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Mother of dead Russian anti-plague institute worker: ‘I know the truth’
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The mother of Darya Shipilova, the 28-year-old Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East worker whose death has sparked global public health concerns, pushed back against reports her daughter was infected after she broke a test tube.
Svetlana Shipilova, who is a medical professional, told the Russian outlet Glubina that she does not believe the account circulating regarding her daughter’s demise, according to The Telegraph.
«I know the truth,» she reportedly said. «I’m having to fend off stupid acquaintances who believed all this — the clever ones didn’t believe it, of course.
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Darya Shipilova, 28, an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, died after developing pneumonia of an unknown cause, prompting quarantines and heightened health precautions in the region. Russian authorities say testing has found no evidence her illness was linked to pathogens she worked with. (East2West news)
«Not even all medical professionals understand it’s impossible to break a test tube like that,» she added. «Even if you fling it at the wall. Only an amateur could say something like that.
«Even hypothetically, you simply can’t spill what’s inside or break the tube — they’re that well protected,» the mother reportedly said.
She also asserted to reporters, «They simply let my daughter die.»
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks on stage as he attends the The World Forum 2026 on the «Future of Democracy, AI/Tech, and Humankind» as part of the «Cinema for Peace» events in Berlin, on February 16, 2026. (Adam BERRY / AFP via Getty Images)
Russian public health agency Rospotrebnadzor has said that the woman died of «pneumonia of unknown origin» and that «extensive» testing uncovered no evidence the individual’s illness was caused by any of the pathogens she worked with.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted during remarks on Wednesday that «we don’t yet have the full picture of this event, and we are not able to conduct a full risk assessment.»
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A view of the entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in the city of Irkutsk on Oct. 7, 2026. (TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP via Getty Images)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in part of a Tuesday post on X, «CDC is aware of and closely monitoring reports of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region of Russia that resulted in a death. We are working across the U.S. government to assess developments as additional information becomes available.»
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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Iranian protester hanged hours after marrying his imprisoned fiancée over jail phone line
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Iranian activist Sheyda Rahbari details the surge in executions of political dissidents by the terrorist Islamic regime. She notes the regime’s increasing pressure on its people, openly threatening them with arrest and execution. Rahbari cites the execution of an 18-year-old protestor, Amir Hussein Hamedi, as a heartbreaking example of the regime’s brutality.
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An Iranian anti-regime protester was hanged at dawn Oct. 5 inside Isfahan Central Prison, just hours after marrying his imprisoned fiancée over a jail phone line, The Times reported Thursday.
Alireza Sepahi, 25, was executed alongside co-defendant Alireza Raisi after being sentenced to death in connection with anti-government demonstrations at Isfahan’s Alikhani Square on Jan. 8., according to Human Rights Iran.
Sepahi and his bride, student activist Mahshad Keshani, 22, knew and loved each other before being arrested during anti-regime demonstrations, the report said.
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Alireza Sepahi, 25, was executed alongside co-defendant Alireza Raisi after being sentenced to death in connection with anti-government demonstrations at Isfahan’s Alikhani Square. (Iran Human Rights)
Keshani, currently serving a five-year sentence, pushed for an informal wedding Sunday as fears mounted that Sepahi’s execution was imminent following a final family summons.
The couple exchanged vows over the phone from inside Isfahan prison, joined by their fathers.
Human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi facilitated the ceremony by reading the vows for the fathers to bless.
Keshani’s family gave a copy of the Quran, a saffron rock candy and a single red rose as a traditional dowry.
«It was Mahshad’s idea,» Davoudi told The Times. «Even now, I wonder how one young woman can possess such courage.»
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Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)
Davoudi recalled warning Keshani about the permanent nature of the decision. «I told her, ‘My dear, you understand that this cannot simply be undone?’» Davoudi said.
«She said, ‘Mr Davoudi, I love Alireza.’»
When Davoudi presented the proposal to Sepahi, the young man broke down in tears. «Alireza was crying, and something deeply painful and beautiful happened. Even the prison officers began to cry,» Davoudi said.
The ceremony held no formal authority to halt the execution. Sepahi had previously survived a scheduled hanging in July after suffering a heart attack on his way to the gallows. Authorities then rescheduled the sentence after he regained consciousness.
On Monday morning, hours after the vows were spoken, Sepahi was hanged.
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Iranian security forces escalated from pellet guns to live ammunition during protests. (Getty)
He is among seven defendants executed in the Alikhani Square case, in which 12 men were accused in the deaths of four security personnel.
Following the hanging, Sepahi’s family was reportedly prevented by authorities from burying their son in his hometown.
Davoudi condemned the Iranian regime’s actions. «I do not know how to come to terms with this,» Davoudi said.
«The regime is taking revenge on innocent young people for the humiliation it has suffered internationally.»
Human rights groups report Keshani remains in custody, facing additional security charges.
This came as Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), urged U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to take immediate international action to halt executions and the killing of protesters in Iran, citing thousands of executions and decades of impunity for human rights abuses.
In a letter ahead of World Day Against the Death Penalty on Oct. 10, Rajavi called for international accountability, independent investigations and diplomatic and economic pressure on Tehran to end the executions.
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Dem who ripped rival’s donor-fueled ‘good life’ dropped campaign cash on Disney, spouse travel
A House Democrat accused a Republican rival of «living the good life» on donor money after her campaign reported Disney World spending, and she was allegedly seen returning from the theme park around the same time.
But Democratic Texas Rep. Vicente Gonzalez’s own records show nearly $20,000 in campaign spending around the same time on international and domestic trips with his wife, including his own visit to Disney World, a five-star hotel stay on the beach in the UAE and a Michelin-starred restaurant bill in Zurich.
Gonzalez made the jab at Republican Mayra Flores in October 2025, months after posting photos documenting his own two-day Disney World trip with his wife and several other associates on social media in April. The social media posts coincided with payments Gonzalez’s campaign made to the Florida theme park and resort around the same time, totaling more than $1,100.
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The Disney payments and photos were just one piece of a broader travel and hospitality spending trail from Gonzalez’s campaign reviewed by Digital. His campaign reported thousands of dollars in expenses at upscale restaurants and hotels from Washington and Texas, to California and Europe, alongside campaign spending on multiple overseas trips during which Gonzalez’s wife accompanied, or appeared to accompany, the congressman, according to posts Gonzalez shared on social media.
During one 2024 trip to the UAE that utilized campaign funds and coincided with social media posts in the same location posted on Gonzalez’s Facebook, more than $13,000 in airfare and hotel expenses were spent. Gonzalez described apparent photos of the trip on social media as an «after campaign break,» and his posts showed the congressman with his wife doing various sightseeing activities and one photo from a bed inside a top-floor luxury hotel room next to the beach.
The fifth-term Democrat representative is fighting to hold his South Texas seat against Republican Eric Flores in November after the GOP candidate defeated Mayra Flores and a crowded Republican field earlier this year. The race has drawn national attention as both parties battle for the district and Gonzalez enters the final stretch with a significant campaign cash advantage.
Gonzalez took aim at rival Mayra Flores in 2025, suggesting she was potentially using campaign funds to travel to Disney World with her kids. In an October 2025 social media post, Gonzalez shared a photo of her at Dallas Love Field Airport with two young family members, a Disney World bag and stuffed animals. Gonzalez captioned the photo «living the good life on donor’s resources again» and cited a report that found payments to Disney World from her campaign around the same time as the photos.
But federal campaign finance records show Gonzalez’s own campaign reported a combined $1,122.76 went to Walt Disney Resorts on March 24, 2025, and May 27, 2025, around the same time he posted photos on social media from a two-day trip to Walt Disney World with his own family on April 26, 2025.
«DC to Disney! What a fantastic 2 days,» Gonzalez posted on Facebook alongside a photo of himself, his wife and several others.
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Federal campaign finance rules do not prohibit campaigns from paying travel expenses simply because a candidate’s spouse or children accompany them. The FEC allows campaign funds to cover travel for candidates, their spouses and minor children when the trip is directly related to campaign activity or the candidate’s official responsibilities as a federal officeholder.
Campaign funds cannot, however, be used to pay for personal vacations or other family expenses that would have existed regardless of the candidate’s campaign or official duties. When a trip mixes campaign or official business with personal activities, the campaign must be reimbursed for the costs attributable to the personal portion.
«Every dollar this campaign spends is legal and publicly disclosed, and these reports come straight from our own FEC filings,» Gonzalez’s campaign manager, Alex Philley, told Digital in a statement when asked about the campaign spending.
«The spending South Texans are worried about is their own on higher costs driven by Trump’s agenda that Eric Flores would proudly rubber-stamp.»
Gonzalez’s FEC filings identify two $561.38 Disney payments, one from March 2025 and another from May 2025, only as «travel expenses,» leaving unclear from the public disclosures what campaign or official activity the expenditures were connected to.
When asked specifically about this trip, Philley said it was tied to «a very important Financial Services trip» with Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., the Republican chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, of which Gonzalez is a member.
Philley said the campaign’s spending on international trips where Gonzalez’s wife was present had been tied to official business as well, including a visit with the Pope, although he did not address each trip separately when asked about them.
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For example, Gonzalez traveled with his wife to Morocco in mid-2019 under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, or MECEA, which allows members of Congress to accept travel from foreign governments for approved cultural exchanges.
Campaigns are allowed to pay for their spouses to join them, but only if the spouse is performing bona fide official responsibilities. Diplomatic and ceremonial protocol for certain events or campaign office functions like managing travel logistics are often cited as reasons for why spouses need to attend.
Gonzalez’s campaign reported paying $4,767.53 for his «spouse travel expense» in connection with the 2019 MECEA trip to Morocco, according to FEC records.
In December 2024, the campaign reported $12,810 to Emirates Airlines and $359.27 at a luxury five-star Abu Dhabi hotel called Emirates Towers in «officially connected» CODEL expenses. While the campaign funds for the trip did not explicitly name Gonzalez’s wife, photos from Gonzalez’s social media page showed several images of him and his wife in Abu Dhabi around the same time as his campaign’s payments, including a photo from the top floor of what appeared to be a luxury, beachfront hotel. The pair also appeared in photos exploring the city and sightseeing around the time of the payments.
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«Finally, an after campaign break!» Gonzalez captioned the photos, one of which showed him holding an exotic bird. Other photos posted around that time by Gonzalez’s campaign page showed him visiting U.S. troops in the Middle East and meeting with other officials. Other photos showed Gonzalez and his wife at the «4th largest and most modern Mosque in the world» in Abu Dhabi.
The international travel continued in August 2025, when Gonzalez posted a photo with his wife in Zurich, Switzerland. Campaign records subsequently showed a $566.67 expense to Swiss Air and another $395 «Travel Expense» at La Rôtisserie in Zurich, a one-Michelin-star restaurant. The records did not explicitly indicate the expenses were used to pay for Gonzalez’s wife.
Weeks earlier, Gonzalez appeared to engage in international luxury travel paid for by his campaign. FEC records for Gonzalez’s campaign reveal a $442.41 «Travel Expense» at the five-star luxury Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel in Rome the same week he posted a photo of himself on social media meeting with the Pope in 2025.
«This was not a vacation,» Philley said in a statement to Digital about the trip. «You may want to ask the committee why they booked this hotel. This was not the congressman’s choice; he only had to pay for it.»
Between 2024 and 2026, Gonzalez’s campaign also reported thousands of dollars in expenditures at upscale restaurants, hotels and resorts around the country, including around $4,000 at The Capital Grille in Washington, D.C., along with spending at Eddie V’s Prime Seafood in Houston and several other high-end D.C. restaurants.
Recently, Gonzalez’s campaign reported a $1,019 expense at California’s Ojai Valley Inn, a Forbes Travel Guide-recognized luxury resort sprawling across 220 acres with a spa, four pools and a championship-caliber golf course and more than $1,400 at Pennsylvania’s Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa, an AAA Four Diamond property featuring a 30,000-square-foot spa, golf course and indoor and outdoor pools.
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Una mujer salvadoreña murió atropellada por un taxi en la vía principal de Nuevo Chorrillo, en el distrito de Arraiján, provincia de Panamá Oeste.
La víctima, de generales hasta el momento desconocidas, caminaba por el área de seguridad de la carretera cuando el vehículo la arrolló.
El conductor permaneció en el lugar hasta la llegada del personal del Ministerio Público y de las unidades de tránsito de la Policía Nacional.
El caso se produjo en una provincia que ya acumula 46 víctimas fatales por accidentes de tránsito en 2026, según los datos disponibles para este año.
La muerte de la mujer se suma a una serie de siniestros que mantienen bajo atención a la provincia de Panamá Oeste, mientras que las autoridades investigan las circunstancias del atropello y las posibles responsabilidades del conductor.
Los registros del Departamento de Operaciones del Tránsito de la Policía Nacional muestran que Panamá Oeste contabilizó 7.937 accidentes viales durante 2024.
En 2025, la cifra ascendió a 8.011 casos, con un aumento de 74 sucesos frente al período anterior.
La cantidad de fallecidos también subió, toda vez que la provincia reportó 61 muertes por siniestros viales en 2024 y 63 durante 2025.
Ese resultado ubicó a Panamá Oeste entre las provincias con más decesos por accidentes de tránsito en el país durante el último año.
Por su parte, las cifras preliminares a nivel nacional de 2025 registraron 52.812 accidentes. El total representó un incremento de 8,0% respecto de 2024, con 3.925 hechos adicionales.
Durante ese mismo año se produjeron 360 fallecimientos por accidentes viales, con un promedio de 30 defunciones mensuales.
Los meses con mayor cantidad de accidentes en 2025 fueron diciembre, con 5.050 casos; octubre, con 5.027, y agosto, con 4.806.
La provincia de Panamá encabezó el número de muertes, con 93 casos. Le siguieron Chiriquí, con 65; Panamá Oeste, con 63; Colón, con 33; Veraguas, con 32, y Coclé, con 29. Las demás provincias y comarcas informaron menos de 13 muertes cada una durante 2025.
Panamá atraviesa un período de alta siniestralidad vial durante 2026. Los datos de la Dirección Nacional de Operaciones del Tránsito de la Policía Nacional señalan que el país superó los 16.000 accidentes en los primeros seis meses del año, con más de 4.000 personas lesionadas y 172 víctimas fatales.
Los reportes indican que las unidades atienden entre 65 y 75 accidentes por día en todo el territorio nacional. La frecuencia de los hechos mantiene la alerta de las autoridades sobre las conductas de riesgo al volante.
Las cifras del primer semestre de 2026 reflejan una mortalidad similar a la registrada en igual período de 2025. Entre enero y junio del año pasado, el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo contabilizó 24.200 accidentes y 171 fallecidos.
La diferencia entre ambos períodos fue de una víctima fatal. El dato expone que la mortalidad vial se mantiene sin una reducción apreciable, mientras continúan los llamados a reforzar la prevención y el cumplimiento de las normas de tránsito.
El factor humano aparece entre los elementos presentes en la mayor parte de los casos investigados. El exceso de velocidad, las distracciones, la falta de respeto a las señales, los adelantamientos peligrosos y la conducción temeraria figuran entre las infracciones más frecuentes.
La conducción bajo los efectos del alcohol también preocupa a las autoridades. Las unidades de control detectaron a conductores con niveles de alcohol que les impedían mantenerse de pie durante las fiscalizaciones.
Las investigaciones cuentan con el respaldo de cámaras de videovigilancia y grabaciones realizadas por ciudadanos con teléfonos celulares. Ese material permite reconstruir la secuencia de los hechos y establecer posibles responsabilidades.
El sector de Costa Verde, en el distrito de La Chorrera, está considerado uno de los puntos críticos de Panamá Oeste.
La configuración de la vía, las pendientes y las curvas que reducen la visibilidad elevan el riesgo de colisiones cuando los conductores realizan maniobras sin precaución.
Aunque algunas áreas presentan dificultades vinculadas con la infraestructura o la señalización, los reportes sostienen que la mayoría de los accidentes se relaciona con el comportamiento de quienes manejan.
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