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• Bonkers over bun with cheese

  23-10-2026 22:29 via WN.com - World News
  Copenhagen is famed for its innovative gastronomy and elaborate dishes. But these days its hottest food is its most basic: just bread, butter and hard cheese. And Copenhagen’s top ......
  
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• Ukraine war ceasefire holds while terrified evacuees head into the unknown

  30-10-2026 14:52 via WN.com - World News
  Terrified locals say they are heading into the unknown as they board 25 buses fearing they could end up in a Russian concentration camp. ......
  
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• German President sees scope for resolving trade differences with China

  30-10-2026 14:51 via WN.com - World News
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• Erdogan calls for Palestinian peace settlement and Gaza reconstruction at Turkic States Summit

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• Crimson Desert DLC debuts to "mostly positive" Steam reviews, but as Phantom Blade Zero steals ...

  30-10-2026 14:51 via WN.com - World News
  Copy link Facebook X Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Crimson Desert's new Charting the Unknown expansion is off to a good start as far as Steam reviews are concerned, but it hasn't given the game a massive boost in players just yet. Over on Steam, Charting the Unknown sits at a "Mostly Positive" rating after 250 reviews, with players praising developer Pearl Abyss for expanding the
  
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• Cruise ship’s residents left stranded after fuel prices soar

  30-10-2026 14:50 via WN.com - World News
  The Villa Vie Odyssey’s owner announced this week it would suspend operations and disembark passengers in Cambodia. ......
  
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• India orders Sun Pharma to halt eye-care drug production at plant after quality lapses

  30-10-2026 14:46 via WN.com - World News
  Regulators cite quality system failure at Assam ophthalmic facility, documents show ......
  
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• ECB will have to hike rates if situation does not improve soon, Kocher says

  30-10-2026 14:46 via WN.com - World News
  The ECB left rates unchanged on Thursday but hinted at a rate hike ......
  
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• Binance sets aside over $6.34bln to cover losses from attack

  30-10-2026 14:46 via WN.com - World News
  All user funds will be verified publicly through its proof of reserves ......
  
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• Binance does not need to sell SpaceX shares to cover losses, co-founder says

  30-10-2026 14:46 via WN.com - World News
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• US oil giants report profit surge again on Iran war

  30-10-2026 14:45 via WN.com - World News
  US oil giants reported Friday another quarter of soaring profits reflecting higher oil prices and refining margins due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. ExxonMobil's profits in the period came in at $15.4 billion, slightly more than double the $7.5 billion in the year-ago period, while Chevron's profits were $9.9 billion, compared with $3.5 billion in the year-ago quarter. The surge in US petroleum earnings comes on the heels of similar increases at European companies as the US-Israeli war on Iran
  
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• Trump cancels campaign appearances days before midterm votes

  30-10-2026 14:45 via WN.com - World News
  US President Donald Trump has cancelled scheduled rallies in Iowa and Kansas ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections, and will instead hold a series of tele-rallies. The Republican National Committee announced the change on Thursday, saying their party is "in a strong position in Kansas and Iowa", and the tele-rallies will "reach more voters in the limited time left before polls close". In Kansas, Republican Senator Roger Marshall is up for reelection in a close race against Democrat...
  
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• Rifts over wars in Ukraine, Iran loom over G20 meeting in US

  30-10-2026 14:45 via WN.com - World News
  Deep rifts over the wars in Ukraine and the US-Israeli war on Iran are likely to derail unified actions or statements at a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the world's 20 largest economies in Atlanta, experts and diplomats said. The US, which holds the rotating presidency of the G20 this year, has sought to focus its allies on trade imbalances while building a coalition to counter China's control of critical minerals, but the wars—and their economic impact—remain the top concern for
  
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• There are no more Assassin's Creed remakes in development, because Ubisoft are focused on Hexe, ...

  30-10-2026 14:44 via WN.com - World News
  Ubisoft have announced that they aren't working on any more Assassin's...
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod channels World of Warcraft with an adventure about undead ...

  30-10-2026 14:44 via WN.com - World News
  The opening act of a Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod which injects an...
  
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• Carter's: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

  30-10-2026 14:42 via WN.com - World News
  ATLANTA (AP) — ATLANTA (AP) — Carter's Inc. (CRI) on Friday reported earnings of $36.6 million in its third quarter. ......
  
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• Difficult negotiations lie ahead in Israel after Netanyahu\u2019s bloc lost its parliamentary majority

  30-10-2026 14:33 via WN.com - World News
  By CARA ANNA and IBRAHIM HAZBOUN JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s final election results confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc lost its parliamentary majority and that weeks of difficult negotiations among very different parties, from ultra-Orthodox Jewish to secular to Arab-led, lie ahead. The results released early Friday showed Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats in Tuesday’s election. The main opposition bloc won 48. Arab-led parties secured the other 19, a historic showing. Now pa
  
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• Brief truce agreed by Russia and Ukraine allows aid operation and evacuations in Oleshky

  30-10-2026 14:33 via WN.com - World News
  By HANNA ARHIROVA KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A humanitarian mission entered the devastated city of Oleshky on Friday, officials said, as Russia and Ukraine observed the most significant truce of the 4½-year war that began with Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor. A convoy including 25 buses, ambulances and aid supplies was due to arrive in the Russian-occupied city to deliver food and medicine and evacuate residents wishing to leave for Russia or Ukraine. About 2,000 people remain in
  
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• UK pledges record £10bn package to support Ukraine

  30-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  Britain will give Ukraine a further 10 billion pounds in economic and military support, the UK government announced in Wednesday’s Budget, calling it the largest package of financial backing it has ever given Kyiv. The package includes 500 million pounds in additional military support for Ukraine’s air defences this winter. The government said this was in response to...
  
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• Patrick Stewart, Shakespearean actor turned ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ star, dies at 86

  30-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  Patrick Stewart, who rose from poverty in England to become an accomplished Shakespearean stage actor and then achieved global stardom as the erudite Captain Jean-Luc Picard in TV’s “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and the telepathic Professor Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” movies, has died at the age of 86. Stewart, knighted in 2010 by Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to drama, died at his home in Los Angeles, according to a statement on his X account. “We announce with great
  
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• On this day: Sweden became the first EU nation to recognise the state of Palestine, ...

  30-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 30: 1938 – Millions of Americans panicked when the radio play of the H G Wells book “The War of the Worlds” was broadcast by Orson Welles. Many believed a Martian invasion of Earth was actually taking place. 1974 – Muhammad Ali...
  
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• North Korea’s Kim urges drone dominance, greater military AI use amid border tensions

  30-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his country to seize “absolute superiority” in drone technology as he attended an exhibition and demonstration of unmanned aeronautical technology, state media KCNA reported on Friday. The firepower demonstration featured tactical suicide attack drones, tactical cruise missiles, multipurpose drones and 600mm multiple rocket launchers, KCNA said. The display highlighted Kim’s push to modernise North Korea’s armed forces by using drones and artifi
  
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• Nigerian families and survivors seek justice over miners’ deaths

  30-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  Families of 37 artisinal miners who died in custody in Nigeria want swift justice and the return of property seized during their arrest, saying no financial compensation will make up for their loss. A presidential panel on Tuesday found that the detainees, who were suspected of being illegal miners, had died from overcrowding, extreme heat, dehydration and neglect while being held by the Nigeria Security...
  
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• Netanyahu’s Likud alleges stolen election as bloc loses Knesset majority

  30-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party escalated unproven claims on Thursday that Arab-led parties had rigged the election, possibly with foreign help. Final results showed his bloc had lost its parliamentary majority, the Associated Press reported. Results released by election officials early on Friday gave Netanyahu’s bloc 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset. At its peak in the previous parliament, the bloc held 68 seats. The main opposition won 48 seats and Arab-led partie
  
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• Europe and Canada are looking for a way out of Trump’s orbit, but Mark Carney ...

  30-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  On 29 and 30 October, Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, will host European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president António Costa for talks on trade, defence, energy, critical minerals, technology and security. The declared ambition is to launch an “Alliance for the Future”, bringing two like-minded economies closer together at a moment when the international order is increasingly shaped by an unstable partner in the United States. The Montreal summit o
  
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• ECB President Lagarde resigns after months of speculation

  30-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde announced her resignation on Thursday, ending months of speculation about her future at a complex juncture for Europe and the ECB. Lagarde will step down on February 7, giving current European Union leaders time to pick a successor well before a French...
  
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• Dockworkers at more than 100 ports stage day of action against war and arms trade ...

  30-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  Dockworker unions at more than 100 ports across four continents are taking part in an international day of action on Friday against militarisation and Israel’s war in Gaza, according to the organisers. Unions have called 24-hour strikes in France, Italy, India, Greece and Turkey. Dockworkers’ unions are also holding demonstrations and rallies in port cities,...
  
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• Minnesota folk and blues hero Charlie Parr gets with the times

  30-10-2026 14:26 via WN.com - World News
  MINNEAPOLIS — It sounds like an...
  
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• International Sports Court Overturns Ban on Russian Ice Hockey Teams

  30-10-2026 14:26 via WN.com - World News
  The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) decision to exclude Russian national teams from upcoming world championships, marking the latest step toward reintegrating Russia into global sporting events. IIHF banned Russia and Belarus from its competitions in response to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, after which the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia submitted an appeal to CAS. The Switzerland-based court operates independently of any sports
  
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• Can this independent candidate’s ‘guerilla-style’ campaign beat Idaho's Jim Risch for Senate?

  30-10-2026 14:26 via WN.com - World News
  BOISE, Idaho — How do you defeat an...
  
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