Top 10 world news: One year of Gaza war; Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun awarded Nobel Prize in medicine, and more
Here are the top 10 news stories from across the world.
On Monday (Oct 7), Israel marked the first anniversary of the Gaza war. The war in Gaza was triggered when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked southern Israel (on October 7 last year), killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 as hostages, according to Israeli tallies. More than 100 hostages remain held by Hamas.In other news, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 2024 for their work on microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
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On Monday (Oct 7), Israel marked the first anniversary of the Gaza war. The war in Gaza was triggered when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked southern Israel (on October 7 last year), killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 as hostages, according to Israeli tallies. More than 100 hostages remain held by Hamas.
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the Nobel Prize inphysiology or medicine 2024 for their work on microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
Citizens in the US state of Florida were warned to evacuate to safer locations due to the impending, life-threatening Hurricane Milton. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Milton was upgradedinto a Category 5 storm in just over an hour on Monday (Oct 7) as the largest evacuation drive in nearly a decadewas pushed by the state, according to aNY Postreport.
Iran's Quds Force leader, Esmail Qaani, is "in good health" and continuing his duties, according to Iraj Masjedi, the force’s deputy commander. Masjedi made this statement on Monday after Iranian security sources told Reuters that Qaani had not been reachable since the attacks on Beirut the previous week.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will begin counting of votes on Tuesday (Oct 8) morning as political parties and leaders in the northern Indian state of Haryana anxiously wait for the result of the assembly polls.
Lebanon's health ministry said on Monday that an Israeli strike in south Lebanon overnight killed 10 firefighters.
The year 2023 was the driest for global rivers in 33 years and glaciers suffered the largest mass loss in 50 years, according to the UN weather agency in a dire warning on climate crisis.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday (Oct 7) filed a chargesheet against Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the gruesome rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi is confident of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sending India team to the neighbouring country for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
It’s been a barrage of compliments and positive feedback for Vihaan Samat who recently featured in Netflix’sCTRL, a cyber-thriller that takes a unique look at a fallen-apart relationship in the times of Artificial Intelligence.Vihaan stars alongside Ananya Panday in the film after a successful outing inCall Me Bae.
