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Officials report 33 dead after strike hits buses in Kramatorsk
A Russian strike hit passenger buses near a stop in the Donetsk region city on October 8, according to reports. Ukrainian authorities later raised the reported death toll to 33.
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Brent crude rises 5% as Middle East risks and hurricane disrupt supply
Brent reached $105.30 a barrel in Thursday trading, as reported concerns over possible Iran strikes, attacks on Gulf shipping and hurricane-related production cuts supported prices.
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Isaias forecast to bring dangerous surge to Gulf Coast as warnings stretch across region
Forecasters expect life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds and heavy rain along the northern Gulf Coast, with landfall forecast for late Friday or early Saturday.
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Survey estimates nearly 183,000 giant tortoises on Seychelles atoll
A study using counts collected from 2018 to 2022 puts Aldabra’s adult and sub-adult tortoise population at nearly 183,000, but does not show whether numbers are rising now.
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South Korea warns of legal action if Russia-bound fuel shipments breached law
Seoul says it is examining reported fuel loadings at its ports, but stresses that loading the products does not itself violate domestic law and that no breach has been confirmed.
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UK to keep East Jerusalem site open as a mission after diplomatic dispute
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the renamed UK Mission, Jerusalem, would continue working with Palestinians, though Israel described the permitted team’s remit as very limited.
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Ukraine reports 33 dead after strike hits buses in Kramatorsk
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service raised the reported death toll to 33, with 18 people injured. Ukrainian officials accused Russian forces of deliberately targeting civilians, an allegation not independently established in the available reporting.