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• Like a ‘roller coaster’: Passengers describe harrowing flydubai flight

  30-09-2026 19:20 via article.wn.com
  Passengers experienced a sudden and rapid drop from 10,360m to 5,180m near the Jordanian border. ......
  
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• Yassamin Ansari-YouTuber Jack Cocchiarella dating: Relationship timeline, when they met and what we know

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
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• WATCH | About 400 French schools closed as pupil protests turn violent

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed on Friday after pupil protests that began over education-related grievances escalated into violence in some places. “There are a little over 400...
  
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• Viral anti-vax posts weaponise Philippine inoculation fears

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
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• US pressures Europe over diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban: report

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  In a recent update, U.S. President Donald Trump threatens US diesel export ban unless European allies release emergency fuel stocks. As surging fuel costs and geopolitical conflict strain domestic markets, Washington urges European allies to tap emergency stockpiles or face severe restrictions on American fuel shipments. The United States has pressured European allies, particularly France and Germany, to immediately release 120 million barrels of strategic diesel...
  
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• Thousands stranded in UAE as Israeli rescue flights cancelled over landing clearance

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  Israel’s flagship airline El Al has cancelled planned repatriation flights from Dubai after the United Arab Emirates withdrew landing permissions for the services. The flights were intended to bring back Israeli citizens stranded in Dubai.In an advisory displayed on its digital platform, El Al said that “due to the cancellation of approval for Israeli companies to land in Dubai, as was reported by the authorities in Israel, we are forced to cancel, at this stage, our rescue flights (
  
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• The week in wildlife: a rescued orangutan, the chonkiest bear and a barn owl’s triumph

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world ......
  
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• South Korea warns Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday threatened unspecified measures against Ukraine unless Kyiv acknowledges a confidentiality agreement that Seoul says covered the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers — and issues an apology. “If the refusal to acknowledge the facts and issue a public apology continues, we will take additional measures,” Lee said in a post on X. Lee also expressed “grave regret” over what he described as Ukrainian remarks about
  
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• "Sit Next To Israelis In Flight": Israel Minister To NDTV On flydubai Scare

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  Israeli Minister for Economy and Industry Nir Barkat dismissed suggestions that the flydubai plot was designed to strain relations between Israel and its Gulf partners ......
  
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• Pentagon Launches Office of Religious Affairs Under Pete Hegseth's Leadership

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  Washington: Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is launching an office of religious affairs, the latest of his faith-related reforms at the Pentagon.He announced in a speech Wednesday that the office will help offer “first-class religious support” and will report directly to him.“Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armour of God, because while we wage physical war, we all know the real battle is spiritual,” he said.Hegseth has infused his evangelical Christia
  
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• MINORITY-OWNED MILLENNIUM BANK OPENS REVITALIZED BRIDGEPORT BANKING CENTER, UNVEILS 120-FOOT COMMUNITY MURAL

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  Mayor Johnson joined local leaders on September 30 to celebrate the historic neighborhood banking center, expanded opportunities for businesses and families, and a new public-art landmark. ......
  
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• Katsina Traditional Rulers Hail Military, DSS for Foiling Mass Abduction

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  Nigeria | 3 seconds ago Several traditional rulers in Katsina State have commended the Military, Department of State Services (DSS) and local vigilante groups for foiling another attempt by armed bandits to carry out a mass abduction in Bakori Local Government Area of the state. The commendation followed the latest attempt by the bandits to abduct residents of Unguwan Hudu village in Kakumi Ward, Bakori LGA. The state government had...
  
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• 'Just a call away': Indian PM Modi speaks with injured flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to injured flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar on Friday, as the pilot recounted his experience during the incident. Machchhar shared details of what happened and what gave him the courage to...
  
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• In 2003, Lakewood homeowners defeated a city plan to use eminent domain to clear their neighborhood for private retail development

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  Lakewood, Ohio, a Lake Erie suburb of Cleveland, counted 50,942 residents in the 2020 census and has long called itself the City of Homes. It came as a jolt when its own leaders described a stretch of those homes as a problem to be removed. In 2003, a plan to clear one neighborhood for private retail and housing development landed on the ballot, and the result came down to a few dozen votes. The story is worth retelling because it shows how an ordinary neighborhood can end up labeled blighted, a
  
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• How the botched execution of Christa Pike unfolded, by someone in the room

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  Those in the room report an hour-plus of what sounded like snoring coming from Pike...
  
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• CNBC Daily Open: Bond yield whiplash grips global economy

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  Bond market moves keep investors on both sides of the Atlantic on edge ahead of another key jobs report. ......
  
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• Chinese fishing boat blasted by Taiwanese water cannon

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
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• Brazil’s Cellphone Theft Epidemic: How Criminals Exploit Sensitive Data

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
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• AP News Summary at 3:28 a.m. EDT

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
  Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee’s failed execution attempt, her lawyers say ......
  
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• 400 schools to remain closed in France on Friday as student protests turn violent

  02-10-2026 10:19 via article.wn.com
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• What should parents consider when tracking their child’s location?

  02-10-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  What should parents consider when tracking their child’s location? ......
  
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• Whale stranding leaves at least 12 dead on New Zealand beach

  02-10-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  WELLINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 pygmy killer whales have died after becoming stranded on New Zealand's Ninety Mile Beach, with conservation officials, Maori tribes and volunteers...
  
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• UAE maintains radio silence on flydubai Omani co-pilot’s identity, conspiracy angle as probe seeks answers

  02-10-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Indian officials, who met...
  
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• Trump touts having the best numbers of any president, despite his dismal approval rating

  02-10-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Facing electoral humiliation in Texas, Trump claims press isn’t doing enough to sell his successes...
  
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• The bond rout is deepening even as oil tankers return to the Strait of Hormuz

  02-10-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Supply chains that...
  
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• Preliminary NTSB report details how Amazon cargo plane overran MIA runway, killing 5

  02-10-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  The National Transportation Safety Board has released their preliminary report detailing how an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport last month, killing five people in a van on the ground. The 12-page report released by the NTSB on Thursday doesn't give a possible cause of the Sept. 6 crash of the Boeing 767, but does offer details about how fast it was going and how it ran off the runway. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE According to the rep
  
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• NMPhil opens Roberto Minczuk’s final season with Dvořák’s ‘New World’

  02-10-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
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• More than 400 schools in France closed as student demonstrations turn violent

  02-10-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  A school was set...
  
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• ‘He tried to crash the plane:’ New video shows bloodied Captain Smit Machchhar after chaos ...

  02-10-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  In a video shot inside the flydubai plane, one person could be heard saying, “he tried to crash the plane,” in reference to the Omani copilot who stabbed the plane’s Indian captain. ......
  
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• COP31: Transparency International Urges Pacific Governments To Lead On Integrity Ahead Of The Fiji Pre-COP

  02-10-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  During the Pre-COP, a dialogue on “Improving the Multilateral Climate system” is on the agenda of the High Level Event. ......
  
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