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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Two astronauts from a SpaceX capsule in Earth’s orbit carried out the world’s first private spacewalk on Thursday, tethered to the Crew Dragon spacecraft in the vacuum of space while two others watched from inside, hundreds of miles from Earth.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Grangemouth, Scotland’s only oil refinery, is to close in 2025 with the loss of 400 jobs, operator Petroineos said on Thursday, as part of plans to turn the 100-year old plant into a fuels import terminal.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Francine came ashore in southern Louisiana yesterday, pounding New Orleans with heavy rains and gusty winds while threatening the wider Gulf Coast with a potentially deadly storm surge that led to evacuation orders for thousands of people.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – Flood water levels of the Red River in Hanoi are forecast to be little changed until at least early Friday, the government’s weather agency said on Thursday, and several parts of the city will remain inundated.

LONDON/DAKAR,  (Reuters) – Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine, Libya and Syria, according to interviews with relatives and a review of social media data.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said six staffers were killed after two airstrikes hit a school in central Gaza on Wednesday, marking what it said was the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British foreign minister David Lammy arrived in Kyiv yesterday for a series of meetings with senior Ukrainian government officials at a critical juncture in the war against Russia.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Workers at Kenya’s main international airport began a strike today against an Indian company seeking to lease it, blowing plastic trumpets and scuffling with police in a protest that caused cancellations and delays for hundreds of passengers.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters rose to a 20-year high, flooding streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the country’s north, killing at least 179 people.

PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) –  Democratic Vice President  Kamala Harris put Republican  Donald Trump on the defensive at a combative presidential debate yesterday with a stream of attacks on abortion limits, his fitness for office and his myriad legal woes, as both candidates sought a campaign-altering moment in their closely fought election.

PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) –  Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump met on Tuesday for their first and perhaps only debate, a square-off that could have a significant impact on the Nov.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Francine strengthened into a hurricane on Tuesday night, the U.S. National

HANOI,  (Reuters) – The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi has risen to 141, the government said on Wednesday as it warned that flood waters were causing the Red River to rise rapidly and threaten to inundate downtown districts of the capital Hanoi.

MEXICO CITY, 0 (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate resumed debate on a controversial judicial overhaul on Tuesday evening at an alternative location after protesters broke into the Senate chamber mid-session.

LONDON/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Russia has received ballistic missiles from Iran for its war in Ukraine, the United States said yesterday as it imposed fresh sanctions on ships and companies it said were involved in supplying Moscow with Iranian weapons.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Ukraine struck the Moscow region yesterday in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Ukraine struck the Moscow region today in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow.

DILI,  (Reuters) – An estimated 600,000 people in East Timor, just under half its population, turned out in the baking heat today for a Mass with Pope Francis at a coastal park synonymous with the country’s long struggle for independence from Indonesia.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – World Bank President Ajay Banga said in a speech on Tuesday after visiting 27 countries from Peru to Tuvalu that the global lender needs to work faster and simplify its processes in a world experiencing greater polarisation.

(Reuters) – Kenya’s high court temporarily halted plans to transfer the management of Nairobi’s main airport to India’s Adani Group, the Financial Times reported yesterday.