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• Crypto firms prepare defenses for quantum threat to encryption

  09-07-2026 15:17 via article.wn.com
  Research concluded recent breakthroughs compressed the time frame in which cryptocurrencies will become widely vulnerable to hackers. ......
  
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• Voters cast at polling station in Moscow, Russia

  20-09-2026 14:32 via article.wn.com
  A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 20, 2026. Elections for deputies to the ninth convocation of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, ran from Sept. 18 to 20. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua) A voter...
  
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• Ukraine targets Russia with over 1,000 drones, killing 2 as Moscow holds last day of elections

  20-09-2026 14:32 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine delivered a barrage of missiles and more than 1,000 drones on Russia, which Moscow is calling the \...
  
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• Trump announces AI force to be led by ‘high IQ individual’

  20-09-2026 14:32 via article.wn.com
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• Rising gas prices frustrate voters. Trump says it's an 'inexpensive price to pay' for the ...

  20-09-2026 14:32 via article.wn.com
  Voters across the nation say...
  
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• Republican Mike Rogers courts Michigan Democrats and Trump voters as GOP hopes to hold the Senate

  20-09-2026 14:32 via article.wn.com
  Republicans are trying to win an open Senate seat race in Michigan, and nominee Mike Rogers is stepping up his appeals to some Democrats. The strategy is key to what the former congressman sees as a way to defeat progressive ......
  
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• Netanyahu opposition losing ground in Israel election

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• National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Fay forms in the northern Atlantic

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  National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Fay forms in the northern Atlantic. ......
  
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• Moscow targeted by ‘largest ever’ drone attack on final day of Russia’s parliamentary election

  20-09-2026 14:32 via article.wn.com
  Moscow’s mayor says Ukraine carried out its “largest ever” attack on the Russian capital and the surrounding area as voting in parliamentary elections entered the final day. More than 1,000 drones were launched, killing at least two people and damaging a major oil refinery. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin linked the attack to the vote, saying it “was clearly planned with the aim of disrupting the elections.” “The enemy did not succeed,” he said. Sunday is the...
  
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• 'Looking for hope:' In Havana’s darkness, Cubans turn to faith

  20-09-2026 14:32 via article.wn.com
  HAVANA – In the cool darkness of the church’s sacristy, the Rev. Ariel Suárez Jáuregui pulled on his vestments – a white ankle-length robe and bright green stole – and entered the 19th-century sanctuary of Our Lady of Charity Catholic Church. Hints of incense wafted among the soaring columns up to the Baroque-style domed ceiling. Eight small fans blew onto about 35 parishioners scattered among the wooden pews, a luxury in power-starved Havana. They swayed on
  
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• Did AI and preventable intelligence errors cause the Minab school strike killing around 120 children? ...

  20-09-2026 14:32 via article.wn.com
  The US has not disputed responsibility for the Minab strike since evidence of the Tomahawk missile emerged. On May 19, CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper said preliminary Pentagon findings had ‘correlated’ the strike with US forces. ......
  
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• Alaskans will decide fate of ranked choice voting system after chaotic end to state's primary

  20-09-2026 14:32 via article.wn.com
  Alaska’s primary revealed some of the...
  
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• 3D projection seen during iMapp Bucharest 2026

  20-09-2026 14:32 via article.wn.com
  A 3D projection is seen during the iMapp Bucharest 2026, on the facade of the Parliament Palace, in...
  
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• 'Zero Per Cent Chance': Nvidia's Jensen Huang Dismisses Fears That AI Will End World By 2030

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  Huang said such predictions are unfounded and likely motivated by political interests or attention-seeking behaviour rather than sound technological evidence ......
  
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• Who Is Nila Vikhe Patil? Maharashtra Educationist’s Daughter Elected To Swedish Parliament

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  Nila Vikhe Patil, daughter of Maharashtra educationist Ashok Vikhe Patil, has been elected to Sweden’s Parliament from the Stockholm City constituency. ......
  
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• ‘We’re terrified all the time’: Fear and anger in South Africa after nine women’s bodies found

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  A series of gruesome discoveries...
  
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• US Issues Security Alert For Middle East, Warns Of Possible Escalation And Travel Disruptions

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  The department further warned that US diplomatic facilities, including those located outside the Middle East, have been targeted. ......
  
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• Ukraine launches biggest Moscow drone attack as Russia votes

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine launched what Moscow’s mayor called the biggest drone attack yet on the Russian capital on Sunday, as Russians voted on the final day of a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine. The drone strikes killed two people in the Moscow region and two more in the Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Kherson region, including an election official, according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and election authorities. A facility
  
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• Trump Cuts Short Camp David Stay, Returns To White House As US Issues Middle East ...

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  The developments come amid renewed Houthi attacks and growing concerns that widening confrontation could trigger further military escalation and disrupt air travel across region ......
  
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• ‘Threatens Peace And Security’: North Korea Fires Two Missiles In 3 Hours, Seoul Condemns

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  North Korea fired two projectiles from its eastern coast within three hours on Sunday, with South Korea identifying the first as short-range ballistic missile. ......
  
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• Putin will win Russia’s sham election. What happens next terrifies Europe

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  Western officials fear Russia’s leader will escalate not just the war in Ukraine but also attacks on NATO. ......
  
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• Punjab Man Sentenced To Death In Saudi Arabia Drug Trafficking Case, Family Seeks Govt Intervention

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  Singh had been working as a truck driver in Dubai for around a decade and frequently made trips to Saudi Arabia as part of his job. ......
  
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• North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward the sea and dials up pressure on the US

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  South Korea’s military says North...
  
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• No US Message Or Proposal Conveyed Through Pakistan: Iran Clarifies Mohsin Naqvi’s Tehran Visit Amid War

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  Iran has said no US message or proposal was conveyed through Pakistan during Mohsin Naqvi’s Tehran visit, which Tehran said focused on bilateral ties and existing agreements. ......
  
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• 'No Choice But To Accept': Iran Sets 7 Conditions For Negotiations With US, Says 'Message ...

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  Iran has announced seven conditions for starting negotiations with the US, Mohsen Rezaei said, as tensions continue amid UN findings on the conflict. ......
  
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• Nepal establishes environment diplomacy division under foreign ministry

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  KATHMANDU, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has established an environment diplomacy division under the ministry for the first time to strengthen diplomatic efforts on climate change and environmental issues amid the country's growing vulnerability to climate-induced disasters, the ministry said on Sunday. The deadly mudslide of...
  
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• Mecca Pact Under Threat? Houthis Warn Pakistan And Turkey Against Military Action | Exclusive Details

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  A senior Houthi official said that if Pakistani or Turkish forces join the offensive alongside Riyadh, the movement will strike back with an 'iron fist' ......
  
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• Massive Smoke Plume Rises Near Riyadh Airport After Houthis Launch Ballistic Missile | Video

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  Saudi authorities had issued an overnight air raid alert ahead of the reported missile attack. ......
  
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• ‘No One Can Stop Us’: Videos Show TTP Fighters In Pakistan KP's South Waziristan | Exclusive

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  TTP fighters also vowed to continue their armed campaign, saying the struggle would continue “until the last breath” ......
  
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• Lost Elderly Pilgrim Travels 1,200km Off Course, Stranger and ChatGPT Help Him Find His Way Home

  20-09-2026 14:08 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: When an elderly Punjab pilgrim who struggled with memory lost his way in Amritsar and somehow ended up more than 1,200km away in Bihar, he had little to help him find his way home..He could barely explain where he came from. He spoke only Punjabi. But he remembered one crucial detail — the name of his village..That fragment of information, the kindness...
  
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