By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kassataya
French mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin, 2022 Fields Medal winner, said he cried after an OpenAI breakthrough in mathematics. He was speaking during a video conference organised on 8 October by the French Mathematical Society, according to Le Monde.
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After violence and looting during the 17 October demonstrations, Emmanuel Macron announced that prefects could ban certain gatherings to protect cities. The French president also promised transparency over the policing strategy and called for those responsible for damage to be prosecuted, according to Seneweb.
🌍 World · Source: Seneweb ·
A US Air Force airman died after falling during a rappelling demonstration at the Alamodome in San Antonio before a college football game. The soldier, a member of a detachment of the 6th Combat Training Squadron, died of his injuries in hospital, according to the military and broadcaster KSAT.
🌍 World · Source: La Nouvelle Tribune ·
Libreville Mayor Eugène Mba attended a demonstration of public-building cleaning drones by Drone Clean Building Service on 12 October 2026. The GTC20 and GTC30 can hover for more than 20 minutes and reach 100 and 150 metres respectively, according to the company.
🇬🇦 Gabon · Source: Seneweb ·
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro clashed bitterly in a televised debate ahead of the presidential election runoff. The two candidates accused each other of lying and corruption as they debated the economy, security and health ahead of the 25 October vote, according to France 24.
🌍 World · Source: France 24 ·
WFP cuts food aid in Gaza, affecting 500,000 PalestiniansThe World Food Programme will reduce its assistance in the Gaza Strip, leaving 500,000 Palestinians without monthly aid due to a lack of resources. About 1.4 million of the 2.1 million residents remain in a situation of acute food insecurity, according to Shaun Hughes, the agency’s head in the Palestinian territories, quoted by AFP.
Libya seeks to revive Murzuq satellite stationThe Director General of the Libyan Authority for Scientific Research, Faisal A. Al-Abdali, inspected the Murzuq direct satellite data reception station. The authority is working to restore the facility, which has been out of service since being sabotaged during the 2011 revolution, so it can receive data from international satellites and support research, according to the Libyan Centre for Remote Sensing and Space Science.The week in Africa
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