A new study has found that women exposed to several widely used chemicals face increased odds for ovarian and other types of cancer, including a doubling of the odds for melanoma. The researchers used data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and found evidence that women diagnosed with some “hormonally driven” cancers had exposures to certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are used in thousands of household and industrial products, including stain- and heat-resistant items. The research team found similar links between women diagnosed with cancer and high exposures to phenols, which are…

Italy: The European Union (EU) has proposed a plan to support Italy in managing the influx of migrants and refugees, following a significant increase in arrivals on the island of Lampedusa in the past week. The sudden rise in asylum seekers reaching the Italian island has sparked a heated discussion in Europe about how to divide the responsibility for the tens of thousands arriving on the continent annually. “Irregular migration is a European challenge, and it needs a European answer,” European Commission President Ms. Ursula von der Leyen said during a visit to Lampedusa, offering a 10-point “action plan” to…

United States: US National Security Advisor Mr. Jake Sullivan has held “candid” talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Mr. Wang Yi in Malta. The meeting is part of efforts through which the world’s two largest economies seek to stabilise troubled relations over trade and militarization of the Pacific. During the two days of talks, Mr. Wang brought up the issue of Taiwan, a self-governing, democratic island that China claims as its own territory, as a “red line that cannot be crossed in Sino-US relations”. “The United States noted the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” the White House…

United Kingdom: A new study has found that 1 in 4 of us may be undoing all the benefits of healthy eating by choosing ultraprocessed and sugary snacks. “Considering 95 percent of us snack and that nearly a quarter of our calories come from snacks, swapping unhealthy snacks such as cookies, crisps, and cakes for healthy snacks like fruit and nuts is a really simple way to improve your health,” senior author Ms. Sarah Berry, a researcher at King’s College London, said in a statement. According to reports, more than 90 percent of adults in the United States report eating…

Iran: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mr. Rafael Grossi has criticised Iran for barring several of its most experienced inspectors from monitoring the country’s programme. The UN nuclear watchdog condemned Iran’s “disproportionate and unprecedented” move to bar multiple inspectors assigned to the country, hindering its oversight of Tehran’s atomic activities. Iran’s move is a response to a call led by the United States, Britain, France, and Germany at the IAEA’s Board of Governors this week for Tehran to cooperate immediately with the agency on issues including explaining uranium traces found at undeclared sites. Mr. Grossi stated that he…

Mali: The three Sahel states, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, have signed a mutual defence pact aimed at helping each other against possible threats of armed rebellion or external aggression. The charter, known as the Alliance of Sahel States, binds the signatories to assist one another, including militarily, if any one of them is attacked. “Any attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of one or more contracted parties will be considered an aggression against the other parties,” the agreement remarked. The pact also binds the three countries to work to prevent or settle armed rebellions. “I have today signed…