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• In the hunt for Hamas, computers decide who lives or dies

  22-09-2026 09:29 via article.wn.com
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• Xi Jinping Heads to US for Summit Talks with Donald Trump

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Wednesday for a three-day state visit to the United States, where he is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump for...
  
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• WATCH: Six-year-old Chinese girl breaks Rubik's Cube world record twice in three days

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  Lian Yunzhi first broke the record earlier this month with an average time of 4.52 seconds. ......
  
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• Voters are turning to AI on politics. Is it up to the task?

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  (The Hill) -- Artificial intelligence is playing a...
  
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• US stocks drift after oil prices halt their weeklong drop

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. stock market is drifting near its all-time high after oil prices halted their weeklong run of easing. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% Wednesday and is 0.5% below its record set last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped ......
  
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• US major news outlets ask fedral judge to end Trump’s White House press ban

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  US major news outlets ask fedral judge to end Trump’s White House press ban Major news outlets, including CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, asked a federal judge to immediately restore their White House press access after President Donald Trump banned them in one of his most dramatic clashes with the media to date. The legal challenge follows an abrupt ban enacted by President Donald Trump, which sparked widespread media blackouts...
  
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• US-Iran war: First talks in months raise hopes of deal — what UAE residents need to know tonight

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  The US-Iran conflict has entered a potentially significant diplomatic phase, with the two sides holding their first indirect talks in months on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.US President Donald Trump said there was “a lot of momentum” towards an...
  
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• US diesel prices hit record high: Could rising fuel costs trigger a stock market crash?

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
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• Trump says Canada is ‘destroying itself’ with its immigration policies and ‘unemployment’

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has criticised Canada’s immigration policies, claiming the country is “destroying itself” by allowing millions of people to enter. In a post on Truth Social on Wednesday morning, Trump wrote: “Canada is destroying itself by...
  
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• South Africa's consumer inflation rises to 4.4 pct in August

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's annual consumer inflation edged up to 4.4 percent in August from 4.3 percent in July, official data showed Wednesday. According...
  
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• Report details 'McCarthyite' crackdown on campus speech

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  Why should you care if reporters get banned? Advocates say the media ban isn't about a few outlets. It's about who gets access to information and who can ask questions. A "widespread, McCarthyite censorship" campaign by the Trump administration led to the suppression of pro-Palestinian speech at colleges and universities across the nation, a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International concluded. The report, titled "Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Pa
  
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• Polo off Mexican coast is among \u2018the strongest storms ever\u2019 as Odalys becomes a hurricane

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says the hurricane is not expected to come onshore....
  
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• New Hampshire inmates 'escape' after leaving transitional facility

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  Two inmates at a minimum-security New Hampshire transitional housing facility are considered "escaped" after they signed out and didn't return, authorities said. Aris Karamousianis, 43, and James Brouillard, 63, left the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester, New Hampshire, at about 11:05 a.m. ET on Sept. 21 to look for work, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections said....
  
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• Justice Department indicts former postal worker for tossing out mail-in ballots in Utah

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  The Justice Department (DOJ) unsealed an indictment Tuesday accusing a former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee of throwing out around 300 mail-in ballots in Utah. ......
  
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• Impact of recent mudslide in Nepal to weigh on its economy: ADB

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  KATHMANDU, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The recent devastating mudslide in Nepal is expected to affect the country's economy in the current fiscal year 2026-27, with the economy projected to grow by 4.1 percent, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday. In its latest Asian Development Outlook, the ADB said Nepal's economic growth is expected to moderate in the current fiscal year compared...
  
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• Evicted at 87 years old as Madrid’s housing crisis spirals

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  Police evicted an 87-year-old woman on Wednesday from her Madrid home of more than seven decades, despite hundreds of people protesting outside and the government criticising the eviction order, in a dramatic new flashpoint of Spain’s housing crisis. After being given just 30 minutes to leave with only essential belongings, Maricarmen Abascal was eventually removed from the building on a stretcher accompanied by social services officials...
  
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• College basketball world mourns Chris Spatola's death: 'All-time great dudes'

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  ESPN analyst Chris Spatola, 47, unexpectedly died on Monday, Sept. 21, leaving the college basketball world heartbroken. ......
  
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• Baby girl hospitalized with BAC of 0.383 in Florida, parents arrested

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  Two Florida parents are facing a felony child neglect charge after their 6-month-old daughter was hospitalized with a blood alcohol level of 0.383, according to court documents. ......
  
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• Attorneys for Nolan Wells' friends ready for fight after ruling

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  Attorneys representing Nolan Wells' friends said they are ready to go on the offensive after a grand jury in Mississippi unanimously decided not to indict anyone in the 18-year-old's death. ......
  
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• Arab and international media cover Amir's address, highlight call for diplomatic solutions to crises

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
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• A nation renamed stands up at the U.N.: ‘Say our name. Naoero.’

  23-09-2026 16:54 via article.wn.com
  His voice forceful and proud, he rose in front of the world's largest gathering of leaders on behalf of his nation and announced that he had something important to say. The tiny South Pacific island nation of Nauru, its president said, had altered its name — and reclaimed its heritage in the process. “I have traveled far,” David Adeang said Tuesday at the United Nations. What was known to the world for many years as Nauru, Adeang said, was returning to the name and pronunciatio
  
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• Xi leaves Beijing for US state visit, summit with Trump

  23-09-2026 16:28 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Wednesday for a three-day state visit to the United States, where he is scheduled to hold summit talks with US President Donald Trump.Xi is traveling with his wife, Peng Liyuan, and a...
  
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• Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and the strange politics of living forever

  23-09-2026 16:28 via article.wn.com
  The world’s richest and most...
  
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• ‘We live in a world of extreme consumption and waste’: Magali Reus, the artist reimagining rubbish

  23-09-2026 16:28 via article.wn.com
  Making vast versions of sardine tins and fishing lures, the Dutch sculptor explains how she imbues disposable objects with autonomy and meaning...
  
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• Ukraine and Iran are involved in separate but overlapping conflicts

  23-09-2026 16:28 via article.wn.com
  The leaders of Ukraine and Iran are set to speak at the United Nations General Assembly today amid a pair of ongoing conflicts that, while separate, have contributed to tensions between the countries. Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, while Iran has been at war with the US and Israel since late...
  
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• UK to revisit Chagos Islands deal after Trump rejects current terms

  23-09-2026 16:28 via article.wn.com
  LONDON — Britain will revisit its agreement to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after US President Donald Trump made clear he does not support the deal in its current form, UK Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said Wednesday.Trump described the agreement as a “terrible deal” during talks with...
  
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• UK military air chief warns space now 'warfighting' frontier

  23-09-2026 16:28 via article.wn.com
  Space has become “a warfighting domain” and Britain and its Western allies must ramp up their capabilities to counter growing threats, the UK’s top air force commander said on Wednesday. Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth made the stark warning as he announced the creation of a new squadron charged with defending British satellites in orbit, the latest move as various countries rush for military space capacities. The announcement comes just over a week after the United States confirm
  
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• Trump’s Greenland deal brings small changes, experts say, after months of turmoil

  23-09-2026 16:28 via article.wn.com
  The Greenland deal signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday after months of threats appears to make small changes to a 1951 treaty that frames the US military’s footprint on the self-governing territory, according to experts, keeping non-NATO countries out and permitting a small uptick in US forces. Trump had threatened to forcibly take Greenland if he did not find a deal to his liking, with European nations sending troops to the territory as tensions simmered. The agreement between the
  
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• Trump turns to ‘national security’ crutch to defend his media ban citing coverage on Iran ...

  23-09-2026 16:28 via article.wn.com
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• Talks soon: Arsenal & Chelsea step up interest in signing La Liga gem

  23-09-2026 16:28 via article.wn.com
  Arsenal and Chelsea are reportedly among the clubs eyeing up Real Sociedad centre-back Jon Martin, with talks possibly set to take place soon. The talented 20-year-old has shone in La Liga and looks like he’s surely going to earn himself a big move before too long. According to Fussball News, the Gunners and the Blues are joined by Liverpool and Real Madrid as keeping a close eye on Martin. Martin looks...
  
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