Trump announces AstraZeneca deal to lower U.S. drug prices
President Donald Trump unveiled a new agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on October 10, aiming to reduce prescription drug costs in the...
Large parts of Kyiv were plunged into darkness early Friday as Russian missiles and drones battered Ukraine’s energy grid, cutting off power and water to over a million homes and crippling transport links across the capital.
Ukraine woke to another night of terror as Russian forces launched a fresh wave of strikes targeting the country’s energy infrastructure. The attacks, among the heaviest in weeks, left large areas of Kyiv and nine other regions without power, days after officials warned Moscow was escalating pressure ahead of winter.
In southeastern Ukraine, a seven-year-old boy was killed when his home was hit, while at least 20 others were injured. In central Kyiv, debris damaged an apartment block, and on the left bank of the Dnipro River, crowds gathered at bus stops and water stations after metro services were suspended.
Ukraine’s energy ministry said over 800,000 customers in Kyiv alone lost power at some point overnight. Nationally, more than one million households and businesses were temporarily cut off as emergency crews worked to restore supply.
The latest barrage follows repeated Russian efforts to cripple Ukraine’s power grid, a campaign that has intensified as temperatures drop and energy demand rises. Authorities have warned of rolling blackouts through the winter as they race to repair substations and rebuild stockpiles of equipment destroyed by months of bombardment.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Haiti's food insecurity is projected to worsen by mid-2026, with nearly 6 million people facing critical hunger levels. Gang violence and economic collapse have displaced families, disrupted agriculture, and eroded livelihoods, leaving over half the population reliant on aid.
During a meeting with Kim Jong Un, Dmitry Medvedev expressed gratitude for North Korea's military support in the Kursk region, highlighting the sacrifice of North Korean soldiers as a testament to the strong bilateral relationship.
Developing nations are entering a new and worrying phase in their relationship with China. A new report from Boston University finds that, in 2022 and 2023, these countries paid more in debt service to China than they received in new Chinese loans.
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are expected to be released on Monday.
President Donald Trump unveiled a new agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on October 10, aiming to reduce prescription drug costs in the United States.
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