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A peer-reviewed study in Scientific Reports found that built-up land in high-risk zones across northern Nepal, south-eastern Tibet and part of India's Uttarakhand grew about 45% between 2016 and 2023, and by almost 78% in areas threatened by glacial lake floods, leaving at least 300,000 people exposed.
A Madrid-Seville high-speed train hit a stationary Iryo train near Orgaz on Wednesday morning, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens. The transport minister blamed a computer failure and human error in the control room.
Airbnb's updated house rules stop hosts asking guests who pay a cleaning fee to strip beds, take rubbish offsite or wash dishes. Hosts can set seven standard rules, and the change applies to reservations booked on or after 20 November.
A new Russian missile attack hit several houses in Kyiv on Wednesday night and injured six people, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said. It came hours after Russia said it was ready in principle to resume peace talks, as US envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg.
The Hong Kong Observatory’s 16:03 HKT bulletin listed Champi’s 14:00 position at 18.7°N, 128.9°E, with 240 km/h maximum sustained winds near the centre.
Police in Northern Ireland said up to 300 schools had reported the same generalised threat email and that checks had found nothing untoward so far; the investigation remains open.
The Supreme Court denied a petition concerning the cancellation of a plea agreement for Khalid Shaikh Mohammad. The docket records the denial; it does not contain a merits opinion explaining the Court’s reasoning.
The UK turns clocks back at 2 a.m. local time on October 25, while the United States makes the change at 2 a.m. local time on November 1. The repeated hour happens on separate Sundays a week apart.
North Point elders nominated Joel Thomas to succeed Andy Stanley as the ministry’s senior pastor, subject to a congregational vote. The campus lead-pastor role has a separate June 2027 handoff date.
The White House said a planned order would create a women's-health division at NIH and a task force led by Susie Wiles and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The AP report described a planned signing and did not state a funding goal.
A passenger from Royal Caribbean Odyssey of the Seas was rescued in Greek waters about 20 hours after going overboard. MSC Rossella III spotted a flashing life ring and alerted the Hellenic Coast Guard, which brought the passenger ashore for hospital care.
Pacific Health Sciences is recalling one lot of Babies' Magic Tea Baby Sleep Gripe Water after FDA testing found undeclared ethanol at about 8.3%, methanol at 0.35% and isopropanol at 0.48%. Caregivers are told to stop using lot 25122bw and discard or return it.
