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• Plague spread risk ‘very low’ amid global concerns: WHO

  07-10-2026 06:29 via article.wn.com
  United Nations: As concerns grew around the world over a plague outbreak, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday, October 6, that the risk of its spread was “very low”. A technician who worked in a Russian plague research laboratory died last week under unclear circumstances, leading to worries about an outbreak. WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said that all of the patients’ contacts had reportedly been identified and were being monitored for illness, and that
  
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• Zionism row to election loss: Will Zack Polanski's bold plans for U.K. Greens unravel?

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  The party leader promised to turn the Greens from a niche progressive movement into a serious electoral force. But a by-election defeat and divisions over the party's new Zionism policy pose a challenge to his leadership ......
  
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• US military draws up new Iran strike plan as Trump rules out attack before midterms

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON —The US military is preparing options to restart major combat operations against Iran, even as President Donald Trump continues to say Washington will not launch an attack before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the New York Times reported on Thursday.Three aircraft carriers will soon be in the Middle East, a massive assembly of force, and the Pentagon, on Trump’s orders, has...
  
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• US hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions as part of drive to dismantle tribunal

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle the tribunal that the U.S. believes has become politicized and attempted to unfairly and illegally prosecute Americans and Israelis on war crimes charges. Secretary of State...
  
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• UN urges Israel to end harassment, intimidation, detention of civilians in Syria

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  The UN human rights office on Friday urged Israeli authorities to halt actions that harass or intimidate civilians in southern Syria, including military raids, movement restrictions, detentions and destruction of crops. The office cited open-source monitoring that recorded about 280 incidents involving armed Israeli incursions into Syria in...
  
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• Trump's memorial arch faces a new lawsuit from Arlington County, Virginia

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Arlington County Board in Virginia filed a lawsuit Thursday opposing the construction of the Triumphal Arch, becoming the first governmental body to take legal action against President Donald Trump’s planned monument. The lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, criticized the speed at which the project slated for Memorial Circle has moved without going through the full review process. “The National Park Service, the agency responsible for proje
  
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• Time for term limits? Dems in majority could have familiar faces in key roles

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats hope to bring a new agenda to the House next year if they take the majority, but they will most likely do so with many of the same faces that have steered their party’s legislative work for a decade or more. Potential committee chairs in the next Congress include Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, who has served as top Democrat on the House Homeland Security panel since 2005. Then, there’s Adam Smith of Washington, who began serving as top Democrat
  
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• Strike on Ukrainian public buses leaves 30 dead

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian guided bomb exploded next to public buses filled with passengers in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Thursday, killing 30 people as part of a wave of attacks that also worsened power outages in the capital. ......
  
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• South Africa's Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  OSLO — The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her contributions to promote peace and international law, the Nobel jury announced on Friday in Oslo, Norway.Pillay’s work is a source of hope and inspiration to all those who seek to bring about a more peaceful world,” said Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, while announcing the winner of the most prestigious honor on the planet.
  
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• Open-World Games Where Going Home Feels Completely Different Later

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  There’s something so comforting about...
  
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• Mick Foley raised and donated over $40,000 to help wrestlers facing financial hardship; his shirt auctions support the Cauliflower Alley Club’s benevolent fund

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  Professional wrestling is built on punishing travel, physical tolls and independent contracts, so when injury, illness or age catches up with a performer, the safety net can be thin. Mick Foley, the Hardcore Legend, has spent years strengthening that net. Through auctions, appearances and personal donations, he has channelled generosity into the Cauliflower Alley Club, the nonprofit organisation that helps wrestlers in need. This article traces the club's mission, the more than $40,000 Foley has
  
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• 'Inevitable': AI companies preparing for catastrophic event in 6-12 months, claims report

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  AI companies are preparing for a potential catastrophic AI incident in the next 6-12 months, which executives fear could trigger a massive public backlash and force governments to impose sweeping regulations, Axios reported.The executives are gaming out worst-case scenarios, including cyberattacks that could disrupt financial services, internet connectivity, electricity and water supplies. According to Axios, several industry...
  
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• In 2021, a South Carolina couple started an HVAC company with $2,000 after losing their jobs; five years later, they say the business is on track to generate more than $8 million in annual revenue

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  A South Carolina couple who lost their jobs during the Covid started an air-conditioning business with just $2,000. Stephanie Postell and her husband, David Postell, founded Anchor Heating and Air in 2021 after being fired in December 2020. Nearly five years later, the company is on track to generate more than $8 million in annual revenue, according to Stephanie's account on the Blue Collar StartUp podcast.Both had years of experience in the heating and air-conditioning industry, but starting th
  
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• In 2016, Dakota Johnson paid $3.55 million for a 1947 Los Angeles midcentury home; after renovating the 'tree house' with Pierce & Ward, she sold it a decade later for $5.92 million after asking $6 million

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  Dakota Johnson has sold the Los Angeles home she once described as a leafy “tree house” for $5,924,372, bringing the property’s decade-long chapter under her ownership to a close. The actress paid $3.55 million for the midcentury residence in January 2016, shortly after her career reached a new level through the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise. She later renovated the property with design firm Pierce & Ward and showcased the finished home in an Architectural Digest feature.
  
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• In 2010, George Michael anonymously paid for Jo Maidment's IVF after seeing her on TV; two years later, she gave birth to Betsy and a bouquet of flowers finally revealed who had helped her

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  In 2010, British singer George Michael secretly paid for a woman's fertility treatment after watching her discuss her struggle to conceive on television. Jo Maidment had been denied NHS-funded treatment because her partner already had a child. Moved by her story, Michael offered to pay for a round of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) without revealing his identity. Two years later, Maidment gave birth to her daughter, Betsy.Maidment had appeared on ITV's This Morning to discuss her difficulties start
  
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• In 1943, Olympic skier Betty Woolsey began building a Wyoming ranch near Jackson Hole; its 270 acres were later protected from development through a conservation easement

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  Long before Jackson Hole became a destination for skiers and visitors drawn to the American West, Betty Woolsey was looking for somewhere quieter. An accomplished skier and mountaineer, she had competed internationally, climbed in the European Alps and travelled through remote mountain countries. Yet the place she chose to settle was a stretch of Wyoming land near Wilson, where she could ski uncrowded slopes, ride into the wilderness and build a working ranch. Woolsey began acquiring land for Tr
  
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• ICE officers shot a man in New York because they believed they were in danger, official says

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officers opened fire on a Dominican man in New York because he drove his car into officers’ vehicles and they believed their lives were in danger, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday. The 28-year-old man, whom New York City police identified as Oscar Belgal, was shot “superficially” in the neck as ICE officers attempted to arrest him, Marcos Charles said. Officers used their vehicles to block the man as h
  
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• Haiti's electoral council drops rule targeting candidates sanctioned by foreign countries

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haitian political candidates will no longer need to show that their assets are free from sanctions by a foreign country under a decree by the council preparing for long-delayed elections, but politicians under U.N. sanctions will remain barred from running. Well-known politicians sanctioned by the U.S., Canada and the European Union include former Haitian President Michel Martelly and former Haitian Senate President Youri Latortue. They have not...
  
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• Global warming could make Russia richer. It could also bring NATO closer to its doorstep

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  The Earth is heating up, but things may not go all south for Russia if it looks north.For most of the world, global warming is a growing calamity. But for Russia, the melting Arctic presents a more complicated picture. As rising temperatures threaten its environment and infrastructure, they could also open new shipping routes and access to resources long locked beneath the ice.The Arctic is warming more than three times faster than the rest of the world and may experience its first practically i
  
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• Galatasaray student says France rejected Erasmus visa over headscarf

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  A Galatasaray University student accepted for an...
  
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• ‘Expect deaths at this factory’: Former employees describe hazardous conditions at Chinese-owned Ohio plant

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  A Chinese glass manufacturer’s decision not to comply with a congressional oversight inquiry prompted...
  
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• Brussels anti-austerity protest draws thousands amid clashes

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  Belgium's socialist trade union ABVV staged a...
  
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• Behind France's student riots: Communists, unions and a global propaganda network

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  When young adults...
  
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• An anonymous donor gave $1 million to help Pennsylvania nurses pay student loans amid mounting debt; the gift inspired others to give $3 million more

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  An anonymous donor gave $1 million to help nurses repay student loans at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, after recognising the care they provided during several hospital stays. The donation offered financial relief to nurses facing education debt alongside family responsibilities and other expenses. In the first round of assistance, all 179 nurses who applied received grants of up to $3,600. The initiative later extended beyond Lankenau Medical Center, with donations supporti
  
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• A former CIA agent is being ordered to forfeit $100 million in luxury Florida properties; investigators say his assets included four homes, gold bars, luxury watches and a car

  09-10-2026 17:06 via article.wn.com
  Behind the walls of some of Florida’s most expensive homes, investigators say, lay a spending spree funded not by private wealth but by money allegedly siphoned from the US government. According to Yahoo News, a former senior CIA official now faces the loss of a multimillion-dollar property portfolio, gold bars and luxury possessions after admitting to a scheme that prosecutors say exploited the secrecy surrounding classified intelligence operations to defraud the federal government of app
  
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• Zelenskyy blasts US over Russia ties as strikes kill 78 in Ukraine

  09-10-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the United States of being unwilling to help Ukraine after Russian strikes killed 78 people and wounded 215 across the country in tw ......
  
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• WATCH: Waymo takes Tampa passengers into oncoming NFL game traffic

  09-10-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  A group of young men ended up having to abandon their driverless Waymo after it took them into oncoming traffic outside of Raymond James Stadium during last Sunday's Buccaneers game. ......
  
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• Voters to weigh different approaches to housing affordability in November

  09-10-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Stateline reports voters in four states will decide on six housing measures this November, testing various strategies to boost affordability. ......
  
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• US Stock Market prediction for Friday: S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Russell 2000 eye green ...

  09-10-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  US Stock Market prediction today: Megacap growth stocks were broadly higher on the day, with Nvidia up 1.6 per cent premarket, while Tesla and Amazon.com were higher by around 1 per cent each. ......
  
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• U.S. sanctions International Criminal Court, hours after ex-judge wins Nobel Peace Prize

  09-10-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump’s...
  
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