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Duane Davis sentenced to minimum 40 years for Tupac killing

The former Los Angeles-area gang leader was convicted of orchestrating the 1996 killing of 'California Love' rapper Tupac Shakur – a key figure in a hip-hop rivalry that pitted the East Coast against the West Coast. Shakur was only 25 when he was gunned down in Las Vegas.

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Duane Davis (C), is escorted by police from a sentencing hearing after his murder conviction in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 13, 2026.
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EU opens new talks in Ukraine membership bid

The European Union launched new negotiations with Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday, after MPs in Kyiv passed legislation protecting Hungarian-speaking minority rights.

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The Ukrainian and European Union flags fly in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 23, 2022.
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Cornell suspends frat parties after gang rape allegations

The president of the Ivy League university announced Tuesday all fraternity social events would be suspended for the academic year, as officials continue to face scrutiny over the handling of 2024 rape allegations involving fraternity members.

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The Chi Phi fraternity house on Cornell University's campus in Ithica, New York, October 11, 2026.
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France and Equitorial Guinea in standoff over Paris luxury mansion

French authorities have put up for sale the property, which was seized as part of an ill-gotten gains investigation, but which is also used by the African country's diplomatic mission. With the diplomats refusing court orders to vacate the premises, officials of both countries are warning of further action.

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The façade of the building housing the Equitorial Guinea embassy on Avenue Foch in Paris, February 14, 2012.
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France accuses Elon Musk of 'online harassment' of Europe leaders

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot warned Tuesday of foreign interference in France's presidential election in spring 2027. He singled out US tech billionaire Elon Musk for using social network X to attempt to influence debate in European democracies.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Washington, DC, October 8, 2026.
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Ukraine strikes on Russian data centers disrupt online services

Ukrainian forces have targeted at least three major data centers owned by Russian web giant Yandex over the past week. The strikes have resulted in widespread disruption of web services and applications used in everyday life in Russia.

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Fire breaks out after a Ukrainian drone attack at the Yandex data center in Sasovo, Russia, October 8.
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EU watchdog says smart glasses must clearly show when recording

Smart glasses, which resemble ordinary glasses but can capture images and interact with AI assistants, must give 'clear warnings' when they are recording, the European Union's data regulator said Tuesday. The statement comes amid an outcry over privacy violations.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses as he presents the new line of smart glasses at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, September 17, 2025.
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Debt: 'France is not Greece, and repeating the mistakes of the 2010s would be costly for everyone'

Donald Trump is one of the key figures responsible for the global rise in interest rates, a trend that is putting pressure on France. Rather than taking satisfaction in the predicament of one of their own, eurozone countries and the European Central Bank would do better to stand together to curb speculation, argues economist Anton Brender.

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French navy intercepts oil tanker south of La Réunion suspected of being part of Russia's shadow fleet

Footage released by the French Armed Forces shows French Navy personnel intercepting a vessel 'suspected of sailing under a false flag' south of La Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean.

Flying the Beninese flag, the DF 'Peak' was intercepted by the French navy south of La Réunion on October 12, 2026.
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Pope Leo has cancerous tumor removed in lung operation

Officials in the Vatican said an operation to remove a nodule from the pope's lung was completed successfully on Tuesday. Leo had entered Gemelli Hospital in Rome as scheduled earlier in the afternoon. The Vatican has said it expects the recovery to take a week.

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Pope Leo XIV arrives at Gemelli Hospital for surgery to remove a lung nodule, Rome, Italy, October 13, 2026.
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Russia condemns France's seizure of alleged sanctions-busting oil tanker

A day after French naval forces in the Indian Ocean boarded the vessel, which Paris alleges was part of the Russian 'shadow fleet' to evade Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict, Moscow's embassy in the French capital accused France of breaching international law.

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The Russian Federation's embassy in Paris, France, April 5, 2022.
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Bulgaria to summon Russian ambassador over Black Sea drone attacks

'Logic suggests the outcome works to the advantage of the Russian Federation,' Bulgaria's prime minister wrote on social media, as EU chief Ursula von der Leyen condemned the attacks.

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A view shows a vessel that was hit by a drone in the Black Sea, in this handout image released by the Bulgarian Interior Ministry on October 13, 2026.
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Cairo residents outraged over felling of their trees

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s government has pursued a sweeping urban-development policy at the expense of green space. In response to unprecedented anger in the Egyptian capital, the government is trying to adjust its approach.

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Workers move recently cut tree branches in Cairo, Egypt, on October 13, 2022.
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Why Ceuta and Melilla remain a point of contention between Spain and Morocco

The arrival of more than 72,000 migrants in Ceuta from Morocco this summer reignited the debate over Spain's sovereignty over the two autonomous cities on the North African coast. Morocco has claimed this sovereignty since the 1960s, and King Felipe VI's planned visit on October 13 is intended as yet another symbolic rejection of those claims.

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Makeshift shelters built by migrants on the shoreline of the Spanish city of Ceuta, September 26, 2026.
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'Breaking Bad' actor RJ Mitte dies at 34

On Monday, October 12, the actor, philanthropist and disability rights activist's representatives announced his passing.

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RJ Mitte at the Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah, on January 20, 2018.
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