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• Greece Island Populations

  05-10-2026 06:50 via article.wn.com
  Teacher Chryssa Ntalaka teaches music to the two students of Kalamos Primary School, including Gerasimos Mitsopoulos, 11, right, on the island of Kalamos in the Ionian Sea, western Greece, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. ......
  
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• Westlife emotional tribute to mum-of-two fan who died after crash

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  Danielle O’Keane died following a rickshaw crash after one of the band’s Dublin shows ......
  
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• Watch: Sheikh Mansour shares video of UAE Founding Father opening Al Ain school

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  On World Teachers' Day, UAE leaders have shared messages of honour and respect to educators who shape generations, inspire young minds and play a vital role in building the nation’s future. Among them was Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, whose tribute to teachers on their special day was accompanied by a rare video which tells the story of early efforts towards opening the first school in the UAE. In his messa
  
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• Tragedy at school fun run as two children electrocuted and two more hospitalised

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  The four youngsters were reportedly playing near a bubble-blowing machine, when tragedy struck ......
  
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• Spanish PM Sanchez calls snap election for November 29

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  MADRID, ⁠Oct ⁠5...
  
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• Spanish Pime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls snap election for November 29

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called an early election for November 29 of this year. Sanchez has stood out globally for taking a strong stance on progressive issues from Palestinian statehood to defending multilateral institutions and cracking down on "tech oligarchs", even as a series of setbacks and scandals weakened his position at home. Facing the...
  
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• Spain PM to make public address after housing measures rejected: office

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  His government's proposed measures, which included automatic renewal of tenancy contracts and restrictions on evicting vulnerable tenants, were voted down by Opposition parties in Spain's Parliament ......
  
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• Pre-COP31: World Leaders Must Show Up For The Pacific Through Action, Not Just Speeches

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  “An empty seat is not the greatest failure. The greater failure is an empty promise. Pre-COP31 must turn years of rhetoric into concrete commitments and action that deliver the climate ambition the world needs at COP31 in November.” ......
  
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• Nolan Wells update: Friend Warren Hudson's harasser threatened to 'slit his brothers' throats'

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
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• Lao man deported by US to Eswatini released after more than a year

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• Iran's Big Message To US Amid War: Era Of Wasting Time And Dictating Demands Is Over

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  Araghchi said that the conflict could only be resolved through negotiations based on justice and fairness, rejecting both military action and additional sanctions as solutions. ......
  
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• Flydubai co-pilot 'planned attack before being hired', targeted Israel airport: Reports

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  New reports suggest that the flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking his captain and attempting to seize control of a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight had planned the attack before he was even hired by the airline. He had also intended to crash the aircraft into Ben Gurion Airport, according to Israeli officials and sources cited in reports.Two Israeli officials with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters that the Omani national, identified as Hamam al-Hammami, told UAE interrogators that he had sea
  
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• Ex-prince Andrew taking police to court over Epstein files arrest

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  Britain's judicial office has said that a court hearing would take place on Thursday after...
  
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• Brazil election heads to runoff as Flavio Bolsonaro leads against Lula, second round of voting on Oct 25

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
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• Bolsonaro beats expectations in Brazil presidential vote, will face Lula in runoff

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  Right-wing Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a runoff of the presidential election later this month, after he exceeded expectations in Sunday’s first-round vote with a slight lead over the incumbent. The election, which centred around the cost of living, corruption and insecurity in Brazilians’ daily lives, follows a string of wins across Latin America by right-wing parties aligned with US President Donald Trump. Bolson
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes police to court over Epstein files arrest

  05-10-2026 10:10 via article.wn.com
  LONDON, Oct ⁠5 (Reuters) - Britain's...
  
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• World Space Week: Which countries have sent people to space?

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  Sixty-nine years ago this day, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit Earth, opening the Space Age and setting off a race with the United States. Ten years later, on October 10, 1967, the Outer Space Treaty came into force.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3President Donald Trump signs order creating US Space Academylist 2 of 3What are ‘space weapons’, which US says it has deployed into orbit?list 3 of 3SpaceX’s showpiece Starship rocket re
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Anti-Putin protesters arrested in Moscow as Germany pledges €1bn in military aid ...

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  Germany to provide satellite technology ‘so that Ukraine can also target Russian launch pads’...
  
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• Two young Minnesota farmers started grazing sheep under solar panels in 2017; their flock has now grazed more than 6,500 acres of solar farms

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  In 2017, Arlo Hark and Josie Trople founded Cannon Valley Graziers in Northfield, Minnesota, as a dedicated solar grazing operation. According to the North American Agrivoltaics Awards, the business has now grazed more than 6,500 acres of solar farms for developers, operators and owners. Its flock rotates across dozens of sites each season in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, with further sites in the western and...
  
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• Trump administration's proposal could make it easier to suspend or expel Head Start students

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration has proposed...
  
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• ‘Transnational repression’: FBI arrests California woman accused of spying on Taiwan president’s family for China

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  The FBI has arrested a California woman at Los Angeles International Airport as she was preparing to leave the United States for China, accusing her of acting as an unregistered agent for Beijing and surveilling the family of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te.Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, 34, was arrested on Sunday and charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent, according to the FBI and US authorities. Investigators allege that Zhang gathered photographs, videos and vehicle licence
  
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• Tokyo shares are higher as easing worries over inflation reduce odds for another Fed rate hike

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  Tokyo shares have advanced at the...
  
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• Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez calls snap election after mass protests

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  An election defeat would spell the end of one of Europe's last few left-leaning governments...
  
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• Spanish PM Sanchez to make morning announcement amid speculation about early election

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  MADRID, Oct 5 - Spanish Prime...
  
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• Spain's prime minister calls early elections as pressure mounts over housing crisis

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the...
  
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• Search suspended for 6 aboard medical jet that crashed off U.S. coast

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search at sunset Sunday for the six people aboard a medical jet that crashed off Nantucket Island, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts,...
  
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• Sanchez to give address amid speculation over elections

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will give a televised speech today, his office said, amid speculation he may call early elections after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his government. The defeat in parliament on Friday was another political setback for the Socialist prime minister, renewing questions over whether his minority government can survive until the next scheduled general election in 2027. Mr Sanchez, in...
  
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• Norway to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in some public places

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  COPENHAGEN, Oct 5 - Norway's...
  
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• Next UN chief faces reform test as wars and funding strains mount

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  Next UN chief faces reform test as wars and funding strains mount ......
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump’s forces have ‘fled’ 1,000km from Iran’s borders, commander claims

  05-10-2026 09:50 via article.wn.com
  Iran has said it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz ‘until our seven conditions are met’...
  
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