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Health & Education·from Oct 16·upd. 11h ago

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Pope Leo XIV recovering after lung surgery, Angelus planned for Sunday

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday, 16 October, after lung cancer surgery, and the Vatican reports steady recovery with an Angelus planned for Sunday, 18 October.

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Health & Education·from Oct 14·upd. 8h ago

Kenya reports third Ebola case in 65-year-old woman from first patient's family

Kenya's health ministry said a 65-year-old woman, a close relative of the first two patients, tested positive for Ebola while in quarantine. Officials say there is no sign of community spread.

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Health & Education·from Oct 16·upd. 16h ago

Buenos Aires university protest turns violent as police use tear gas and water cannon

Police used tear gas and water cannon on Thursday, 15 October, after masked protesters threw stones at a cordon outside Congress during a march for university funding in Buenos Aires.

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Health & Education·10h ago

Seville court postpones Magrudis listeriosis trial to 26 October for settlement talks

The Provincial Court of Seville postponed the trial over the 2019 listeriosis outbreak to 26 October, giving the parties time to reach a settlement. Insurers have made no formal offer, and the family of the injured twins claims at least 8 million euros.

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Health & Education·from Oct 13·upd. 15h ago

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Madrid education strike turnout disputed as students seek resignations over UCM police charges

Organisers say around 60% of public education staff struck on 16 October, a figure the regional government puts at 26.7%. Student groups want the Government delegate and the UCM rector to resign over police charges that they say injured ten people.

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Health & Education·12h ago

Pupil protests block entrances at two Berlin grammar schools, police open investigations

On Friday, 16 October 2026, pupils blocked entrances to two grammar schools in Berlin-Friedrichshain, and police escorted about 60 children out of one building. Police are investigating an injury to a 67-year-old woman who was hurt near the protest.

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Health & Education·from Oct 12·upd. yesterday

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Pope Leo XIV's operated lung recovers well, Vatican says as he resumes work

Doctors say the lung operated on 13 October is recovering well, and Pope Leo XIV has resumed working from Gemelli Hospital in Rome.

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Health & Education·18h ago

Celebrity Traitors: Rob Beckett murdered as Ross Kemp draws suspicion in series two

Rob Beckett was murdered face to face by the traitors in the fifth episode of Celebrity Traitors series two. Hannah Fry has since shared the giveaways she had planned to use to spot them.

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Health & Education·from Oct 10·upd. 3d ago

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About 200 French schools close as student protests spread and Greta Thunberg joins

More than 6,600 arrests have been made nationwide since the protests began in September. On Tuesday, 13 October, about 200 schools closed, and Greta Thunberg joined pupils outside a lycée in Saint-Denis.

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Health & Education·18h ago

Italian school staff strike on 16 October as student protests spread to several cities

Teachers, heads and administrative staff stop work on Friday, 16 October, under two separate union strikes. The day follows clashes on Thursday, 15 October, and the occupation of dozens of schools from Milan to Naples.

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Health & Education·yesterday

Mexico closes six artificial lakes in Yucatán after brain-eating amoeba death

Health authorities in Yucatán have shut six artificial lakes in Mérida after tests found Naegleria fowleri, following a man's death from the infection in September.

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Health & Education·17h ago

Over 91% of responding family health units report repeated IT outages, study finds

A survey of 541 family health unit coordinators, presented on Friday, 16 October, finds 54% of units reported violence in the past year and 85.7% are still owed institutional incentives.

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