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• A Debt-Fueled “Doom Loop”

  22-10-2026 00:38 via WN.com - World News
  Some democracies seem caught in a trap: Spend more and risk market panic, or cut benefits and empower the far right. ......
  
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• The Latest: DOJ subpoenas California officials in escalation of local election scrutiny

  30-10-2026 01:33 via WN.com - World News
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• Patrick Stewart, legendary actor of ‘Star Trek’ and 'X-Men' fame, dies at 86

  30-10-2026 01:33 via WN.com - World News
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• Connecticut leaders tout efforts to train workforce in AI

  30-10-2026 01:33 via WN.com - World News
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• College basketball season is here. The eligibility chaos playing out in courthouses comes with it

  30-10-2026 01:33 via WN.com - World News
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• Brazil reelects Lula and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

  30-10-2026 01:33 via WN.com - World News
  Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da...
  
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• AP Trending SummaryBrief at 6:43 p.m. EDT

  30-10-2026 01:33 via WN.com - World News
  'Dixie' map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction ......
  
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• AP News Summary at 6:45 p.m. EDT

  30-10-2026 01:33 via WN.com - World News
  Trump lends support for Darline Graham in South Carolina as Republican anxiety rises in Senate race ......
  
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• U-17 World Cup: Flamingos edge Mexico 2–1 to reach quarter-finals

  30-10-2026 01:32 via WN.com - World News
  Nigeria’s Flamingos have advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup after defeating Mexico 2-1 in ......
  
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• Lagos population to hit 16.2m by 2050 – World Bank

  30-10-2026 01:32 via WN.com - World News
  Luanda to overtake Lagos as jobs challenge deepens Onitsha to rise by 55.36% Lagos’ population is projected to rise by ......
  
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• Armenian lawmakers clash in parliament after heated argument turns violent

  30-10-2026 01:27 via WN.com - World News
  A huge brawl broke out on the floor of the Armenian Parliament on Thursday when members of the legislative body got into an argument over a potential "Ministry of Sex." ......
  
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• Patrick Stewart, master of Shakespeare, ‘Star Trek’ and more, has died

  30-10-2026 01:08 via WN.com - World News
  Patrick Stewart, who overcame a bleak childhood in...
  
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• Watchdogs raise alarms about fire at South Carolina site where US plans to build nuclear component

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  Nuclear watchdog groups on Thursday demanded a thorough accounting of a fire at a national lab in South Carolina, noting the surrounding site contains nuclear material and U.S. officials are ramping up efforts to build a core nuclear weapon component there. The U.S. Department of Energy said the fire at the Savannah River National Laboratory on Wednesday did not release any radiological material or expose employees to radiological contamination. There is no risk to the public or the environment,
  
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• Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado hopeful for 2027 presidential election

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Following her return to Venezuela, opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Thursday in her first public statements that the transition in the South American country is moving irreversibly toward a presidential election in 2027, while denying any contact with interim president Delcy Rodríguez. Machado arrived at a university campus in Caracas where, amid anticipation after 10 months in exile, she reiterated that her priority in this process will be “the comp
  
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• Trump cancels rallies in Kansas and Iowa, opting for telerallies to reach more voters, RNC says

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas, opting instead to support Republican candidates with telerallies that his party said could reach more voters in nearly two dozen states in the final days of a midterm election that could cost the GOP control of Congress. The president traveled to South Carolina Thursday for the second time in a month, a sign of Republican anxiety about Darline Graham’s ability to fend off a robust challenge
  
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• North Korea's Kim calls for rapid expansion of drone technology and observes weapons tests

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for rapidly expanding drone technology and observed tests of various weapons, state media reported Friday, as his country remains embroiled in a standoff with rival South Korea along their heavily fortified border. The report came a day after South Korea’s military said North Korea launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles...
  
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• Justice Department subpoenas California officials in escalation of its scrutiny of elections

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has issued subpoenas to California officials in an escalation of its scrutiny of local election administration. The Associated Press obtained copies of three subpoenas sent Oct. 21 and Oct. 24 to employees of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder, ordering them to appear in court on Nov. 4, the day after the election. The subpoenas request any documents and communications related to letters sent in July and October by federal officials to stat
  
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• Judge presses the Trump administration for details on its campaign to stop noncitizens from voting

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to identify all states where it has pressured officials to comply with its efforts to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting in the midterm election, inquiries that Democrats have challenged as an illegal power grab. Chief Judge James Boasberg said he intends to rule by Monday — the eve of Election Day — on a request by Democratic Party leaders to block President Donald Trump’s administration from attempting to
  
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• Indiana ICE facility detainees spend weeks in solitary and face 'medical crisis,' lawsuit says

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  CHICAGO (AP) — Three people detained at an Indiana immigration facility known as the “Speedway Slammer” say detainees languish in solitary confinement for weeks, are denied essential medical treatment and are subjected to abuse and racial slurs by facility officials. The detainees alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that conditions at the Miami Detention Center in Bunker Hill, Indiana, are inhumane, and officials’ neglect has created a “dangerous medical crisis,” according to a copy
  
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• Ex-FBI officials accused of false statements about Hunter Biden press for dismissal of charges

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense lawyers urged a federal judge Thursday to dismiss a criminal complaint charging two former FBI counterintelligence officials with making false statements to Congress about Hunter Biden, calling the case an overtly political prosecution aimed at placating President Donald Trump. The arguments capped a days-long hearing in which lawyers for the former officials, Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, sought to cast the case — one in a series of high-profile Justice Depar
  
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• El-Sayed and Stevens to make rare joint appearance as Democrats seek unity in Michigan Senate race

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign Sunday in Detroit alongside former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens, marking their first public appearance together in months after a week in which lingering divisions spilled into public view. The two will be joined by South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, one of the country’s most prominent Black politicians, at a get-out-the-vote event at a Detroit church, according to two people familiar with the plans who were n
  
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• Controversial attack ad featuring Democrat’s estranged mother has run its course in Ohio

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial attack ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Dr. Amy Acton, is off the air after the Republican spent about a quarter of what his...
  
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• Australian court orders Erin Patterson never to be released for death cap mushroom poisonings

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian appeals court on Friday ordered Erin Patterson to never be released from prison after agreeing...
  
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• 2 helicopters carrying a total of 3 people collide in Oregon, shutting down highway

  30-10-2026 01:07 via WN.com - World News
  McMINNVILLE Ore. (AP) — Two helicopters carrying a total of three people collided in mid-air Thursday near a small airport southwest of Portland, Oregon, forcing the closure of a key highway, authorities said....
  
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• We're cutting our Amazon price target after a rough quarter. But it isn't all bad

  30-10-2026 01:04 via WN.com - World News
  Amazon on Thursday evening delivered a rare double miss. ......
  
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• US dual citizen extradited to El Salvador, accused of killing son's mother and abandoning toddler: DOJ

  30-10-2026 01:04 via WN.com - World News
  A dual U.S.-Salvadoran citizen from California accused of murdering a woman in front of their toddler son before abandoning the child near her remains has been extradited to El Salvador to face charges, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. Michael Alejandro Castillo Murga, 27, of Beaumont, California, was handed over to Salvadoran authorities Wednesday to face charges of aggravated femicide and imperfect homicide...
  
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• Nasdaq-100 futures fall as Amazon and Intel swoon after earnings: Live updates

  30-10-2026 01:04 via WN.com - World News
  Amazon and Intel shares tumbled after the companies posted their latest earnings reports. ......
  
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• Cruise passengers face blocked access as angry protesters set barricades on fire

  30-10-2026 01:04 via WN.com - World News
  Angry port workers in Barcelona, Spain set a barricade ablaze Wednesday, blocking access to a cruise terminal and forcing passengers to haul their luggage on foot, according to local reports. The protest took place near Barcelona's cruise terminals, where workers...
  
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• Circle, Tether freeze funds impacted by potential Binance 'security issue'

  30-10-2026 01:04 via WN.com - World News
  Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, said it was actively investigating the matter and that funds are "completley safe." ......
  
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• Pentagon probing after hackers messed with freezer temperatures at US military's tax-free stores, causing food ...

  30-10-2026 01:00 via WN.com - World News
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