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• Microsoft is being suspended from program to apply for green cards for H-1B visa workers, ...

  09-10-2026 02:01 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using an H-1B visa. Vice President JD Vance accuses the company of fraud. ......
  
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• USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after 322 days at sea; Pete Hegseth honors ...

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Thousands of sailors...
  
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• Trump misses the Nobel again

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Cartoon Judge Navi Pillay after winning the Nobel...
  
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• ‘This is not an anti-tech town’: backlash to datacenter in city once home to IBM

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Fight in East Fishkill, New York, part of a growing divide over whether AI benefits outweigh enormous downsides...
  
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• Third-place candidate backs Bolsonaro

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Right-wing candidate Flavio...
  
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• Ten people dead after prison riot in Mexico

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Over a dozen prisoners were injured in the riot during visiting hour at the jail ......
  
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• States of emergency declared as Hurricane Isaias barrels toward Gulf coast

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Florida, Alabama and Mississippi brace as Isaias strengthens to category 3 and surges up to 7ft expected...
  
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• South Africa’s Navi Pillay, advocate for international law, wins Nobel Peace Prize

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Navi Pillay, an outspoken supporter of international...
  
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• Return of USS Abraham Lincoln and mudslides in Chile: photos of the day – Friday

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world ......
  
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• ‘Pillay is unabashed hater of America’: Trump reposts criticism of Nobel Peace Prize winner

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Trump reshared the...
  
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• Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution puts US in dubious company

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Only Iran and Afghanistan routinely carry out sentences in public, with Saudi Arabia appearing to have ended practice...
  
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• Noida International Airport to be rechristened after PM Modi

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  The Council of Ministers of...
  
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• New spate of stabbings, overdoses and fires at Australian immigration detention centres run by ICE-linked ...

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Exclusive: Federal government under scrutiny as documents reveal serious security lapses at Melbourne and Villawood immigration detention centres...
  
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• N. Korea gains confidence as nuclear power 20 years after 1st test

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING - North Korea has gained confidence as a nuclear power, having boosted its weapons stockpile and rejected denuclearization demands from the international community, as Friday marks 20 years since it conducted its first nuclear test. In recent years, North Korea has deepened military cooperation with Russia as the two countries signed in 2024 a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty, which stipulates mutual support in times of emergency. North Korea has also improved its ties with Chi
  
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• More civilians killed in Ukraine as Kyiv struggles to stop Russian air attacks

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Russian missiles and drones have killed more than 50 people over the past three days ......
  
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• Modi wants India to power the AI age. Residents are pushing back

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  MUMBAI - The view from Indian engineer Tushar Shetty's Mumbai apartment captures a tension playing out around the world as the artificial intelligence boom fuels an unprecedented data-centre building spree. What was once a stretch of lush greenery outside his 21st-floor window is now a scar of red earth where trees were felled to make way for an Amazon facility that forms part of the tech giant's planned $21 billion investment in AI infrastructure in India by 2030. "I would not have bought the h
  
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• Iran claims attack on LPG tanker, says vessels trying to cross Strait of Hormuz will ...

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Ali Mohammadi, the IRGC...
  
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• INTERVIEW: 20 yrs after 1st nuclear test, N. Korea drops "defensive" doctrine: expert

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO - North Korea has moved away from its defensive nuclear posture to a more assertive one that does not rule out preemptive strikes, a major shift in strategy since it carried out its first nuclear test 20 years ago, according to a leading U.S. expert on Korean Peninsula issues. Underscoring Pyongyang's determination to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, Victor Cha of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who served on the National Security Council in the George W. Bush
  
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• 'If you clap more, I may share this prize': Shehbaz wanted Nobel for Trump, Navi ...

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif aggressively backed Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, but a surprise winner took home the award and left the crowd in splits with a hilarious response. Read the full story. ......
  
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• Former prince Andrew granted �302,000 compensation over surrender of royal home lease

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor paid for repair and restoration costs at Royal Lodge in Windsor ......
  
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• Explainer: What is going on in France as student protests spread?

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Over 100 schools remain shut as university students join protest campaign ......
  
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• Explainer: US public executions were once a spectacle before they stopped

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  The Pentagon plans to livestream the first military execution in more than 65 years ......
  
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• Execution live stream could cause PTSD in viewers, say psychiatrists

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Warning follows Pete Hegseth announcement that firing squad execution of Fort Hood killer will be public...
  
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• EU ‘pulling out all stops’ with minerals projects as it tries to avert China trade war

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné says bloc will support 46 strategic projects including lithium and rare earths plants...
  
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• Democratic Senate candidate responds to anti-trans attacks pushed by Republicans

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  Dr Annie Andrews voices opposition to ‘biological men in women’s sports’ in response to Republican attacks...
  
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• 'Come back, let's build India': Sridhar Vembu urges Indian techies to return after US Green ...

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  In a post on X, Vembu...
  
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• ‘Abolish ICE’: Mamdani, AOC and other Democrats urge action after New York shooting

  09-10-2026 17:25 via article.wn.com
  US immigration officer shot man in car where five-year-old child was sitting in the Bronx, sparking fierce protests...
  
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• Zionism row to election loss: Will Zack Polanski's bold plans for U.K. Greens unravel?

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  The party leader promised to turn the Greens from a niche progressive movement into a serious electoral force. But a by-election defeat and divisions over the party's new Zionism policy pose a challenge to his leadership ......
  
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• US military draws up new Iran strike plan as Trump rules out attack before midterms

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON —The US military is preparing options to restart major combat operations against Iran, even as President Donald Trump continues to say Washington will not launch an attack before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the New York Times reported on Thursday.Three aircraft carriers will soon be in the Middle East, a massive assembly of force, and the Pentagon, on Trump’s orders, has...
  
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• US hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions as part of drive to dismantle tribunal

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle the tribunal that the U.S. believes has become politicized and attempted to unfairly and illegally prosecute Americans and Israelis on war crimes charges. Secretary of State...
  
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