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• Isaias makes landfall as hurricane, hammering Gulf Coast with powerful winds, dangerous flooding

  10-10-2026 19:21 via article.wn.com
  GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — Isaias...
  
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• US weekly jobless claims rise marginally amid low layoffs

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased marginally last week amid low layoffs that are keeping the labor market stable. ......
  
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• US Stock Market: What to led to S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000 rebound ...

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  US Stock Market today: Nvidia dipped 1.8 per cent after chip manufacturer TSMC struck a cautious note on 2027 despite reporting a sixth consecutive record quarterly profit ‌on robust AI-driven demand. ......
  
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• US retail sales beat expectations in September on higher gasoline prices

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - US retail sales increased more than expected in September, boosted by higher gasoline prices, but spending elsewhere was moderate, which could temper economists' ......
  
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• US producer prices post largest increase in 4-1/2 years in September

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - US producer prices increased by the most in 4-1/2 years in September amid rising costs for goods and services, the latest indication of inflation broadening out beyond ......
  
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• US probes Ilhan Omar’s decades-old immigration paperwork with eye towards deportation, sources say

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  This has renewed concerns that Trump is using federal law enforcement to punish his political opponents. ......
  
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• Trump says he is talking to Russia and China about denuclearisation

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  Russia has the most stored nuclear warheads followed by the United States and China. ......
  
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• Small-scale desalination offers water security solution for remote Australia

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  SYDNEY, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- A small-scale desalination unit is helping secure water supplies for a remote Aboriginal boarding school in the state of Western Australia, demonstrating its potential to address rural water scarcity. Developed by researchers at Australia's Murdoch University in...
  
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• Police responding to southwest Sydney shooting

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  SYDNEY, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Police have been deployed to reports of a daylight shooting in southwest Sydney,...
  
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• Pentagon plans to hold report on Iran school strike past November midterms

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  The move comes...
  
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• New Zealand petrol, diesel prices rise in September

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  WELLINGTON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand petrol and diesel prices rose in September from a month earlier, while annual food price inflation accelerated, official data showed on...
  
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• New Zealand electronic card spending down 0.5 pct in September

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  WELLINGTON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's total electronic card spending fell 0.5 percent in September from August, with declines in retail and non-retail spending, official data showed on Friday. The total value of electronic...
  
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• New York’s Plaza Hotel to shut for four-year clean-up of its celebrated facade

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  The 119-year-old Plaza Hotel will shut its gilded doors in January. ......
  
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• Man fatally shot in targeted attack in northern Melbourne, Australia

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  MELBOURNE, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- A man has died after he was shot in a suspected targeted attack in the northern suburbs of Melbourne,...
  
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• Lula defends cutting Brazil's criminal responsibility age to 16 for heinous crimes

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  SAO PAULO, Oct 15 - Brazilian President...
  
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• Light garden opens in Warsaw, Poland

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  People take selfie in a light garden in Swietokrzyski Park in Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 15, 2026. The year-round light garden opened on Thursday, featuring illuminated plant and butterfly installations and interactive projections that respond to visitors' movements. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/Xinhua) A man takes photos in a light garden in Swietokrzyski Park in...
  
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• Kash Patel demands MS NOW apologize after network's false report claiming FBI director visited Russia

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  FBI Director Kash...
  
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• Japan to Cover Normal Childbirth Costs via Health Insurance

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  The Japanese government is pushing forward with a plan to have health insurance cover hospital costs for normal childbirth instead of the mother. This comes as the number of births has sharply declined, and the government aims to further reduce the economic burden of childbirth. According to Nikkei Asia on the 16th (local time), Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is discussing the amount and specific methods of childbirth expense payments, targeting implementation in the second
  
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• India's Ramsar sites tally reaches 103: official

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- India's total number of Ramsar sites has reached 103, with the latest additions of Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh and Sauj Jheel...
  
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• In pics: 22nd Warsaw Beer Festival in Warsaw, Poland

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  People taste beer at the 22nd Warsaw Beer Festival in Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 15, 2026. The festival runs from Oct. 15 to 17 at Legia Warsaw Stadium, featuring beer tastings, food trucks, workshops and live music. Launched in...
  
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• Halloween-themed decorations seen in Vancouver, Canada

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  A man looks at a Halloween-themed decoration outside a floral shop in Vancouver, British Columbia,...
  
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• FBI, US Postal Service investigate suspicious mailings to election officials, lawmakers

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  The FBI said some of the letters contained an unknown substance. ......
  
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• Extreme warmth drives plant extinctions, diversity booms: study

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  MELBOURNE, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Extreme global warmth drove both mass extinctions and explosions in plant diversity during two periods over the past 140 million years, offering new insights into how flowering plants became dominant on Earth, a new study has found. The study...
  
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• EU to Establish Trade Response Authorities to Block Foreign Products

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  The European Union (EU) has decided to push for the establishment of trade response authorities that can completely block the entry of foreign products, including those from China, into the EU single market. The EU single market is an integrated economic zone established to allow member states to freely move goods, services, capital, and people as if they were trading within a single country. According to a Bloomberg News report on October 15, local time, EU...
  
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• CoreWeave Co-Founders Sell $3.3 Billion in Shares Since IPO

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  Three co-founders of CoreWeave, a neocloud company whose credit risk has surged due to rising interest rates, were found to have sold a total of 3.3 billion dollars (approximately 4.5 trillion Korean won) worth of shares since their initial public offering (IPO) in...
  
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• Bangladesh ranks 84th in Global Hunger Index 2026

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  DHAKA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh has ranked 84th in the Global Hunger Index (GHI)...
  
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• 3 teenagers arrested after Sydney shooting

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  SYDNEY, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Sydney police have arrested three teenagers after gunshots were fired at a home in the city's western suburbs in the early...
  
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• 3 children and a teacher were killed in Bend, Oregon, elementary school shooting, police say

  16-10-2026 04:40 via article.wn.com
  Three children ages 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher were killed in a Thursday shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, police said. The 16-year-old shooter was killed by a community member who followed him into the school, ......
  
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• Will the World End with AI or the Loss of Human Connection?

  16-10-2026 04:18 via article.wn.com
  Every generation has had its own fear of how the world might end: nuclear war, a pandemic, an environmental catastrophe or an asteroid nobody saw coming. Now there is artificial intelligence as well. These fears are frightening because they are sudden, but I have come to believe that another possibility deserves just as much thought: civilisation may not end in one spectacular event at all. It may slowly unravel because we forget how to disagree with one another.What a disagreement can costI kno
  
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• US Senators Push to Block Saudi Nuclear Deal Over Non-Proliferation Concerns

  16-10-2026 04:18 via article.wn.com
  Washington: Two Democratic US senators introduced a resolution seeking to block President Donald Trump...
  
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