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WFP distributes food for kids in Afghanistan to prevent malnutrition

KABUL - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan has distributed for thousands of Afghan children amid rising food insecurity in the country, the organization said on Wednesday (Oct. 6).

Argentine house fire leaves 7 people dead

BUENOS AIRES - Seven people, including four minors, died in a house fire on Tuesday (Oct. 5) in the Argentine city of Bahia Blanca, some 635 km south of Buenos Aires, police said.

Facebook blames ‘faulty’ configuration changes for global outage

Facebook announced on early Tuesday (Oct. 5) that the global outage was caused by "faulty" configuration changes on the backbone routers and that there was no evidence that user data was compromised.

Australian researchers develop app to help stroke victims

SYDNEY - Researchers from Australia's University of Queensland developed a smartphone app that could provide a new way to aid stroke survivors on their path to recovery.

F1 to feature record 23 races next year

Formula One announced on Monday (Oct. 4) that the 2022 season would feature a record 23 races.

Offshore drilling urged to stop after mass oil spill off California

A group of U.S. House representatives and senators from the U.S. state of California on Monday (Oct. 4) called for the end of offshore drilling, two days after a major oil spill incident near Orange County left fish dead, birds mired in petroleum and wetlands contaminated.

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