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Armenia has approved transferring 29.3 billion dram from welfare and debt-servicing budgets to health-insurance subsidies, Civic.am says. The draft does not explain how the welfare reductions will affect beneficiaries. Euclid’s first major dataset gives researchers more than 900 million galaxies to study. Hungary proposes making the fetal-vital-sign demonstration before abortion optional.
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Government figures put the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola death toll at at least 5,387; the World Health Organization expects results from two new vaccine trials in early 2027. England has ordered indoor housing for many birds after rising bird-flu detections. President Donald Trump has changed water-pollution obligations for federal firefighting activities.
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The US drug regulator is requiring a warning about a possible link between GLP-1 medicines and a rare cause of vision loss, with patients advised to contact a health care professional immediately for sudden vision loss, blurred vision or blind spots. Scotland’s blood reserves fell below target, triggering hospital conservation measures. California voters approved $8.4 billion in research borrowing that the state will repay with interest.
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The World Meteorological Organization estimates that January–September 2026 was 1.47°C warmer than the preindustrial average and expects El Niño to raise the annual figure. COP31 delegates adopted a negotiating agenda, while climate finance is among the issues facing negotiators. England’s GP practices plan extra home support for patients they consider most at risk.
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Ahead of the first tender, Singapore’s aviation authority has set a 40% lifecycle emissions-reduction minimum for levy-funded fuel purchases, giving suppliers a standard to meet. NASA’s $94 million contract with Blue Origin targets delivery of the PROMISE lunar rover in late 2028. A Flemish court has asked the EU court to interpret environmental assessment rules before Project One permit appeals can proceed.
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The UN says fighting has displaced more than 323,000 people in Yemen since August, while hospitals in besieged Taiz warn that emergency services could close if fuel runs out. In eastern Congo, a hospital director says patients and people monitored for Ebola who fled a raid are difficult to find. Gaza’s Civil Defence says flooding has forced people from shelters and interrupted hospital emergency care.
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India has restricted diesel generators and fuel burning in Delhi as winter air quality worsens. Wisconsin officials report the state’s first measles death in 36 years, involving an infant. Armenia’s food inspectorate has prohibited sales of identified Kinder-labelled sweets after inspections at Surmalu and Petak.
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A county update put overnight swiftwater rescues at about 57 as crews continued searching around McCaysville, where some flooded areas remained inaccessible. Pennsylvania state data show more than 1,400 confirmed measles cases and six associated deaths in 2026. Singapore has passed haze-law amendments that will expand enforcement powers once they take effect.
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The UN Environment Programme estimates that even tripling adaptation funding by 2035 would leave most needs unmet, after funding reached at most $32 billion in 2024. UN coordinator Denise Brown says a strike-related power failure stopped dialysis outside Khartoum. A signed US law extends ACT for ALS authorization through fiscal 2031.
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Armenia’s coming restrictions cover specified plastic bags, containers and tableware, while exempting certain packaging for goods sold by weight. Researchers have begun vaccine trials against the Ebola outbreak strain. Cyclone Murasu has made landfall near Ongole in India, with the weather department warning of heavy rain.
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India’s disaster authority says evacuations have begun in coastal Andhra Pradesh, and forecasters advise fishermen to stay ashore through the afternoon of 4 November. The US FDA says three more menopause estrogen patches will lose boxed risk warnings. Countries at Armenia’s COP17 talks adopted their first global biodiversity review.
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The European Medicines Agency will seek company data to investigate reported allergic reactions linked to particular immunoglobulin batches and assess further precautions. Armenia’s environment minister says the Yerevan talks completed the first global biodiversity implementation review and reached agreement on financing.
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DR Congo’s government puts Ebola deaths above 5,000 as researchers begin enrolling participants in a trial to test protection against the Bundibugyo virus. Ecuador will host the 2028 biodiversity conference. The US president’s FY2027 request proposes cuts across seven civil-space priorities analyzed by Aerospace Corporation.
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Syria’s emergency ministry says about 375 families were evacuated from flooded camps in rural Raqqa, with crews working to restore access to essential facilities. England’s NHS is scheduled to open chickenpox catch-up vaccinations on 1 November 2026. The US National Science Foundation’s fiscal 2026 underspending left researchers with fewer new grants.
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Justice Minister Akın Gürlek says a deputy chief prosecutor and two prosecutors have been assigned to investigate the Göreme rock collapse, while the search continues for anyone still trapped. The US health department is easing enforcement on six unproven peptides without changing their regulatory status. The US Department of Energy has launched BattMan to help new battery technologies reach domestic factories.
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Nepal has secured approval for $20 million in emergency aid after August’s flood killed at least 1,500 people. The World Meteorological Organization records a 2025 carbon dioxide high of 426.8 parts per million. The European Research Council plans up to 373 Starting Grants for 2027, down from 421 for the previous call.
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Andhra Pradesh’s disaster authority says nearly 50,000 of an estimated 400,000 people needing evacuation have reached shelters, while India’s weather department forecasts Cyclone Arnab will cross the coast on Wednesday. California communities are expanding flood supplies. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has deployed Ebola experts to Nigeria.
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A judge halted changes to the US vaccine panel, which has made no new recommendations to set the usual insurance-coverage deadline for the new flu shot. The Energy Networks Association said dangerous conditions delayed power restoration after Storm Boelo. The EU has pledged €1.53 million for Lake Sevan conservation.
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Central Iowa Water Works estimates that operating nitrate removal at full capacity costs $10,000 a day to meet drinking-water limits. Parts of the Western Isles are receiving emergency electricity after the link to Skye failed. People over 40 accounted for more than half of cocaine deaths registered in England and Wales in 2025.
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The Guardian reports more than 16 swift-water rescues in Queensland, where the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts further severe storms for 24–25 October. France 24 reports that Kenya has announced a second Ebola death. NASA plans Earth-orbit lander tests for 2027 before a targeted crewed Moon landing in 2028.
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Chinese state media report at least 16 deaths in Tibet’s magnitude 7 earthquake, with blocked roads hampering rescue work. India has extended its 30% trade-margin cap to 137 additional cancer medicines. Forecasters expect Typhoon Champi’s rain in Taiwan to peak on the morning of 24 October.
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Storm Adam has killed at least four people in France, the BBC reports, as Météo-France warns of winds from the separate Storm Austen. Indonesia’s Health Ministry reported nearly 280,000 fire-linked respiratory infections, according to the Guardian’s 16 October report. A conservation assessment projects extremely high collapse risk for 96% of shallow-water reef regions before 2075 under a middle-of-the-road emissions pathway.
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Nigeria’s health minister says tests confirmed an imported Ebola case; investigators will use the woman’s travel documents to trace contacts because officials differ on her travel history. The United Nations estimates that 15.9 million Afghans face acute food insecurity. The UN environment agency says rapid emissions cuts could limit warming beyond 1.5°C.
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The US disease control agency confirms a third measles death in 2026 using death-certificate records; Pennsylvania’s differently defined count cannot be added to that total. The BBC reports that Indonesia’s fires have exposed millions to toxic haze. Japan’s MMX spacecraft has launched on a mission to bring dust from Phobos to Earth.
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