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• France cracks down on Mont Blanc hikers defecating in fields

  21-09-2026 22:39 via article.wn.com
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• White House launches Trump TV following press bans

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  The video is also streamed via a YouTube window on the White House website. Beside the window is a box titled "White House Live." The window read that it was "Off Air" but advised viewers to "Stay Tuned." ......
  
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• Vietnam plans to connect national e-ID app with ASEAN systems

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  HANOI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government has issued a plan to connect its national electronic identification application, VNeID, with electronic identification systems in...
  
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• US President Donald Trump to defend Iran war in UN speech, talk peace efforts

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump will use a UN General Assembly address to argue that the war with Iran prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to tout what he sees as progress toward peace and a global order increasingly aligned with American interests, according to a White House official. Mr Trump is also expected to criticise the UN, highlighting his administration's efforts to prevent the organisation and other international bodies from encroaching on US sovereignty or advancing what i
  
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• UN secretary-general says world must work together in 'interdependence' to solve problems

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  UN secretary-general says world must work together in 'interdependence' to solve problems. ......
  
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• UN General Assembly opens as leaders gather to navigate a troubled world

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  UN General Assembly opens as leaders gather to navigate a troubled world. ......
  
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• UN chief says superpowers must realize "that their power isn't so super" and military power ...

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  UN chief says superpowers must realize "that their power isn't so super" and military power alone can't secure peace. ......
  
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• UN chief Guterres vows to 'keep championing the conviction that peace is possible' once his ...

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  UN chief Guterres vows to 'keep championing the conviction that peace is possible' once his term ends this year. ......
  
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• UN chief calls for AI curbs and end to wars in his last assembly address

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 - United Nations...
  
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• T�rkiye, 7 countries call on Israel to commit to Gaza peace plan

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  Foreign ministers of T�rkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued a joint statement on the situation in Gaza and Israe ......
  
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• Tourists seeking photos on remote Oregon beach get trapped by tides, spell ‘SOS' with driftwood

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  A group of tourists looking for a photo opportunity ended up stranded on a secluded beach in Tillamook, Oregon, after the tide blocked their way out, officials said Monday. Volunteer firefighters and rescue teams responded to a 911 call about three people stranded on Lost Boy Beach on Wednesday afternoon, according to Netarts-Oceanside Fire District Chief Jeff McBrayer. Officials were concerned that the the tourists would be at risk for hypothermia due to the winds and temperature....
  
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• Think tanks seek closer Indonesia-China ties

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  A s the world enters a critical juncture, stronger Indonesia-China relations will be “elemental” in shaping a new international order, think tanks from both countries said, calling for deeper communication and more practical cooperation...
  
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• Taylor Swift set to make MTV VMA history: Here's a guide to the 2026 show

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  Taylor Swift will once again break records. At the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, she will receive the inaugural Artist Director Honors, becoming the most awarded artist in VMA history. ......
  
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• Sri Lankan court finds 15 men guilty for their roles in the 2019 deadly Easter bombings

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  Sri Lankan court finds 15 men guilty for their roles in the 2019 deadly Easter bombings. ......
  
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• South African journalist freed and deported from Djibouti, watchdog group and family say

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  JOHANNESBURG, Sept 22 - South...
  
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• Rwandan doctor accused in London court of overseeing 6 killings in 1994 genocide

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  British prosecutors have accused a...
  
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• Russia strikes kill four in Ukraine ahead of Trump-Zelensky talks

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  By Anna Pruchnicka Russia killed four people in strikes on Ukraine’s industrial heartland overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky was due to meet US President Donald Trump at the UN. Moscow stepped up airstrikes over the summer, and has been attacking economic targets ranging from businesses and ports to logistics hubs, with its advances on the ground largely stalled more than 4½ years into its war in Ukraine. “Russia deliberat
  
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• Romania is exploring whether European mink could return to the Carpathians, where the species has disappeared from much of its former range

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  Conservation organisations in Romania and across Europe are assessing whether the critically endangered European mink could eventually be returned to parts of the southern Carpathian Mountains, where the species has disappeared from much of its former range. The work is currently at the feasibility and planning stage, with researchers assessing habitat suitability, landscape connectivity, potential threats and the condition of Romania's remaining European mink population in the Danube Delta. The
  
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• Rick Steves\u2019 Europe: Despite changes, Venice still charms

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
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• Poland is seeking to host about 15,000 U.S. troops on its territory

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  Poland is seeking to host about 15,000 U.S. troops on its territory, its deputy defense minister said Monday, days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced “major...
  
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• Patients sue GLP-1 makers over sudden loss of vision

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  Patients say the pharmaceutical companies failed to warn them of a risk of a rare condition that causes vision loss. ......
  
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• Nolan Wells death: Grand jury finds no wrongdoing

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  Wells, 18 at the time of his death, disappeared on July 4 after traveling to Mississippi’s Horn Island with friends. ......
  
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• Malta attorney general appeals blogger murder trial verdict

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  VALLETTA, Sept 22 - Malta’s...
  
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• Iran offers to ‘reopen’ Strait of Hormuz, but sets conditions for US on sanctions, military pressure

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  As Iran President Masoud...
  
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• Guterres opens UNGA, condemns Israeli violence in West Bank

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israeli violence, displacement, settlement expansion in occupied West Bank as "bulldozing path to peace," raising "specter of ethni ......
  
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• Gunmen kill 2 police officers guarding polio workers in southwestern Pakistan

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  Police say gunman have shot and killed...
  
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• Grand jury decides against charges in Nolan Wells' death

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  District attorney...
  
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• German cruiser SMS Emden shells Madras in 1914 bringing World War I to Indian shores

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  The bombardment of Madras on 7 November 1914 brought the reality of World War I to Indian shores, challenging the assumption that the...
  
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• France mulls new UN Security Council resolution on Hormuz, diplomats say

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 - France has...
  
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• FOCUS: AI safety looms as major Xi-Trump summit topic amid intensifying race

  22-09-2026 16:20 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING - Amid an intensifying Sino-U.S. race for supremacy in the development of artificial intelligence and growing concerns over AI escaping human control, setting guardrails for the technology's use has emerged as a major agenda item for an upcoming summit of the two superpowers. With U.S. tech leaders recently calling for a slowdown in development due to rogue AI fears, hopes are high for any bilateral cooperation on AI governance. Some observers expect Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S.
  
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