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• Disaster warning systems race to keep pace with galloping climate risks

  11-11-2026 07:42 via WN.com - World News
  Twice a day during the rainy season,...
  
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• Telangana’s off-budget debt crosses Rs 1.2 lakh crore: World Bank

  11-11-2026 07:55 via WN.com - World News
  Hyderabad: Telangana’s outstanding off-budget borrowing liabilities reached Rs 1,20,944 crore by the end of 2023-24, according to a report by the World Bank. It is nearly 9 per cent of the state’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). The report, titled ‘A Study of Off-Budget Borrowings in India for the 16th Finance Commission’ has also highlighted inconsistencies in the reporting of such...
  
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• H-1B grace period plan draws 31,000 comments

  11-11-2026 07:55 via WN.com - World News
  Washington: A Trump administration proposal to eliminate the 60-day grace period that allows laid-off H-1B visa holders to find new jobs in the United States has drawn more than 31,000 public comments, as the deadline for submissions approached. The proposal, which could have major consequences for Indian professionals working in America, had received 31,383 posted comments by Tuesday night (local time). The number had risen from about 27,000 on November 2 to 30,382 early Tuesday, reflecting gro
  
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• West-Eastern Divan Orchestra: Spreading Peace Through Music in Berlin

  11-11-2026 07:54 via WN.com - World News
  More than 25 years since its founding by star conductor Daniel Barenboim, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra...
  
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• US Soldier Arrested in UK Over Alleged Espionage for Russia Amid National Security Probe

  11-11-2026 07:54 via WN.com - World News
  A member of the US army suspected of spying for Russia was arrested in Britain...
  
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• US files Quiboloy extradition bid before a Manila court over human, sex trafficking, cash-smuggling charges

  11-11-2026 07:54 via WN.com - World News
  MANILA — The United States has formally...
  
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• Saudi Arabia Enforces SR5,000 Fine for Selling Tobacco to Minors

  11-11-2026 07:54 via WN.com - World News
  Dubai: Saudi Arabia...
  
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• Oman Air and GMF AeroAsia Launch Aircraft Maintenance Hub to Boost Regional Aviation Services

  11-11-2026 07:54 via WN.com - World News
  Dubai: Oman Air and Indonesia’s GMF AeroAsia have launched a joint venture to establish the Sultanate’s first dedicated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company, marking a significant step towards positioning Oman as a regional hub for aviation engineering and technical services.The new company, Oman GMF Technic, will provide aircraft...
  
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• Two planes nearly collide at LAX, FAA says

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  LOS ANGELES — An Air France aircraft made an “unauthorized turn” out of Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday and nearly collided with another plane, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Air...
  
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• This ocean liner was the world’s fastest. It’s being sunk to make the largest artificial reef

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — An ocean liner that is longer than the Titanic and was once the fastest on the seas is headed to a final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world’s largest artificial reef. The S.S. United States is scheduled to be sunk Wednesday off the coast of the Florida Panhandle, fulfilling a long-planned $13.5 million project aimed at attracting more divers and fishing enthusiasts to the area while creating a home for tuna, marlin and swordfish. The project will keep wh
  
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• Republican Maria Elvira Salazar wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 27th Congressional District

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  Republican Maria Elvira Salazar won election Tuesday to the U.S. House of Representatives...
  
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• Kennedys move to block Trump’s arch, saying it would disturb JFK gravesite

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s planned 250-foot triumphal arch has come under legal fire on multiple fronts: from veterans, a historian and the governments of the District of Columbia, Virginia and Arlington County. Now comes another legal challenge, from the storied Kennedy family. Arguing that the arch, with its golden angels and flame on top, would cast a shadow on their relatives’ graves in Arlington National Cemetery, nine members of the Kennedy family moved to join existing li
  
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• Kennedy family members ask a judge to block Trump’s Arlington memorial arch

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  Nine family members of the Kennedy political dynasty asked a judge Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s plan to build a towering memorial arch, saying the 250-foot (76-meter) structure would cast a shadow over their relatives’ gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery. The shadow would “fundamentally alter the experience of visiting the...
  
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• Judge weighs lawsuit brought by Peltola campaign over absentee ballots in Alaska’s US Senate race

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state judge said Tuesday that he expects to issue a swift decision in a lawsuit filed by the campaign of Alaska Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola, which is seeking a list of absentee voters whose ballots have been rejected in one of the most closely watched races of the midterm elections. Peltola’s campaign also said it wants to know the reasons for the rejections and said its intent is to ensure that all qualified voters have their ballots counted. Attorn
  
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• Immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump’s misgivings after the GOP’s midterm wipeout

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  It’s business as usual for President Donald Trump’s deportation offensive despite the Republican wipeout in the midterm elections. In Los Angeles, masked immigration officers in body armor blocked a hospital emergency room driveway in a heavily Latino neighborhood early Saturday. In central Alabama, twin 19-year-old brothers from Venezuela were arrested while driving back to college a day after the election. Advocates reported arrests from California to Michigan to Massachusetts. After Democ
  
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• ICE deportation flight carrying Iranians turns back and lands in Arizona

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  A U.S. deportation flight from Arizona carrying Iranians bound for Iran turned around midair and landed back in Arizona early Tuesday morning, according to a legal defense group and a flight-tracking monitor. The Iranians on the flight were meant to be transferred to Iran from neighboring Pakistan, but the flight turned around after Pakistan abruptly declined to accept them, according to a relative of a detainee who said an Iranian official shared that information, and a U.S. official. Both of t
  
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• House blocks Hegseth impeachment effort; Strickland absent for vote

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington’s Republican Reps. Dan Newhouse, of Yakima, and Michael Baumgartner, of Spokane, stood with their party Tuesday to halt efforts to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, sparing him an immediate congressional rebuke over the war in Iran after the GOP’s major election losses. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, of Tacoma, was among 11 Democrats who missed the vote, with her office saying she arrived one minute too late. The outcome came as Republicans grapple with the fa
  
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• Democrat Doris Matsui wins reelection to U.S. House in California’s 7th Congressional District

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  Democrat Doris Matsui won election Tuesday to the U.S. House of...
  
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• China and ASEAN make progress on South China Sea pact but can’t finish talks this year

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China and Southeast Asian countries have made progress on a South China Sea pact but won’t be able to conclude decades of negotiations this year as agreed, three regional diplomats said Wednesday. China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations began negotiating the so-called “code of conduct” in 2005 to prevent occasional confrontations in the disputed waters from turning into a major conflict that could threaten Asia’s economies. The accord mainly call
  
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• Can creatine supplements make your brain stronger?

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  Experts generally agree that creatine can help you build slightly stronger muscles. Could the supplement also help to strengthen your brain? That assertion has been gaining momentum, particularly on social media, and experts say it’s plausible. But they emphasize that caveats abound, and, when it comes to many of the claims, the hype has gotten ahead of the science. “I think a little dose of reality needs to really come into what we’re talking about on the brain health side of things,” s
  
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• Appeals court rebukes Justice Dept. over demand for journalists’ LinkedIn data

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked an order requiring LinkedIn to give the Trump administration extensive private data on a group of reporters for a leak investigation, ruling that it went too far and would reveal the identities of numerous unrelated confidential sources. The ruling did not identify the article or news organization at issue. But aspects of the decision, which centered on the administration’s request for 18 months’ worth of data, raised the possibility
  
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• An 80-cent plastic pouch is saving thousands of women from dying in childbirth

  11-11-2026 07:51 via WN.com - World News
  KANO, Nigeria — A few hours after she nearly bled to death, Husaina Balarabe was serenely unaware that her life had been in peril. She cuddled her newborn baby, a lush-cheeked boy she had named Aabid, and showed him off to her sisters from her bed in a noisy hospital delivery ward in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. Balarabe, a 26-year-old optometrist, had experienced a postpartum hemorrhage, a side effect of childbirth that is the leading cause of maternal death around the world. She did n
  
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• Rep. Horsford misses Hegseth vote; 10 other Democrats also absent

  11-11-2026 07:45 via WN.com - World News
  A personal emergency prevented Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., from voting in the possible impeachment of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to his office. ......
  
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• US' Scott Bessent Moves To Military Base After Iranian Threats: Report

  11-11-2026 07:42 via WN.com - World News
  The newspaper reported that US officials have noted that Iran's ability to carry out large-scale attacks in the US and other territories overseas is limited. ......
  
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• Not funny: US comedians say

  11-11-2026 07:42 via WN.com - World News
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• Iran Distributing Iodine Tablets Near Nuclear Sites? Here's The Truth

  11-11-2026 07:42 via WN.com - World News
  Several outlets reported last week that Iran is distributing iodine tablets to its citizens living near the nuclear facilities. The Islamic Republic's minister, however, denied these reports. ......
  
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• Intruder Allegedly Attacks Norwegian Royal Resident During House Arrest

  11-11-2026 07:42 via WN.com - World News
  Representatives for the Norwegian Police Security Service confirmed the arrest but declined to share further details. ......
  
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• India Calls For Action Against Chinese Vloggers Presenting Dhaka As Delhi

  11-11-2026 07:42 via WN.com - World News
  The misleading portrayal has raised concerns about deliberately distorting geographical locations and using deceptive online content to create negative perceptions of India among international... ......
  
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• Spain’s first general strike in 14 years brings clashing social and political desires to the fore

  11-11-2026 07:37 via WN.com - World News
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Millions of Spain’s workers are striking Wednesday to demand that the government remedy the nation’s housing crisis less than three weeks before a national election that could catapult the far right to power. Spain’s first general strike in 14 years is expected to cause delays to the widely used public transport system and lead to the slowdown or shuttering of businesses, factories and shops across the eurozone’s fourth largest economy. Between workers, activist
  
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• How Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s extramarital affair could cause collateral damage in Washington

  11-11-2026 07:37 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Extramarital affairs are usually private matters. Jensen Huang’s has global implications. The 63-year-old is the leading face of the artificial intelligence revolution with his black leather jackets and fluff of grey hair. He runs the company Nvidia, which produces highly coveted computer chips. That’s landed him on a late-night-phone-call basis with President Donald Trump, a promoter of the industry. But Huang was also liaising with a Chinese businesswoman who has allege
  
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