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• Norway increases support for deported Ukrainian children

  29-09-2026 07:24 via article.wn.com
  OSLO, Sept 29 - Norway is increasing...
  
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• War remnant blast kills 3 children in E. Afghanistan

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Three children lost their lives and one other was injured as an explosive device left over...
  
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• US says 2 Indian nationals indicted in counterfeit Ozempic smuggling scheme

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Two Indian nationals have been indicted by a US federal grand jury for allegedly smuggling and selling counterfeit Ozempic, the weight-loss drug, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday. One of the defendants, Swapnadip Roy,...
  
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• UAE flights status today: Emirates, Etihad, Air Arabia, flydubai delays and cancellations as Air France extends Dubai suspension

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: UAE travellers are facing another morning of flight disruption, with some departures delayed at both Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport as the regional security situation remains fluid.Several Emirates, flydubai, Air India, Ethiopian Airlines and SpiceJet flights were delayed from Dubai this morning, while a Jazeera Airways service from Abu Dhabi to Kuwait was cancelled....
  
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• Trump signs voluntary AI accord, launches America.gov amid early glitches

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
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• Sri Lanka to appoint committee to pursue return of cultural artifacts held abroad

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  COLOMBO, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's cabinet on Tuesday approved the appointment of a committee to advise the government on efforts to secure the return of...
  
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• Shootings happen in Japan's Kobe: media

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Shootings...
  
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• School shooting reported in southern Philippines

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  MANILA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A shooting incident was...
  
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• S. Korean banks' lending rate rises in August on policy rate hikes

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- South Korean banks' lending rate rose last month as consecutive policy rate hikes drove up borrowing costs for both households and businesses, central bank data showed Wednesday. The weighted average rate for new bank loans...
  
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• S. Korea-born twin giant pandas scheduled to return to China in December

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Twin giant pandas Rui Bao and Hui Bao, born in South Korea in July 2023 and currently residing at Everland's Panda Second House, are scheduled to...
  
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• Rival says Netanyahu

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
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• Reanimated AI Greta Garbo stars again … in a ball-bearing advert

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Relatives of Hollywood legend say her doppelganger could now be used for more glamorous roles...
  
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• NSW man accused of murdering neighbour – and then murdering his relative two weeks later

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Police allege Nicholas Scott killed 79-year-old then ‘set upon’ 59-year-old relative who arrived at Gurranang to sort out estate...
  
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• Meet Jayda Dawn, the Indiana 11th-grader who became America's national poetry champion in her first year and won $20,000

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Jayda Dawn, then an 11th grader at University High School of Indiana in Carmel, was named the 2026 Poetry Out Loud National Champion in April and won a $20,000 grand prize. She recited poems by Langston Hughes, Alice Duer Miller, and Albery Allson Whitman. Months after the national finals, Dawn spoke with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) about her experience and what the competition meant to her. She described the journey as “exhilarating, shocking, and belonging” and reflec
  
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• Landowner sues New York village after it blocked vehicle use of a 50-foot strip that served his 50 acres for 40+ years, saying the decision left the property landlocked and worthless

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  A landowner is suing the Village of Sloatsburg, New York, after local officials blocked vehicles from using a 50-foot-wide strip that had provided access to roughly 50 acres of property for more than four decades. Ramapo Fields, LLC, claims the village’s zoning decision effectively cut off the only route to its larger parcel, leaving the land undevelopable and potentially worthless. According to Rockland County Business Journal, the dispute centres on whether vehicle access should be treat
  
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• Judge orders New York City to restart Secondary-Home Tax rollout; City immediately appeals

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  A New York state judge has ordered the city to scrap its current rollout of a controversial secondary-home tax, citing flawed notification procedures and administrative overreach. The court targeted the Department of Finance’s recent distribution of supplemental rolls and tens of thousands of individual mailings, mandating that the city rescind the notices and rebuild its taxpayer database using properly verified data. The city quickly appealed, invoking a stay that pauses...
  
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• Jaishankar, Guterres discuss West Asia conflicts and Global South concerns

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
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• Inside the Ukrainian military unit training fighters from China

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Despite the risks, a number of soldiers from the country seen as Russia’s biggest backer have found their way to Ukraine...
  
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• Hurricane Polo's remnants bringing more rain to flood-struck US Southwest

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  As former Hurricane Polo weakened over...
  
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• Head-on collision kills 1, injures 8 in W. Afghanistan

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A traveler was killed and eight others sustained injuries after a...
  
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• Economic growth and democratic decline: the ‘cotton king’ who reshaped Benin

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Patrice Talon has transformed the west African country’s economy and infrastructure at the expense of political freedom...
  
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• Double beds, aircon and big-screen TVs: Indonesia suspends officials over luxury prison cells

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Indonesia’s prisons have long faced allegations that well-connected inmates can obtain preferential treatment through bribery...
  
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• Dangote to begin construction of $16bn refinery in Kenya

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Project offers regional governments a 30% stake in facility...
  
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• ‘Americans need to wake up’: Iran calls on US voters to reject Trump ahead of elections

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  The letter also accused...
  
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• 'A great loss': In Nepal's flood zone, teachers mourn students who never returned

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Each morning at a school in flood-ravaged Nepal, teachers taking attendance are served a painful reminder of the disaster as they mark in red the names of students who never came back. The catastrophic flood, triggered by a glacial collapse near the China-Nepal border, killed more than 1,400 people, the majority in Nepal. Over 5,000 remain missing in the Himalayan nation one month after the tsunami-like waves swept away roads, bridges and settlements in the mountainous regions up north. Stay up
  
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• 41-year-old Filipino passenger to Dubai nabbed at NAIA over illegal recruitment and estafa charges

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: A 41-year-old Filipino woman travelling to Dubai was arrested at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on September 27 after immigration...
  
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• What is Silicon Valley’s ‘whisper network’? Private list shared among women names ‘over 100’ alleged ...

  30-09-2026 07:49 via article.wn.com
  Women in Silicon Valley’s tech space have created a hidden document...
  
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• Warnings ignored as Venezuela coastal towers faced quake forces they couldn't take, investigation reveals

  30-09-2026 07:49 via article.wn.com
  In June, powerful earthquakes struck the coastal town of La Guaira,...
  
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• US State Recognises Muslim Holidays Eid Al-fitr, Eid Al-Adha As Official Holidays

  30-09-2026 07:49 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS US State Recognises Muslim Holidays Eid Al-fitr, Eid Al-Adha As Official Holidays 30/09/2026 10:24 AM IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE TELEVISION ACADEMY - Governor...
  
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• Trump calls Sundar Pichai a ‘monster’; Google CEO has the perfect comeback: 'Hopefully a better ...

  30-09-2026 07:49 via article.wn.com
  During a recent press interaction, US President Donald Trump humorously...
  
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