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• 2 students electrocuted to death at school in N. Philippines

  04-10-2026 10:22 via article.wn.com
  MANILA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Two students died and two others were injured...
  
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• Yemen presidency announces military drive to retake all territory seized by Houthis

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  Yemen’s leader announced on Sunday the start of a new military operation to retake all territory held by the Houthis, even as the group made fresh gains on the ground, effectively encircling a government-held city. The announcement sets an ambitious goal for the embattled government, which recently lost swathes of the country’s Red Sea coastline and areas around the Bab al-Mandab strait — a chokepoint for international shipping — after a lightning offensive by Houthis. Ye
  
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• Trump lashes out at Fox News as his mid-term fears spiral out of control

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  Trump’s sagging approval has many Republicans in red states trailing in the polls...
  
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• The air traffic controller who flies himself to work on a paramotor

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  Everything changed when Jake Hutzler came across a viral video of a man flying a paramotor to McDonald’s...
  
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• Solberg has no regrets after WRC title near-miss: “It hurts a lot”

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  After starting the weekend 21 points adrift, Solberg delivered...
  
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• Saudi Arabia Expands Tourist Visa Access to Kosovo and Guyana for Easier Travel

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: Saudi Arabia has expanded its tourist visa scheme to include citizens of Kosovo and Guyana, allowing eligible travellers from both countries to obtain visas electronically or on arrival at entry points...
  
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• Omani co-pilot planned to crash flydubai jet into Tel Aviv skyscraper, tried to shut off ...

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  The pilot had planned to...
  
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• Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals repatriated from Malaysia as U.N. warns of risks

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals who were sent back from Malaysia arrived in the country's largest city on Sunday, despite warnings from the United Nations refugee agency and rights groups that conditions for return remain unsafe. ......
  
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• Lawyer for Cornell Jane Doe claims more students may have taken part in alleged rape case

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  The attorney said his client ‘blacked out’ during portions of the assault...
  
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• Kemi Badenoch pledges to end £100,000 childcare 'Cliff Edge' ahead of conservative conference

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  Speaking at the party's annual conference in Birmingham, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch announced a major policy pledge aimed at dismantling the UK's £100,000 childcare "cliff edge". Under the proposed changes, the party would scrap the existing rule where families lose their entire entitlement to 30 hours of government-funded weekly childcare if a single parent crosses the six-figure salary threshold. Badenoch branded the current...
  
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• India's 'Cockroach' protests intensify as police probe harassment claims

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  Delhi police say three female journalists have made sexual harassment allegations against officers during protests against India's electoral commission. ......
  
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• 2 killed, 35 injured in mass shooting at Georgia block party

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  Georgia schools get anti-shooter drones Georgia launches $500K Campus Guardian Angel anti-shooter drone pilot in five high schools. State law enforcement officials in Georgia are investigating a mass shooting at a neighborhood block party that left two dead and dozens more wounded early Sunday, Oct. 4. Gunfire...
  
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• 2 dead, dozens injured at Georgia block party shooting

  04-10-2026 21:12 via article.wn.com
  Police did not specify how many of the 35 injured had been shot or provide any details about what injuries they had and how serious those were. ......
  
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• Yemen’s government vows to retake Houthi territory as Saudi oil sites come under attack

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  The leader of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government has announced a...
  
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• Welfare board for auto drivers soon, says Bhatti

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad: The Telangana govt will soon set up a Welfare Board for auto workers and their families, deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said on Saturday, assuring auto drivers that their legitimate demands would be considered with a “humanitarian approach”.Bhatti made the announcement at Praja Bhavan after hosting dinner for representatives of the Hyderabad city Auto Drivers’ Associations JAC. Transport...
  
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• Warangal MLC seat: BJP-Jana Sena talks soon

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad: BJP Telangana president N Ramchander Rao on Sunday said that the party will hold discussions with its NDA ally, Jana Sena, over the latter’s decision to field a candidate for the Nalgonda-Khammam-Warangal graduate MLC constituency. The MLC elections are due in 2027.Speaking to a news channel, Rao...
  
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• The other side of Sept 30: A family waited anxiously for their son — Captain Smit Machchhar

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Mumbai: To the world, Sept 30 was the day a terror attack was thwarted. To Captain Smit Machchhar’s parents, it was the night their only child lay wounded and alone in a military hospital in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, deep lacerations across his body, tubes running in and out of him.While the world was already beginning to call him a hero, his parents in Mumbai were still living inside the uncertainty of those first terrible hours. They had no clear word on his condition. No assurance that their
  
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• Telangana to get 1,525 dairy cooperatives under White Revolution 2.0: Kishan Reddy

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad: Telangana will get 1,525 new dairy cooperative societies under the Centre’s White Revolution 2.0 initiative, which aims to establish 75,000 new dairy cooperatives across the country by 2029, Union minister G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday.The Union minister was speaking at the bhoomi puja for a dairy plant at Toopran, which is being established with an investment of nearly ₹400 crore. The plant, which will use modern technology associated with Amul, is expected to be complete
  
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• SLBC tunnel work clears shear zone: Uttam

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad: In a major breakthrough in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel project, excavation has moved beyond a major geological challenge, paving the way for additional equipment deployment and improved operational efficiency while maintaining rigorous safety standards.Irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday held a...
  
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• New Tiruvallur bus terminus struggles to fill commercial spaces

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Chennai: Three months after the new Tiruvallur bus terminus became operational, its commercial spaces remain largely unused despite a daily footfall of around 10,000 passengers. Of the nearly 100 shops planned at the terminus, only five or six have opened.Built by Tiruvallur municipality at a cost of ₹36 crore on...
  
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• Nepal floods: Wait continues for kin of Telangana natives

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad: Nearly 40 days after floods swept parts of Nepal, families of Telangana pilgrims who are still missing say they have received no update from authorities, even as DNA samples submitted over ten days ago have yet to yield results. The pilgrims had gone for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.Among the...
  
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• Lula v Bolsonaro: Brazil goes to the polls

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Brazilians are voting in what’s expected to be...
  
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• Komatireddy to attend 'Chintan Shivir’ in Gujarat

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad: A delegation, led by roads and buildings minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, will represent Telangana at the two-day national workshop, Chintan Shivir–2026, starting Monday at Ekta Nagar near the Statue of...
  
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• Iran Warns That Strait of Hormuz Won’t Reopen Until Conditions Are Met

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  A top Iranian official on Sunday asserted that the Strait of Hormuz won’t be reopened until the...
  
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• Hyderabad’s super-rich chase Rs 10 Cr homes, buy over 2,000 units in 4 years

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad: The trend of Hyderabad’s wealthy homebuyers eyeing sprawling properties continues, with latest data indicating an uptick in sales of large-format five- and six-bedroom residences and expansive villas, priced at Rs 10 crore and above. According to data available with CREDAI, more than 2,000 homes in this price range have been sold in Hyderabad over the last four years.This buying pattern, which gathered momentum post-Covid, saw sales rise from 184 units in 2021 to 570 units in 20
  
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• Hyderabad hostels stop accepting rent payments on UPI ahead of MDR rollout

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Hyderabad: With barely 10 days left for the UPI Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework to come into force, many hostels and paying guest accommodations in the city have reportedly stopped accepting rent payments via UPI, and are asking their tenants to pay in cash instead.Tenants said managements have already informed them of their reluctance to accept rent payments via UPI as they would entail...
  
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• Four missing schoolchildren found dead in Thiruneermalai lake

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Chennai: Four children, two girls among them, who went missing from Chromepet on Saturday afternoon were found dead in Thiruneermalai Periya Eri on Sunday morning. Police suspect they drowned after entering the lake to swim.The deceased — Devadharshan, 12, a Class VII student at a govt school in Chromepet; Yuvanesh, 10, a Class VI student...
  
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• Former AIADMK MLA joins TVK, says party was “drifting away from its path”

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Chennai: Two-time AIADMK MLA from Kattumannarkoil N Murugumaran joined TVK on Sunday. In a letter to AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami,...
  
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• Delays persist on Chennai–Arakkonam suburban route after yard upgrade

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  Chennai: For students, office-goers and regular commuters, the wait for a suburban train on the Chennai Central–Arakkonam corridor has become a daily test of patience. Despite the ₹97.73crore yard remodelling and track improvement work at Arakkonam Junction, passengers continue to report delays of up to 30 minutes...
  
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• Debris field found in search for missing medical plane near Nantucket

  04-10-2026 20:53 via article.wn.com
  The Canadian air ambulance vanished over the Atlantic as it was travelling from Bermuda to Boston in the early hours of Saturday ......
  
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