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• Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than thought

  03-10-2026 00:38 via article.wn.com
  The research team says their findings could transform understanding of one of evolution's greatest mysteries. ......
  
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• Washington’s Gulf strategy takes shape as Hormuz crisis reshapes Middle East security

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  The past week marked an unusually concentrated period of American diplomacy across the Middle East, bringing together Gulf Arab states, regional governments, China and the wider international community at a moment when the war with Iran continues to disrupt one of the world’s most important energy corridors. On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Donald Trump met representatives from the six Gulf Cooperation Council states, as well as Egypt, Iraq, Jo
  
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• U.S. stocks close higher as weak jobs data cools Fed rate-hike bets

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, as a weaker-than-expected jobs report for September bolstered bets that the Federal Reserve will hold off on raising interest rates this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 250 points, or 0.49 percent, to close at 51,176.96. The S&P 500 gained 0.7 percent, rising 56.27 to 7,722.72, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.19 percent, adding 319.27 to 27,190.86, hitting an all-time high earlier in the day before pulling b
  
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• US sanctions three individuals and two charities over alleged Hamas financing

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  The justice and treasury departments said they sent $2m to Hamas through charities and cryptocurrency, while six people were arrested across the US and France...
  
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• US-Iran War Live News Updates: 5 Indian nationals evacuated to Oman after projectile attack on Kuwaiti tanker

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  US-Iran War Live News Updates:...
  
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• Tom Ford: Is Naked That Sexy?

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  The naked dressing trend was top of mind for The Times’s chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, at a recent Tom Ford runway presentation in Paris. It was the suggestion of nudity that left her wanting more. ......
  
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• The Latest: Trump campaigns in Alabama ahead of the midterm elections

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail as he seeks to shore up lagging enthusiasm in his party ahead of next month’s midterm elections. He’s attending a rally in Alabama on Friday and travels to Ohio on Saturday. ......
  
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• ‘That’s 100% him’: new video shows police arrest of Luigi Mangione

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  Judge unseals bodycam footage from officers who responded to 911 from McDonald’s in Pennsylvania...
  
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• Prisoner killed after attacking officers on train in Russia's North Caucasus

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A prisoner attacked officers of Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) during a transfer aboard a train in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic in the North...
  
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• Partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard found dead in Louisiana home

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  Kenan ‘Ken’ Urker, 34, who died of apparent drug overdose, was partner of woman convicted of murder of mother...
  
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• Live Updates: Trump vows Iran war will end “right after the election” or sooner, says ...

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  Elnaz Shakerdoust, a prominent Iranian actress,�has...
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks border wall construction in Texas’ Big Bend region

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court in Texas on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state’s Big Bend region, in a victory for opponents who have pushed back against a key campaign promise by President Donald Trump. Landowners, businesses and environmentalists in the region have united to oppose the planned projects, which are part of a $46 billion effort by the Trump administration to line the southern bord
  
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• In 1962, a spacecraft was launched by NASA to study Venus but a few moments ...

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  A spacecraft, called Mariner 1, was NASA's first probe which planned to study Venus. A software error and a guidance control problem led to the loss of the spacecraft after it went off its intended path. ......
  
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• Greige Design Has Swallowed Our World

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  The world is becoming less colorful,...
  
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• “FlyDubai cockpit attack is a ‘dangerous terrorist act’, says UAE presidential adviser

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to UAE President...
  
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• DoJ declines to reopen investigation into former Fed chair Jay Powell

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  Kevin Warsh’s predecessor had been investigated over cost overruns related to central bank renovation project...
  
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• Bulgaria’s Tsar Samuel returns ‘home’ after 1,000 years

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  More than a thousand years...
  
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• At least 5,700 killed, wounded in Haiti gang crisis this year: UN

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  Addressing the UN Human Rights Council, Mr. Turk warned that gangs continue to expand despite the deployment of an international security force intended to help Haitian authorities restore order. ......
  
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• A National Guard member deployed to Washington, DC, is arrested on firearms charge

  03-10-2026 01:57 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A National Guard member deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of a mission launched by President Donald Trump has been arrested for carrying an unauthorized firearm after a traffic stop by U.S. Park Police. Spec. Jakob Noonan, 22, of the Oklahoma Guard, was arrested Monday and charged with the gun-related offense. According to documents reviewed by The Associated Press, the soldier was riding with a fellow Guard member when a U.S. Park...
  
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• Space Race or Space Lease? Argentina Faces Critical Decision

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  Argentina's recent launch of its first military nano-satellite, ETNS, represents a dual achievement and a symptom of shifting priorities. While the satellite was a product of domestic engineering prowess,...
  
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• Senate Republicans move cash from purple North Carolina to red Kansas as battle for majority shifts

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  Senate Republicans’ top campaign...
  
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• Russian air strikes choke bridges across Dnipro River in Kyiv

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  Russia struck a bridge linking two sides of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for the second successive day, officials said yesterday, part of an intensifying campaign of air attacks on infrastructure that is upending daily life. An evening drone strike on the closed Southern Bridge was the latest in a series of attacks since Thursday that forced the full or partial suspension of traffic across it and two other bridges spanning the vast Dnipro River. Long traffic jams snaked through the city in the mor
  
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• Rubio, Jordan's King Abdullah discuss Lebanon, Syria

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Jordanian King Abdullah discussed...
  
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• Putin to escalate attacks on Ukraine as US midterm elections approach, Zelenskyy says

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  Russia is likely to intensify attacks on Ukraine as the US midterm elections approach, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday. Speaking to Spanish daily El Pais, Zelenskyy said Russian President...
  
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• Man City case impacts 'integrity' of the game, the Football Association says

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  The Football Association has expressed...
  
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• Jury acquits fired Florida sheriff's deputy in killing of Black U.S. Airforce Airman Roger Fortson

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  A former Florida sheriff’s deputy has...
  
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• How Jon Ossoff and Susan Collins are turning a mundane part of their jobs into ...

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and...
  
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• FTC settles with Southern Glazer's over claim it discriminated against smaller alcohol sellers

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  The Federal Trade Commission has settled...
  
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• Former US congressman sentenced to 10 years for secretly lobbying for Venezuela

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  Former US Congressman David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday for illegally lobbying US officials to ease pressure on ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government. Rivera, a Republican...
  
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• Fiery crowd caps Mississippi redistricting hearings. Opponents urge: ‘Leave our maps alone’

  03-10-2026 01:41 via article.wn.com
  Tempers have flared at a redistricting...
  
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