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• Morning Briefing: Sept. 26, 2026

  26-09-2026 07:54 via article.wn.com
  Here's a rundown of all the news you need to start your Saturday, including US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluding "very productive" White House talks and agreeing to meet twice more this year; OpenAI notifying dozens of governments and universities after finding some of its AI models may have breached security controls; and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian saying Tehran wants peace with Washington but "distrust" of the US remains. - Trump, Xi hold 'very product
  
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• Trump trolls Iran by renaming the Strait of Hormuz shipping route after himself

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  The president took to...
  
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• Singing lemurs may use a soprano-like trick to project songs

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  Lemurs open mouths wider when singing higher notes. They may tune vocal tract as trained human singers do. Lemurs sing to mark their territories in Madagascar. ......
  
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• Russell holds off Verstappen to win Azerbaijan Grand Prix

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  by F1 correspondent Michael Butterworth BAKU, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Mercedes' George Russell converted pole position into victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Saturday, holding off a late charge from Max Verstappen to cut Kimi Antonelli's Formula 1 championship lead. Russell led every lap and set the fastest lap to complete a grand slam, but crossed the line just 0.1 seconds ahead of Red Bull's Verstappen after two safety-car periods wiped out a commanding advantage and set up a tense finish.
  
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• Nikon's microscope videos turn sea slugs and starfish larvae into living art

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  These stunning nature videos show small colorful wonders that aren't...
  
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• Munich picked for Germany's bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2036, 2040 or 2044

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  Munich will bid to bring the Olympics back to Germany for the first time in more than 60 years after seeing off a rival bid from Cologne to become the focus of the country's push to host a Summer Games. ......
  
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• Malaysia's government fund eyes 3.7 bln USD in green, transition assets by 2030

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's government-owned fund Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) aims to channel 15 billion ringgit (about 3.68 billion U.S. dollars) into green and...
  
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• Iran pitches new deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz as talks stall

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  Iranian diplomacy had a busy week, but its latest push for a deal with the Trump administration may have come to nothing. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister A ......
  
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• Indonesia calls for concrete action to protect Jerusalem's status quo

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono called on the international community to take concrete action to stop ongoing violations in Palestine and protect the historic status quo of Jerusalem’s holy sites. Speaking at the Joint Arab-Islamic Ministerial Meeting on Jerusalem, held on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York on Friday (September 25), Sugiono warned of a rapidly...
  
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• India's election commission orders review of voter-roll changes

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  The Election Commission of India ordered a review of its voter-roll software on Saturday after a newspaper reported that its chief had been questioned by his deputies over changes to voter lists that...
  
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• Huge crowds greet Pope in Paris for open-air Mass

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  More than half a million people are expected to attend the event in the heart of the French capital. ......
  
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• Florida family blames Musk’s Tesla for raging fire that destroyed home and killed their dog: lawsuit

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  Exclusive: Electric car was exposed to saltwater during Hurricane Helene, according to court filings...
  
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• Feature: Lesotho's "Mother of Hard Enduro" roars on as villagers seek lasting legacy

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  by Silence Charumbira MASERU, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- For three days this week, Tello Mahooe has a job. The resident of Ha Monyooe, a village near the Ha Lebamang section of the Roof of Africa off-road motorcycle race in Roma, works as a track marshal, earning 150 maloti (about 9 U.S. dollars) a day. "We are happy to have the event here because some of us get piece jobs and get some money as we are not working," Mahooe said. He and fellow villagers have been deployed as marshals, cleaners and setup
  
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• Drought declared in three-quarters of India's richest state, Maharashtra

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  Drought has hit three-quarters of India's richest state of Maharashtra, the government said on Saturday, after prolonged low rainfall in the region home to the megacity of Mumbai. The declaration in Maharashtra came after the national weather department forecast India would end its annual monsoon season with a rainfall deficit,...
  
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• Did Caleb Flynn's mistress visit his wife Ashley Flynn’s parents after murder? All we know ...

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  Alleigha Botner,...
  
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• Death toll from sunken Indonesia ferry rises to 64

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  JAKARTA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a ferry that sank in Indonesia's Java Sea nearly...
  
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• Bangladesh launches catch-up measles-rubella vaccination drive amid outbreak

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  DHAKA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi government has launched a nationwide special vaccination campaign as the country steps up efforts to contain...
  
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• Athens Building Blast Near Acropolis Kills Six, Including Four American Tourists

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  Athens: Four American tourists visiting Greece were among...
  
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• A New York highway superintendent built a snow-fence pole remover from an old golf-cart wheel and scrap box tubing for $0; it cut a three-week job to about 1.5 weeks and has now won a national federal award

  26-09-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  A discarded golf-cart wheel and a piece of scrap box tubing have earned a New York highway department national recognition. Riverhead Highway Superintendent Mike Zaleski built a simple snow-fence pole remover after seeing workers struggle to pull frozen poles from the ground by hand. The homemade tool cost nothing, reduced a job that once took about three weeks to roughly a week and a half, and helped prevent the back strain and injuries associated with the old method. The Riverhead News-Review
  
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• War has returned to Ethiopia’s Tigray — and former enemies are now fighting together. What changed?

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  Nearly four years ago, a peace deal ended the brutal war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century. Now, the violence has returned — but the battle lines have changed. Tigrayan rebels are again fighting the federal government, while forces that were once enemies are now fighting side by side. On Wednesday, Tigrayan forces seized three airports controlled by the federal government, while fighting also broke out in the neighboring regions
  
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• Vatican estimates 700,000 people have turned out for Pope Leo's Mass at Place de la ...

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  Vatican estimates 700,000 people have turned out for Pope Leo's Mass at Place de la Concorde and surroundings. ......
  
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• Urgent: Iran denies plans for military retaliation over recent air restrictions -- media

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Secretariat of Iran's Supreme...
  
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• The world according to me: hair'apist

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  I need an appointment to have my hair cut and colored. Right now, it looks like it did during the pandemic. It’s been months since I’ve had a reason to style my hair for an event and that reality is ......
  
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• South Korea's gender pay gap grows as women get older

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  A new report shows how in South Korea, women on average earn less and have fewer employment opportunities throughout their lives. ......
  
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• Seminar in Kenya highlights China-proposed global initiatives for shared future

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  NAIROBI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The China-proposed Global Development Initiative (GDI) and Global Governance Initiative (GGI) have the potential to reshape multilateralism and foster people-centered growth, equality, peace and stability, a seminar held in Kenya's resort town of Naivasha heard on Thursday. The seminar, co-organized by Kenya's Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, with the Africa Policy Institute (API), a pan-African think tank, as implementing p
  
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• Pope Leo starts open-air mass before hundreds of thousands in Paris

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo on Saturday began a giant open-air mass in Paris,...
  
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• Pope encourages French youth to seek holiness during visually rich stadium vigil

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV urged 80,000 young people gathered at the Stade de France Sept. 25 to pursue holiness, peace and a “living relationship with Jesus” during an evening prayer vigil that showcased the diversity of France’s Catholic youth. “The first thing I want to tell you is: Thank You!” the pope said, speaking off-the-cuff. “Thank you for your courage, thank you for your presence, thank you for your faith!” “Young people of France, you carry in your h
  
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• Peoria bishop offers thanksgiving Mass for Sheen beatification

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  The morning after Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was beatified in front of over 50,000 people in St. Louis, the bishop, clergy and faithful of the Diocese of Peoria returned home to celebrate a series of Masses of thanksgiving for this historic moment in the U.S. Church. Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria celebrated Mass in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria Sept. 25, where Blessed Fulton J. Sheen was ordained a priest and where his remains are entombed. While a quiet line of
  
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• ‘Immense opportunity and honor,’ say new Catholics meeting Pope Leo in Paris

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  In a country witnessing record surge of adult baptisms, Pope Leo XIV met with protagonists of the trend Sept. 26, at the grounds of the Catholic Institute of Paris. Among those meeting the pope were catechumens, recent converts and participants in the Archdiocese of Paris’ Synodal Assembly. Father Maximilien de la Martinière, secretary general of the assembly – a major initiative of the Archdiocese of Paris organized in response to a surge in adult and youth conversions across
  
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• Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Leo's popemobile parade along Champs-Élysées ahead of Mass

  26-09-2026 15:50 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Paris for an outdoor Mass at Place de la Concorde, marking the first official papal state visit to France in 18 years. The American pope greeted hundreds of thousands from his popemobile during a ......
  
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