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• Macron has few bargaining chips as he keeps lid on violence

  26-10-2026 21:13 via WN.com - World News
  PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron bet that a massive police presence could avoid a repeat of the violence that stunned the country on Oct. 17. He won that wager, but isn’t any closer to resolving underlying anger that’s fueled ......
  
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• Man dead and another injured after attack at centre housing migrants in Ireland

  31-10-2026 14:52 via WN.com - World News
  Garda� have launched an investigation after an assault at an International Protection Accommodation Services centre in Tralee, Co Kerry, left one man dead and another injured. ......
  
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• Ebola deaths top 5,000 in DR Congo as WHO fears continent-wide spread of virus that ...

  31-10-2026 14:52 via WN.com - World News
  The World Health Organization (WHO) said the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo had passed a 'very tragic milestone' after the latest figures showed more than 5,000 people dead from the virus ......
  
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• Turkey nominates former FM in race for next UN chief

  31-10-2026 14:45 via WN.com - World News
  Turkey has officially nominated a former foreign minister and yearslong ambassador to the United Nations for the next UN secretary-general, state-run media reported Saturday. The next UN chief will succeed António Guterres, who has led the world body for almost 10 years. The organization is under pressure to reform as it finds itself sidelined in wars in Iran,...
  
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• Britain defends investment in Rolls-Royce narrowbody engine programme

  31-10-2026 14:42 via WN.com - World News
  Britain has defended public backing for Rolls-Royce’s return to the narrowbody aircraft engine market, arguing that international competition and the need to protect aerospace employment justify government involvement despite the manufacturer’s strong profits. Industry Minister Blair McDougall said on Friday that governments had traditionally shared the risks associated with developing aircraft engines. His comments followed an agreement between Rolls-Royce and the government on a proposed �
  
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• UK PM 'open' to slavery apology but not reparations

  31-10-2026 14:40 via WN.com - World News
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Saturday he was “open” to the UK issuing a formal apology for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, but ruled out financial reparations. The Labour leader made the remarks days before attending a Commonwealth leaders summit in Antigua...
  
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• Syria weighing whether to join Makkah pact: foreign minister

  31-10-2026 14:40 via WN.com - World News
  Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Saturday said Damascus was considering whether to join the Makkah defence pact that binds Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye. The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, signed on Aug 7, empowers the three members to consider an armed attack on one member an attack on all. “Discussions are currently underway to evaluate Syria’s entry into the Makkah alliance,” Al Shaibani said at the Manama Dialogue conference in Bahrain. According to Syrian...
  
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• Power bills and data centres cast rare spotlight on utilities in US midterms

  31-10-2026 14:40 via WN.com - World News
  US electricity prices had flown under the radar in past national elections, but they have become a major political issue in this year’s midterms as Americans grow angry over rising utility bills and deals for power-hungry data centres. Nationwide, according to Energy Information Administration data, electricity prices for homes have risen more than 10 per cent since 2024, when President Donald Trump was elected along with Republican majorities in both houses of the US Congress. Higher electric
  
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• Iran's supreme leader warns US, Israel of 'unrestricted geographical response' to new attacks

  31-10-2026 14:40 via WN.com - World News
  Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Saturday warned the United States and Israel against returning to war, according to a written statement, following threats from the Islamic republic’s foes of a possible resumption of strikes. “If the enemies once again launch military or terrorist...
  
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• Video: Sights and sounds as Broken Arrow defeats Bixby

  31-10-2026 14:37 via WN.com - World News
  Broken Arrow's defense shuts out Bixby over the last three quarters. ......
  
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• Poland crisis deepens: President Karol Nawrocki calls emergency talks after court showdown

  31-10-2026 14:37 via WN.com - World News
  Poland crisis deepens: President Karol Nawrocki calls emergency talks after court showdown A political crisis is unfolding in Poland as Polish President Karol Nawrocki declared constitutional violation and sought urgent talks. The issue started when seven parliamentary-elected judges entered Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal headquarters accompanied by State Protection Service officers. Security guards were ordered to pack up and leave, while incumbent Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski a
  
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• New state laws address domestic violence, medical marijuana marketing, more

  31-10-2026 14:37 via WN.com - World News
  One gives judges a new option of requiring GPS monitoring as a condition of bail for people accused of serious domestic violence offenses. Another expands the definition of “great bodily injury.” ......
  
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• Burnham opens door to UK slavery apology, rules out one demand

  31-10-2026 14:37 via WN.com - World News
  Burnham opens door to UK slavery apology, rules out one demand UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has signalled the government’s openness to apologize for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the country seeks to strengthen ties with nations in the Caribbean and Africa. Ahead of next week’s Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda, Burnham argued in a Guardian column published Saturday that Britain must face its...
  
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• From world ports to Gaza: Labor strike confronts arms shipments to Israel and breaks international silence

  31-10-2026 14:32 via WN.com - World News
  GAZA, (PIC) In a step that goes beyond traditional solidarity, the international trade union movement is moving to turn seaports into arenas of protest against the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, through coordinated strikes and protest activities featuring port workers in tens of countries, rejecting the use of civilian infrastructure to transport weapons and military shipments that fuel wars. The action on Friday, October 30, comes under the slogan “International Day of Action for Port Workers
  
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• UK bars entry to Swedish climate academic ahead of appearance with Palestine Action founder

  31-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  Swedish climate academic Andreas Malm said on Friday that Britain had refused him entry, days before he was due to share a platform with a co-founder of Palestine Action, which is banned in the UK as a terrorist organisation. Malm, who teaches at Lund University and is best known for his book ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’, which argues that radical action is needed to stop fossil...
  
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• Starving residents leave Russian-held Oleshky in Ukraine war’s first joint aid operation

  31-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  Russia and Ukraine began their first joint relief operation of the war on Friday, evacuating residents from the Russian-held town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine under a local ceasefire brokered by US first lady Melania Trump. People were boarding buses out of the town, some bound for Russia and others for Ukraine, said Russia’s human rights commissioner, Yana Lantratova. An aid convoy brought in food, hygiene products, medical supplies and fuel. A senior Ukrainian lawmaker confirmed that evacu
  
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• Polish president turns back from Senegal trip after top court chief suspended

  31-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  Polish President Karol Nawrocki turned back to Poland on Friday while en route to Senegal after a far-right ally was suspended as head of the country’s top court, escalating a battle with Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government over control of the judiciary. Earlier on Friday, the Constitutional Tribunal said its longest-serving judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska had suspended Bogdan Swieczkowski, the tribunal’s...
  
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• France braces for fresh unrest; government vows tough response

  31-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  France will deploy a 70,000-strong police presence to contain a widely expected bout of fresh unrest on Saturday in the latest nationwide protests driven by anger over living costs, public services and President Emmanuel Macron’s government. The nationwide demonstrations, which fall on Halloween, come two weeks after riots and looting caught security forces off guard, leaving damaged shops, public buildings and businesses in cities across France. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez has vowed not t
  
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• France bans thousands of condoms at risk of bursting

  31-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  France is recalling more condoms after its consumer watchdog said on Friday that a manufacturing defect made them more likely to burst or tear. The agency said it was...
  
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• Crypto exchanges call for quick moves to bolster defenses after Binance heist

  31-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  Crypto exchanges are taking quick action to bolster their defenses and urging greater industry-wide information-sharing after a record $6.3 billion hack of Binance exposed their vulnerability just as they become more embedded in mainstream finance. Coinbase COIN.O said it made adjustments to its systems that store cryptocurrency keys offline “solely out of an abundance of caution,” while Kraken said it was monitoring industry incidents for lessons it could apply to its defenses. But the indu
  
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• Binance’s $6.3bn hack tests the limits of crypto insurance

  31-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  The theft of $6.3 billion from Binance, the largest crypto heist on record, has drawn attention to how cryptocurrency exchanges insure their digital assets, and how much of such a loss insurance can actually cover, Reuters reported. Protection varies widely. Whether a policy pays out depends on where the assets were held, how the attackers got in and the precise wording of the cover. A niche market Demand for insurance against digital asset theft, and against claims targeting company executives,
  
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• Are narcissists multiplying or is the social media algorithm making them bolder? The answer in ...

  31-10-2026 14:31 via WN.com - World News
  By Calli Tzani, Reader in Psychology, Cyberpsychology Research Network Co-Director and ADM Forensic Editor, University of Huddersfield, and Maria Ioannou, Professor of Psychology, Cyberpsychology Research Network Co-Director, MSc Investigative Psychology Director, University of Huddersfield Social media doesn’t necessarily reflect who you are, but it may intensify particular personality traits and confirm or even persuade you that your worst behaviour is justified. We are addressing that imbal
  
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• What We’re Watching For on Election Night

  31-10-2026 14:28 via WN.com - World News
  Democratic sweep or not, politics are about to change. ......
  
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• What My Father Taught Me About Horror

  31-10-2026 14:28 via WN.com - World News
  Horror isn’t just scary — it can draw people together, especially when they’ve struggled to connect. ......
  
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• The Democratic Party’s Masculinity Crisis

  31-10-2026 14:28 via WN.com - World News
  The Democrats have been searching for a way to counteract the toxic masculinity of the right. ......
  
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• Jeffrey Eugenides: My First Day Seems So Much Older Than Me

  31-10-2026 14:28 via WN.com - World News
  One news report that morning conveyed an eternal truth: Commuters will be delayed. ......
  
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• In the Midterms, Morality Is on the Ballot

  31-10-2026 14:28 via WN.com - World News
  With the midterms just days away, Times Opinion writers...
  
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• Democrats Are the Populist Party Now

  31-10-2026 14:28 via WN.com - World News
  It’s become screamingly obvious who represents billionaires and unchecked plutocratic power. ......
  
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• Could These Democrats Destroy MAHA?

  31-10-2026 14:28 via WN.com - World News
  Doctors like Annie Andrews, Amy Acton and Abdul El-Sayed remind us that Americans don’t trust Republicans with their nation’s health. ......
  
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• Pope Leo tells Villanova and Notre Dame basketball teams he is neutral. Prevost has other ideas

  31-10-2026 14:27 via WN.com - World News
  Pope Leo XIV has told the basketball teams from his alma mater, Villanova, and fellow Catholic university Notre Dame that in matters of sport, the pontiff is neutral. But in a raucous audience of 7,000 players, fans and their families, ......
  
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