Claude Monet did not want to travel to Venice in 1908 -- at the time, he was 68 and working on his famed water lilies paintings, and only reluctantly agreed to accompany his wife Alice Hoschede.
In a matter of hours, Peru impeached one of the world's most unpopular presidents, Dina Boluarte, and appointed its seventh leader in nine years.
In the occupied West Bank's Jordan Valley, Naef Jahaleen fears for the future as Israeli settlers come for the land home to one of the area's last Bedouin herding communities.
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Politics
US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China Friday and threatened to cancel a summit with Xi Jinping, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export curbs on rare earth minerals.
October 10, 2025
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Sports
October 10, 2025
Lawmakers in Peru removed the country's immensely unpopular president Dina Boluarte from office on Friday, ending a stint in office plagued by protests, corruption probes and an unprecedented wave of violent crime.
October 10, 2025
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New Zealand captain Sophie Devine continued her golden run of form with a gutsy 63 to help the Kiwis to their first win at the Women’s World Cup as they crushed Bangladesh by 100 runs in Guwahati on Friday.
October 10, 2025
French left-wing political leaders left a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron disappointed Friday, just hours before he was set to appoint a premier to pull the country out of crisis.
October 10, 2025
Lawmakers in Peru removed the country's immensely unpopular president Dina Boluarte from office on Friday, ending a stint in office plagued by protests, corruption probes and an unprecedented wave of violent crime.
October 10, 2025
Economy
Stock markets fell Friday after US President Donald Trump threatened China with tariffs, while oil prices retreated as Middle East tensions eased following the Gaza ceasefire.
October 10, 2025
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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who accepted the accolade in hiding in the country described by the Nobel jury as a "brutal" state.
US First Lady Melania Trump said Friday she had been communicating with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the fate of children abducted by Russia in the Ukraine war.
US President Donald Trump said Friday he no longer feels a summit is necessary with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this month, slamming Beijing for hostile trade practices and threatening "massive" tariffs.
Gabon star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored four goals and was sent off in African 2026 World Cup qualifying on Friday, while Senegal and Ivory Coast both moved closer to fourth appearances at the global showpiece.
October 10, 2025
Culture
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro said Friday he was teaming up with a Paris film school and Netflix to launch a training studio to help old-fashioned stop-motion animation techniques survive.
October 10, 2025
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Roberto Mosquera's family had no trace of him for a month after he was arrested by US immigration agents, until a government social media post revealed he had been deported to Africa's last absolute monarchy.
Two powerful quakes struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least eight people and triggering tsunami warnings.
Israel declared a ceasefire and started pulling back troops in Gaza on Friday, as thousands of displaced Palestinians began to make their way back to their wrecked homes.
Russian drones and missiles pummelled Ukraine's struggling energy infrastructure early Friday, cutting power to thousands across the country and killing a seven-year-old boy, authorities said.
October 10, 2025
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