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• Death toll climbs to 12 after Indonesian ferry sinks in Java Sea

  21-09-2026 13:46 via article.wn.com
  JAKARTA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the capsizing and sinking of the Virgo Transport 8 in the Java Sea rose to 12...
  
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• U.S. News & World Report best colleges: See how Long Island colleges ranked

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  College rankings used to be predictable. Not anymore. One of the biggest names in Best College lists, U.S. News & World Report, released new rankings Tuesday that showed Rockville Centre's Molloy University leaping up 27 places to be named among the top 40 regional universities in the North, while the tiny, naval...
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy ready for ‘energy ceasefire’, as Nato warns Putin becoming ‘increasingly cavalier’

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  Meeting on sidelines of UN general assembly, Ukrainian leader says Kyiv open to deal not to attack energy targets if Russia agrees. What we know on day 1,673...
  
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• Trump backs India-Middle East-Europe corridor, calls for shift away from Iranian checkpoints

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  US president Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration strongly supports the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), stressing the need to shift Middle East energy infrastructure away from Iranian checkpoints amid a series of strikes across West Asia during the ongoing war.Trump said the corridor could help create alternative routes for energy and trade as...
  
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• RCEP ministers agree to strengthen implementation, build economic resilience

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  MANILA, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The fifth RCEP Ministers' Meeting since the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership entered into force was held in Manila, the Philippines, where parties agreed to enhance economic resilience. The meeting, held on Monday, underscored the importance of strengthening RCEP...
  
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• Qantas announces 18-hour direct flights from Sydney to New York with onboard ‘wellbeing zones’

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  Flying from 2028, it’s the national carrier’s second ultra long-haul route after Sydney to London direct takes off in 2027...
  
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• New Zealand passes legislation for new resource management system

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  WELLINGTON, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's parliament has passed legislation to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA), marking the country's most significant overhaul of its planning system in more than three decades. The Planning...
  
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• Memoir alleges Charles was ‘giddily elated’ at Diana’s death

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  LONDON: British shoppers snapped up copies of a memoir by the brother of Princess Diana on Tuesday after their interest was piqued by incendiary allegations about her troubled marriage to the now-king, including the claim he was “giddily elated” at her death. Charles Spencer, who delivered a much-lauded eulogy at the 1997 funeral of his sister, has...
  
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• Jamaica hails King’s decision to refer slavery reparations petition to privy council as ‘really big deal’

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition...
  
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• FACT FOCUS: Trump made multiple false and misleading claim in front of the UN General Assembly

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump made myriad...
  
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• Climate disasters are growing. So are cuts to programs that prepare for them

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  Millions of people face deadly...
  
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• Bill Clinton calls on leaders to fill gaps left by 'retreating governments'

  23-09-2026 04:41 via article.wn.com
  Former President Bill Clinton opened this...
  
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• What to know about a Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Texas

  23-09-2026 04:22 via article.wn.com
  The shooting of a Venezuelan man by a...
  
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• UN Security Council condemns deadly suicide bombing at Pakistan mosque

  23-09-2026 04:22 via article.wn.com
  The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned a suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan that killed at least 24 people and wounded dozens. "The members of the Security Council condemned...
  
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• New York air pollution fell over two decades, while toddlers' mental development scores rose 26%, study finds

  23-09-2026 04:22 via article.wn.com
  For more than two decades, Professor Frederica Perera and a team from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health tracked pregnant women's air pollution exposure and their children's development in disadvantaged communities of Northern Manhattan and the South Bronx. More than 1,100 children were assessed at ages one, two and three. Published in the journal Environmental Health, the study ‘Less air pollution previously related to clean air and climate policies is linked to impro
  
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• Kamala Harris says midterms could be 'stopgap' on Trump as she campaigns with El-Sayed in Michigan

  23-09-2026 04:22 via article.wn.com
  Former Vice President Kamala Harris says...
  
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• EU foreign policy chief meets Iran FM Araghchi, discusses Strait of Hormuz passage

  23-09-2026 04:22 via article.wn.com
  New York: European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly...
  
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• CNBC Daily Open: 'America First' doesn't mean 'America alone'

  23-09-2026 04:22 via article.wn.com
  America may be putting itself first, but it also needs partners if it wants to meet its goals. ......
  
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• Administration's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. Experts say that shows it's rare

  23-09-2026 04:22 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK: The Trump administration...
  
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• US Supreme Court won’t intervene in custody dispute between California couple and surrogate

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a custody dispute over a 5-week-old child who was born in Texas after a surrogate refused a California couple’s wishes to have an abortion. ......
  
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• US announces $31 million for Nepal flood recovery, bridges and drones

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  US announces $31 million for Nepal flood recovery, bridges and drones ......
  
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• Trump to meet Venezuela’s Rodriguez for first time since Maduro’s capture

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  ) – US President Donald Trump will meet...
  
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• Trump reveals US-Iran UN talks while warning Tehran of annihilation

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  Trump reveals US-Iran UN talks while warning Tehran of annihilation ......
  
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• Trump clashes with CNN at UN as White House media ban heads to court

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  Trump clashes with CNN at UN as White House media ban heads to court ......
  
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• Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees in 2027

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump...
  
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• Texas investigators seek evidence of manslaughter, other crimes in 27 flood deaths at Camp Mystic

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  Camp Mystic faces a criminal investigation that could include manslaughter or negligent homicide charges in the deaths of 27 girls amid devastating flooding in Texas last year, court documents show. ......
  
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• Sri Lanka Easter bombings: 15 sentenced to hundreds of years in prison each over deadly ...

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  Islamic State-inspired bombings of churches and hotels in 2019 was one of the country’s worst ever attacks...
  
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• Review urged after blood-spattered shirt ads ran alongside domestic violence news in Australia

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  Gruesome ads embedded in articles about family violence ‘make light’ of violence and could distress victim-survivors, expert warns...
  
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• Queensland Teen Charged Over Alleged Plot to Kill or Seriously Injure Random People

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is urging people to trust their judgement and report anything unusual after a...
  
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• Pressure spikes on Georgia as international groups demand legal accountability under ECHR

  23-09-2026 03:45 via article.wn.com
  Several international civil society organisations on Monday issued a joint letter to PACE members addressing the concerning situation following the Council of Europe’s PACE Resolution 2664 (2026) on the functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia. Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2664 was adopted on 24 June 2026, stating that the conditions for democratic elections no longer exist in Georgia due to severe democratic backsliding, systemic crackdowns on civil society and the oppositio
  
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