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• Breturn? Wary EU waits for actions, not words from UK

  01-10-2026 17:46 via article.wn.com
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• Why are French students taking to the streets? Around 400 schools shut as protests spread ...

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  Around 400 French high schools have been closed as student protests over teacher shortages, overcrowding and poor facilities spread nationwide, with clashes, fires, and arrests prompting the government to step up security talks. ......
  
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• US suspends consular services before Brazil vote, citing security

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
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• U.S. gem hunter finds a diamond he claims could be worth US$1 million

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
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• US arrests man over alleged smuggling of $300 million worth of computer servers to China

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  US authorities have arrested a man accused of smuggling more than $300 million worth of computer servers to China, the Department of Justice announced. Greg Lui, 38, of California, also known as "Yiu Kong Lui," allegedly used false paperwork and shipments through third countries to smuggle the...
  
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• US adds disappointing 29,000 jobs as unemployment ticks up to 4.2%

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
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• Urgent: Trump says Europe will immediately begin releasing diesel reserves

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that...
  
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• Trump vows to hit Iran 'very hard' if Tehran was behind flydubai incident

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON— US President Donald Trump warned on Thursday that Iran will be "hit very hard" if it is found to be linked to to the copilot who tried to crash a flydubai jet flying to Israel with more than 180 people aboard.The dramatic events on Wednesday saw passengers help stop the plane from crashing, making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia before the flight's mostly Israeli passengers were flown home to a hero's welcome.Trump issued the warning as investigators in the United Arab Emi
  
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• Trump sending 9,000 more troops to Middle East after threatening new strikes on Iran

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
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• Trump: Europe agrees to release diesel reserves \u2018immediately\u2019 as fuel prices hover near record highs

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  He did not release details on which countries were releasing reserves or at what volumes....
  
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• Traffic chaos in Kyiv as Russian drone strikes close key bridge

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  KYIV — Traffic across Kyiv was brought to a near standstill on Friday morning after a wave of Russian drone strikes overnight forced authorities to close or restrict several key bridges across the Dnipro River.The Southern Bridge was completely closed in both directions, while traffic was restricted on the Paton and Metro bridges, disrupting the main routes between Kyiv’s left and right banks, according to the Kyiv City Military...
  
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• This Easy Party Menu Is Perfect for Fall

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  Wings, pork belly sandwiches and kimchi-spiked micheladas: This fall feast is ready for game day (or any other occasion). ......
  
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• Standard Chartered sees ECB hiking rates in December

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
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• Russia’s new ‘Shahed with whiskers’ promises winter misery for Ukrainians

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• Putin: world is living through a dangerous moment, warns West not to escalate

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the world was living through a dangerous moment and warned the West not to escalate a standoff over Ukraine by threatening the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which Moscow has made clear it would defend with nuclear weapons if necessary. Locked in a war in Ukraine which he said Russia had no choice but to launch in order to safeguard its own security, Putin said Russia had no plans to attack any European country and wanted to coexist peacefully. But he r
  
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• Polish city reopens Cold War shelter as Russian attacks in Ukraine intensify

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  The Polish city of Lublin has revived a Cold War-era air raid shelter as Russia steps up attacks in Ukraine, with one symbolic change reflecting a shift in perceived threats: its emergency exit now faces west, not east. Poland, once part of the Soviet bloc and now a member of NATO, is on heightened alert after several Russian missile and drone incursions into its airspace. Residents of eastern regions...
  
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• Policeman killed in gunmen attack in Pakistan’s khyber pakhtunkhwa

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  A police officer was killed in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after two armed med riding a motorcycle attacked him with a hand grenede and fired at him while...
  
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• Pilot in flydubai attack says he could not let ‘all those people die’

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  He managed to open cockpit door despite injuries to let passengers and crew take control of plane. ......
  
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• Orbit International Closes on New $6,000,000 Credit Facility; Also Completes $4,075,000 Private Placement

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Oct. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orbit International Corp. (OTCID Basic Market:ORBT), an electronics ......
  
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• NY governor says Cornell rape accuser was 'failed' by people obligated to protect her

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the woman who accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of gang rape was “failed” by people obligated to protect her, including police and the county prosecutor. Hochul’s claim came during a news conference in which she gave details on her decision to turn the case over to a special prosecutor, the state Attorney General Letitia James. The governor said she made the decision after learning “troubli
  
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• New details about Trump’s expanded school choice scholarships released

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
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• Mother of Christa Pike’s victim says she wanted to finish killer off after botched execution

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  May Martinez expresses frustration after killer survives who doses of lethal injection...
  
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• Life expectancy almost back to pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels, says WHO

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  The coronavirus crisis plunged global life expectancy down to 71.5 years in 2021. ......
  
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• Kyiv mayor says Russian strikes 'tearing Kyiv apart'

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko on Friday said the Ukrainian...
  
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• I've seen nearly 500 executions - but never one like Christa Pike's

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  Texas reporter Michael Graczyk has seen botched executions in his time, but not one in which an inmate survived. ......
  
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• Israel aviation security under scrutiny after flydubai cockpit attack, report alleges major lapse

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
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• Indian authorities clamp down as ‘cockroach’ movement launches fresh protests

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI — Indian security forces have clamped down as the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), student coalitions and opposition forces gathered for planned protests in the capital New Delhi and the western city of Mumbai.Prime Minister Narendra Modi came under renewed pressure on Friday as the CJP and a separate coalition of student and activist groups staged fresh protests, demanding the resignation of the head of the country's elections commission over a controversial voter roll rev
  
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• Hundreds of French schools closed as dozens hurt in student protests

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  PARSI — French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure of some 400 institutions showed no sign of abating.The protests over a lack of teachers, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings started earlier this week in Paris then spread across the country.Education Minister Edouard Geffray told French media that 65 school staff have been...
  
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• Future of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential election

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s October presidential election could reshape the future of the Amazon, with the winner leading the country that contains about 60% of the world’s largest rainforest — an ecosystem vital to the global climate. Heading into the first round of voting on Sunday, the front-runners are Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is seeking a fourth, nonconsecutive te
  
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• France's Le Pen pledges to hardwire deficit cuts with 'golden rule'

  02-10-2026 16:38 via article.wn.com
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