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Vanuatu quake revised to double 6.9 and 6.3 events, tsunami alert lifted
A pair of shallow earthquakes, magnitudes 6.9 and 6.3, struck the sea near Vanuatu on Saturday, 24 October 2026. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had first warned of waves within 300 km, and the threat was later withdrawn.
Oct 9
EU removes Panama and Vietnam from its tax haven blacklist, citing transparency progress
The decision was taken by EU finance ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg, ten years after the Panama Papers leak. Panama had been listed since 2020 and Vietnam since February 2026.