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• Four bodies found after avalanche hits Himalayan climbing group

  28-09-2026 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rescuers are still looking for 12 Nepalese cook staff who were preparing for climbers to ascend the Himlung Himal peak.
  
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• Yankees vs Red Sox: Aaron Judge to feature in playing XI for New York Yankees ...

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees for AL Wild Card Series opener is set to take place on Tuesday and all eyes will be on star player Aaron Judge. ......
  
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• World’s largest yacht-dedicated shiplift receives Lloyd’s Register classification

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  The 5,000-tonne facility at VMG Astilleros de Sagunto...
  
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• World Growth Holds Up, but Real Interest Rates Rise

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  World growth is holding up well in the face of...
  
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• US sanctions waiver to reopen Iran-Najaf air route for Shiite pilgrims

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  US sanctions waiver to reopen Iran-Najaf air route for Shiite pilgrims ......
  
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• US Iran War Live Updates: Trump says US officials met Iran war mediators

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
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• U.S., Iran separately talk with mediators in latest bid to end war

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Iran’s seven-day plan envisages an end to all hostilities in Iran and Lebanon, the unfreezing of billions of dollars’ ‌worth of Iranian assets, an end to sanctions on Iranian oil and the lifting of the US blockade on Iranian ports. ......
  
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• US, Iran hold separate talks with mediators in fresh bid to end seven-month war

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  US, Iran hold separate talks with mediators in fresh bid to end seven-month war ......
  
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• US, China agree on $30B tariff reduction framework; expand farm trade

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  The US and China agreed to a $30 billion tariff...
  
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• Turkish Comedian Deniz Goktas Freed Pending Appeal After Conviction for ‘Insulting’ President Erdogan

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  A popular Turkish comedian left prison after 88 days behind bars late...
  
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• Trump approval rating falls to new low as economy concerns grow ahead of U.S. midterm ...

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump’s approval rating has reached 37%, marking the lowest...
  
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• This Texas couple said no to a national park in 1972 and walked away with ...

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  A Texas couple refused...
  
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• Tennessee to execute a woman for first time in 200 years after governor denies clemency

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Lawyers for Christa Pike, 50, convicted of killing classmate in Knoxville in 1995, ask supreme court to grant stay...
  
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• Sniper at football game draws criticism; Coweta superintendent cites security policy

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Since 2023, Coweta Public Schools policy has to position armed security on the roof for any home football game that is expected to attract a sizable crowd. ......
  
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• Putin increases authorized strength of Russian Armed Forces to 2.44M personnel

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday increasing the total authorized strength of the...
  
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• Puerto Rico boat capsize leaves 2 dead as 40 are rescued near Mona Island

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Puerto Rico boat capsize leaves 2 dead as 40 are rescued near Mona Island ......
  
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• Pope Leo says concerns about AI’s threat to humanity are not ‘fake news’

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Pope ‌Leo XIV on Monday said concerns that artificial intelligence could destroy the world ‌are not “fake news” and should be taken seriously, in an apparent rebuke ​of US president Donald Trump. The first US pope, who has warned of the dangers of AI...
  
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• Negotiations continue after US rejects Iran's latest proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Diplomatic efforts between the U.S. and Iran through mediators continued after President Trump rebuffed Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz. Trump said the US spoke with Iran through mediators Monday, while Iranian state media reported Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was expected to meet with mediators from Qatar. “We're gonna win. As far as I'm concerned, it's gonna be one way or the other. It's gonna go pretty quickly, too,” Trump said....
  
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• Melbourne human rights activist disappears in Cambodia as wife urges Albanese government help

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Tran Hiep, a 50-year-old Australian Vietnamese anti-human trafficking campaigner, not heard from since 18 September...
  
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• Lindsay Clancy trial: What time will the hearing start Tuesday? 3 key legal issues on ...

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Lindsay Clancy returns...
  
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• LeBron James, no ID required, debuts in Philly duds

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  PHILADELPHIA --LeBron James made his first appearance in a Philadelphia 76ers uniform on Monday and made it clear he's not showing up just to absorb the spotlight or smile for cameras. When he took his seat at the dais before his media day press conference Monday in Camden, N.J., James picked up his rectangular name card and put it under the table. "You guys know who I am, right?" James said with a smile in a blue No. 23 jersey with PHILA scripted across the front. James starts training camp wit
  
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• Lagarde says moderate ECB policy response remains appropriate

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said...
  
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• In 2024, Fei-Fei Li raised USD 230 million to launch World Labs, years later Chip ...

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Earlier in February, 2026, Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raised $1 billion in a funding round as the startup accelerates its efforts to advance "spatial intelligence." ......
  
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• In 1989, the first space mission to understand positions, distances, motions, brightness and colors of ...

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  In 1989, European Space Agency's Hipparcos mission looked to understand positions, distances, motions, brightness and colors of stars for the first time. In 1993, the operations were ceased after the fulfillment of the mission goals. ......
  
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• How Steve and Terri Irwin turned a 3,500-acre land purchase into 44,000 trees and 1,630 ...

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  In 1994, Steve and Terri...
  
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• Glance: SEC admits mistake on Vols' onside kick vs. Texas

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Tennessee football nearly pulled off an upset win over No. 1 Texas in a dramatic comeback in Week 4. But the Volunteers shouldn’t have had the chance to tie the game with less than a minute left in the fourth ......
  
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• Flavio Bolsonaro tests staying power of his father's legacy

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  SAO PAULO--From the bare-walled, 12-square-meter cell where he was serving a 27-year sentence for a failed coup plot, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro passed his most prized asset to his eldest son: his blessing to follow in his political footsteps in 2026. "Let's go, it's you," Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the main right-wing candidate in the October 4 presidential election, remembers his father telling him in late 2025, over the rattle of the cell's air-conditioning unit. The younger Bol
  
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• Diesel price surge sends shockwaves through European economy

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  This photo taken on Sept. 15, 2026 shows prices displayed at a gas station in Berlin, Germany. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu) Europe's diesel squeeze has been further complicated by uncertainty over supplies from across the Atlantic. BRUSSELS, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Record diesel prices are sending shockwaves through Europe's economy, pushing up freight costs and squeezing farmers and businesses as disruptions to Russian and Middle Eastern supplies tighten an already strained global market. An analysis of d
  
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• China posts weakest industrial profit growth this year, expanding 4.2% in August

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  China’s industrial profits grew at their weakest pace...
  
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• Britain’s finance minister calls debt servicing costs an affront

  29-09-2026 02:02 via article.wn.com
  Britain’s finance minister John Healey addressed the...
  
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