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Oct 9, 2026 5 min

The World in Five — October 9, 2026

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Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Five world stories in plain and simple English: Navi Pillay, the eighty-five-year-old South African human rights lawyer, wins the twenty twenty-six Nobel Peace Prize; Houthi missiles destroy a Saudia passenger jet at Riyadh's airport as Lufthansa and Air India suspend flights; Singapore becomes the world's most polluted city under haze from Indonesian fires ahead of the Formula One night race; former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife face a new torture charge in New York; and the U N says world growth will slow to two point six percent as oil stays high and tech stocks wobble. Hosted by Amber. 「每日五則世界大事」— 二〇二六年十月九日 五則用簡單英文講的世界大事:八十五歲南非人權律師納維·皮萊獲得二〇二六年諾貝爾和平獎;胡塞飛彈摧毀利雅德機場一架沙烏地航空客機,漢莎與印度航空停飛;印尼火災煙霧籠罩,新加坡成為全球空污最嚴重城市,F1 夜賽在即;委內瑞拉前總統馬杜羅夫婦在紐約被控密謀酷刑;聯合國預估世界經濟成長降至百分之二點六,油價高企、科技股波動。 主持人 Amber。 "Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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