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HEALTHOct 6WHO: No further signs of infections at Russian plague labThe World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday there were no further signs of infections at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia, following one researcher at the facility reportedly dying from the pneumonic plague. “No case of this dangerous disease has been recorded in the city of Irkutsk, ​Russian Federation,” Russian authorities said in an…The Hill
HEALTHOct 6What we know about the death of a worker at Russian plague labCBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder shares what we know so far about the death of a female scientist who worked at a plague research center in Russia's far-eastern Siberia region.CBS News
HEALTHOct 6WHO says public health risk "appears to be low" after Russian plague lab worker's deathRussia says one of its workers at a plague research lab died last week of pneumonia of unknown origin, sparking worldwide concern. Leigh Kiniry has more.CBS News
POLITICSOct 6Former German spy chief arrested on espionage charges. He made at least seven trips to Russia after leaving office.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 6Russia tells WHO there are no plague cases in Siberian cityLaboratory worker at plague research institute died last weekIrish Times World
HEALTHOct 6Russia says no plague found in contacts of Siberian lab worker who diedPlague had not been detected among close contacts of a worker in an anti-plague laboratory in Siberia who died last week, with 60% of the identified group tested so far, officials in Russia said Tuesday.NBC News
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 6Russian drone strike hits high-rise building in Zaporizhzhia, causing fireUkrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 6South Korea has become one of Russia’s biggest fuel suppliers. Some shipments are arriving on sanctioned tankers.By the end of summer, South Korea had become Russia’s second-largest supplier of petroleum products, and sanctioned tankers were among those used to ship the fuel, The Guardian reported.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 6Rubio calls on Russia to disclose more about potential plague caseU.S. agencies have been trying to determine if the death of a Russian laboratory worker is related to pneumonic plague.Washington Post World
HEALTHOct 6Plague risk to UK 'very low', officials say after Russian woman's deathThe risk to the UK from plague is very low, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said, after the death of a laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague.Sky News World
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 6Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia’s Moscow region, killing twoAl Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 6Russia’s neighbor backs push to lift ban on nuclear weapons, prompting outcry from MoscowCNBC
CONFLICTOct 6Russians strike road in Odesa region several times: Five injured, vehicles damagedRussian forces struck a road in Odesa region several times during the day on October 6.Ukrinform [en]
HEALTHOct 6How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker diesThe World Health Organization says that a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia poses a "very low" risk outside the countryThe Independent World
HEALTHOct 6How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker dies - AP NewsHow Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker dies AP NewsAP News
HEALTHOct 6Rubio calls on Russia to be more open about plague lab worker's deathThe World Health Organization says public risks are low after a plague center worker's death, but Marco Rubio says Moscow should "share more information with the world."CBS News
WORLDOct 6Farewell to Russia: The View From KazakhstanKaraganda and its environs are home to some of the largest-scale coal-mining on the planet. And once, the home to an immense gulag.The Diplomat
HEALTHOct 6The WHO asks Russian authorities for more information about the possible case of plague in a high-security laboratory worker: this is what is known so far about the potential threatEl Mundo
POLITICSOct 6Berlin police detain leader of Russian art group ‘Voina’ Oleg Vorotnikov and his sonOleg Vorotnikov, also known as Vor Voiny, the leader of the Russian art group “Voina,” has been detained in Berlin.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 6United States pressures Russia to share information on alleged fatal plague case in SiberiaClarín
HEALTHOct 6Russia takes measures to curb speculation about the plague in SiberiaThe country's consumer protection authority has merely indicated that «an employee of a plague-fighting institute in the Irkutsk region» contracted pneumonia.Clarín
HEALTHOct 6Testing and monitoring underway in suspected Russia plague deathThe death of a lab worker in Russia’s Siberia region has sparked concerns over a possible plague case, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, adding that it was following the situation closely. UN News
WORLDOct 6« They form their own communities and don't even try to integrate with the local population »: the Georgian city of Batumi faces an influx of RussiansVU D’AILLEURS - En l’espace d’une décennie, la population de l’agglomération est passée de 152 000 à 235 000 habitants. C’est la plus forte progression démographique enregistrée dans l’ensemble des communes de ce pays de 3,9 millions d’habitants.Le Figaro International
HEALTHOct 6Suspected Russian Plague Death: How Much Should We Worry?RFE/RL