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• French school student protests spread as government in Paris unveils its budget

  01-10-2026 15:58 via article.wn.com
  French minister says police and students among 76 people injured ......
  
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• Who is Hamam Al Hammami? FlyDubai pilot who ‘stabbed captain and tried to hijack plane’ ...

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  The co-pilot who allegedly attempted to hijack a plane en route to Tel Aviv from Dubai on Wednesday has been named ......
  
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• Soaring diesel prices take their toll on US farmers in midwest corn belt

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  Fuel costs are biting for crop growers, trucking firms and a host of other industries as Iran war stokes record prices...
  
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• Prince William, Kate Middleton’s secret nicknames exposed as former staffer reveals palace WhatsApp habits

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  Behind palace doors, it's apparently less \...
  
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• North Korea says test of intermediate-range strategic missile included use of AI

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  North Korea said it tested an intermediate-range strategic missile on Saturday that involved the use of AI, hours after Seoul said Pyongyang had launched a ballistic missile. The launch took place days after Seoul’s military demanded an apology from Pyongyang for a blast that wounded three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that it blamed on the North. Pyongyang has denied responsibility for last month’s explosion and called South Korea “despicable” on
  
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• Justice Department asks court to let Trump reinstate White House press ban

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  The Justice Department argued that...
  
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• JACK CARR: The lesson from FlyDubai is simple. Be ready to save yourself

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  The events on FlyDubai Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on 30 September 2026 reads like something out of one of...
  
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• Indian police detain several people in Gen Z-led protests against voter roll changes

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  Indian police detained several people in New Delhi on Saturday, disrupting a second day of protests backed by the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party and other opposition groups against changes to voter rolls. The protesters say the changes benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing party and are demanding the resignation of India’s election chief. The...
  
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• Five killed in fresh Israeli strike - Gaza civil defence officials

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  Gaza's civil defence agency and a hospital has said that an overnight Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Gaza City killed five Palestinians, including four women. Israeli media reported that the military was targeting Ali al-Amoudi, a senior Hamas official. The army has yet to comment on the incident. Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital said it had "received at dawn five martyrs and a number of injured... following the Israeli airstrike on an apartment" in...
  
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• Feature: "Auntie Basketball" brings Chinese culture to Utah high school

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  by Xinhua Writer Gao Shan WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Forget the traveling call, just run with the ball. Forget about winning or losing, just enjoy the game. Cheers, applause and laughter filled the gym at Crimson Cliffs High School in Washington, Utah, on Friday as a women's basketball team from Guizhou Province in southwestern China took on the school's team in a highly unusual game that brought together two groups of young people - and two cultures - on the same court. The visiting team, k
  
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• Coast Guard searches for missing jet carrying 6 people off Nantucket

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. Coast Guard is searching off the coast of Nantucket for a missing jet carrying six people after it went...
  
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• Car drives into large crowd of Australian rugby fans, injuring 10 north of Sydney

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  Two of those hospitalized, a five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man, ​were in critical condition, authorities said. ......
  
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• Boston-bound plane disappears after takeoff from Bermuda, 6 missing

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  Boston-bound plane disappears after takeoff from Bermuda, 6 missing A Boston-bound plane suddenly disappeared and lost control with the Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday after taking off from Bermuda. Six people were on board when the Gulfstream G100, a twin-engine,...
  
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• 325m barrels released from oil reserves since March - International Energy Agency

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  The International Energy Agency said today that member countries had so far released 325 million barrels of oil and oil-derivative products from strategic reserves, from 400 million barrels promised in March. The update came a day after G7 countries, in coordination with the IEA, agreed to immediately...
  
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• 325 mln barrels of oil released from strategic reserves: IEA

  03-10-2026 15:48 via article.wn.com
  PARIS, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Around 325 million barrels of oil have been released from strategic reserves, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Saturday. It represented over...
  
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• Woman delivers baby at Bhubaneswar rly station

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  Bhubaneswar: A 34-year-old woman delivered a girl on platform no. 4 of Bhubaneswar railway station on Friday after going into labour soon after alighting from Bangiriposhi-Puri Express, railway protection force (RPF) officers said on...
  
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• Widow, youth tied to pole, thrashed over suspected affair in Banka; FIR lodged against 9

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  Patna: Police have registered an FIR against nine named and several unidentified people under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act after a 24-year-old widow and a 29-year-old youth were allegedly tied to an electric pole and assaulted by villagers in Banka district on suspicion of having an...
  
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• Vijay's TVK joins INDIA bloc meet in Tamil Nadu, Congress calls it 'historic day'

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president Manickam Tagore on Saturday described the participation of actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in the INDIA bloc's Tamil Nadu meeting as a 'historic day', saying the party's entry would strengthen the opposition alliance in the state.An INDIA bloc meeting was held at the TNCC office in Chennai under Tagore's leadership, with Congress, TVK, CPM, CPI, VCK, MDMK...
  
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• US-China differences persist despite Xi-Trump summit, says Steve Daines

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  US-China differences persist despite Xi-Trump summit, says Steve Daines ......
  
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• Standoff at Pakur hotel as Malda ZP members resist Bengal police team

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  Dumka: A late-night standoff broke out at a hotel in Jharkhand’s Pakur after a West Bengal police team reached the premises where 26 elected Malda zilla parishad members were staying, ahead of the Oct 6 election for chairperson and...
  
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• Russian strike damages Kyiv bridge as attacks kill six across Ukraine

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  Russian strike damages Kyiv bridge as attacks kill six across Ukraine ......
  
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• Reimagining India-Africa economic ties

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  This article is authored by Samir Bhattacharya, Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. ......
  
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• Rebel TMC MLA Bayron Biswas suffers burn injuries as fire breaks out at his Bengal home

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  KOLKATA: Rebel TMC MLA Bayron Biswas suffered burn injuries after a fire broke out at his residence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Saturday, police said.Biswas, the Sagardighi MLA, was rescued from the house and taken to a private nursing home, where he was undergoing treatment, a senior officer said.The fire broke out around...
  
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• Northeast records 26% rain deficit during 2026 monsoon

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  Agartala: The eight northeast states recorded 26% less rainfall than normal during the 2026 Southwest Monsoon from June to Sept, even as the IMD is yet to formally announce the monsoon’s withdrawal from the region.An IMD...
  
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• North Korea tests evasive missile as border mine tensions rise

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  North Korea tests evasive missile as border mine tensions rise ......
  
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• Nepal’s call for climate justice

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  This article is authored by Akanshya Shah, journalist and researcher from Nepal based in Delhi. ......
  
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• Mumbai Police register FIR after singer duped of Rs 45,000 in three-way call merge scam

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  MUMBAI: Amboli police registered an FIR on Sept 30 after singer Ravi Mehra (73) was allegedly duped of Rs 45,000 through a suspected three-way call merge scam involving a purported parcel delivery.Mehra, an Andheri (West) resident, received a call on Sept 20 from a man...
  
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• Jamshedpur’s big screen map expands, bringing movies closer to home

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  Jamshedpur: The city’s movie-going map is changing — and for many film lovers, the big screen is now closer to home.With new multiplexes opening in the city and adjoining areas, audiences, particularly youngsters and families, have more options to catch the latest releases without spending time...
  
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• Iran detains 31 members of 4 "sabotage" networks in SE province: ministry

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Intelligence Ministry announced Saturday that its forces have arrested 31 members of four organized "sabotage" networks allegedly linked to the United...
  
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• Indian PM Modi congratulates cricket team on winning Asian Games gold

  03-10-2026 15:16 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the country's men's cricket...
  
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