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• Donohue’s, an Old New York Saloon, Gets a New Operator

  26-09-2026 05:22 via article.wn.com
  The beloved Upper East Side institution is gone. But the downtown restaurateur Jon Neidich says some retro details, and maybe the broiler, will survive. ......
  
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• Your Next French Wine Bottle Could Get Pricier As Output Heads For 70-Year Low

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Despite late-summer showers improving production prospects slightly from a September outlook, output is expected to total about 35 million hectoliters this year, the agriculture ministry said in a... ......
  
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• West must embrace 'national power' or face decline, says Rubio

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  The western world must embrace "national power" and technological innovation or risk sliding into decline, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was set to warn on Wednesday during a visit to Greece. His speech, which will be packed with praise for ancient heroes such as Alexander the Great, follows an address in February where he argued that Europe was threatened by mass immigration and called for it to defend Christian civilization. This time he will say the West is "at a crossroads" that will d
  
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• US midterms could bring new wave of Israel critics to Congress

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Data and ratings from the Cook Political Report, an independent US election forecaster, and Decision Desk HQ, an election monitoring and forecasting platform, indicate that several districts in the US House midterm elections are likely to be won by Democrats. The races include several new candidates who have been vocal opponents of Israeli policies in Palestine and the wider region. With just weeks to go before voting day, forecasts point to Democrats having the advantage in the battle for the 4
  
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• UK Conservative leader says the party is reviving and rules out a pact with Farage's ...

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  The leader of Britain’s opposition...
  
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• Trump administration proposes a $70,000 fee for international students to work in the US

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  It’s the latest effort from Trump to diminish foreign enrollment....
  
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• Senegal Launches SOLUPLAST Project to Tackle Plastic Pollution

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Senegal is launching the SOLUPLAST project to combat plastic pollution by restricting the use of single-use packaging, with a specific focus on the food and beverage production sectors where plastic waste concentration is highest. The...
  
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• Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities kill at least 24 in a major attack that Kyiv ...

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Russian missiles and drones have pounded...
  
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• Russia Responds After Reports of 2nd Laboratory Worker Death

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Russian officials on Oct. 7 responded after reports of the death of a second worker from a facility in...
  
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• REPLAY: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Announces Winner of 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Oct. 7 in Stockholm, Sweden. ......
  
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• Quebec’s Incoming Premier Explores Legal Options to Bar Lieutenant-Governor From Role

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Quebec premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has announced he is looking for legal avenues to block...
  
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• Pope Leo XIV opens status check on Pope Francis' contentious opening to civilly remarried Catholics

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholic leaders...
  
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• Police Arrest 12 Suspects In Ho Chi Minh For Stealing 2,700 Cats For Meat

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  The consumption of dog and cat meat is legal in Vietnam, especially in the northern region among older generations. ......
  
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• Meta Expands AI Fight Against Child Abuse Content Amid Tightened Scrutiny

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Meta said the latest measures were introduced after it identified new tactics being used by offenders to evade its systems. ......
  
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• Mayor of Izmir defects to Erdogan party | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  IZMIR, Turkey: The mayor...
  
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• King Celebrates Candy Crush Saga® With Guinness World Records™ Title

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  BARCELONA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 7, 2026-- ......
  
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• Israeli campaign to erase Gaza towns exposed by satellite images

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Satellite imagery has exposed how the Israeli military has systematically erased the city of Rafah, once home to 250,000 people, as part of its three-year genocidal war in the Gaza ......
  
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• Israel Marks Third Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attacks

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Israelis marked the third anniversary of the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, 2023, with ceremonies across the...
  
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• India's 2036 Games bid fuels sporting superpower dreams but hurdles, heavyweight rivals remain

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  India's�bid�for�the�2036�Olympics�sits�at�the�heart�of�a�wider�effort�to�transform�the�country�into�a�sporting�superpower�and�the�Indian�Olympic�Association�is�convinced�it�can�come�out�on�top�in�a�fiercely�competitive�process,
  
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• India opposition leader detained during protest against election chief

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has...
  
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• Heavy Russian Attack Kills at Least 24 in Ukraine, Including Children

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Moscow is exploiting gaps in Kyiv’s air defenses against ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones. ......
  
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• Haverford College professor charged with antisemitic cyberstalking

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Antisemitism is spiking. How can America respond? As antisemitism spikes, two experts weigh in on how anti-Jewish hatred can be tackled. A professor at Haverford College who was previously named in a lawsuit about alleged antisemitism on campus was criminally charged with cyberstalking a coworker through a series of threatening, antisemitic messages sent from anonymous accounts, including that the "end of American jews is close." In a federal indictment unsealed Oct. 6, Guangtian Ha, a religion
  
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• Gold Trump statue on display at European Parliament: Why president won't like it

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  It’s gold, and it features him holding a golf club. ......
  
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• France rebukes Trump after he blames Islam for student protests

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has blamed Islam and mass immigration for the wave of student protests sweeping France, claiming the unrest is driven by Muslims seeking to “take over” the country. Trump made the remarks on Truth Social as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across France in support of a student-led movement demanding better conditions in schools. “What’s happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration,” Trump wrote.
  
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• Enthusiasts hope the organic farm staple buckwheat can reach more fields and tables

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  For Paige Hansen, changing the food...
  
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• Christa Pike lawyers say phone frenzy wasted time as execution failed

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Minutes after 8 p.m. on Sept. 30, sitting in a dark room with the curtain shut, Christa Pike’s only lawyer inside the prison could hear her breathing despite receiving the state’s final round of lethal drugs. The lawyer, Randy Spivey, demanded to call the rest of Pike’s defense team. To do so, he would have to leave the one place he could tell if she was dead or alive. Spivey was led through a locked door. Then another. Then four more locked doors, he said. At about 8:22, after
  
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• Business Leaders Push for Capital Gains Tax Deferral to Retain Funds in Canadian Firms

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  More than 150 Canadian business leaders are calling on Ottawa to overhaul its tax framework to encourage greater investment...
  
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• An Army study found shock gloves caused ‘intense pain' and fear. ICE ordered 6,000 pairs.

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, according to a previously unreleased Army study. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders were aware of the findings before signing a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of shock gloves in August, according to records obtained by the watchdog group Ame
  
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• Alcohol ban, curfew: US disciplines troops after Marine murder allegation

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  US Marine arrested on suspicion of killing woman in Japan A U.S. Marine stationed in Japan was arrested on suspicion of murder a day after police in Okinawa discovered a woman’s body in a hotel room. U.S. military personnel stationed on Japan’s Okinawa Island will observe a month-long curfew and are prohibited from drinking alcohol as part of disciplinary training after a Marine allegedly killed a local woman. Lance Cpl. Devin J. Ballard, 20, was arrested by local police on Oct. 4 on
  
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• A Turkish publisher long targeted over Kurdish culture wins AAP freedom award

  07-10-2026 18:17 via article.wn.com
  Avesta Publishing House is being honored...
  
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