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• Nobel physics prize honours work on ‘ghostly messengers’ from outer space

  06-10-2026 15:06 via article.wn.com
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• World stocks mostly fall back despite latest earnings-driven rally on Wall Street

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
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• World Bank raises India's FY27 GDP growth forecast to 7.1% citing resilient domestic activity

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  The World Bank has raised India's GDP growth forecast for FY27...
  
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• US House introduces resolution honouring Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, condemns 'act of terrorism'

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
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• Ukraine hits oil tanker with 23 Indian crew members in Black Sea, sky-high black smoke ...

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  A massive fire broke out on an oil tanker off Russia's southern coast on Tuesday after the vessel was reportedly struck by Ukrainian naval drones, sending a towering plume of black smoke over parts of the resort city of Sochi. ......
  
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• Trump’s comment about Iran nuking Los Angeles and San Diego was incoherent, not malicious

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump says many bizarre and even hateful things. But signaling he would allow Iran to nuke Los Angeles and San Diego is not one of them. During a rally in Nebraska on Monday night, Trump “weaved” his way right into a controversy that had critics, some in the media and even a GOP congressional candidate accusing him of rhetorically conceding major population centers on the West Coast to America’s sworn enemy. And you could be forgiven for reading the president&r
  
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• Trump to discuss with Putin over suspected plague case as US officials press Russia for answers

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President...
  
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• Trump Says Putin Call ‘Very Soon’ Amid Suspected Russia Plague Case

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Trump Says Putin Call ‘Very Soon’ Amid Suspected Russia Plague Case 07/10/2026 08:58 AM President Donald Trump speaks with reporters...
  
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• Trump blames Islam as students demand school funding in France

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has blamed “Islam wanting to take over” France for the student protests sweeping the country, even though the teenagers on the streets are demanding better-funded schools. “What’s happening in France is nothing less than out-of-control mass migration. This isn’t about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country!” Trump...
  
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• Trump blames Islam and mass migration for France protests

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump attributed the student protests in France to “mass migration” and “Islam,” as part of promoting his global right-wing narrative ahead of his country’s challenging midterm elections. Taking to his Truth Social...
  
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• Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, & Vietnam: Oct 7, 2026

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
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• Today in History: October 7, journalist Anna Politkovskaya shot and killed in Moscow

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
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• 'Terrorism is one of the gravest threats to international peace': BJP MP Biplab Deb slams ...

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
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• Shell Declares Evacuation From 6 Oil Platforms In Gulf Of Mexico Over Tropical Depression

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Shell Declares Evacuation From 6 Oil Platforms In Gulf Of Mexico Over Tropical Depression 07/10/2026 02:34 PM This satellite image...
  
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• S. Korea's Nuri rocket deploys 14 out of 15 satellites

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's homegrown space rocket, Nuri, successfully blasted off on Wednesday but failed to deploy one of its 15 onboard satellites into orbit, the aerospace authorities confirmed, correcting an earlier announcement that all payloads were delivered. The three-stage...
  
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• S. Korea's appellate court acquits ex-President Yoon in free polling case

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A South Korean appellate court on Wednesday acquitted former President Yoon Suk-yeol of charges that he received free opinion polls from a political broker in violation of the Political Funds Act. The Seoul High Court overturned a lower court's partial guilty ruling, clearing both Yoon and self-proclaimed political broker Myung Tae-kyun of charges that Yoon illegally accepted free public opinion polls from Myung in exchange...
  
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• Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities kill at least 8

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles and drones hit residential and civilian sites in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight into Wednesday, killing at least eight people, Ukrainian officials said. The attacks came the morning after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on X that Russia was preparing a massive strike. In the northern city of Pryluky, in the Chernihiv region, a missile struck a high-rise apartment...
  
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• Rubio, in Greece, set to call for the West to restore founding democratic principles and values

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to call on the nations of the West to return to their civilizational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries. In… ......
  
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• Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen for discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 has been awarded to Francis...
  
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• Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday in Stockholm. Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry...
  
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• New Malaysia-Indonesia Domestic Worker MoU At Final Stage

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS New Malaysia-Indonesia Domestic Worker MoU At Final Stage 07/10/2026 02:46 PM Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri R Ramanan (centre) By Nik Nurfaqih Nik Wil JAKARTA, Oct 7 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Indonesia are at the final stage of negotiations to finalise a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) on domestic workers and...
  
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• New definition classifies fewer children as clinically obese

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  MELBOURNE, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A new global definition of clinical obesity classifies far fewer children as obese than the widely used body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight relative to height, an international study has found. The findings, published in eClinicalMedicine, part of The Lancet, could lead...
  
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• Nepal ends search for thousands of flood victims as family reactions range from anger to relief

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  The Nepalese government has announced...
  
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• Malaysia Welcomes Malaysians Abroad To Return, Contribute Expertise To Country – Ramanan

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Malaysia Welcomes Malaysians Abroad To Return, Contribute Expertise To Country – Ramanan 07/10/2026 12:10 AM...
  
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• Letter from Mideast: My three years in limbo as a Gaza journalist

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  by Sanaa Kamal GAZA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The day before the war began, I sat by the window in my office, sipping coffee and feeling secure in the future I had worked so hard to build. After years in journalism, I had bought a car and, just weeks earlier, an apartment in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of western Gaza City. I thought I had finally built a decent life for myself. I did not know I was looking at its final day. The next morning was Oct. 7, 2023. Within a week, my family and I had fled o
  
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• Kosovo lawmakers elect a new president in a late-night vote to avert snap election

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Lawmakers in Kosovo elected economist and academic Justina Shiroka Pula as the country’s new president in a marathon late-night session, moments before a constitutional deadline that would have forced a snap election. The election late Tuesday was a significant moment in a political crisis in the small Balkan nation that has caused legislative deadlock for over 19 months and two early parliamentary...
  
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• Israeli dentist reveals how he saved Smit Machchhar's life aboard flydubai flight: 'Don't want to ...

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  The Israel-based dentist who helped save the life of flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar...
  
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• Iran-backed Houthis claim new attacks on Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Aden airport

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on Wednesday claimed attacks on military facilities and airports in neighboring Saudi Arabia as the escalation deepened the latest front in the Iran war and threatened a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz. The Houthis’ military spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, said on social media that the rebels launched ballistic missiles and drones in the attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport in the capital, Riyad
  
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• Interpol crackdown on illegal mining, logging and wildlife trafficking leads to 233 arrests

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An international crackdown on environmental crime across Latin America and the Caribbean led to 233 arrests and uncovered links between large-scale Amazon deforestation and companies across several continents, the international police organization Interpol said Wednesday. The two-month operation targeted illegal logging, gold mining and wildlife trafficking across nine countries, identifying some 60,000 hectares (148,000 acres) of illegally cleared forest — an
  
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• IEA to meet Wednesday over proposed release of reserves, say two EU diplomats

  07-10-2026 10:51 via article.wn.com
  BRUSSELS, Oct 7 - The governing...
  
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