Anika Reyansh

Cameroon’s 92-Year-Old President Paul Biya, The World’s Oldest President, Has Won A Disputed 8th Term With 53.66% Of Votes Amid Deadly Protests & Fraud Claims. Biya Has Ruled For 43 Years, Sparking Youth Unrest In A Country Where Over 70% Are Under 35. Security & Protesters Clashes Leave Deaths, With Critics Warning Of Rising Instability.

Swiss Researchers Created A World-First Low-Cost Method For 3D Printing Metals Using Hydrogels Instead Of Metal Powders Or Molten Alloys. They Print A Polymer Framework, Add Metal Ions, Grow Nanoparticles, Then Heat It To Form Pure Metal. The Result Is Up To 25× Stronger & Shrinks Only 20%, Compared To 60–90% Shrinkage In Older Methods.

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Sanae Takaichi, 64, Ally Of Slain ex-PM Shinzo Abe (Japan‘s Longest Serving PM, ~9 yrs), Was Elected LDP Leader, Positioning Her To Be Japan’s First Female PM. She Beat Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, Who Would Have Been Japan’s Youngest PM. Her Win Fuels Debate On Nationalism, China, & U.S. Trade. LDP’s Lost Majority In Parliament Clouds Her Path To Power.

France’s Prime Minister (PM) Sébastien Lecornu, 39, Resigned On 10/6/25 After Just 27 Days, Making Him The Shortest-Serving PM In Modern French History & The 7th PM To Quit Under Macron. Lecornu’s Cabinet Failed To Unite Parliament Over A Budget. Macron Now Faces Mounting Pressure To Call New Elections Or Step Down Amid Deep Political Turmoil.

Chinese Scientists, In A World-First, Created A Clear Coating That Turns Any Glass Window Into Solar Panels. Using Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Concentrators, It Directs Sunlight To Window Edge Solar Cells Where Up To 38.1% Of Green Light Is Collected And Converted To Electricity. Scalable & Retrofit-Ready, It Could Reduce Carbon Emissions.

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On 9/19/25, Russian Farmer Alexander Chusov Set A New National Heaviest Pumpkin Record With A 969kg Entry At Russia’s Giant Veggie Contest, Surpassing His Previous Mark. A 144kg Watermelon & 73kg Courgette Also Won. Winners Will Be Displayed At Moscow’s Apothecary Garden. The World’s Heaviest Pumpkin Is 1,247kg, Grown By Travis Gienger In California.

Japan, With The World’s Longest Life Expectancy, Has Set A World Record For The 55th Year, As Nearly 100K Citizens Are Now Aged 100+. As Of 9/2025, The Count Was 99,763 With 88% Women. Shigeko Kagawa (F, 114) & Kiyotaka Mizuno (M, 111) Are The Oldest. Diet, Low Obesity, & Active Living Help, Though Critics Say Data Errors May Inflate Stats.

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China Opened The World’s First Robot Mall In Beijing’s E-Town. Modeled After “4S” Car Dealerships (Sales, Service, Spare Parts, & Surveys), The 4-Storey Mall Offers 100+ Robot Types ($278–137k+) From 200 Brands Like Ubtech & Unitree. Visitors Can Test Bots, Dine At Robot-Run Restaurants, & See A $97k Einstein Bot & Other Animatronic Icons.

China’s $2.2B Animated Blockbuster Ne Zha 2 Is Now The Highest-Grossing Animated Film Ever, Surpassing 2024’s Inside Out 2 ($1.7B). Released 1/29/25 In China, Its English Dub Hits U.S. Theaters 8/22/25 Via A24 In IMAX/3D, With Michelle Yeoh Voicing Lady Yin, Ne Zha’s Mum. Critics Praise Its Visuals & Mythic Storytelling (94% On Rotten Tomatoes).

Swiss Scientists Made The World’s First Photosynthetic “Living” Material (LM) By Embedding Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) In A Porous, 3D-Printable Hydrogel. The (LM) Converts CO₂ Into Oxygen, Sugars, And Solid Minerals (CaCO₃), Hardening Over 400 Days Into A Strong, Carbon-Storing Structure Ideal For Coating And Strengthening Buildings.

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