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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocks southern Panama, triggers tsunami alert
A powerful earthquake, initially estimated at magnitude 8.0 and revised by the USGS to about 7.6, struck southern Panama on the afternoon of October 9, centered near the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba in Herrera province at a depth of roughly 10 kilometers. The shaking toppled the tower of a historic building and damaged balconies in Penonome, and residents reported damage to homes across Herrera province. Several aftershocks followed, including one measured at magnitude 6.6. The US Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert over possible dangerous waves, though the Panama Canal continued operating normally; two lines of the Panama City Metro were briefly suspended as a precaution. The tremor was felt as far away as Panama City, Colombia and Costa Rica's capital, San Jose.
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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocks southern Panama, triggers tsunami alert
A powerful earthquake, initially estimated at magnitude 8.0 and revised by the USGS to about 7.6, struck southern Panama on the afternoon of October 9, centered near the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba in Herrera province at a depth of roughly 10 kilometers. The shaking toppled the tower of a historic building and damaged balconies in Penonome, and residents reported damage to homes across Herrera province. Several aftershocks followed, including one measured at magnitude 6.6. The US Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert over possible dangerous waves, though the Panama Canal continued operating normally; two lines of the Panama City Metro were briefly suspended as a precaution. The tremor was felt as far away as Panama City, Colombia and Costa Rica's capital, San Jose.
France's school protests widen into one of its biggest youth uprisings in years
Student demonstrations that began in late September over teacher shortages, long school days and crumbling school buildings have escalated into nationwide clashes with riot police, with government figures cited by the Irish Examiner putting the toll at over 700 police officers and more than 200 teenagers injured, and roughly 6,100 people arrested, almost all of them minors. A 15-year-old in northern France reportedly lost a hand after picking up a police grenade during a protest. On October 8, police in Paris used tear gas and tore down a student barricade near a secondary school, following earlier flashpoints in Strasbourg, Marseille and Rennes. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has ordered ministers to address teacher shortages and school conditions, with reform proposals due by the end of October, while Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin has said parents of students who cause damage should pay reparations.
Read more →France's school protests widen into one of its biggest youth uprisings in years
Student demonstrations that began in late September over teacher shortages, long school days and crumbling school buildings have escalated into nationwide clashes with riot police, with government figures cited by the Irish Examiner putting the toll at over 700 police officers and more than 200 teenagers injured, and roughly 6,100 people arrested, almost all of them minors. A 15-year-old in northern France reportedly lost a hand after picking up a police grenade during a protest. On October 8, police in Paris used tear gas and tore down a student barricade near a secondary school, following earlier flashpoints in Strasbourg, Marseille and Rennes. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has ordered ministers to address teacher shortages and school conditions, with reform proposals due by the end of October, while Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin has said parents of students who cause damage should pay reparations.
Two school attacks in two days shake Poland, re-igniting safety debate
Poland saw two separate school attacks within 24 hours in early October. On October 7, a 19-year-old student allegedly armed with a machete attacked people at a vocational school in Ostroleka, wounding seven, including students and teachers; a homemade explosive device was found in his backpack but did not detonate. The next day in Leszczydol-Nowiny, a 15-year-old entered a school and wounded three staff members with a sharp object, killing one person, before being apprehended by the school's principal. Separately, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said police in Sierpc detained a 17-year-old found with two knives who was allegedly planning an attack of his own. Officials noted that school attacks remain rare in Poland, though the cluster follows a stabbing at a Catholic convent last month that left one person dead.
Read more →Two school attacks in two days shake Poland, re-igniting safety debate
Poland saw two separate school attacks within 24 hours in early October. On October 7, a 19-year-old student allegedly armed with a machete attacked people at a vocational school in Ostroleka, wounding seven, including students and teachers; a homemade explosive device was found in his backpack but did not detonate. The next day in Leszczydol-Nowiny, a 15-year-old entered a school and wounded three staff members with a sharp object, killing one person, before being apprehended by the school's principal. Separately, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said police in Sierpc detained a 17-year-old found with two knives who was allegedly planning an attack of his own. Officials noted that school attacks remain rare in Poland, though the cluster follows a stabbing at a Catholic convent last month that left one person dead.
Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukraine's Pryluky and Kramatorsk within a day of each other
Russia carried out two of its deadliest strikes on Ukrainian civilians in recent months on October 7 and 8. A cruise missile hit a five-storey apartment building in Pryluky, Chernihiv region, killing 22 people including five children, according to regional governor Vyacheslav Chaus; President Volodymyr Zelensky called it a 'birthday gift' to Vladimir Putin and one of the most vile attacks in recent memory. A day later, a Russian glide bomb struck two passenger buses in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine; initial reports put the death toll at 12, though local authorities later said it had risen into the thirties, with 18 more wounded. Donetsk governor Vadym Filashkin ordered public transport suspended in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk and accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilians.
Read more →Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukraine's Pryluky and Kramatorsk within a day of each other
Russia carried out two of its deadliest strikes on Ukrainian civilians in recent months on October 7 and 8. A cruise missile hit a five-storey apartment building in Pryluky, Chernihiv region, killing 22 people including five children, according to regional governor Vyacheslav Chaus; President Volodymyr Zelensky called it a 'birthday gift' to Vladimir Putin and one of the most vile attacks in recent memory. A day later, a Russian glide bomb struck two passenger buses in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine; initial reports put the death toll at 12, though local authorities later said it had risen into the thirties, with 18 more wounded. Donetsk governor Vadym Filashkin ordered public transport suspended in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk and accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilians.
Plague scare in Siberia: lab worker's death triggers quarantine, conflicting accounts
Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, died in a hospital in Shelekhov near Irkutsk in early October after what some unconfirmed media reports described as exposure to pneumonic plague. Russian authorities say she died of pneumonia of unestablished origin and found no evidence her illness came from pathogens she handled, despite reports she had told colleagues she broke a test tube containing live bacteria. Regional governor Igor Kobzev described it only as a suspected case of 'a particularly dangerous infection.' Nearly 200 of her contacts were placed under observation and the hospital that treated her was quarantined, while Russia's health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said no further cases had been detected and a criminal probe into possible safety violations was opened.
Read more →Plague scare in Siberia: lab worker's death triggers quarantine, conflicting accounts
Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, died in a hospital in Shelekhov near Irkutsk in early October after what some unconfirmed media reports described as exposure to pneumonic plague. Russian authorities say she died of pneumonia of unestablished origin and found no evidence her illness came from pathogens she handled, despite reports she had told colleagues she broke a test tube containing live bacteria. Regional governor Igor Kobzev described it only as a suspected case of 'a particularly dangerous infection.' Nearly 200 of her contacts were placed under observation and the hospital that treated her was quarantined, while Russia's health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said no further cases had been detected and a criminal probe into possible safety violations was opened.