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• Internationally recognized speaker to share survival story in Lakeview

  06-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Kevin Hines, an internationally recognized mental health speaker, will be in Lakeview on Tuesday, Oct. 13 to give a free community presentation at the Alger Theater. Hines is one of an estimated 36 people to have survived attempted suicide by ......
  
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• What channel is Czechia v Scotland on? TV, live stream details for Women's World Cup ...

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Full details ahead of Women’s World Cup 2027 playoff clash between Czechia and Scotland in Pardubice. ......
  
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• US Said China Was Priming A Trade Superweapon. Then It Vanished

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  The LOGINK platform promised to streamline global shipping by providing a digital system to exchange logistics data from customs authorities, ports and third-party transport services, replacing paper... ......
  
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• US Boy, 6, Who Shot Teacher Yelled "Fxxx You Bxxxh", Bodycam Video Shows

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  School shootings plague the United States, with tragedies including the killing of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, by an 18-year-old gunman. ......
  
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• US and Lebanon protecting wanted Syrian general, says report

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  LONDON — A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is being bankrolled and protected by the US and Lebanese authorities, according to an investigation report.Bassam al-Hassan, who oversaw Syria's chemical weapons program and was a senior adviser to former President Bashar al-Assad, is being harbored in Lebanon following the Assad regime's collapse in 2024.An investigation by the BBC and the US broadcaster NPR has discovered that Hassan has been allowed to remain there unde
  
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• Thursday briefing: Why young people are taking to the streets across France

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  In today’s newsletter: A youth-led movement is protesting crumbling school buildings and teacher shortages while turning adult focus onto wider educational inequalities...
  
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• Texas Puts Man To Death In US' 1st Execution Since Christa Pike Case

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Jamaal Howard, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:03 pm after receiving a fatal dose of pentobarbital at the state prison in Huntsville. ......
  
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• Rescuers pull bodies from rubble as Ukraine’s death toll rises to 22 from a Russian ...

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Rescuers searched through the rubble of a residential building hit by a Russian missile in the northern Ukrainian town of Pryluky on Thursday as the death toll rose to 22, including five children, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. The strike Wednesday in the country’s Chernihiv region also injured 54...
  
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• Pro-Palestine protests mark Oct. 7 anniversary in many cities

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  UTRECHT, Netherlands — As Israeli and Jewish communities around the world marked the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protests have been organized in several countries around the world.The protests come after three years of frequent anti-Israel demonstrations in many cities worldwide. Pro-Palestine demonstrators staged sit-ins at train stations across the Netherlands, including in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
  
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• One Tech Tip: Lake America backlash fuels interest in Google Maps alternatives

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Google and Apple have renamed Lake...
  
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• One Nation Migration Plan Promises Rent Cuts of up to $4,300

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  One Nation says its proposal to temporarily reduce net migration below zero could Australian renters between...
  
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• NSW police commissioner made last-minute bid to hold closed-door hearings into Sydney anti-Herzog protest

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Police watchdog says Mal Lanyon’s timing in raising the issue was ‘regrettable’ and led to delays...
  
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• Nobel Prize in literature to be awarded in Stockholm

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  The Nobel Prize in literature will be...
  
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• Myanmar’s military-backed leader seeks closer ties on visit to Malaysia as he pivots to diplomacy

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Myanmar’s military-backed leader pressed on with his pivot to diplomacy on a visit to Malaysia, his first since becoming president earlier this year, holding talks Thursday with the country’s prime minister and other officials in an effort to boost ties. But the visit by Min Aung Hlaing, a former military chief inaugurated as president in April after a general election judged by rights groups as designed to cement the military’s hold on power
  
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• Melbourne Teenager Suffers Horrific Burns in Alleged Arson Attack

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  A 13-year-old boy is fighting for his life after suffering burns to 90 percent of his body...
  
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• Laos footballer arrested in connection with alleged match-fixing for betting syndicate

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  National FA refers Soukphachan Lueanthala to police...
  
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• High school students to turn out for new protests across France

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  High school students...
  
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• Here’s what connects the Cornell alleged rape case to those before: accused men not being ...

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  There was progress after #MeToo, but not enough. Certainly not enough to shift the assumptions that still protect men and denigrate victims...
  
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• French high school protests continue despite PM’s promise of action – Europe live

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Demonstrators have rejected a promise by Sébastien Lecornu to present a plan to fix the country’s education system by the end of the month...
  
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• FOCUS: Nuri rocket's 5th launch signals S. Korea's shift toward integrated space industry

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  GOHEUNG - The Nuri space rocket's successful deployment of five microsatellites Wednesday marked a key step toward South Korea's first domestic satellite constellation and greater private-sector participation in space development, experts said. On its fifth mission, the 200-ton Nuri deployed five New-space Earth Observation Satellite Constellation for National Safety (NEONSAT) microsatellites as its primary payload after lifting off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, about 400 kilometers sou
  
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• Crude prices soar more than 3% on fresh Mideast worries

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Crude prices soared more than three percent Thursday after a...
  
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• CNBC Daily Open: The blame game — Brussels vs Beijing

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  The scene is set for tough talks in Beijing as European and Chinese officials seek to avoid stoking trade tensions. ......
  
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• Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after surviving execution attempt, lawyer says

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  NASHVILLE — A lawyer for Christa Pike, sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, says she woke up in hospital "angry and confused" after surviving a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee last week.A week ago, Pike, 50, was taken from the execution chamber to a Nashville hospital, unconscious, critically ill and ‌with severe arm injuries after two injections of the caustic barbiturate pentobarbital failed to kill her at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.Pike, who
  
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• Chinese-speaking hacker possibly linked to AI-driven attacks on S. Korean banks: report

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL - U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said an unidentified hacker believed to be a Chinese speaker used artificial intelligence (AI)-powered hacking tools to breach multiple South Korean financial institutions and steal data. In a report released Wednesday (U.S. time), CrowdStrike said the attacker used ARTEX, an open-source AI-powered...
  
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• China nominates health official Song Li as WHO head

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  China has nominated health official Song Li as a candidate to lead the World...
  
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• Charges Dropped Against 12-Year-Old Accused in Fatal Grocer Assault

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  The youngest boy accused of being involved in a group assault which left a good Samaritan grocer...
  
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• Canada Drops Nine Places to 18th in Global Economic Freedom Ranking

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Canada has tumbled nine places down the international economic openness index within just one year, according to a newly...
  
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• British consulate in East Jerusalem will stay open as UK mission, says Ed Miliband

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Foreign secretary says former consulate general will remain independent, operational ⁠and serving Palestinian people...
  
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• Britain says consulate in Jerusalem to remain open as a UK mission

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  British foreign minister Ed Miliband said on Thursday its Consulate General building in East Jerusalem, ordered to close by Israel, would remain open...
  
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• Bachelor star Sam Wood denied bail as police allege he choked woman until she ‘thought ...

  08-10-2026 10:36 via article.wn.com
  Court hears police attended Wood’s Victorian home over a similar allegation about three years ago, but the woman had not complained then out of ‘fear of retribution’...
  
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