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• FlyDubai captain stabbed mid-flight by "radicalized" co-pilot speaks out

  03-10-2026 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Captain Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed while flying an Israel-bound plane, shared new details about the incident from his hospital bed. Imtiaz Tyab reports. ......
  
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• With Christa Pike unconscious, another execution attempt is in doubt

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike was...
  
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• What kind of relationship should the EU have with China?

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  For years, the European Union’s China policy has rested on an uncomfortable formulation: China is simultaneously a partner, an economic competitor and a systemic rival. It was a useful description because it avoided the binary choice between embracing Beijing and confronting it. But the economic relationship is making that balancing act increasingly difficult. “China is still one of the EU’s key trade partners: our largest source of imports and, after the US, our second-largest
  
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• Wedding ride goes viral after runaway horse overturns carriage

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: A bride and groom could hardly have imagined that their wedding day would become a talking point far beyond Alexandria after their...
  
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• US labor market shifts to a lower gear

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  A weaker-than-expected...
  
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• Trump to name Jay Clayton to serve as AI czar

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump...
  
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• Trump push to end US clock switching hits dead end

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  Efforts in the US Senate to mandate year-round daylight saving have stalled despite significant pressure from President Donald Trump. Early Friday, Trump again urged the Senate to approve the bill that passed the House in July by a 308-117 vote. The measure would end the twice-yearly practice of ​changing clocks observed across most of the nation since the 1960s. Trump said in a...
  
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• Trump directed use of taxpayer money for ads praising his presidency

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump...
  
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• Today in History: October 3, Germany reunifies after 45 years

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  Today is Saturday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2026. There are 89 days left in the year. ......
  
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• Students and police clash as France struggles to quell school protests

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  Riot police clashed with high school students across France on Friday and unions called for teachers to strike as President Emmanuel Macron’s government battled to contain increasingly violent protests over classroom conditions and funding. Tear gas clouded the streets in the eastern city of Strasbourg, fireworks were aimed at police lines in Marseille in the south and rubbish bins set ablaze in Rennes in the west. Protesters in Pantin, on the outskirts of Paris, set items including fences
  
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• Russia strikes Kyiv's northern bridge in a new tactic to disrupt life in the Ukrainian capital

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  A Russian strike has damaged Kyiv’s...
  
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• Powerful wildfires require a new approach, California report finds

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  LOS ANGELES — Wildfires have become so deadly and vast...
  
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• Partisan 'gerrymandering' reshapes congressional maps ahead of midterms

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump lit the fuse in a multi-state war over redistricting last year when he called on fellow Republicans to redraw congressional maps to help the party hold onto its majority in November's midterm elections. ......
  
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• Mixed-gender workplaces ‘ruin’ women: flydubai's Omani co-pilot’s posts reveal hardline views

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  The pilot, identified as...
  
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• Matina Peppa: Greece’s manosphere is closely tied to national and Orthodox identity

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  Memes, sarcastic videos and posts can carry hardline misogyny while keeping the perfect get-out clause: it’s only a joke Misogyny doesn’t always wear the face of extremism, and it doesn’t always come as an open call to violence. Often it hides behind an “innocent” joke, a meme, an ironic post or a piece of self-improvement advice. Dr Matina Peppa, who teaches in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture at Panteion University of Social and Political Science
  
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• ‘You can win in imagination’: Iran security official hits back at Trump's ‘ready to fold ...

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  Replying to Trump's...
  
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• Flurry of lawsuits shows both parties preparing for postelection challenges

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  For America’s two major...
  
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• Ex-UN director who protested Gaza famine challenges his dismissal

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  A former senior UN food agency official has said he has launched an appeal against his dismissal, alleging it was motivated by his stance on hunger in Gaza, in a case that has exposed tensions within the Rome-based organisation. Benjamin Davis, 62, a Spanish American director at the Food and Agriculture Organization, was informed his employment would end on September 30 at the request of Director-General Qu Dongyu, according to documents seen by Reuters....
  
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• EU leaders face high-stakes clash over long-term budget and revenues

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  Negotiations for the European Union’s next seven-year budget are moving to the level of heads of state and government ahead of the October 15-16 summit, with attention increasingly focused on the challenge of securing financing and revenues without inflating national contributions. European Council President Antonio Costa set the tone following his tour of European capitals, calling on the October summit to provide a clear framework for an updated basket of new own resources—generate
  
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• Congress leaves with a whimper, as the GOP braces for midterm pain

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON —...
  
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• Blockades, fireworks and tear gas: Young protesters are rattling France

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  SEINE-ST.-DENIS, France — Outside a high...
  
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• Barricades & the blame game: the French school protests

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  In a week that’s seen the heroism of the captain, crew and passengers on board...
  
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• As public fears of AI grow, Trump digs in on voluntary safeguards

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump spent Tuesday...
  
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• Argentina announces citizenship-by-investment programme

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  Argentina will launch South America’s first citizenship-by-investment programme, economy minister Luis Caputo announced on X on Friday. Applications will open in the fourth quarter...
  
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• 5 decades after adoption, man learns his father is a rock star

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  The first time...
  
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• 2 dead after shooting near Los Angeles university

  03-10-2026 13:06 via article.wn.com
  LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed and dozens of others detained after a shooting broke out Friday night at a strip mall...
  
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• Woody Harrelson wants Matthew McConaughey to have a DNA test to prove they\u2019re brothers

  03-10-2026 12:49 via article.wn.com
  Matthew’s mom has implied she had relations with Woody’s dad....
  
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• 'We’ve been screwed': A wealthy county is overrun with data centers

  03-10-2026 12:49 via article.wn.com
  Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon unite to warn about AI Steve Bannon and Senator Bernie Sanders share a stage to warn about AI, data centers and the future of the technology. ALDIE, VA – On an overcast morning in late September, two dozen women gathered for their weekly pickleball game at a $91 million recreation complex in this leafy suburb outside the nation's capital. Wearing fitness watches and moisture-wicking skirts, they laughed and cheered over the sound of paddles and wiffle balls.
  
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• Verstappen takes dominant pole for F1 Bahrain GP in Malaysia

  03-10-2026 12:49 via article.wn.com
  by F1 correspondent Michael Butterworth SEPANG, Malaysia, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Max Verstappen claimed his first pole position of the 2026 Formula 1 season on Saturday with a dominant qualifying performance for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, as F1 returned to the Sepang International Circuit for the first time since 2017. The Red Bull driver topped all three qualifying sessions and produced a best lap of one minute, 35.130 seconds in Q3, finishing 0.298 seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton. Kimi An
  
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• Libyan unity talks upended as warlord’s son linked to drone attacks on fuel facilities

  03-10-2026 12:49 via article.wn.com
  Western Libya’s GNU say working with Saddam Haftar ‘impossible’ as US-backed merger plan breaks down...
  
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