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Mourners gather at Navalny’s grave ahead of memoir release

Moskau (AFP) – Alexei Navalny is being remembered by neighbours and visitors at his grave ahead of the release of his memoir, ‘Patriot’, which he wrote during the final years of his life. Navalny began working on the book in 2020 after surviving a nerve agent poisoning. The book details Navalny’s youth, political career, marriage, family, assassination attempts, and attacks on his loved ones.

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British PM launches this year’s Poppy Appeal campaign

London (AFP) – Ahead of a cabinet meeting in London’s Downing Street, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer launches this year’s Poppy Appeal. The event is the Royal British Legion’s biggest fundraising campaign, held every year in November, with millions of the red flowers sold.

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Police fire tear gas to disperse vote protest in Mozambique

Maputo (AFP) – Riot police in Mozambique fire tear gas to disperse a crowd in Maputo, where shops are closed ahead of a planned protest against alleged electoral fraud. Opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, who ran for president in the election on 9 October, had called for a general strike to contest early results showing the ruling Frelimo party ahead.

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Israeli strike damages branch of Hezbollah-linked financial firm in Lebanon

Tyrus (AFP) – Israel has conducted air strikes hitting a Lebanese association linked to Hezbollah, accusing it on Monday of financing the group’s weapons, as it expands the scope of its raids beyond military targets. Israeli military chief Herzi Halevi says the country’s forces hit some 30 targets belonging to the Hezbollah-linked financial firm Al-Qard al-Hassan. The strikes mark an expansion of Israel’s nearly month-long war with Hezbollah, as it seeks to degrade the group’s ability to fund operations.

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Fungi finding: Mushroom hunters seek new species and recognition

Port Angeles (AFP) – Enthusiasts and experts collect mushrooms during a field trip near Port Angeles in Washington state, but the dozens of species they found represent just a tiny fraction of life that is neither flora nor fauna. Of the at least 2.5 million species of fungus thought to exist on Earth, scientists have described around 150,000 — six percent — says mycologist Amy Honan. There is a burgeoning awareness of the importance of fungi, whose role is also set to come up for discussion at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP16 meeting in Colombia, which kicks off on Monday.

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Robot plays cello with a symphony orchestra in Sweden

Malmö (AFP) – A robot is playing a cello during a concert in the Swedish city of Malmo in what has been described as the first joint performance between a symphony orchestra and a machine. The piece named “Veer” was written by classical composer Jacob Muehlrad and performed by the Malmo Symphony Orchestra with the guest soloist robot on the cello.

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UN COP16 biodiversity summit opens in Colombia

Cali (Colombia) (AFP) – The world’s biggest nature protection conference opens in Colombia with its president calling for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind’s voracious destruction of biodiversity. IMAGES

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Moldova president blames interference for tight EU referendum

Chisinau (AFP) – Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu blames “criminal groups” working with “foreign forces” — alluding to Moscow — for a tight referendum on joining the EU. Moldova’s razor-thin vote in favour of joining complicates Sandu’s quest for her small former Soviet republic to enter the bloc. Although accession talks with the EU are expected to continue, Sandu faces a tough battle to defend her agenda, with a new electoral test looming in November. Russia on Monday said the country’s president must “prove” claims there had been foreign interference.

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