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• APTOPIX Greece US Rubio Protest

  07-10-2026 00:43 via article.wn.com
  A protester chants slogans during a demonstration against the official visit of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Athens, late Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. ......
  
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• Syria mulls military aid to Saudi Arabia as Houthis escalate war

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  Syria is weighing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia, U.S. and Syrian officials said, as the Iran-aligned Houthis step up missile and drone attacks on the kingdom that ki ......
  
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• Spanish politicians trade blame after death of octogenarian at heart of housing protests

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  MADRID, Oct 8 - Spanish politicians...
  
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• Ryanair CEO says ‘insanely higher’ jet fuel cost could remain into 2028

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  Jet fuel is currently about 50 per cent more expensive than it was before the Iran war. ......
  
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• Russia boosts prewinter strikes, killing 33 in Ukraine's Kramatorsk

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine killed at least 33 people and injured some 18 on Thursday, striking a public bus as worsening power outages hit Kyiv amid an escalating prewinter ......
  
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• Rubio says US committed to Mediterranean undersea power cable

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  ATHENS, Oct 8 - The US supports...
  
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• Ray Dalio warns the stock market's cushion against rising bond yields is shrinking

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  Ray Dalio says earnings have cushioned stocks from rising bond yields, but that buffer is shrinking as he warns free cash flow could weaken. ......
  
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• Quarantine, unease and rumours: Russian town grapples with plague scare

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  With little official information being disseminated, rumours are filling the gap. ......
  
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• New Italy election law puts fragile opposition unity to the test

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  ROME, Oct 8 - A new electoral law...
  
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• Naval Group steps up Europe push as defence spending rises

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  LORIENT, France, Oct 8 - French...
  
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• Most Republicans in tight midterm races distance themselves from Trump, Reuters review finds

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  The review of voting records, public statements and campaign materials found candidates in 41 of 62 competitive congressional races seeking some distance from Trump ahead of the midterm elections. ......
  
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• Latest suspect in RAF Fairford airbase plot released on bail

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  LONDON, Oct 8 - British police said on...
  
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• Key points in Italy's new electoral law

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  ROME, Oct 8 - Italy's lower...
  
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• Italy's Meloni secures final approval for contested electoral reform

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  ROME, Oct 8 - Italy's lower house of...
  
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• How is ‘Mean Girls’ like gerrymandering? Ask these former Hill staffers

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — On the surface, it wouldn’t seem like an early-aughts teen comedy has much in common with the drawing of congressional maps. Don’t tell that to Rory Riley Topping and Josh Rultenberg, who spend a good chunk of their ......
  
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• Hotel groups target Syria for tourism as it rebuilds from rubble of civil war

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  DUBAI, Oct 8 - Several global and...
  
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• French youth ignores PM pledge to continue school blockades

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  Students in France continued their blockade of high schools and marched through cities Thursday after the government offered no details on promised remedies for teacher shortages a ......
  
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• French teens march for decent schools despite government’s pledge to act

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  French teenagers blockaded some high schools and marched through cities on Thursday as the government promised to address their grievances about teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings but gave few specific details. The protest movement, now into its third week, has exposed deep tensions in France between popular demands for investments in deteriorating public services and a cash-strapped government under pressure from bond markets to reduce its debt and deficit. High-school teacher D
  
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• Drones hit Yandex site in first major attack on Russian data hub

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  Drones hit a data centre owned by Russia’s Yandex, the country’s leading AI and technology company said on Thursday, in the first major attack on a Russian data hub since the start of the war with Ukraine. Mutual drone attacks by Russia and Ukraine this year have gradually spread across the economy, from energy facilities and refineries to ports and vessels carrying oil and grain, e-commerce warehouses and, most recently, data centres. Russia has conducted...
  
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• Drilling Tools International Corp. Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Saltire Energy Limited & Foxley Energy Limited

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  Combination creates a stronger, more diversified global platform ......
  
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• Cuban actors insist the show must go on despite blackouts

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  HAVANA, Oct 8 - When...
  
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• COP31 organisers aim to break negotiating deadlock with bold climate blueprint

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  They are hoping to cut the endless hours of gruelling negotiations that often dominate COP meetings. ......
  
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• Airline chiefs say can't fully guard against rogue pilots after flydubai attack

  08-10-2026 15:30 via article.wn.com
  BRUSSELS/LONDON, Oct 8 - Airline...
  
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• UK judge to hear the opening salvo in ex-Prince Andrew’s bid to challenge searches at ...

  08-10-2026 15:05 via article.wn.com
  A London judge is set to hold a hearing in former Prince Andrew’s challenge to police searches at his residences. The searches were part of an investigation into his links to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Justice Nicholas Hilliard will hear ......
  
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• Trump Administration Proposes $70K Fee for International Students to Work in U.S.

  08-10-2026 15:05 via article.wn.com
  The proposal aims...
  
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• Strike on Ukrainian public bus leaves 30 dead as blackouts worsen in Kyiv

  08-10-2026 15:05 via article.wn.com
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• South Korea test-flies its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon

  08-10-2026 15:05 via article.wn.com
  South Korea has flight-tested its...
  
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• Security in the Black Sea region: is Bulgaria the weak link in Europe's defense against ...

  08-10-2026 15:05 via article.wn.com
  Two ships have sunk off the coast of Bulgaria and Romania after drone attacks in recent days. Sofia has held back on pointing the finger at Russia. What does that mean for security in the Black Sea and the region? ......
  
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• Russia's public health watchdog denies a second infection in suspected pneumonic plague case

  08-10-2026 15:05 via article.wn.com
  Russia’s public health watchdog has...
  
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• Russian attack on two buses kills 30 near Ukraine frontline

  08-10-2026 15:05 via article.wn.com
  Authorities say 18 people also wounded after incident in Kramatorsk in country’s ‘fortess belt’...
  
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