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Global News Roundup: Tiger Shroff attacked, fresh French riots and Canadian base fire
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Firstpost•19-10-2026, 06:42
Global News Roundup: Tiger Shroff attacked, fresh French riots and Canadian base fire
- •Actor Tiger Shroff survived an assassination attempt in Mumbai when five rounds were fired at his BMW, leaving him with minor gunpowder burns.
- •French President Emmanuel Macron condemned unbridled violence as cost-of-living protests led to nearly 2400 arrests and nearly 1000 injured police officers.
- •A fast-spreading fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta killed four soldiers and left 19 critically injured during a training exercise.
- •Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro are preparing for a tense televised debate ahead of the presidential runoff.
- •Bangladesh's former Air Force chief Sheikh Abdul Hannan was arrested in Qatar on corruption and money laundering charges.
- •North Korea announced the successful test of the Zam-2.0, a high-speed torpedo utilizing artificial intelligence for target detection.
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Five rounds were fired at actor Tiger Shroff's BMW in Mumbai's Juhu area, leaving him with gunpowder burns on his right hand while his driver and an autorickshaw driver were injured, though police confirmed he sustained no gunshot injuries and is safe.
On this day in 1943, researchers at Rutgers University isolated streptomycin, which subsequently became the first effective antibiotic remedy used to treat tuberculosis.
IMF data projects that India will reach the $5-trillion economy milestone in 2029, a year later than previously expected due to rupee depreciation reducing dollar-denominated GDP, while potentially becoming the fourth-largest economy in 2027.
