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• OpenAI Cancels New Model Release Over Safety Concerns

  29-09-2026 10:39 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] San Francisco: OpenAI announced the cancellation of the scheduled October release of GPT-6.1 Astra, their next-generation AI model, due to safety and alignment problems found during internal testing. The...
  
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• World News in Brief: Deadly Myanmar strikes as Malaysia begins deportations, new emergency funding released, ...

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  The UN chief on Tuesday...
  
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• US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration has withdrawn the...
  
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• UN chief calls for nuclear disarmament efforts

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for efforts to forge a new path toward a world free of nuclear weapons. Nuclear disarmament is not a favor, it is a binding legal obligation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, he said at a...
  
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• Trump's border wall construction cut into an ancient ground carving older than Stonehenge

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  An ancient ground carving that was severely damaged by the administration’s border wall construction was created before Stonehenge and Egypt’s oldest pyramid, according to recently publicized research. The Las Playas Intaglio, a giant fish carved into the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, is now considered the oldest example in the Americas of a geoglyphic, the ancient art form that is carved into or drawn on the ground. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE In April, con
  
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• Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to ‘self-police’ AI development

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews of the technology during a meeting at the White House. “I think I’m seeing tremendous self-policing. And they understand that they have to self-police,” Trump told reporters outside the West Wing. The announcement followed an extensive meeting between Trump and numerous l
  
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• South Africa welcomes market access for cherry exports to China

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Cabinet on Tuesday welcomed a major milestone for the country's agricultural sector following the official grant of entry for South African cherries into the lucrative Chinese market. The market-access protocol was signed between South African Minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp and a representative...
  
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• Russian president Putin’s secret nuclear command bunker amid tensions with West: Report

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  The site is associated with Russia’s Perimeter nuclear command system, known in the West as “Dead Hand”. ......
  
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• Qatar says contacts ongoing to bridge differences between U.S., Iran

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  DOHA, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Qatar said Tuesday that meetings and contacts aimed at bridging differences between the United States and Iran are continuing, with Doha exchanging messages between the two sides and seeking to build common ground toward...
  
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• Pakistan vows to defend Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed Houthis by ‘whatever means’

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan's defense minister says his...
  
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• News Analysis: What does Netanyahu's surprise UAE visit signal?

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a surprise, low-profile visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday and met with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The trip was not initially made public by either side and was first disclosed by Israel's Channel 12 on Sunday evening. Both sides subsequently confirmed the visit on Monday. WHAT WAS DISCUSSED? Netanyahu traveled by private plane to Abu Dhabi, with senior officials, including the he
  
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• News Analysis: Jobs, housing shape when young Europeans leave home

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  WARSAW, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Job prospects, housing affordability and family traditions help explain why young Europeans leave the parental home at widely varying ages, according to the latest Eurostat data. In Finland, young people left home at an average age of 21.4 in 2025, compared with 31.5 in Croatia -- a gap of about a decade within the European Union (EU). Employment data reveal a clear divide across the bloc. In 2025, 65.5 percent of people aged 20 to 29 in the EU were employed. Eurosta
  
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• Italy-China ties positive, AI cooperation important, says Italian deputy PM

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  ROME, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Relations between Italy and China are "very positive," and the bilateral relationship is "excellent, constructive and dynamic," Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini has said. Salvini...
  
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• Iran's president voices willingness to deepen ties with Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday expressed his country's willingness to deepen relations with Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. He made the remarks during a phone call with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his meeting with...
  
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• How to buy Rugby League World Cup 2026 tickets: Ticket prices, dates, schedule, venues and more

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
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• GOP senator airballs perjury claim against Jack Smith over apparent Hawks/Hawkeyes mixup

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  His slam dunk was a brick. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., on Tuesday accused former special counsel Jack Smith of committing perjury when he denied attending a specific Atlanta Hawks basketball game in 2024 — to Smith’s apparent confusion. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE The attempted trick play happened during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Smith’s now-scuttled investigations into President Donald Trump. But it soon emerged that Schmitt had the wro
  
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• FAO chief calls for reducing food loss, waste to ease pressure on forests

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  ROME, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Reducing food loss and waste can help transform agrifood systems, conserve natural resources and ease pressure on forests, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu said Tuesday. Qu made the remarks at a joint FAO-UN Environment Programme (UNEP) event at FAO headquarters in...
  
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• Egyptian president says two-state solution only path to lasting peace, stability in Mideast

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  CAIRO, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said Tuesday that the two-state solution is the only way to achieve lasting peace and stability in the Middle East,...
  
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• Displaced Syrians returning home face new challenges: UN

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The flow of Syrians routed by violence from their homes into displacement camps has reversed, creating new challenges, UN humanitarians said Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said nearly 39,000 people...
  
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• China-Arab dialogue on China studies held in Cairo

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  CAIRO, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The "World Dialogue on China Studies: Arab States Session" was held in Cairo on Tuesday, bringing together around 140 officials, experts, scholars and representatives from various sectors across China and Arab countries. The participants said relations between China and Arab countries have...
  
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• Canada’s first major LNG export terminal plans to double its capacity

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  The multinational owners of Canada’s first...
  
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• Azerbaijan's gold exports up 28.7 pct in first 8 months

  30-09-2026 00:03 via article.wn.com
  BAKU, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijan exported gold worth 271.2 million U.S. dollars in January-August period, up 28.7 percent year on year, according to...
  
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• Woman accused of shooting at Rihanna’s home is mentally fit to stand trial for attempted ...

  29-09-2026 23:40 via article.wn.com
  Woman accused of shooting at Rihanna’s home is mentally fit to stand trial for attempted murder, judge says. ......
  
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• Woman accused of shooting at Rihanna’s home is mentally fit for trial, judge says

  29-09-2026 23:40 via article.wn.com
  A judge has found a woman charged...
  
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• US Supreme Court Allows Trump's 3rd-Country Deportations

  29-09-2026 23:40 via article.wn.com
  Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported some 25,000 people to more than two dozen countries, including Liberia and Guyana. The vast majority have been sent to... ......
  
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• US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries

  29-09-2026 23:40 via article.wn.com
  Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from ruling...
  
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• UN in books vs UN in reality: Iran uses Sholay's Thakur to mock world body ...

  29-09-2026 23:40 via article.wn.com
  UN in books vs UN in reality: Iran uses Sholay's Thakur to mock world body amid war ......
  
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• Ukrainian fitness influencer Vadym Oleynik, partner Olena Kravchenko face backlash after riding nesting sea turtle and handling hatchlings in Oman despite volunteers monitoring site

  29-09-2026 23:40 via article.wn.com
  A Ukrainian fitness influencer has faced widespread criticism after images appeared to show him and his partner sitting on a nesting sea turtle and handling newly hatched turtles in Oman. Authorities said the incident violated wildlife protection laws.Vadym Oleynik, 32, was visiting the Ras al Hadd area of Oman with his partner, cosmetic doctor Olena Kravchenko, when the incident reportedly took place. The coastal region is known...
  
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• Trump’s proposed diesel export ban spurs fear of energy crunch in Europe

  29-09-2026 23:40 via article.wn.com
  The European Union's energy commissioner sent a letter to the bloc's 27 member states recommending that they all cut gas and electricity consumption “for as long as necessary.” ......
  
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• Trump touts America.gov, but its government-sourced AI answers undercut many of his statements

  29-09-2026 23:40 via article.wn.com
  The Trump administration has launched a...
  
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