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• Four Hours and Three Minutes at Cornell

  11-10-2026 14:39 via article.wn.com
  On the most traumatic night in a young woman’s life, a good man could not be found. ......
  
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• Yemen’s Houthis tighten siege of key city

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  The Houthis have blocked all exits and carried out several attacks overnight ......
  
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• "We Want Long-Term Peace": Kremlin Rejects Ukraine's 60-Day Ceasefire Offer

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that Russia wanted a long-term peace deal rather than a temporary ceasefire. ......
  
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• UK To Evaluate AI Models Before Release, Reversing Trump Policy

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  Trump has been cracking down on global access to AI models from Silicon Valley. ......
  
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• The Kremlin relishes in the US-Russia diesel deal and Trump\u2019s criticism of Zelenskyy

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  The deal was described as an “astonishing birthday present” for Putin....
  
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• Saudis Plan More Oil Pipe Capacity For Export Resilience

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  The Saudis are working on potential international partnerships when looking to add other routes for export, Prince Abdulaziz said, adding that the country was in talks with countries like Kuwait. ......
  
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• Saudi Arabia cancels flights and threatens severe response to Houthi attacks as war escalates

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  Oil prices have surged as Saudi Arabia battles to fend off the Houthi rebels...
  
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• New York Unveils Hostage-Tag Sculpture Rooted in October 7 Memory

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  A new Museum of Jewish Heritage installation turns thousands of hostage tags and pins into a record of advocacy, grief and Jewish communal resolve. ......
  
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• Kurdish PKK militants pull out of four camps in northern Iraq as part of peace ...

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, vacated the camps in the Baze area of northern Iraq's Metina region, near the Turkish border ......
  
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• How Two US Economists Won The 2026 Nobel By Fixing Central Banking

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  Their research shows how expectations about future income, prices and interest rates shape spending decisions, business behaviour and the effectiveness of monetary policy. ......
  
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• Gunmen kill 24 in Nigerian attacks

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  There has been a recent increase in attacks on communities in the two regions, blamed on gangs engaged in kidnapping for ransom and cattle rustling — locally referred to as bandits, and on jihadist groups ......
  
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• Government to prioritise Montenegro's accession to EU

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  The government has said that it remains Ireland's ambition that Montenegro can conclude its accession negotiations during the Irish EU presidency. An intergovernmental conference involving the small Balkan country and EU member states gets underway in...
  
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• France braces for fresh student demonstrations as Macron calls for ‘respect’

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  Students have blocked entrances to hundreds of lycees — high schools for children 15 to 18 — since late September to rail against poor classroom conditions, with squads of riot police deployed and occasionally violent clashes erupting ......
  
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• Ethiopian govt forces enter key Tigray town near Eritrea border

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  Clashes erupted in late September between the federal army and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), who made gains in neighbouring Afar region but are increasingly being pushed back towards the Eritrean border ......
  
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• Barbie Packaging Sparks Row After Shopper Spots Alleged 'Nazi Symbolism'

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  When the woman looked at the illustration of the people, the figures had their arms positioned in a way that she claimed resembled a 'Nazi salute'. ......
  
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• "Almost Certainly": UK PM Says Iran Guards Behind Airbase Scare

  12-10-2026 20:38 via article.wn.com
  The United States abruptly withdrew all its B-1 bombers from Royal Air Force Fairford last week after the mysterious incident at the base on September 27 ......
  
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• World’s tiniest flowering plant could feed deep space astronauts

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  They measure just a few millimeters across, but scientists say they could feed astronauts exploring deep space. ......
  
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• US attorney warns Chinese espionage is 'extremely pervasive,' says Beijing 'playing the long game'

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Chinese espionage is \...
  
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• UK and EU confirm date of summit after Burnham says Russian meddling shows the need ...

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  LONDON (AP) — Russia’s attempts to meddle in European politics show why Britain must forge a closer relationship with the European Union, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday, arguing that “the status quo is not good enough.” Burnham said that attempts by Russia to interfere in democratic votes across Europe, including Britain’s 2016 EU membership referendum, highlight the importance of strengthening the U.K.’s links with its neighbors, years after they wer
  
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• Two LA children killed by man believed to be their father, police say

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Calling 911: What you need to know Calling 911 is for emergencies only, but what counts as an emergency? Two young children were fatally shot in California by a man authorities believe to be their father, who was also hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound,...
  
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• Trump floats renaming another body of water: ‘We need an ocean’

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump pitched the idea of rebranding an ocean — fresh off his renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” ......
  
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• Trade Minister Leading 300-Member Mission to India This Week

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu is in India this week as the two countries look to reach a free-trade agreement...
  
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• Those other battles of Hastings | Letters

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  In response to a report that rare footage of a 1966 re-enactment has been found, Sue Jenkins recalls her own that year. Plus a letter from Bryn Hughes...
  
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• The surprising benefits of food rationing | Letters

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Among the hardships of the second world war, a restricted diet with little sugar did little harm, write Roger Wilkinson and Helen Keats; plus a letter from Jane Robbins...
  
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• The Guardian view on Narendra Modi’s gen Z crackdown: he cannot arrest his way out ...

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Young protesters have exposed the limits of a strongman’s authority. Crushing dissent risks deepening the democratic crisis he should confront...
  
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• TechNewsWorld Launches EduSeries With SmartTech Research

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Technology companies often buy attention for a launch. The harder part is helping people understand why the technology matters. That is the idea behind EduSeries, a new analyst-led video program from SmartTech Research and ECT News Network, now available on TechNewsWorld. SmartTech Research brings an independent analyst perspective to the series. Each episode starts with the problem a technology is intended to solve, then examines the available approaches, practical uses, trade-offs, and the fac
  
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• Stellantis and Renault back UK to get EU car industry protection

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Bosses of Citroën owner and French carmaker also urge UK government to consider limiting imports from China...
  
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• Risk of Major Attack by Russia Relatively Low, Says NATO’s Top Commander

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  NATO’s top military commander has said the likelihood of Russia launching a full-scale attack on the alliance’s eastern flank was...
  
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• Republican lawmakers break with Trump on diesel deal with Russia

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump last week...
  
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• Pope Leo announces lung surgery in rare move for pontiff

  12-10-2026 20:26 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV is set to undergo surgery this week to remove a nodule in his lung. In a rare move, the pontiff announced the news himself. Chris Livesay reports. ......
  
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