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• Fisher: Samsung, SK Hynix Remain Strong as Computing Demand Grows

  15-10-2026 18:57 via WN.com - World News
  While the 'AI bubble theory' and 'semiconductor peak theory' have frozen investor sentiment, some investment experts remain optimistic about the future of the AI revolution and view the prospects of South Korea’s semiconductor industry as bright. Ken Fisher, chairman of Fisher Investments, who manages over 400 billion dollars (approximately 540 trillion Korean won) in assets, is one such figure. “Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix remain strong. Demand for computing will continue to gr
  
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• UK adventurer ends epic 28-year trek across jungles, frozen sea

  02-11-2026 23:50 via WN.com - World News
  British adventurer Karl Bushby enjoyed an emotional reunion with his mother and family Monday as he arrived back home after a 28-year, 50,000-kilometre (31,000-mile) trek from South America, crossing four continents on foot. Cheers erupted as the 57-year-old former paratrooper was greeted in the street outside his mother's house in the northeastern UK port of Hull. Bushby, who set off on his odyssey from Chile in 1998, had two golden rules for his journey — to avoid all forms of transport to a
  
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• Republicans, Democrats set midterm closing arguments as Michigan endorsement roils Senate race

  02-11-2026 23:50 via WN.com - World News
  Democrats sought Monday to contain a rift in Michigan's US Senate race after one of their own crossed party lines to endorse the Republican, as both parties made their final push before midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the next two years. US Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed in a bitter contest, publicly backed Republican Mike Rogers and appeared with him at a Detroit church. The race is critical to Democr
  
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• Polish PM Tusk asks president to confirm judges amid constitutional crisis

  02-11-2026 23:50 via WN.com - World News
  Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk Monday called upon conservative-nationalist president Karol Nawrocki to confirm judges to the country's highest court elected by Parliament, amid a constitutional crisis that came to a head on the court grounds court last week. It is necessary that 'the President recognises the judges legally elected by the Sejm, because that is what the Constitution stipulates,' Tusk wrote on X, adding Nawrocki should allow them to fulfil their duties at the...
  
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• Mini basketball World Cup kicks off with 32 schools participating

  02-11-2026 23:50 via WN.com - World News
  The Mini World Cup 2026-2027 began on Monday at Qatar Sports Club, bringing together 32 schools representing 32 countries. Organised by the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qatar 2027 Local Organising Committee (LOC), in collaboration with the Qatar School Sports Federation, the initiative aims to promote basketball among school students and engage younger generations in activities leading up to Qatar's hosting of the global tournament next year. The opening day was attended by Burton Shipley, Chairman
  
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• UAE world’s most forward-looking country for AI adoption: OpenAI CEO

  02-11-2026 23:48 via WN.com - World News
  ABU DHABI/WAM Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, described the UAE as the world’s most forward-looking country for artificial intelligence adoption. Speaking during a panel discussion at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC 2026), Altman addressed the agreements...
  
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• Read the memo from Squarespace's CEO about laying off 19% of staff

  02-11-2026 23:48 via WN.com - World News
  Squarespace founder Anthony Casalena said in a memo that the cuts would mostly affect product and engineering teams. Abbie Parr/Getty ImagesWebsite-building company Squarespace is laying off 19% of staff.In a memo, CEO Anthony Casalena said most of the cuts affect product and engineering teams.Casalena added that the changes would mean "more player coaches." Squarespace is laying off 19% of its staff in a move its CEO said would help it "adapt for the modern era" with leaner teams and "more play
  
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• How World of Warcraft: Forever is Successfully Creating A New Generation of MMO Gamers

  02-11-2026 23:46 via WN.com - World News
  The beta for World of Warcraft: Forever generated more excited and buzz than anyone expected and with the launch just days away, we chatted with the team about why they think so many gamers are all-in on the promise of WoW: Forever. WoW: Forever Gives you Permission to Slow Down Screenshot: Blizzard Entertainment VICE recently had a chance to sit down with some members of the World of Warcraft: Forever development team to chat about the upcoming launch and what about it has made it appeal to so
  
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• Uganda withdrawing troops from Somalia in blow to anti-Islamist mission

  02-11-2026 23:44 via WN.com - World News
  Uganda said Monday that it had begun withdrawing troops from Somalia after almost two decades in the country, removing a vital element in the fight against Islamist insurgents. Uganda was the first country to sign up for the African Union's military mission in Somalia in March 2007 and currently has around 6,500-8,500 troops in key roles, including protecting the capital, Mogadishu. Successive African Union missions have fought the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab militant...
  
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• Trump approval near record low ahead of elections, poll finds

  02-11-2026 23:44 via WN.com - World News
  President Donald Trump's approval rating held near a record low as a broad swath of the US electorate saw their vote in Tuesday's congressional midterm elections as a way to oppose the Republican president, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday. The poll results underscore Republican vulnerabilities brought on by a surge in fuel prices since Trump launched a war on Iran in February. Voters in...
  
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• Spain deports Ceuta African, Asian asylum seekers to Morocco

  02-11-2026 23:44 via WN.com - World News
  Spain has returned to Morocco more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants who reached the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and were turned down for asylum, the first deportation of its kind from the enclave since a mass border crossing in July. The Interior Ministry said the group had been sent back to Morocco after it agreed to receive them and they remained on Moroccan territory at present. It declined to give numbers or nationalities but migrant...
  
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• Russian strikes kill 26 in Ukraine, dashing peace progress hopes

  02-11-2026 23:44 via WN.com - World News
  Ukraine on Monday said multiple Russian strikes on a school where humanitarian aid was distributed killed at least 24 people and dashed fragile hopes of "progress toward peace" after a local ceasefire in the south expired without violations. Russia resumed its strikes on the southern region of Kherson after the end of a local ceasefire in the area, the longest truce in the war raging between the neighbours since Russia's 2022 invasion, Kyiv said. A rare pause in fighting, brokered by US First La
  
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• Ethiopia attacks kill civilians, health system 'nears collapse'

  02-11-2026 23:44 via WN.com - World News
  Attacks in northern Ethiopia that reportedly killed children, including a new-born, are pushing the region’s fragile health system closer to collapse, the World Health Organization’s chief said Monday. Renewed fighting has effectively shattered a November 2022 peace agreement between the federal government and rebel forces in the Tigray region, stoking fears of a wider conflict. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a statement posted on X, said children were among those report
  
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• Trump would ‘love’ this Democrat to join the Republican Party

  02-11-2026 23:40 via WN.com - World News
  President Donald Trump said Sunday he would “love” Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) to join the Republican Party, hours after she gave a surprise endorsement to GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers over her fellow Democrat. ......
  
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• Trump touts Washington reflecting pool as US midterm battle reaches finale

  02-11-2026 23:40 via WN.com - World News
  United States President Donald Trump devoted his final public remarks before Tuesday’s midterm elections to touting renovations of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, even as Democrats sought to contain a rift in Michigan’s closely fought US Senate race. Polls show Democrats poised to seize the House of Representatives and within reach of the Senate in Tuesday’s vote — a shift that would impose tight political constraints on the president. In his only public remarks scheduled for Monda
  
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• 'Over a million' abuse images found on phone of UK man who drugged, raped wife: prosecutor

  02-11-2026 23:40 via WN.com - World News
  A man who drugged and raped his wife over two decades and allegedly invited strangers to participate had “over a million photographs and videos” on his phone cataloguing the abuse, a UK court heard on Monday. The court in Manchester, northwest England, is hearing the trial of nine men accused of various sexual offences against a woman who was abused by her husband — a man in his 60s who...
  
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• Survivor of Belleville, Ont., Synagogue Shooting Cites Need for Extensive Security

  02-11-2026 23:37 via WN.com - World News
  One of the leaders of the Belleville, Ont., synagogue that was targeted by a gunman in September says costly enhanced...
  
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• China’s Chemical Expansion Squeezes Global Producers, Including US Firms: Report

  02-11-2026 23:37 via WN.com - World News
  Enormous expansion in China’s chemical manufacturing is squeezing foreign producers out of its domestic market and intensifying...
  
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• When Trump Says He’s on the Ballot, Believe Him

  02-11-2026 23:28 via WN.com - World News
  History doesn’t give us second chances. ......
  
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• Trump Removes South Africa From the African Growth and Opportunity Act Trade Program

  02-11-2026 23:28 via WN.com - World News
  The decision is the latest measure taken against the country, which the administration has accused of discriminating against white people. ......
  
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• Are Freezers Being Hacked? Europe and the U.S. Military Are Investigating.

  02-11-2026 23:28 via WN.com - World News
  A wave of disruptions at grocery stores, which some officials blame on cyberattacks, highlight the vulnerability of supply chains. Shops across Europe were affected again on Monday. ......
  
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• America Votes

  02-11-2026 23:28 via WN.com - World News
  We answer your questions about the midterm elections and what they will mean for the world. ......
  
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• US stocks turn unsteady following last week's sell-off, but oil prices fall sharply

  02-11-2026 23:27 via WN.com - World News
  The U.S. stock market is wavering following its sell-off from last week. The S&P 500 edged 0.1% higher Monday, coming off its third straight losing week, and remains within 3% of its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added ......
  
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• More drops for AI and tech stocks overshadow gains for most of Wall Street

  02-11-2026 23:27 via WN.com - World News
  A morning rally for U.S. stocks petered out as the tech and AI industries remained shaky following their sell-off last week. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Monday after erasing a gain that reached 1.1% early in the day. The Dow ......
  
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• Historic dockworkers strike idles 113 ports in global anti-war action

  02-11-2026 23:27 via WN.com - World News
  Dockworkers across the world delivered a thunderous rebuke to the imperialist war economy on Friday. In the largest coordinated international work stoppage in decades, workers halted operations at roughly 113 ports across 22 countries and five continents. Organized under the slogan “Dockworkers do not work for war,” more than 25 trade unions participated in the International Day of Action. The mobilization was the culmination of months of planning, building on the militant coordination netwo
  
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• 2026 FIFPRO Women's World 11 finalists: Only two NWSL players make shortlist

  02-11-2026 23:25 via WN.com - World News
  FIFPRO has released a shortlist of 26 players for the 2026 Women's World 11, and just two from the NWSL made the cut. ......
  
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• Who gets Social Security tomorrow, November 3? Is your payment COLA-adjusted, and how much will ...

  02-11-2026 23:11 via WN.com - World News
  Social Security payments begin November 3 for...
  
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• Tehran's negotiators leave Doha with no breakthrough in talks

  02-11-2026 23:11 via WN.com - World News
  Amid fears the conflict could reignite after Tuesday's midterm elections in the United States, China and Russia both spoke out on Monday against the possibility of renewed military action in a war that has hit the global economy. ......
  
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• Moss Landing Shooting: Multiple killed, several injured in California; Jetty Road and State Beach closed

  02-11-2026 23:11 via WN.com - World News
  Multiple people have been killed and several injured in a...
  
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• How much will your Medicare premium rise in 2027 and how much of your Social ...

  02-11-2026 23:11 via WN.com - World News
  The standard Medicare Part B premium may go up by $6.60 a month next year. That is far smaller than the jump in 2026. Still, for people living on Social Security, even a small rise matters, because the premium usually comes out of the monthly check. ......
  
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