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• Gadi Eisenkot | Netanyahu’s challenger

  24-10-2026 22:56 via WN.com - World News
  Yashar’s leader vows to end Netanyahu’s rule, put an end to endless wars and remove Hamas from power in Gaza, but opposes the creation of a Palestinian state ......
  
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• New cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe

  02-11-2026 17:02 via WN.com - World News
  STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS/LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters)...
  
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• Vatican confirms Pope Leo XIV voted by mail in Illinois midterms

  02-11-2026 16:59 via WN.com - World News
  (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV has submitted his vote by mail-in ballot for the upcoming Illinois midterm elections, the Vatican confirmed. In a statement published Oct. 30, the Vatican press office said the pope “exercised his right to vote as a United States citizen, whenever he was eligible to do so.” “The Holy See Press Office confirms that in keeping with this long-standing practice of civic participation, he has submitted his mail-in ballot in Chicago,” the statement read. Pope Leo als
  
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• ‘Unconquered heralds of Christ’: Georgia Martyrs killed in 1597 for defending marriage beatified in Savannah

  02-11-2026 16:59 via WN.com - World News
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (OSV News) – Five Franciscan friars killed in present-day Georgia for defending Church teaching in 1597 were beatified Oct. 31 in a Mass where Church leaders considered their witness amid historical complexities and contemporary challenges. The Mass at the Savannah Convention Center began at 11 a.m. with Cardinal Frank Leo of Toronto, the papal delegate, as principal celebrant. “The 16th-century Franciscan friars from Spain, courageous missionaries ministering to the Guale peop
  
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• Interfaith migration policy summit seeks common ground on welcoming the stranger

  02-11-2026 16:59 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- An Oct. 29-30 interfaith immigration policy summit hosted by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, also known as CLINIC, brought together faith leaders, legal practitioners, advocates and scholars from Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faith traditions to find areas of commonality in their work serving immigrant communities. Anna Gallagher, executive director of CLINIC, said in remarks at the summit, "We have much to learn from one another." "Across the traditions repres
  
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• Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, dead at 96, remembered for her faith, defense of human dignity

  02-11-2026 16:59 via WN.com - World News
  (OSV News) -- Catholics are remembering civil rights leader Dolores Huerta as a woman whose faith inspired her lifelong mission of service. “In her life, she was a courageous and heroic defender of human dignity, and a woman of faith who inspired generations of young Hispanic...
  
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• At Nov. 1 Mass of thanksgiving, archbishop says beatified Georgia Martyrs ‘are on their way ...

  02-11-2026 16:59 via WN.com - World News
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (OSV News) – Abundant gratitude was expressed for the Oct. 31 beatification of five Franciscans known as the Georgia Martyrs in a Mass of thanksgiving at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist on Nov. 1, the solemnity of All Saints. Presiding over the Mass was Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Atlanta, who served as bishop of Savannah from 2011 until his appointment to Atlanta in 2020. In remarks at the beginning of Mass, he expressed gratitude to his predecessors in Sav
  
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• What we know about the alert app hack in Ukraine and Russia

  02-11-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
  Both Ukraine and Russia say their air raid alert apps were cyber-attacked - Joe Tidy explains what we know so far. ......
  
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• US-Israel-Iran Conflict: Key Updates UAE Residents Must Know on November 2

  02-11-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
  The US-Israel war with Iran continues to cast a shadow over the Middle East,...
  
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• Texas Senate Race Breaks Record as Most Expensive in US History at $573 Million

  02-11-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
  The Texas Senate race has become the most expensive non-presidential contest in US electoral history, with political advertising spending and reservations reaching $573 million ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, according to advertising intelligence firm AdImpact.The record-breaking expenditure comes as Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico battle for a Senate seat in a state that has not elected a Democrat to the upper chamber since 1988.Despite a substantial Republican advanta
  
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• Massive Cyberattack Targets Supermarket Refrigerators Across Europe, Raising Food Security Concerns

  02-11-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
  Brussels: Dozens of Belgian grocery stores and an Ikea superstore saw their refrigerator temperatures soar on Monday, with several of the firms involved confirming they had been hit by a cyberattack.It is the latest in a series of cyberattacks on store refrigerators and suspicious actions around the supermarkets across Europe.A handful of Swedish supermarkets saw temperatures in their refrigerators...
  
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• Iran Supreme Leader Empowers Government for US Talks Amid Middle East Conflict

  02-11-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
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• 'I couldn't be silent': Iranian teen's mother seeking justice after daughter shot dead

  02-11-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
  BBC Panorama follows grieving Samira who - after the killing of Sevda - faces up to the Tehran regime. ......
  
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• China Backs Iran's Sovereignty Amid US Strike Threats, Calls for Peaceful Resolution

  02-11-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
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• Americast

  02-11-2026 16:55 via WN.com - World News
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• One World of Warcraft: Forever player is working on a first-person mod that's a love ...

  02-11-2026 16:45 via WN.com - World News
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• Where things stand on Iran after tense weekend as its delegation has left Qatar

  02-11-2026 16:44 via WN.com - World News
  The Middle East is bracing for a potential return to all-out war as concerns grow over possible U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. An Iranian delegation has left Qatar after days of discussions in an effort to reach a deal, ......
  
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• Princess Diana’s homelessness charity now supports more than 15,000 young people each year, with 69% moving towards independent living

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Homelessness charities often work with young people at a point when finding somewhere safe to stay is only the beginning of a much longer process. Securing accommodation does not necessarily mean someone is ready to manage a home, return to education or find work without continued assistance. Centrepoint, the UK charity associated with Princess Diana and now supported by her son, Prince William, works with young people facing these challenges. Its services have expanded considerably since the or
  
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• Pakistan's confidence crisis: Government officials plan to move families abroad for secure future

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Pakistan is facing questions over the confidence of its own governing establishment, with defence minister Khawaja Asif alleging that some officials holding important positions in the country are planning to settle abroad, including in Portugal and other Western nations.The reported plans have drawn attention to a wider contradiction for the nation grappled with the economic...
  
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• Oil Prices Fall 6% Over Renewed Hopes Of US-Iran Peace Talks

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  The main international contract, Brent North Sea crude, shed 6.1 per cent to $106.54 a barrel ......
  
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• Meet Brian Troupe, the 16-year-old from Maryland who took his ice cream business onto a boat when selling from a pier failed; by summer 2026, the business had brought in more than $25,000 in gross sales

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Sixteen-year-old Brian Troupe turned an unsuccessful pier-side business idea into a floating ice cream business on the Bohemia River in Maryland. By the end of the 2026 summer season, his boat-based business, Troupe's Treats, had made more than $25,000 in gross sales. The young business owner started his journey at age 15 after a conversation with a neighbour gave him an idea. While they were out on the water, the neighbour mentioned that someone had once sold food to local boaters. Troupe enjoy
  
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• Man who invaded CEO's mansion in Toronto discharged from hospital after gunshot wound treatment, Cops say 'we did not have evidence then'

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Toronto police faced massive criticism after they decided not to arrest the man who was admitted to a hospital with a gunshot wound after he broke into a CEO's mansion and grievously injured four family members. Police said they did not have sufficient evidence to take him 23-year-old Daijohn Richards into custody when he was at St. Joseph's Health Centre before he was discharged on Friday afternoon. Officers were not unaware of his presence. They questioned him and then let him go.Hours later,
  
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• Iran calls US biggest threat to NPT, warns of stronger defence push

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has called the United States the 'greatest threat' to the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, accusing Washington of undermining the very treaty it claims to defend.According to news agency ANI, Baghaei made the remarks during a press briefing on Monday, responding to threats by the United States targeting Iran's remaining nuclear...
  
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• Indian-origin woman Srishti Tarana Sharma charged in US over pro-Palestine intimidation campaign at Michigan university

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  An Indian-origin woman, Srishti Tarana Sharma, 23, is among four additional people charged in a federal investigation into alleged threats, vandalism and intimidation targeting Jewish organisations, University of Michigan officials and businesses perceived to have links to Israel.US Attorney Jerome F Gorgon Jr announced the new charges, taking the total number of defendants indicted in the case to 12. The other newly charged individuals are Henry David...
  
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• In 2014, a New Jersey surfer began selling açai bowls from a roadside cart with less than $5,000; by 2026, Playa Bowls had passed 400 stores after recording $332 million in systemwide sales in 2025

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  What started as a small homemade food cart on a pavement in New Jersey has grown into a fast-casual restaurant chain with more than 400 locations across North America. Playa Bowls was founded in 2014 by local surfers Robert Giuliani and Abby Taylor. In 2026, the company passed the 400-store mark after recording $332 million in total systemwide sales in 2025. Its rapid growth, from a small beachside business to a major national franchise, reflects growing customer interest in healthy and customiz
  
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• ‘Despicable betrayal’: Top Democrat slams Haley Stevens for backing Republican candidate over El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  A Democratic congresswoman in Michigan has endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over her party's nominee Abdul El-Sayed, triggering a political storm within the party just before the US midterm elections.Haley Stevens, who lost to El-Sayed in the Democratic Senate primary in August, announced her support for Rogers on Sunday after appearing alongside him at a church service in Detroit. Her endorsement came amid a rising bitter public feud with El-Sayed, who had reportedly asked her t
  
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• Blue wave meets red flag: On cusp of big win, Democrats face internal sabotage

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  TOI Correspondent From Washington: Just when Democrats in America were beginning to entertain thoughts of a blue wave, possibly even a blue tsunami, along came Haley Stevens to remind them that nobody is quite as capable of complicating Democratic fortunes as a Democrat.In an extraordinary convulsion barely 48 hours before Tuesday's midterm elections, the Democratic Michigan congresswoman, who lost a bitter party primary (inner party election) to progressive Abdul El-Sayed, crossed the political
  
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• A woman claimed she had received a Purple Heart and ran a foundation for homeless veterans; investigators found that she spent donations on a BMW and personal expenses

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  A New York woman who falsely claimed to have received a Purple Heart and used a veterans’ charity to solicit donations was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison. Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, of Newburgh, had claimed that her foundation supported homeless and low-income veterans.She had founded the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, a registered charity established in Sullivan County. She pleaded guilty in March 2025 to wire fraud and stolen valor offences.According to the US Department of Justic
  
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• A Louisiana man died without a will in 1956, and a 1996 court order named his daughter as heir to half a property; 30 years later, the state Supreme Court blocked a rival family's attempt to undo that inheritance ruling

  02-11-2026 16:43 via WN.com - World News
  A property dispute involving a Louisiana man who died without leaving a will in 1956 has reached the state's Supreme Court, nearly 30 years after a court recognised his daughter as the heir to his estate. In a ruling delivered on October 30, the Louisiana Supreme Court blocked an attempt by another family to overturn the 1996 inheritance decision. The judges ruled that the challenge had been brought too late under state law, leaving the earlier decision recognising Earnestine Walker's inheritanc
  
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• Fake warnings of nuclear attack posted on hacked Russian and Ukrainian emergency apps

  02-11-2026 16:41 via WN.com - World News
  Emergency warning apps in Russia and Ukraine were hacked overnight Sunday into Monday, according to authorities in both countries. It’s not clear whether the hacking of the apps is linked. The apps warn the public of missile, drone and other threats. But rather than spread panic, the fake messages appear to have had little impact on war-weary civilians – and instead began to generate some imaginative memes. The messages posted on Ukraine’s public air raid app late on Sunday claimed that th
  
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