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• Over 10 killed in plane crash in western DR Congo: local authorities

  25-09-2026 18:21 via article.wn.com
  KINSHASA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- More than 10 people were killed after a small passenger plane crashed and caught fire Friday in Kenge, the capital of Kwango Province in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local media reported,...
  
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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
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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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• Extra 1,000 prison beds announced in NSW as union warns against arresting ‘our way out ...

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  Minns government to spend $47.1m to recommission part of Silverwater jail while PSA says prison alone will not end violent behaviour...
  
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• Cracks in Rayong reservoir wall trigger evacuation as flood risk persists

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  An emergency evacuation was ordered in parts of Thailand's eastern province of Rayong on Monday after authorities warned that a reservoir was at risk of failure, as heavy rain continued to raise flood and landslide risks across the country. The Thung Khwai Kin Subdistrict Administrative Organization issued a notice, urging residents in potentially affected areas to leave immediately and move valuables to higher ground, after cracks were found in the wall of Khlong Ra-Ok...
  
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• Carcass of presumed 19th-century ship revealed in Nantucket during nor’easter

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  Wooden beams and...
  
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• Calls for calm as contentious parade blocked in Northern Ireland

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  DRUMCREE, Northern Ireland — British,...
  
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• ‘Beating his drum away’: Congress targets PM Modi for ‘ignoring’ rising inflation in Mann Ki Baat

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not addressing rising inflation in his Mann Ki Baat radio address, accusing him of being “blissfully unconcerned” about the issue.The opposition party’s attack came a day after PM Modi addressed the nation in the 138th episode of Mann Ki Baat.“The brunt of inflation is no longer confined just to the kitchen, yet the Prime Minister remains...
  
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• Art, handicrafts exhibition opens in Afghanistan's Herat

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A five-day exhibition showcasing art and traditional handicrafts opened in western Afghanistan's Herat province on Sunday, the...
  
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• Apparent double murder-suicide that left family of 3 dead in San Diego revives questions over ...

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  SAN DIEGO — No one can know what happened inside the house on Boulder Lake Avenue in the hours before the Voight family was found dead earlier this month. San Diego police are still investigating the shootings, and suspect a ......
  
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• After arriving in the US with $500, former tennis player Andres Bernal began investing in Connecticut real estate in 2016; a decade later, he says he owns more than 60 rental units worth over $12 million

  28-09-2026 08:34 via article.wn.com
  When Andres Bernal arrived in the United States with $500, his immediate goal was not to build a real estate empire. The Dominican-born former professional tennis player had come to pursue the sport he had played since childhood. But after years of teaching tennis and working long hours, he began looking for a different route to financial independence.Real estate, a concept he had first encountered through his family in the Dominican Republic, eventually became that route. His first investment c
  
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• What happened at Cornell in 2024? Alleged ‘gang rape’ case explained as DA reopens probe; ...

  28-09-2026 08:11 via article.wn.com
  Cornell...
  
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• Weekly rewind: Downtown Tulsa gets first grocery store in more than a decade

  28-09-2026 08:11 via article.wn.com
  Also, 18 TPS sites listed in draft...
  
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• Trump asked China's president if he wants to buy US arms, ambassador says

  28-09-2026 08:11 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has justified the pending U.S. arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the world — even asking Xi if he’d ......
  
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• Rescue teams search Nepal mountain for 12 swept by avalanche

  28-09-2026 08:11 via article.wn.com
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams on Monday searched for a dozen people swept away by an avalanche that killed at least two others on a Nepalese mountain during severe weather. ......
  
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• Pope Leo XIV in Lourdes calls assisted dying immoral, meets abuse survivors

  28-09-2026 08:11 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV in Lourdes calls assisted dying immoral, meets abuse survivors ......
  
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• Malaysians' efforts to elevate durian industry, in photos

  28-09-2026 08:11 via article.wn.com
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) —...
  
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