At least four Palestinians were injured on Saturday in an Israeli drone strike on central Gaza, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources, reported Xinhua. Palestinian medical sources told Xinhua that the strike targeted a vehicle near Al-Ahli Club in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp, whereas Al-Awda Hospital said in a brief statement that it has received four injuries following the strike on a civilian vehicle. The Israeli military confirmed the strike in a press statement, saying it targeted a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group who allegedly planned an "imminent attack" against Israeli forces. According to the Times of Israel, al-Nuseirat is located west of the so-called "Yellow Line." This unofficial boundary separates Israeli-controlled areas from Palestinian movement zones in Gaza, placing al-Nuseirat outside current Israeli control per the ceasefire deal. Earlier in the day, Gaza-based health authorities said 93 Palestinians had been killed and 324 others injured since the new ceasefire came into effect on Oct. 10.

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One person was killed and 10 others were injured in Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital overnight from Friday to Saturday, reported Xinhua, quoting local official. The attack sparked fires in several areas, shattered windows in residential buildings, and damaged a kindergarten in the eastern part of the city, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kiev City Military Administration, said on social media. Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the city was targeted by ballistic missiles. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched 62 drones and nine missiles during the overnight assault on Ukraine. Air defense units shot down 50 drones and four missiles. The strikes marked the second massive attack on the Ukrainian capital in less than a week. On Friday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain is speeding up its program to supply more than 5,000 lightweight multirole missiles to Ukraine to bolster the country's air defense during the winter. Meanwhile, a dam on a local reservoir in Russia's Belgorod was damaged in a strike by the Ukrainian armed forces, a local official said Saturday. "We understand that the enemy may attempt another strike to destroy the dam. If this occurs, there will be a risk of flooding the river floodplain from the Kharkiv region and several streets in our settlements, where approximately 1,000 residents live," Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on social media. He noted that due to the threat of flooding, the regional government "is beginning to offer temporary shelter in Belgorod to residents who face flood risks and have no other alternatives." On Friday, Gladkov said that Belgorod had been attacked by 47 drones, 35 of which were shot down and neutralized. Nine civilians were injured, including a 12-year-old boy.

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Traffic through Lithuania's border with Belarus reopened at noon on Saturday, more than 12 hours after a balloon intrusion led to a temporary suspension late Friday, reported Xinhua. According to the State Border Guard Service (VSAT), checks and crossings for people and vehicles at the Medininkai and Salcininkai checkpoints have resumed. Traffic at both checkpoints was halted around 9:30 p.m. (1830 GMT) on Friday following reports of some meteorological weather balloons flying towards Lithuanian airspace. VSAT said that during the closure, no major incidents or conflicts were reported among waiting drivers near the checkpoints. On Friday evening, head of National Crisis Management Center Vilmantas Vitkauskas said radar had detected around 80-90 balloon objects, roughly two to three times fewer than what was observed during a similar incident earlier this week. According to VSAT Commander Rustamas Liubajevas, authorities have so far intercepted four balloons carrying contraband cigarettes. Following the first wave of balloon incursions earlier this week, the National Security Commission held a meeting to assess the situation. Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene warned that if mass launches of contraband balloons from Belarus were to continue, Lithuania could consider a complete border closure with its eastern neighbor. Another meeting of the National Security Commission is scheduled for next Wednesday.

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Using DNA technology, China's Ministry of Veterans Affairs has confirmed the identities of 8 soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) who sacrificed their lives in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953), reported Xinhua. The remains of these 8 martyrs were repatriated to China from the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 2020 and 2021. Since 2014, the remains of 1,011 CPV soldiers have been recovered and repatriated from the ROK in total. To date, the identities of 36 Chinese martyrs have been confirmed, with their family members located, according to the ministry. In recent years, China has significantly intensified efforts to identify the remains of fallen soldiers, including establishing a dedicated DNA laboratory to enhance the national DNA database for the remains of martyrs and their families.

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Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, will meet U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on Saturday in Miami, Florida, reported Xinhua, quoting US media. The meeting comes days after Trump cancelled his plan to meet Putin in Budapest, Hungary and the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, the two largest Russian oil producers, in a bid to press for a ceasefire deal on Ukraine. Dmitriev said on social media X that his visit was "planned a while ago based on an invitation from the U.S. side." The Russian envoy said on CNN on Friday that the sanctions, the first during Trump's second term, would not be a big issue for Russia but lead to higher gasoline prices in the United States, reiterating Putin's position that Russia will never yield to pressure. Dmitriev also said he believes a Trump-Putin summit will happen but "probably at a later date." "The Russia-U.S. dialogue will continue, but it is certainly only possible if Russia's interests are taken into account and treated with respect," he said. Following a phone call with Putin and a White House closed-door meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, Trump urged Russia and Ukraine to "stop where they are" to end their conflict. On Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, and called for "an immediate ceasefire," adding that the White House was prepared to take further actions if necessary. Also on Wednesday, Trump confirmed he had cancelled his meeting with Putin in Hungary, saying it "didn't feel right to me." The United States and its allies have imposed multiple rounds of financial and trade sanctions on Russia since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022, targeting Russian banks, defense industries and energy exports.

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At least two people were killed and several others were critically wounded after a shooting took place Saturday at a large party in the U.S. state of North Carolina, reported Xinhua, quoting local police. A total of 13 people were shot in a rural area outside the southern town of Maxton, Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins' Office said on social media. Over 150 people fled the location before law enforcement officers arrived, according to the office. "There is no current threat to the community as this appears to have been an isolated incident," it said. More details about the shooting, including the names of the victims, have not been released immediately, and no arrests have been announced yet, according to police.

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In a small tent pitched atop the rubble of her destroyed home, Nour Mohammed Abu Madi, 34, is losing her battle with bone cancer. She has no access to chemotherapy, no way to leave for treatment abroad, and little hope that help will arrive in time, reported Xinhua. "A year and a half ago, I was diagnosed with bone cancer," Abu Madi told Xinhua in a trembling voice. "I tried to travel abroad for treatment, but I couldn't get a referral or approval, and the medicine I need is unavailable here. I live only on painkillers, and my condition is getting worse day by day." Abu Madi said her nights have become endless hours of pain and fear. "There is no medicine to ease my suffering... I feel my body collapsing, and what hurts me most is that I can no longer be the mother I once was. My children need me, but I cannot even hold them," she said. Beside her bed, her mother, Om Mohammed, wipes sweat from her daughter's forehead with a damp cloth. "Nour was strong," the mother said. "But now she is collapsing in front of my eyes. We appeal to the world to see her as a human being who deserves a chance at life, not as a number on a waiting list." Like thousands of others, they wait in uncertainty as the Rafah border crossing -- the main exit point for Palestinians seeking medical care abroad -- has remained closed for months. In the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, 34-year-old Hanin al-Mabhouh faces a similar ordeal. Confined to a wheelchair after an Israeli airstrike hit her home in July 2024, she lost her left leg and four of her daughters in the same attack. "I was preparing lunch for my girls," al-Mabhouh recalled, her voice trembling. "My youngest was laughing as she helped me in the kitchen. Suddenly, there was a deafening sound - fire and dust everywhere. I woke up in the hospital with one leg gone and all my daughters gone too." "I lost everything in an instant -- my home, my family, even my ability to stand," she lamented. "Now I live on aid that barely covers food, let alone medicine." Doctors told al-Mabhouh she needs surgery to install a prosthetic limb and long-term physical therapy to regain movement, but all medical referrals have been frozen due to border closures. "I submitted my papers several times for treatment abroad, but no one responded. Every day that passes, my hope grows weaker." The cases of Abu Madi and al-Mabhouh reflect a growing humanitarian crisis. More than 18,500 patients and wounded people urgently need to travel abroad for medical treatment, yet only 680 have been able to leave the Gaza Strip since the beginning of this year, according to Monir al-Borsh, director general of Gaza's health authorities. "Requests for medical evacuation are often delayed or denied despite the completion of all international procedures. Thousands of lives could be saved if patients were allowed to leave, but many die waiting," al-Borsh told Xinhua. Al-Borsh warned that Gaza's health system is "on the verge of total collapse," as fuel shortages have forced the shutdown of X-ray machines and hospital generators, while medical teams are working "under extreme pressure for long hours, often without rest or adequate supplies." The process of medical evacuation for Gaza's patients is coordinated through international mechanisms supervised by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partner agencies, which arrange transfers to hospitals in Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Türkiye, and several European Union countries, according to the WHO. However, these medical evacuations -- once a lifeline for thousands of critical cases - have sharply declined over the past year, particularly since May, due to the ongoing closure of the Rafah border crossing, the WHO said in a press statement issued in late September. It stressed that a ceasefire and guaranteed safe access are essential to sustain evacuation operations and save lives, urging members to expand humanitarian corridors through Egypt and Jordan and restore the medical transfer route to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. "Every day we see dozens of cases like Nour and Hanin," al-Borsh added. "Some of them could be saved if treated in time, but the borders and time decide their fate."

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Independent politician Catherine Connolly has won Ireland's presidential election and will serve as the country's 10th president after receiving 63.36 percent of first preference votes, according to official results released on Saturday evening, reported Xinhua. The 68-year-old candidate, backed by several left-wing parties including Sinn Fein, competed with Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys, a former government minister, in the election that kicked off on Friday. The results show a landslide for Connolly, as was predicted by opinion polls, with 914,143 first preference votes. Humphreys, who won 29.46 percent of first preference votes, has congratulated Connolly on becoming "a president for all of us" on Saturday afternoon, before the full results were released. A third candidate on the ballot, the Fianna Fail-backed Jim Gavin, withdrew from the race earlier in October following a controversy over a rental dispute. Connolly has served as a member of parliament for the Galway West constituency since 2016, and previously worked as a psychologist and barrister. She became the deputy speaker of the parliament's lower house in 2020, the first woman ever to hold the post. Connolly will be sworn in to succeed incumbent President Michael D. Higgins, who is set to complete the second of his two consecutive seven-year terms in November.

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Aalto University Executive Education (Aalto EE) selected Juha Jolkkonen, Executive Director for the Social Services, Health Care, and Rescue Services Division at the City of Helsinki, as the Alum of the Year 2025. The Alumni of the Year from Aalto University's schools were announced at the Aalto Alumni Weekend on Saturday, said a press release. Jolkkonen has a long and diverse career both as a physician and as a leader. The Alum of the Year recognition is awarded to a person who has completed Aalto EE's program and is passionate about lifewide learning. This person has also contributed positively to Finnish society and working life, demonstrating exceptional achievements in their respective field. The award was granted for the second time. "I never wanted to specialize in a narrow field. The skill of encountering people develops when you see the full spectrum of life and meet a lot of people with different situations and needs. That has also been a solid foundation for leadership," Jolkkonen said in an interview with Aalto Leaders' Insight. Jolkkonen graduated from the Aalto Executive MBA program, designed for professionals with significant work experience, in 2014. Since then, he has actively contributed to developing the program and building a close-knit alumni network as an active member. "Juha Jolkkonen is a strong advocate for continuous education and development. As an alum of the first-ever Aalto EMBA for the City of Helsinki program and a member of the program's steering group, Juha's long-term contribution to the development of the program has been invaluable. His active support for program candidates and alumni alike has advanced the creation of a strong and versatile alumni network," said Kerttu Kuokkanen, Director of MBA Programs at Aalto EE.

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Protests against German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's recent comments about urban migration are set to continue in some German cities over the weekend, reported dpa. Merz said last week that his government was correcting past failures in migration policy: "But we still have this problem in how our cities look, of course, and that's why the federal interior minister is facilitating and carrying out large-scale deportations." In subsequent days, first his critics, then politicians within his governing coalition, and even his deputy as chancellor weighed in, warning against divisive language when it came to migration. Major refugee organization Pro Asyl slammed his comments as "inexcusable." On Wednesday this week, Merz clarified that he was referring to migrants without residence permits and jobs who do not comply with German laws. Around 5,000 participants are expected to protest in several German cities on Saturday. In Hamburg, the protest will start at 1 pm (1100 GMT). In Magdeburg and Nuremberg, demonstrations involving hundreds of people are expected. There have already been several protests in recent days with thousands taking part.

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