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• Egypt navigates Mecca pact, steps up ties with India

  03-10-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt met Indian Prime Minister...
  
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• World Space Week 2026: Theme, history, how to celebrate and a special Pok�mon twist- here's ...

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  World Space Week will be celebrated from October 4 to October...
  
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• World Space Week 2026: The rocket revolution is happening above us — How cheaper launches ...

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Sixty-nine years after Sputnik's launch marked the beginning of the Space...
  
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• WHO 'Following Closely' Russian Lab Worker's Death Amid Suspected Pneumonic Plague

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS WHO 'Following Closely' Russian Lab Worker's Death Amid Suspected Pneumonic Plague 06/10/2026 09:51 PM This undated photo released in 2019 by the...
  
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• White House says Trump did not urge Iran attacks on Los Angeles

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  White House says Trump did not urge Iran attacks on Los Angeles ......
  
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• White House aide: Trump did not call for attacks on US cities but explained how he's preventing them

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  The White House clarified Donald Trump’s comments at a Monday night rally, explaining that the president was not insinuating that he wanted Iran to attack U.S. cities but instead wants to prevent Tehran from having that capability. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said on social media Tuesday that the president’s comments have been misunderstood and misrepresented in a “media freakout” that is “not rooted...
  
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• What happened inside Russia’s 'plague' lab: Was it a bioweapon leak? Here's what officials revealed ...

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Pneumonic plague occurs when the infection affects the lungs. It can spread from one person to another through respiratory droplets. ......
  
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• US stocks rise toward an all-time high after oil prices ease

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  U.S. stocks are rising and on track to hit an all-time high after oil prices gave back some of their big recent gains. The S&P 500 added 0.8% Tuesday and was on pace to eke past its record set in ......
  
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• US House introduces resolution honouring Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar, condemns 'act of terrorism'

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  The US House of Representatives have introduced a resolution honouring Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar who was stabbed by his Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami on September 30.The resolution introduced as 'Honoring Captain Smit Machchhar and the crew and passengers of Flydubai Flight 1073, and condemning the attempted terrorist attack on that flight' by Josh Gottheimer, Don Bacon and Michael McCaul, described the incident and hailed Machchhar.'On September 30, 2026, Flydubai Flight...
  
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• US Congress moves to honour Indian pilot Smit Machchhar who foiled flydubai attack

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  US Congress moves to honour Indian pilot Smit Machchhar who foiled flydubai attack ......
  
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• The food world is calling it a trend, but pierogi makers have been at it ...

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  For more than a century, Eastern...
  
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• The day the fault lines cracked: October 7’s aftershocks travelled from Israel and Gaza to ...

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  It started at the Gaza border. Then...
  
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• Texas was expected to be a Republican stronghold. A new poll shows Democrats James Talarico ...

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Polls indicate Democrat James Talarico leads Republican Ken...
  
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• Saudi-backed Yemen offensive targets Houthis at vital Bab el-Mandeb strait

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Saudi-backed Yemen offensive targets Houthis at vital Bab el-Mandeb strait ......
  
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• S Jaishankar begins Ghana visit to deepen India-Africa trade ties

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  S Jaishankar begins Ghana visit to deepen India-Africa trade ties ......
  
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• Russia's Volgograd refinery halts operations following October 2 drone strike

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Russia Volgograd oil refinery entirely stopped processing crude oil on October 2 due to equipment damage caused by a drone assault, according to the Reuters.The shutdown is...
  
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• Prabowo hails Indonesia's historic victory at the 2026 FIFA ASEAN Cup

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto described Indonesia's victory over Thailand at the 2026 FIFA ASEAN Cup final as historic, securing the country's first-ever title in a FIFA international tournament. "This is a proud achievement and an example of the determination to never give up. We have demonstrated that success is within our reach and this is the first time in history that Indonesia...
  
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• Poor suffer higher rates of inflation — IMF research

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  By Andrea Shalal Sharp spikes in food and energy prices are likely to become more common, the IMF notes in new research, warning such crises drive inflation expectations higher for longer, worsen poverty and threaten economic stability. IMF research released on Tuesday examined three decades of strategies used by governments to mitigate price surges, as well as a new economic model that accounts for the higher inflation experienced by poorer households, which spend a higher share of their budget
  
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• Mexico arrests alleged cartel leader and fuel smuggler "The Tank"

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Authorities say "El Tanque" runs a massive fuel theft network and is linked to homicides, kidnappings and drug trafficking. ......
  
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• Laos names veteran diplomat with international outlook to be new prime minister

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  BANGKOK (AP) — Laos has a new prime minister after the communist country’s National Assembly elected veteran diplomat Saleumxay Kommasith to the post, state-run media reported Tuesday. Saleumxay, who turns 58 on Oct. 31, was elected on Monday in the Laotian capital Vientiane in a unanimous vote of 158 lawmakers who were present, the state news agency KPL said. He is a member of the Politburo of the ruling Lao People’s...
  
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• Inside Hollywood's biggest plot twist: How Paramount closed $110 billion Warner Bros deal to create Skydance

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Paramount Skydance finalized its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery...
  
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• Indonesia sees no need to clear forests for new rice fields

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia sees no need to expand rice fields into forest areas, Presidential Special Envoy for Climate and Energy Hashim Djojohadikusumo said on Tuesday, as the government seeks to boost food production without further clearing forests. Speaking at the Indonesia International Sustainability Forum in Jakarta, Hashim said the...
  
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• Indian pilot Smit Machchhar shows steady recovery after flydubai cockpit attack

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Indian pilot Smit Machchhar shows steady recovery after flydubai cockpit attack ......
  
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• In 2020, Texas boy Orion Jean used a $500 speech-contest prize to launch a kindness drive; it grew from more than 600 toys to 100,000 meals and 500,000 books, and he is now pursuing one million acts of kindness

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  A $500 prize from a school speech contest led a Texas teenager to launch a toy drive for children at a local hospitalOrion Jean,15, is the founder of Race to Kindness, a youth-led initiative that encourages people to identify needs around them and respond through practical acts of service. He was named TIME’s 2021 Kid of the Year and has gone on to become an author and public speaker.The idea began in 2020, when Jean took part in a national kindness speech contest. In his speech, he argued
  
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• In 2015, Washington bonded ultra-hard bauxite chips to a Snohomish County ramp with polymer resin; wet-weather crashes dropped from nearly 14 to one

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Roads rarely become dangerous without a reason. Ramps that curve onto busy highways are often where a vehicle is pushed beyond what its tyres can grip, because of a tight curve, a downhill approach and a layer of rain. Engineers call the grip between tyre and road friction. Drivers who have done nothing wrong can still slide out of their lane when friction is too low.Over the past ten years, one remedy has spread across the country: the high-friction surface treatment, which the Federal Highway
  
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• How beavers are protecting a West London town from flooding

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Five Eurasian beavers were released into the town of Greenford in October 2023. Then, they got to work, felling trees, gathering branches and building dams. ......
  
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• Google cofounder Sergey Brin bets $102 million to dodge a $13 billion tax bill as ...

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Sergey Brin has committed $102 million against a...
  
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• French high schools closed in biggest day of student protests in decades

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  Nationwide protests across France continued for a third week as demonstrators rallied against poor school conditions. ......
  
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• First firing-squad execution by military in 65 years in US, Trump gives go ahead

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  First firing-squad execution by military in 65 years in US, Trump gives go ahead ......
  
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• Europe’s Gen Z is out on the barricades: What's bothering the youth?

  06-10-2026 18:44 via article.wn.com
  In a wave of activism, youth in France, Belgium, Ireland, and Spain are...
  
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