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• AI Has a Labor Problem

  16-10-2026 20:18 via article.wn.com
  The World Bank has high hopes for the positive impact of AI. Its flagship World Development Report this year is even titled “The Promise of Artificial Intelligence.” From its annual meetings in Bangkok through October 18 to the following week’s Global AI and Digital Summit in Seoul, the Bank is promoting AI’s potential to deliver “more and better jobs.” But what would it take to make that promise real for workers? The experience of platform workers offers a ca
  
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• Zelenskyy urges support for new U.S. sanctions on Russia hours after Trump paused them

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
  
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• Yellow Vest protesters rally across France with students, farmers

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Yellow Vest protesters joined students and farmers in nationwide demonstrations against rising living costs, with authorities expecting 170,000 participants and police deploying tear gas. ......
  
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• Watch: Masked protesters briefly storm Marseille city hall as protests turn violent in France

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Several dozen protesters briefly entered the lobby of Marseille city hall on the Old Port on Saturday after forcing their way through the entrance, shouting, 'it’s the revolution, we’re taking the Bastille. They were later dispersed by law enforcement forces, news agency AFP reported.A...
  
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• UAE's Anwar Gargash urges Gulf nationals to avoid social media spats

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE President, has called on Gulf nationals to avoid petty disputes on social media, saying such exchanges do not reflect the region’s ethics and values. "It is a duty incumbent upon us all to transcend the folly and pettiness we witness in Gulf squabbles across social media. For this language does not represent us,...
  
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• U-23 World Wrestling Championships: Amruta Pujari wins silver, India Women end campaign with two medals

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  India have so...
  
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• ‘Trillions pouring into America’: White House lists over $330 billion investments from India

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  The White House on Friday listed investments worth over $10.87 trillion in the US, including more than $330 billion from India, placing the country among the leading investors in the American economy.The investment figures were displayed in a video played on a loop on the White House’s YouTube channel. The list included two separate entries for...
  
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• Tear gas, clashes hit French cities in cost-of-living protests

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters in several French cities on Saturday as some of the most violent protests in years over living costs and public services drew thousands onto the streets. French authorities said 140 protests involving 32,800 people had been recorded outside Paris by midday and blamed the unrest on what they described as the “ultra-left”. The protests began last ‌month at high schools in Paris’ poor northern suburbs, where anger over teacher
  
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• Starlink speed cap cripples Ukraine’s drone interceptors against Russian threats, Kyiv turns to US for help

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine is unable to use its interceptor systems effectively against Russian drone attacks because of speed restrictions imposed on Starlink, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday. He added that Kyiv was in contact with US officials to resolve the issue.Zelenskyy told news agency Reuters in a WhatsApp media chat that Ukrainian officials had been informed that the restrictions were linked to technical issues....
  
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• Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan became the first Arab in space in 1985, observed Ramadan aboard Nasa’s Discovery and returned to a ticker-tape parade

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  In June 1985, Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud travelled into space aboard the American Space Shuttle Discovery, becoming the first Arab in space. According to Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1985: A Chronology, his journey brought together two parts of his life that rarely shared the same setting: the responsibilities of a member of the Saudi royal family and the experience of seeing Earth from orbit. The mission also coincided with Ramadan, adding a personal an
  
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• Saudi Arabia Reports Over 13,800 Residency, Labour, and Border Violations in One Week

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Saudi Arabia recorded 13,822 violations of residency, labour and border security regulations during inspection campaigns conducted between October 8 and 14, the Ministry of Interior said on Saturday.The violations included 6,547 residency offences, 3,896 border security violations and 3,379 labour law violations, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)...
  
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• Saudi Arabia executes 5 nationals convicted of terrorism in Eastern Province

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Saudi Arabia has executed five Saudi nationals convicted of terrorism-related offences in the Eastern Province, the Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday. The five men were identified as Mohammed bin Munir bin Mohammed Al Zahir, Ali bin Abdulrab Al Hussein Al Sheikh, Hassan bin...
  
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• Royal Caribbean passenger rescued after nearly 20 hours at sea reveals why she intentionally jumped ...

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  A 44-year-old woman who was rescued after...
  
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• Pope Leo XIV lung cancer sparks warning from Vatican diplomat after 'game changer' diagnosis

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Top diplomat and Vatican foreign secretary Archbishop Paul Gallagher said 'things have got to be sorted out' following the Pontiff's diagnosis and surgery last week ......
  
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• Pope Leo leaves hospital four days after lung cancer surgery

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo left hospital in Rome on Saturday afternoon to return to the Vatican following surgery for lung cancer four days ago. The 71-year-old walked unaided to his waiting car, stopping to speak...
  
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• 'Phantom farter' mystery takes over Zelensky's press briefing at EU summit: ‘Journalists forced to flee’

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Sharing the ‘phantom...
  
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• London Beer Flood: How a brewery disaster caused deluge, killing 8 people 200 years ago

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  The London Beer Flood claimed eight lives, with women and children among the victims. | World News ......
  
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• Locked out, shut in, left hungry: Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Five years of Taliban rule have left Afghanistan with so much loss and so little hope.Women have been pushed out of sight and eventually mind. Millions more face the threat of hunger as winter sets in.For a country that has already endured so much, hope is beginning to diminish.Since returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban has tightened its grip on everyday life, with women and girls bearing the brunt of its restrictions. Education, employment and freedom of movement have become increasin
  
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• India's food regulator proposes ban on added sugars in infant foods

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  India's food safety regulator on Saturday proposed a ban on adding sucrose and fructose to food products for infants up to six months of age, tightening rules on added sugars in infant nutrition products. Under existing rules, lactose and glucose polymers are the preferred carbohydrate sources in infant nutrition products, while sucrose...
  
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• In the mid-1990s, a New Mexico business owner bought 50 eroded acres; she planted more than 5,000 trees and shrubs to help restore its wetlands

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  In the mid-1990s, Kimberly de Castro bought a 50-acre ranch outside San Jose, New Mexico. At the time, the land she purchased was overgrazed, eroded, and largely barren. Rather than abandoning the property, she began rehabilitating the land with help from a small grant through the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program. The US Department of Interior’s 2002 annual report noted that de Castro planted more than 5,000 trees and shrubs, sowed grass seed, and
  
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• In Ohio, engineers repaired a failed State Route 271 embankment with recycled foundry sand; ODOT said proper moisture control helped achieve adequate compaction

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Road embankments must withstand traffic loads, changing weather, and the movement of water through the soil. When one fails, engineers must find a fill material that provides stability and meets construction requirements. One example comes from Ohio, along State Route 271. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) used recycled foundry sand to repair the failed embankment. ODOT engineers chose the sand because it was readily available and because they judged its strength and permeability suit
  
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• In 2022, California launched a floating salmon-collection experiment in Shasta Reservoir; redesigns reduced predator encounters and increased the number of endangered fish collected

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  In 2022, California launched a trial floating system in Shasta Reservoir to help restore endangered winter-run Chinook salmon to their habitat in the McCloud River. The California Department of Water Resources led the four-year pilot project. It tested whether young salmon migrating downstream could be collected before dispersing into the reservoir and transported around Shasta Dam. The construction of Shasta and Keswick dams in the 1940s blocked access to high-elevation, cold-water rivers where
  
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• In 2021, an investigation reported that Amazon’s Scottish warehouse sent millions of unsold or returned items, including TVs, laptops and books, to be destroyed each year

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Every online order can create returns or unsold items that still need to be dealt with. As purchasing shifts to screens, returns have become commonplace, and someone has to decide what to do with a book that never sold or a laptop that was only opened once. The answer is not always what customers expect. That subject came into focus in June 2021 when ITV News filmed inside Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Dunfermline, Fife. ITV reported that the warehouse was destroying millions of unsold or
  
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• In 2015, US engineers added blade deflectors to help turbines capture more wind; a wind-tunnel model’s power coefficient rose 10%, while a separate prototype test measured a 7.7% gain

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  The wind business has pursued size for most of the past few decades. Wider rotors, longer blades and taller towers have increased output, but they also bring heavier parts, more difficult transportation and costs that wind farm operators would rather avoid. A quieter question remains in the background as a result. Can turbines already spinning on farmland and hills capture a little more wind without getting bigger?Rutgers University engineers in New Jersey took up that question in a project whos
  
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• Hurricane Trudy threatens western Mexico with heavy rain, coastal flooding

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Hurricane Trudy maintained its strength as it moved toward Mexico’s western coast on Saturday, with forecasters warning it could strengthen further before beginning to weaken on Sunday. The US National Hurricane Centre said Trudy was about 190 miles (305 km) south-southeast of...
  
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• How to vote in the US midterm elections: Texas voter registration glitch — what to ...

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  How to vote in the US midterm: A new voter...
  
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• France protests - live: Riot police fire tear gas as town hall invaded and barricades burn

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Police have used tear gas and a water cannon as tens of thousands of protesters demonstrate across France against the cost of living, rising fuel prices and the state of public services ......
  
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• Egypt's Sisi rules out extending term beyond 2030

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...
  
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• Couple reveal secret as they win lottery again after record-breaking scratch card prize

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  A Canadian couple for whom lottery luck has struck twice in the past six years have given some advice on how they managed to win so much money in a relatively short space of time ......
  
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• CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke Granted Conditional Bail After Delhi Tiranga Rally Arrest

  17-10-2026 16:45 via article.wn.com
  Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder and convener Abhijeet Dipke was granted conditional bail by a Delhi court on Saturday after being arrested in connection with the party’s ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ rally at Central Park in Connaught Place.Dipke released after signing peace bondAccording to Delhi Police, Dipke was granted bail by the Special Executive Magistrate’s court after signing a ‘peace bond’.CJP’s head of legal affairs, Ratna Singh,...
  
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