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• Explosions rock Kyiv amid missile alert

  29-09-2026 07:24 via article.wn.com
  KYIV — Several loud explosions rang out in Kyiv early Tuesday, with air defense systems activated during an air raid alert.“New ballistic missiles are heading toward Kyiv,” the Ukrainian Air Force warned on Telegram.Journalists in Kyiv reported a combined drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital.Kyiv has been hit with intensifying Russian airstrikes, day and night, for weeks.On Monday, a woman was killed and six people were injured when a Russian drone strike caused a
  
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• Who is Chirantan CJ Desai? Why did Mark Zuckerberg\u0026#039;s Meta choose him to lead AI platform?

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  Meta has appointed former MongoDB CEO Chirantan ......
  
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• We are in this together, Earth's leaders told each other at UN - But how ...

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
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• US-Iran talks: Tehran awaits Washington response on Strait of Hormuz proposal

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
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• The Portuguese House review – picturesque, polite drama of secrets and revelations at a country estate

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  Spanish drama about people leaving their old lives behind plays out like a literary novel, with Manolo Solo excellent as a discombobulated gardener...
  
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• South Korea says North Korean mines behind DMZ blast violated armistice

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Sept 29 (Reuters) - ⁠South Korea's...
  
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• Russia hits port facilities in overnight strikes on Odesa region of Ukraine – Europe live

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  At least eight people injured as damaged port infrastructure and other sites hit, according to the governor of the Black Sea region...
  
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• Reserve Bank of Australia Raises Interest Rates to 15-Year High

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.6 percent, citing ongoing inflationary pressures....
  
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• Over 20 years, a New York painter hand-dug a lake and planted thousands of native trees; the private landscape survives as Olana State Historic Site

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  Frederic Edwin Church is best known as a Hudson River School painter, yet he treated the land around his home as a large-scale landscape composition. New York State Parks describes Olana as the 19th-century home, studio, and designed landscape of Hudson River School artist Frederic Edwin Church, his wife Isabel and their four children. The estate sits near Hudson, New York, and the state agency notes that 2026 marks the bicentennial of his birth. Two parts of that landscape are especially striki
  
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• Mojtaba Khamenei claims \u0026#039;US pleading to stop war\u0026#039;, says enemy forces will be removed from ...

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  In a message issued on the occasion of Iran ......
  
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• Major news outlets ask US Judge to extend block on White House press ban

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  Major news outlets ask US Judge to extend block on White House press ban Major US news organizations including CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are pushing a federal court to prolong legal safeguards against the Trump administration's press restrictions. Attorneys representing the prominent media entities formally requested a preliminary injunction from a U.S. district judge in Washington, D.C., aiming to...
  
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• Jaishankar warns of \u0026#039;major food crisis\u0026#039;; flags US \u0026#039;lack of empathy\u0026#039; | Key points

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  S Jaishankar warned of a...
  
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• In 1914, a Connecticut writer opened one of America’s first private songbird sanctuaries; her work helped shape a statewide bird-protection movement that still operates

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  Birdcraft Sanctuary was founded in Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1914, and the Connecticut Audubon Society describes it as one of the first private songbird sanctuaries in the United States. It is a National Historic Landmark. Its creator was Mabel Osgood Wright, a writer and conservationist who had already spent years pressing for laws to protect birds. The sanctuary did not start the state's bird-protection effort so much as give it a home. Wright helped found the Connecticut Audubon Society in 1
  
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• HUB International Evolves its Brand to Reflect a Decade of Growth and Expanded Capabilities

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  For every ambition.™ brand signature anchors a new campaign, visual identity and digital ......
  
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• ‘HOAX:’ Trump denies report of offering Iran sanctions relief

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  New York: United States President Donald Trump denied a media report that his administration had offered Iran sanctions relief and access to frozen funds in exchange for nuclear concessions. “Axios just released a story that ‘Trump’ offered Sanctions Relief and Frozen Funds to Iran. This is untrue. I offered them NOTHING! Axios’ story, like most others, is a HOAX,” Trump wrote on...
  
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• Himlung Avalanche: Death toll climbs to four, eight still missing in Nepal, search operation underway

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  Updating on the search...
  
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• Golf Club in PM’s Electorate Received Five Earlier Grants Before $6 Million Payment: Professor

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  A retired law professor has revealed that the Marrickville Golf Club, in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Sydney...
  
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• Goldy Brar on FBI\u0026#039;s Ten Most Wanted list: What are the allegations against him?

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  Goldy Brar, a leader of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, has been added to the FBI ......
  
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• Four dead in Bangkok floods as Thailand toll rises to 23: ministry

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  Four people have died in...
  
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• FBI Cyberattack Exposes Agents’ Personal Data, Families at Risk in Massive ShinyHunters Breach

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  A major cyberattack on the FBI may have exposed the home addresses, Social Security numbers, family details and sensitive intelligence assignments of potentially tens of thousands of current and former employees, raising fears that the stolen information could put agents and their families at risk.Nearly a week after the hacking group ShinyHunters disclosed the breach, the FBI is still trying to establish its full extent. The agency has acknowledged that personal information was stolen and has w
  
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• Essar\u0026#039;s $18 bn US steel plant: Why Trump calls it \u0026#039;largest\u0026#039;; what\u0026#039;s the tariff link?

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  Essar Group will...
  
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• Alleigha Botner has new boyfriend? Family, parents' details shared by true crime podcaster amid Caleb ...

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
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• 3 Flags Down, Could the Lions Claim a Fourth? High-Performance Chief Weighs In

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  MELBOURNE, Australia—An enviable culture and the quality of players who missed out on Brisbane’s historic three-peat in the...
  
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• 27 killed across Nepal due to incessant rainfall since Sep 24: Authorities

  29-09-2026 11:01 via article.wn.com
  27 killed across Nepal due to incessant rainfall since Sep 24: Authorities ......
  
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• US Prosecutors Reopen Cornell Gang Rape Case After Public Outcry

  29-09-2026 10:39 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] New York: Prosecutors in New York reopened a criminal investigation into allegations that seven fraternity members sexually abused...
  
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• US, Iran resume indirect talks through Qatar

  29-09-2026 10:39 via article.wn.com
  The United States and Iran have...
  
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• UAE urges regional de-escalation, calls for open Hormuz Strait

  29-09-2026 10:39 via article.wn.com
  The United Arab Emirates has called for reduced...
  
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• UAE at UNGA urges nations to 'build rather than destroy'

  29-09-2026 10:39 via article.wn.com
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• Trump denies report of Iran sanctions relief offer

  29-09-2026 10:39 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has rejected a report...
  
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• Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief, Tehran says ready for talks

  29-09-2026 10:39 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump...
  
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