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Hurricane Helene is now officially the second-deadliest storm in the US with over 160 fatalities, and even mules are being used to bring supplies to affected populations in cut-off areas in southern states.

Ahead of the world television premiere of Sonakshi Sinha and Saquib Saleem’s film, Kakuda, on Zee Cinema, the two actors got excited talking about their special film finally getting to more people.

Guests at a five-star resort in Cancun, Mexico were shocked to see a murder on the beach when four assassins stormed the scene. Four armed men fired several shots at a 30-year-old Mexican national on Wednesday morning outside Hotel Riu.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that the Indian National Congress (INC) was linked to the record drug seizure in New Delhi on Wednesday (Oct 2). Over 500 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of hydroponic marijuana, cumulatively worth Rs 5,600 crore ($667 million) was seized by the authorities, indicating involvement of an international drug smuggling syndicate.

Israel announced on Thursday that they had killed senior Hamas official Rawhi Mushtaha, the de facto prime minister of the Gaza Strip, in an airstrike several months ago.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured something remarkable - one supernova seen three times because of a twist in spacetime. This phenomenon is known as gravitational lensing.

At least 60 people, mostly women and children, lost their lives after a boat capsized in Nigeria's northern Niger state earlier this week, a local official reported. The wooden boat, carrying nearly 300 passengers returning from a religious festival, sank on Tuesday night in the River Niger near the Gbajibo Community. Jibril Abdullahi Muregi, chairman of the Mokwa local government, confirmed that around 160 people have been rescued so far.

Gaza-based Hamas militant group on Wednesday (Oct 2) claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv yesterday that resulted in the killing of at least seven people.

On Wednesday (Oct 2), the England Cricket Board (ECB) announced a 14-man squad for the upcoming white-ball tour of the West Indies. It sees the return of limited-overs skipper Jos Buttler, who missed the home T20I and ODI series versus Australia due to a calf injury.

Malawi's government initiated a large-scale food distribution effort on Wednesday to aid more than five million people suffering from severe hunger due to a drought intensified by climate change and the El Niño weather phenomenon. This drought, the worst in southern Africa in a century, has devastated the region, leaving landscapes desolate and millions facing critical food shortages.

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for an end to the "sickening cycle of escalation" in the Middle East, while specifically condemning Iran over its latest missile attack after facing harsh criticism from Israel.

Tipplers beware: Six types of cancer are linked to alcohol consumption, according to a recent report from the American Association of Cancer Research. The AACR's Cancer Progress Report 2024 said the risk factors for tipplers are head and neck, esophageal, breast, colorectal, liver, and stomach cancers.

Payal Kapadia, director of the Cannes Grand Prix award winner All We Imagine As Light, is part of the TIME100 Next 2024 list, created by the US-based publication to recognise the most influential personalities from different walks of life.

Woolly mammoths, before going extinct, likely struggled with allergies, which might have also played a role in their vanishing from Earth. A study conducted by a team of chemists and zoologists suggests that these creatures also had a diminished sense of smell which made mating harder.

Malawi's government has launched a food distribution drive, For over five million hunger-stricken people impacted by a drought exacerbated by climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon.

The US CIA has continued its apparently successful recruitment of Russian spies by launching a fresh push to find informants in China, Iran, and North Korea. The top US spying agency released instructions in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on its accounts on X, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, LinkedIn and the Dark Web on how to contact it securely, a CIA spokeswoman said in a statement.

Xtreme heat have become another form of death sentence in Texas jails. An advocacy organization is suing the US State of Texas to mandate air conditioning for tens of thousands of inmates...