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Cause of Death 'Unknown', But Russia Claims It's Not Plague: Global Alarm Raised as WHO Demands Pathogen Disclosure The death of a 20-something female researcher from an unexplained pneumonia at a Russian plague prevention research institute has sparked suspicions that the deadly plague pathogen may have leaked out. SBS Oct 13, 2026 3:47 PM

Trump Claims 'No Support' from China and Russia for Iran... Defending Them? President Donald Trump dismissed rumors of support for Iran on the 12th , stating that China and Russia are not helping Iran at all. SBS Oct 13, 2026 3:43 PM

"Cannot Make Him a Martyr"... Is Trump Backing Down on Live-Broadcasting Firing Squad Execution? As mounting criticism erupts in the United States over the live broadcasting of a Muslim terrorist's execution by firing squad, reports have emerged suggesting that President Donald Trump has signaled a negative view of it personally. SBS Oct 13, 2026 3:41 PM

"First Since Gianna Jun" Surprise in China... G-Dragon Sweeps the Country Large-scale advertisements featuring singer G-Dragon have appeared at McDonald's stores and on major city billboards across China, signaling potential changes in the Korean Wave market that has remained tightly closed since the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) conflict. SBS Oct 13, 2026 2:56 PM

Taiwan Reports Discovery of Chinese-Made Source Code in Overseas Mission Information Systems According to Taiwanese media outlets such as the United Daily News and the Liberty Times on October 13, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated the previous day that the vulnerability was discovered during a routine cybersecurity inspection of overseas missions conducted in December of last year. SBS Oct 13, 2026 2:56 PM

Central Asian Apps Suffer Successive Outages Caused by Ukrainian Attacks on Data Centers According to The Times of Central Asia on the 13th, digital services such as ride-hailing and food delivery apps in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan are failing to function properly due to the strikes on Yandex data centers. SBS Oct 13, 2026 2:51 PM

Trump Cools on Live-Streamed Execution of Muslim Terrorist Amid Criticism President Donald Trump As criticism grows in the U.S. over the live broadcast of a Muslim terrorist's execution by firing squad, U.S. SBS Oct 13, 2026 2:02 PM

Warped and Collapsed... 400 Years of History Reduced to Ashes Dark red flames soar as if swallowing the building. Firefighters struggle fiercely to contain the blaze. SBS Oct 13, 2026 12:41 PM

Pumpkin Weighing Over 1.4 Tons Expected to Set Guinness World Record According to the Associated Press on the 12th , Ron Wallace, a resident of Greene, Rhode Island, entered and weighed his giant pumpkin at a pumpkin competition held in New England on the 10th. SBS Oct 13, 2026 11:55 AM

Fire Ravages 400-Year-Old Paris Food Market, Destroying 17 Stalls According to local fire authorities, a fire broke out at the market located in the Marais district of Paris early that morning, completely destroying 17 internal stalls and collapsing a portion of the metal structure. SBS Oct 13, 2026 11:34 AM