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• Indian Pilot’s journey from textile engineering to cockpit hero

  02-10-2026 05:19 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI, Oct 1, 2026 (Reuters) – For Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, hailed as a hero for averting a crash of a flydubai jet bound for Israel, aviation was never part of his childhood dreams. Smit Machchhar’s wedding photo. Facebook Machchhar had his sights set on the family’s textile business, until the aviation bug bit at the age of 19, which scared his mother. Now even after thousands of hours of flying, Machchhar’s love of aviation is something he keeps in the cockpit,
  
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• WWE SmackDown October 2, 2026: Start time, match card, how to watch and everything you ...

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  WWE SmackDown will take place on October 2 at Ball Arena...
  
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• Why Washington’s National Gallery is putting broken statues on display — from ancient Egypt to Mussolini

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  The exhibition titled 'Broken: The Power of the Fragment'...
  
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• What happened to Chad Lowe’s daughter Fiona? 13-year-old dies after Lowe family lost Pacific Palisades ...

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  The tragic loss of Fiona Lowe, the 13-year-old daughter of...
  
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• U.S. hiring stalls at 29,000, yet Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq surge: Why Wall Street ...

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  US jobs report and markets: The U.S. added only 29,000 jobs in...
  
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• U.S. and Allies Agree to Release Diesel Reserves as Prices Soar

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  The Group of 7, which includes Britain, France, Japan and others, announced the release of 100 million barrels over four months, effective immediately. ......
  
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• Tulsa Housing Authority opens 70 mixed-income apartments as part of redevelopment project

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  The seven-phase project is reshaping a former public housing site, with the latest phase, Landing @ 36N, opening this week. ......
  
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• Trump says Europe has agreed to release 'massive amount of Diesel' as global fuel squeeze intensifies

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump said Friday that Europe...
  
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• This Lemony Miso Cabbage Complements Any Main Dish

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  And more popular recipes from the week. ......
  
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• System ‘failed’ Cornell rape accuser, N.Y. governor says. Live updates here

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  A former Cornell...
  
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• Speakers warn of the human and moral costs of the new nuclear arms race

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  Addressing a Sept. 24 forum on The Human and Moral Costs of the New Nuclear Arms Race,” Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, emphasized that “the only sure way to end the nuclear threat is to end nuclear weapons.” The forum was hosted by the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs at its Washington, D.C., office. The school’s Krock Institute for International Peace Studies and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network organized the forum, a
  
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• Spain's government dealt a blow after parliament rejects housing measures amid protests

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  Spain's government has lost key votes on...
  
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• Social Security COLA 2027: Latest forecast, likely increase, and why it may be a bad ...

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  Anticipation surrounds the October 2026 announcement by the Social...
  
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• Proposed TPS closures continue to draw community pushback

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  Tulsa Public Schools officials continue to face community pushback on a proposal to close 17 schools, including at a town hall meeting Thursday night hosted by Tulsa City Councilor Karen Gilbert. ......
  
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• Pokémon 30th anniversary: Here are the best deals and product release in October 2026

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  Several Pokémon TCG products are launching on October 2 as...
  
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• Netanyahu says Flydubai co-pilot "came to crash the plane"

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that the co-pilot involved in the Flydubai flight attack attempted to crash the aircraft, noting...
  
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• Microsof is reportedly rebooting the Halo series, Activision game may delve deeper into Master Chief's ...

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  The Halo franchise is reportedly being rebooted under...
  
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• Jay Clayton: The man Trump may put in charge of America’s AI race

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump is expected to name...
  
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• Israeli officials to question co-pilot of flydubai flight, source says

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  On a recent flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, a co-pilot...
  
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• In the shadow of WWII, Rockefeller poured millions into a Maine experiment that spent years ...

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  In post-war America, the Rockefeller Foundation funded an ambitious...
  
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• Gypsy Rose Blanchard, convicted in mother’s murder, reveals cause of Ken Urker’s sudden death at ...

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  Gypsy Rose Blanchard has broken her silence following the sudden...
  
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• Got a high-deductible plan? How to maximize your $4,400 HSA limit and unlock 3 tax ...

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  Health savings accounts (HSA), offer three...
  
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• G7 to release 100 mln barrels of diesel in 4 months

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  PARIS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Group of Seven (G7), in coordination with the International Energy Agency, will release up to 100 million barrels of diesel and other oil reserves over the next four months, according to a joint G7 leaders' statement...
  
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• G7 nations agree to release 100 million barrels of oil, including diesel

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  The Group of Seven industrial nations said they agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil, starting with “substantial” amounts of diesel after the fuel recently hit record prices in the United States, where President Donald Trump said the diesel release would happen “immediately." Trump and his Republican Party face pressure to address surging prices ahead of November’s midterm elections. Trump announced the action...
  
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• Flydubai suspends Tel Aviv flights after flight deck safety incident

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  Flydubai has suspended its flights to Tel Aviv after a safety...
  
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• Five Luxury Watches Backing Sustainability Claims With Substance

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  A luxury watch might make a better sustainability case than most things in fashion. It’s small and usually produced in relatively modest numbers. A good one can spend decades on one wrist before being passed on to another, perhaps across generations. Mechanical watches can often be repaired long after their first owner is gone, and in a world that produces a 92 million metric tons of textile waste each year, according to a 2025 United Nations Environment Programme estimate, there’s s
  
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• England, Thomas Tuchel and the Nations League: Does anyone really care?

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  The problem we’ve got here is that nobody can quite bring themselves to care. When Thomas Tuchel was first appointed England manager he came up with the ingenious promise to lean into the tactical ideals of the Premier League (fast, physical, direct attacking football), in a single press conference defining the nation’s DNA and discovering its major asset. That idea, of course, was trashed in the...
  
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• Deep disposal won’t shake Oklahoma, nuclear proponents say

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  Those behind the state's bid for a federal nuclear energy project know that for Oklahomans, deep injection wells may evoke memories of years of earthquakes. They say that won’t happen with deep disposal boreholes for radioactive waste. ......
  
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• Cornell rape accuser was ‘failed’ by people obligated to protect her, NY governor says

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday gave details on her decision to turn the case over to a special prosecutor, the state Attorney General Letitia James. ......
  
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• America Wants to Make More Generic Drugs. India Shows Why That’s Hard.

  02-10-2026 17:48 via article.wn.com
  Cheap labor and global supply chains are among the obstacles to President Trump’s plan to bring generic drug manufacturing back home. ......
  
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