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• New York and Boston face weekend nor’easter with high winds

  23-09-2026 17:18 via article.wn.com
  First such storm of fall could have wind gusts of 70mph in places, flooding and power outages, forecasters warn...
  
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• Why OCBC sees an undervalued yen nearing a turning point

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  The Japanese yen, one of the most undervalued currencies globally, is near a turning point, according to OCBC. ......
  
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• Seoul demands an apology after Zelenskyy unilaterally reveals North Korean prisoners of war transfer

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  South Korea has demanded an apology...
  
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• On Poland's border with Ukraine, residents brace for a possible Russian hybrid attack

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has...
  
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• Oil prices spike after Trump rejects Iran truce offer

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  The market is still pricing some probability that everyone eventually finds their way back to the table, even if they continue to spend the next few weeks shouting across it first ......
  
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• Oblivious audience watched as opera performer crushed to death live on stage

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Yevgeny Kulesh, 38, was reportedly performing in an opera called "Sadko" at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow when he was killed by falling scenery during the live performance ......
  
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• International school for young astronomers 2026 opens in Gia Lai

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  The three-week training programme focuses on a wide range of topics in modern astronomy and astrophysics, including: galaxies, cosmology, virtual observatories and databases, stars and stellar evolution, exoplanets, machine learning, visible astronomy, and radio astronomy GIA LAI — The International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA 2026) officially opened in Quy Nhơn, Gia Lai Province on September 28 with the participation of 32 students and 14 lecturers from 15 countries and territ
  
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• Himlung Himal avalanche: 12 Nepalese workers missing as rescue begins

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  Himlung Himal avalanche: 12 Nepalese workers missing as rescue begins ......
  
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• Food giants in India urge Supreme Court to reconsider red colour for warning labels

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  India should reconsider the red colour of its proposed food warning labels as it can confuse consumers who associate the colour with non-vegetarian ingredient markings, food companies in India have told the Supreme Court. India is in ​the midst of an unprecedented food safety crackdown, including nationwide raids against...
  
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• CORRECTION Malaysia Durian

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  Preserved seeds from different durian varieties are displayed at DurianBB in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, June 25, 2026. CORRECTION: Corrects the name of company to DurianBB, instead of BBDurian ......
  
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• China, US extend trade truce to January 2027 after Xi's Washington visit

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  China, US extend trade truce to January 2027 after Xi's Washington visit ......
  
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• China says truce extension gives new momentum to US trade talks

  28-09-2026 09:23 via article.wn.com
  China says truce extension gives new momentum to US trade talks China has signalled towards advancing trade-related talks with the United States after both sides announced a two-month trade truce extension at the Trump-Xi summit. On Monday, China’s commerce ministry said the trade truce would provide both countries more space to assess the implementation of their arrangement to resolve...
  
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• Serbia’s populist president resigns to run for PM in early vote

  28-09-2026 08:59 via article.wn.com
  Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic resigned on Sunday to pursue a bid to become prime minister in an upcoming early parliamentary election that will test his firm rule in the Balkan country, which was rattled by nearly two years of protests. Vucic’s second presidential term would otherwise end in May next year. He is banned by the Serbian constitution from seeking a third term and said he was resigning to lead his right-wing Serbian Progressive Party in the October 25 ballo
  
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• Rescuers search for 12 missing after avalanche strikes Himlung Himal peak in Nepal

  28-09-2026 08:59 via article.wn.com
  Rescuers search for 12 missing after avalanche strikes Himlung Himal peak in Nepal ......
  
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• Kidnapping and assault retrial set for North Carolina church leader

  28-09-2026 08:59 via article.wn.com
  An assault and kidnapping case against a leader of a secretive North Carolina religious group appears to be finally returning to the courtroom more than nine years after her first trial ended without a verdict. Word of Faith Fellowship leader Brooke Covington was first tried in 2017 on second-degree kidnapping and simple assault charges. Prosecutors said she held down and beat a member of the group more than 13 years ago. That case ended in a mistrial after the jury foreman brought his own resea
  
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• Young people's violence without ideology poses emerging extremism threat: study

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  SYDNEY, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Young people committing or threatening violence without a clear ideological, religious or political motive are posing an emerging extremism threat, researchers in Australia have warned. A review led by University of Queensland (UQ) criminologist Professor Adrian Cherney examined the rise...
  
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• Wilson powers Aces past Clark, Fever in Game 1 of WNBA quarterfinals

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  LAS VEGAS — A’ja Wilson didn’t feel like she was in a “flow” state of mind Sunday. It didn’t matter. Wilson tied her career playoff high with 38 points as the Las Vegas Aces defeated Caitlin Clark and the Indiana ......
  
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• Vietnam's agro-forestry-fishery exports up 7.8 pct in 1st 9 months

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  HANOI, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's agro-forestry-fishery exports were estimated at 56.3 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of this...
  
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• US to export farm produce, medical devices to China under favourable tariffs

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  US Trade...
  
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• Two dead after tourist bus overturns on way to Germany’s Oktoberfest

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  Images from the crash site showed the vehicle lying on its side in a wooded area with rescue crews nearby...
  
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• Trump supercharged ICE. Now battleground candidates are scrambling for a message

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  Since the 2024 election, Democratic...
  
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• Trump dismisses AI fears ahead of meeting Anthropic CEO

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he plans to have a dinner meeting with Anthropic CEO ⁠Dario Amodei, but reaffirmed his stance against slowing the pace of AI development. Mr Trump also reiterated his belief that new regulations would open the door for China to outpace the United States in AI advancement. Although he acknowledged Mr Amodei's concern that going too fast on artificial intelligence could expand risks, Mr Trump said it's more important for the United States to maint
  
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• ‘Thrilled’: huge swarms of bogong moths surprise NSW residents and may point to species’ recovery

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  Researcher says sightings of the endangered moth have increased over the last two years but ‘this year has blown them out of the water’...
  
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• Thousands huddle in Bangkok shelters as Thai flood damages seen at $320 million

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  BANGKOK, Sept ⁠28 (Reuters) - Thousands...
  
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• Russia stays second-largest arms exporter as SIPRI flags 64 % plunge; India remains top buyer - reports

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  Russia has claimed it remained the world’s second-largest arms exporter in 2025, with arms sales worth around $15 billion, or 12.55 per cent of the global market, according to a new estimate by the Kremlin-backed Centre for Analysis of World Arms Trade (TSAMTO).The estimate follows Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement in January that Russia had supplied military products to more than 30 countries in 2025,...
  
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• Raiders improve to 3-0 after comeback road victory over Saints

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  NEW ORLEANS — Who Dat say they going to beat those Las Vegas Raiders? Surely, not the New Orleans Saints. The Raiders remained unbeaten Sunday by overcoming an 11-point second-half deficit en route to a 35-27 victory at Caesers Superdome. ......
  
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• Iran ready for ‘apocalyptic war’, US weighs post-midterm strikes

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran remained steadfast in the face of any US aggression, even an “apocalyptic war”, while stressing that Iran was ready for diplomacy as the conflict entered its 212th day on Monday, September 28. In a post on X, Araghchi said he and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had travelled to New York seeking peace rather than war. “President Pezeshkian and I did not come to New York to sell a war. We came to forge peace,” Araghchi
  
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• Iran-linked diesel spike makes electric trucks cheaper in key EU markets, says T&E

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  Five-year savings...
  
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• Inside Ukraine’s fortress cities – and the ex-convicts keeping them from Putin

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  After more than four years of war,...
  
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• Giant pandas arrive in US after Trump-Xi summit: What is China’s ‘panda diplomacy’?

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  Two giant pandas sent by China arrived at...
  
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