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• German industry picked up steam in August

  08-10-2026 02:07 via article.wn.com
  Resilience continues. After a setback in July,...
  
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• Wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro seeks release from US jail

  08-10-2026 07:23 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was set to be back in court Thursday, where her lawyers will urge a judge to free her from jail and put her under house arrest because she has heart problems. Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been behind bars in New York since early January when forces seized them from their...
  
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• U.S. Democratic Party's left wing hoping for its own 'Tea Party' moment in midterm surge

  08-10-2026 07:23 via article.wn.com
  A resurgent American left is heading into November’s midterm elections hoping not merely to help Democrats recapture Congress, but to reshape the party that takes power.Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content A string of wins in primaries — the contests in which parties choose their candidates — has drawn comparisons with the conservative Tea Party movement that emerged after Barack Obama&rsq
  
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• Isaias strengthens into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season

  08-10-2026 07:23 via article.wn.com
  Isaias strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season late Wednesday as it surged towards the U.S. Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said. Forecasters warned that it was on track to make landfall between the Mississippi coast and the Florida Panhandle late Friday or early Saturday and was expected to bring heavy rains and potentially flash flooding. The center of the cyclone was about 460 miles (745 kilometers) south-southwest of the Mississippi River, with maximum sustaine
  
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• Internationals make history with emphatic Bridges Cup win at Trump Turnberry | News | GOLF.com

  08-10-2026 07:23 via article.wn.com
  In the lead-up to the 2026 Bridges Cup, U.S. captain Jeff Fujimoto and International skipper Simon Holt played tug-of-war over which team was the underdog in the fourth edition of the premier mid-amateur match-play competition to be hosted at Trump Turnberry. “I think we are going to go in and upset them,” Fujimoto said prior to the event. “I’d probably disagree that they are underdogs,” Holt retorted. The U.S. won the first three editions of the Bridges Cup, but th
  
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• Injuries, air miles and unhappy coaches: Does anyone like the four-game international break?

  08-10-2026 07:23 via article.wn.com
  Star players have suffered injuries during this extended break and international managers have been outspoken ......
  
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• Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi briefly detained as protests grow over mass voter list purge

  08-10-2026 07:23 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was briefly detained by police Wednesday during a protest against the country’s election chief, as opposition parties intensified their campaign against a contentious revision of voter lists that has removed over 130 million people. Gandhi and other opposition lawmakers were stopped by...
  
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• First execution in US since Pike’s failed lethal injection

  08-10-2026 07:23 via article.wn.com
  Huntsville: A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk was put to death Wednesday evening, October 7, becoming the 30th person executed in the US this year and the first since Tennessee’s failed attempt to administer a lethal injection to Christa Pike. Jamaal Howard, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:03 pm Wednesday after receiving a fatal dose of pentobarbital at the state prison in Huntsville. He was convicted of killing Vickie Swartout, 42, in a 2000 store robbery caught on surve
  
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• EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety

  08-10-2026 07:23 via article.wn.com
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest trading partner. The European Commission’s top trade envoy, Maroš Šefčovič, will be in Beijing Thursday for a two-day meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao. The goal is narrowin
  
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• China rejects EU request for voluntary curbs on hybrid car exports as trade talks begin ...

  08-10-2026 07:23 via article.wn.com
  China has rejected the EU’s request for...
  
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• As Democrats eye big midterm wins, Republicans look to turn the tables in some House districts

  08-10-2026 07:23 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The midterm elections might look ominous for President Donald Trump, but there are places where his Republican Party could turn the tables on Democrats if it can peel off a few key wins in key congressional races. National organizations are pumping money behind candidates that Republicans hope can provide bright spots. Here’s a look at places where that cash bump — and prime issues like redistricting, immigration and top-of-the-ticket races — might help
  
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• World News in Brief: Child migrants in Europe, Greenland forced contraception scandal, FAO hunger updates

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  New data on child...
  
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• WHO seeks more information from Russia on Irkutsk lab worker's death

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of WHO reported on a laboratory...
  
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• US Teen Arrested for Alleged ISIS-Inspired Mall Shooting Plot in Minnesota

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  US authorities on Wednesday charged a man who...
  
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• US Executes Man a Week After Woman Survives Botched Execution

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] Washington: On Wednesday, October 7, Texas executed 46-year-old Jamaal Howard via lethal injection, becoming the first person executed in the United States since a botched execution attempt left Tennessee death-row inmate Christa Pike alive a week earlier. Howard died...
  
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• US CENTCOM rejects Iran's claim of Hormuz closure

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  US Central Command has rejected Iran's assertion that the Strait...
  
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• Two lawsuits challenge Trump's taxpayer-funded ads, alleging they violate propaganda law

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  Two new lawsuits are challenging President...
  
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• Trump seeking to turn his Palm Beach golf course into presidential retreat

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  The potential...
  
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• Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX's Elon Musk, other tech leaders

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump will present the National Medal of...
  
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• Trump calls move to help Saudi Arabia under Mecca Alliance "good"

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said Turkey and Pakistan...
  
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• TikTok gave thousands of young users fake safety tools in tests, New York lawsuit alleges

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  TikTok is facing allegations from New York for conducting misleading...
  
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• Texas carries out nation’s first execution since Christa Pike’s failed lethal injection

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  A Texas man who fatally shot a...
  
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• Spanish unions call Nov 11 general strike over housing, wages | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  MADRID: Spain's main...
  
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• Samsung flags US$80 billion profit on AI boom, highest quarterly for any tech company

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  Samsung Electronics on Thursday...
  
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• Rogers shifts gears, calls for end to Trump's 'tariff war' with Canada

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers appears to be breaking with President Donald Trump on another key issue less than a month before Election Day. "Drinking a Labatt and watching the Red Wings, man, it just doesn't get ......
  
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• Polish President Nawrocki Spars with Boxing Legend Manny Pacquiao During Historic Philippine Visit

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  Manila: Polish President Karol Nawrocki stepped into a Manila boxing ring with Filipino...
  
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• Middle East Conflict Deepens: Saudi Hits Houthis, Iran-Oman Deal on Hormuz, Brent at $100

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  US-Iran war: Saudi-led...
  
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• Israel remembers October 7 victims amid calls for accountability

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel on Wednesday marked the third anniversary of the Hamas massacre, with President Isaac Herzog lighting a candle at his Jerusalem residence at 6:29 am in memory of the dead and injured - the exact starting ......
  
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• Iranian official says 'illegal routes' in Strait of Hormuz to soon be blocked

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  Iran's Revolutionary Guards have announced intentions to...
  
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• Houthis Say They Struck Riyadh’s King Khalid Airport

  08-10-2026 06:53 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] Riyadh: Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement announced Thursday that it has launched a ballistic missile attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International...
  
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