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• Peng Liyuan: A Soft power superweapon

  25-09-2026 22:52 via article.wn.com
  On Chinese President Xi Jinping's Washington trip, his wife Peng Liyuan is his soft power superweapon, projecting a gentler, more approachable image of China, despite its disputes with the United States over everything from trade to Taiwan. ......
  
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• World Tourism Day 2026: For Indian travellers, luxury is no longer about the biggest room

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
  Indian travellers are...
  
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• 'Trump Strait': US President shares new map of Hormuz after rejecting Iran's 7-day ceasefire offer

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump has dismissed Iran's offer to restore maritime passage...
  
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• TikTok to pay Alabama $100m and limit teenage use in first state settlement

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
  Trial had been set for Monday over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful content...
  
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• Thousands without power, roads flood in New Jersey as first major signs of nor'easter take shape

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
  Thousands are without power on the...
  
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• Russia strikes at heart of Ukraine’s digital economy with attacks on ISPs and datacentres

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
  As winter approaches, Kyiv fears disruption to vital networks that keep banks, payment systems and public services running...
  
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• RaceTrac eying Illinois 16, Lerna Road for Mattoon Travel Center

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
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• Nor’easter weekend forecast: Which cities will be hit hardest? Boston vs New York City vs ...

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
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• Look again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas Mudde

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
  Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right...
  
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• Iran war is driving up the cost of your next oil change

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
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• Indian YouTuber Paramvir Singh Beniwal shuts down troll asking ‘you want to work for me’ ...

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
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• Candace Owens vs Turning Point USA heats up as podcaster alleges role in Charlie Kirk ...

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
  Podcaster Candace...
  
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• Bloomington man detained for mass murder threats

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
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• Bill Giles was the mastermind behind the Philadelphia Phillies mascot Phillie Phanatic; here’s how he ...

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
  Bill Giles, a visionary in sports management, was...
  
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• Bangkok declares flood disaster across all 50 districts as heavy rain triggers overflow

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
  Bangkok authorities declared on Saturday a disaster across all 50 districts of the Thai capital after continuous rain caused heavy flooding. The designation, which gives local organisations authority to take action, came after the governor said almost 300 millimetres (11.8...
  
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• All 50 Bangkok districts declared flood disaster areas

  26-09-2026 07:13 via article.wn.com
  BANGKOK, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- All 50 districts of...
  
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• UPDATE2: Xi caps off U.S. visit with plan to meet with Trump again in November

  26-09-2026 06:55 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday capped off his three-day state visit to Washington with a plan to hold another meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in about two months. During a chat over tea at the White House on the final day, Trump accepted Xi's offer to visit China in mid-November when it hosts an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in the southern city of Shenzhen. Xi extended the invitation after thanking Trump and first lady Melania Trump for...
  
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• Truckers, commuters protest in Portugal against soaring fuel prices

  26-09-2026 06:55 via article.wn.com
  Hundreds of truckers took part in a...
  
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• The US deported LGBTQ migrants to countries where homosexuality makes them a target

  26-09-2026 06:55 via article.wn.com
  “I’m so scared. I want to go outside, because I’m human. But I cannot go outside here.” Aylin, age 28, was sitting in a quiet courtyard in the center of Bangui, the bustling capital of the Central African Republic. She recounted the improbable story that brought her here from her native Turkey – via the United States. She is gay. To protect her from reprisals, CNN is using a pseudonym. Aylin left her home country two years ago. After a religious group and a close fa
  
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• ‘Reiterating falsehoods year after year doesn’t make them true’: India slams Pakistan PM Sharif’s rhetoric ...

  26-09-2026 06:55 via article.wn.com
  India also hit back at Pakistan’s references to religious intolerance and minority rights, May 2025 standoff claims and terrorism calims at UN. ......
  
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• Japan's Okinawa expected to see rough seas, strong winds as another typhoon approaches

  26-09-2026 06:55 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa is expected to experience rough seas and strong winds from Sunday onward as another typhoon approaches, just days after Typhoon Dujuan wreaked havoc in areas near Tokyo, local media reported Saturday. As of 9 a.m. local time on...
  
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• Father arrested for allegedly throwing 2 daughters off balcony in central Japan

  26-09-2026 06:55 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- A 25-year-old man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly throwing his two daughters off the balcony of their sixth-floor apartment in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan,...
  
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• Fall is looking up. Harvest Moon is set to peak today

  26-09-2026 06:55 via article.wn.com
  Harvest Moon to rise for the beginning of fall this week Two astronomy events will occur this week. The first is the equinox on Sept. 22, marking the start of astronomical fall in the Northern Hemisphere. Leaves will soon turn yellow and orange, and temperatures will begin to drop because fall is finally here. And September's Harvest Moon will mark the first full moon of the season. While the names of moons usually never change and are based on the month they fall in, the Harvest Moon is...
  
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• Bangkok Declares Citywide Flood Disaster After Torrential Rains Swamp All 50 Districts

  26-09-2026 06:55 via article.wn.com
  Bangkok authorities declared on Saturday a disaster...
  
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• A month after Nepal floods, thousands are still missing and families face a long recovery

  26-09-2026 06:55 via article.wn.com
  Thousands in Nepal have lost their homes and livelihoods after last month's devastating floods ......
  
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• 7 injured in gas cylinder explosion at Sri Lankan hospital

  26-09-2026 06:55 via article.wn.com
  COLOMBO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Seven people were injured after a gas cylinder exploded at a kidney hospital in Polonnaruwa in north-central Sri Lanka early...
  
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• Who was 4Block Lil Mari? Rapper reportedly killed days after mocking Bloodhound Q50's death in ...

  26-09-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
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• What Netanyahu’s ‘welcome’ tells us about young America

  26-09-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  POLICE detain US actress Susan Sarandon and other pro-Palestinian demonstrators near UN headquarters in New York, ahead of the Israeli prime minister’s address to the UN General Assembly.—AFP WASHINGTON: The most striking feature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appearance in New York this week was not simply the hundreds of protesters outside the United Nations, or the diplomats who walked out when he began speaking; it was the people standing outside. They inclu
  
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• ‘Trump Strait’: US President shares new map of Hormuz after rejecting 7-day ceasefire offer

  26-09-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump on Friday posted a map on Truth Social depicting the Strait of Hormuz as “Trump Strait.”This comes after Trump reportedly rejected Iran’s seven-day framework offer for reopening the strait and resuming negotiations over its nuclear programme.According to The Washington Post, Trump vowed that Iran would never acquire a...
  
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• Trump shares Shehbaz speech thanking him for Operation Sindoor truce

  26-09-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Washington: US President Donald Trump has shared on social media a video clip of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s speech at the United Nations, where he thanked the American leader’s “timely intervention” in halting Operation Sindoor. In the 87-second clip shared by Trump on Truth Social on Friday, September 25, Sharif refers to...
  
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