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Surgeons remove up to 100 magnets from New Zealand teenager’s intestines
Oct 24, 2025 - World 
Boy, 13, swallowed the high-power magnets after apparently buying them from the online retailer TemuA 13-year-old boy in New Zealand swallowed up to 100 high-power magnets he bought online, forcing surgeons to remove tissue from his intestines, doctors said on Friday.After suffering four days of abdominal pain, the unnamed teenager was taken to Tauranga hospital in the North Island. “He disclosed ingesting approximately 80 to 100 5x2mm high-power (neodymium) magnets about one week prior,” said a report by hospital doctors in the New Zealand Medical Journal.This article’s byline was amended on 25 October 2025 to correct the news agency it was attributed to. An earlier version incorrectly attributed it to Associated Foreign Press; however the correct agency was Agence France-Presse. Continue reading...
Trump sanctions Colombian president as relations deteriorate
Oct 24, 2025 - World 
President Trump has sanctioned Colombia's president, two members of his family and members of his inner circle for alleged drug trafficking as relations between the two countries sour.
U.K. police hunt for an imprisoned asylum-seeker who was released in error
Oct 24, 2025 - World 
An asylum-seeker sentenced to 12 months in a British prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl was mistakenly released Friday, prompting an urgent police search for a man whose case had prompted anti-migrant protests.
Ontario premier says anti-tariff ads will stop airing after early World Series games
Oct 24, 2025 - World 
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will run anti-tariff commercials that enraged President Trump during the first two games of the World Series before pulling the ads Monday in hopes of restarting trade talks.
Pentagon confirms anonymous $130 million donation from Trump 'friend' to pay troops
Oct 24, 2025 - World 
The Pentagon has confirmed that it received an anonymous $130 million donation to help pay troops during the ongoing government shutdown.

