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• Pre-COP31 concludes in Fiji with practical climate action commitments

  08-10-2026 19:16 via article.wn.com
  NADI, Fiji, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The ministerial preparatory meeting held ahead of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as the Pre-COP31, concluded Thursday in Nadi, Fiji, with various commitments on practical climate action. The Pre-COP31 brought together...
  
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• 'Zoo sadist' dressed monkeys as babies before attacking them for entertainment

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Bartosz Poklek, 30, distributed "horrific" cruelty videos which sold for up to 500 dollars a time ......
  
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• World Chess Championship 2026: Gukesh's title defence to begin on November 24

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  World Chess Championship 2026: Gukesh's title defence to begin on November 24 ......
  
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• We’re Not Gonna Take It: Gen X Expects a Different Senior Living Experience

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  - 3rd3rd Marketing Says Reaching the Next Generation of Aging Adults Requires Rethinking Ageism - ......
  
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• Trump ally secretly recorded in 5th audio leak: ‘Wants me to lose’

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, was caught sharing his private thoughts in the at least the fifth audio recording leaked from a fundraiser last month. ......
  
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• Trawl fishing catches huge amounts of seafood. It also devastates the seafloor

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Trawling is a fishing method using large nets to catch fish and shellfish in bulk. Bottom trawls scrape the seafloor for species such as cod and shrimp, while pelagic trawls target fish higher in the water. These nets can be ......
  
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• Three dead after horror attack at Riyadh Airport as Houthi rebels blow up plane

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Three Saudi citizens have been killed and several other people injured in two attacks on King Khalid International Airport in the capital, Riyadh ......
  
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• The Latest: NYC Mayor Mamdani calls on Trump to halt ICE operations in the city ...

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Officials say a federal immigration officer shot a Dominican man in the neck as he drove in a car with a 5-year-old boy. An irate New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the shooting an outrage, and spent two hours Thursday ......
  
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• The Latest: Hurricane Isaias strengthens to a Category 3 ahead of expected landfall

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Isaias has strengthened into a major...
  
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• The fish behind America’s fish sticks is fueling a fight over trawling in Alaska

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  The nets for Alaska’s massive pollock...
  
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• Takeaways from AP’s report on Alaska’s growing fight over trawling and bycatch

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Alaska’s massive pollock fishery supplies...
  
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• Shehbaz Sharif licks Trump's wounds as Indian-origin jurist wins peace Nobel

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Shehbaz Sharif licks Trump's wounds as Indian-origin jurist wins peace Nobel ......
  
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• Praise pours in for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay even as Israel criticizes selection

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Advocates of human rights and...
  
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• PHOTO ESSAY: A border wall rises in Texas' Big Bend region but opponents push back

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  TERLINGUA, Texas (AP) — A tall steel barrier rises over the brush in Texas' Hudspeth County. Erected in mid-September, it is the first piece of border wall in Texas' Big Bend region, a remote stretch of territory where landowners have ......
  
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• Peace prize winner Navi Pillay has served as a judge across multiple international courts

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Navi Pillay, a veteran jurist from South Africa, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. She is known for defending Nelson Mandela's rights and leading a panel that found Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Pillay has served as a judge in ......
  
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• Navi Pillay urges leaders to protect rights after winning 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Navi Pillay urges leaders to protect rights after winning 2026 Nobel Peace Prize ......
  
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• 'Multiple injuries' on New York Avianca flight after extreme turbulence

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  People have been taken to hospital ......
  
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• India Slams US VP Remarks on H-1B Workers, Clarifies PERM Suspension Impact

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  India Slams US VP Remarks on H-1B Workers, Clarifies PERM Suspension Impact ......
  
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• Greens' Polanski loses by-election, Labour's Abdi-Wali wins seat

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  UK Green Party leader Zack Polanski failed to secure seat in parliament on Thursday after losing the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to the Labour Party's candidate. Sagal Abdi-Wali, the leader of the local council, won the central London constituency's sear with 12,292 votes, compared to Polanski's 8,928. The defeat follows a media storm over the party's decision to pass the 'Zionism is Racism' motion at its annual conference—a vote which Polanski abstained from. The 43-year-old former
  
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• Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeks Supreme Court shield from arrest in Easter blasts case

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeks Supreme Court shield from arrest in Easter blasts case ......
  
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• France students plan more protests, UN 'concerned' over violence

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Students in France were largely back in the classroom Friday following days of protests demanding better education, with the UN voicing "concern" over the sometimes violent clashes ignited by police action. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across France since students in late September began blocking entrances to high schools, which in turn saw squads of riot police deployed. The students—most aged 15 to 18—have complained of absent teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapid
  
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• Former Prince Andrew has been awarded 302,000 pounds in compensation after surrendering his lease in Windsor

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Former Prince Andrew has been awarded 302,000 pounds in compensation after surrendering his lease in Windsor. ......
  
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• First suicide memorial by a US archdiocese signals a compassionate shift by the Catholic Church

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  A memorial for lives lost to suicide and their surviving families who grieve them was dedicated by the Archdiocese of Chicago earlier this year at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery. The archdiocese says the memorial — the first of its ......
  
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• Czechs vote in Senate and local elections in first test for populist PM Babiš

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Czechs are voting to elect one-third of Senate seats and local representatives. The two days of voting started on Friday and mark the first test for populist billionaire Andrej Babiš since his return to power last year. His ANO (YES) ......
  
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• Clap a little more, I may share it with Trump: Navi Pillay jokes after Nobel win

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Clap a little more, I may share it with Trump: Navi Pillay jokes after Nobel win ......
  
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• Boy Meets World's Will Friedle Hospitalized After Peeing Blood

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  Wandering down this road that we call life can bring some uninvited speed bumps. And Boy Meets World’s Will Friedle definitely did not want to spend a recent Saturday in the hospital. “I woke up ......
  
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• 8 injured as Colombia-New York flight suffers severe turbulence, drops 25,000 feet

  09-10-2026 16:30 via article.wn.com
  8 injured as Colombia-New York flight suffers severe turbulence, drops 25,000 feet ......
  
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• World Mental Health Day: a Miami film can help us see through someone else’s eyes ...

  09-10-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  I made the film while studying at Miami Dade College. Choosing to write a film about myself was one of the most vulnerable things I had ever done. | Opinion ......
  
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• The Last of the Black Robes

  09-10-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  Commentary The best historical film set in Canada—about the only good movie about our history ever made—is called “Black Robe” (1991)....
  
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• Sri Lanka says no immediate plan to help Iranian ships near its waters with depleting ...

  09-10-2026 16:12 via article.wn.com
  Sri Lanka’s government says that it...
  
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