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• Rain eases in Bangkok but persistent flooding forces thousands to leave home

  27-09-2026 11:28 via article.wn.com
  Rain has eased in Thailand’s capital on Sunday, but flooding persisted in several low-lying areas, with thousands forced to evacuate ......
  
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• Wind turbine taller than the Eiffel Tower aims to boost German electricity production

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  A wind turbine described by its developer as the world’s tallest now rises 365 meters (1,197 feet) above the sparsely populated landscape of eastern Germany, surpassing the height of the Eiffel Tower ......
  
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• Why a copilot attacked the captain of an Israel-bound flight remains unknown

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Investigators across the region are trying to learn why an Omani copilot stabbed his captain on a FlyDubai flight to Israel. The plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after descending so sharply that its rudder tore ......
  
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• What have we learned about Pope Leo during his visit to France

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Metz, France — France may have a highly secularized culture, but it has given Pope Leo XIV a superstar welcome. In Paris, around 800,000 lined the Champs-Élysées avenue, some waving Vatican or French flags while others climbed trees or stood on each other’s shoulders to get a glimpse of the popemobile. In Lourdes, a holy site in southern France, around 150,000 attended an open-air papal Mass, according to Vatican estimates which dwarf the numbers of faithful who turned
  
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• US weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs drop in September

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - New applications for US unemployment benefits fell last week and layoffs decreased in September, suggesting that labor market stability persisted even as employers ......
  
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• US jobless claims fall to lowest since July as layoffs stay limited

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  US jobless claims fall to lowest since July as layoffs stay limited ......
  
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• UN rights chief urges Tennessee not to repeat execution attempt

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] Geneva, Switzerland: UN rights chief Volker Turk on Thursday urged the US state...
  
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• Ukraine court jails man for life over nationalist ex-lawmaker's murder

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Kyiv, Ukraine:A Ukrainian court on Thursday handed a life sentence to a 20-year-old man over the 2024 murder of prominent former nationalist lawmaker Iryna Farion. Farion, 60, who briefly served as a...
  
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• UAE orders investigation into flydubai flight events

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  The United Arab Emirates’ Attorney General...
  
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• Trump has blunt 4-word message for Democrats if his nightmare comes true

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump already has a game plan in place if Democrats win control of the House during the midterm elections in November. ......
  
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• Supreme Court grants review of Trump administration's mandatory detention policy for immigrants

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for immigrants as the government carries out a sweeping crackdown. The justices will consider whether immigrants who have been living in the U.S. have a right to a hearing to determine if they should remain detained while challenging their possible...
  
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• Sit next to an Israeli: Netanyahu's advice if your flight is hijacked

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Sit next to an Israeli: Netanyahu's advice if your flight is hijacked ......
  
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• Russian Drone Hits Nuclear Research Facility in Kyiv

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  A Russian drone struck the grounds of a nuclear research facility in...
  
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• Russian drone hits Kyiv school as sheltering children escape harm

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Russian drone hits Kyiv school as sheltering children escape harm ......
  
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• Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Renee Good’s family sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials Thursday, alleging wrongful death and other violations of federal law in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minneapolis. The two lawsuits were filed by Good’s partner, Becca Good, and Renee’s brother Brent Ganger. One lawsuit, filed against “the United States of America,” alleges the wrongful death of Rene
  
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• Plumber and dentist among hero passengers to receive medal of honour for averting Flydubai hijacking

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Israel to award Yaniv Hayoun and three others for tackling the suspect and saving the flight from crashing...
  
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• Netanyahu says flydubai co-pilot underwent 'Islamist radical indoctrination'

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the co-pilot who attacked the captain of the flydubai jet had undergone...
  
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• Netanyahu Expects Answers Soon on Attempted Hijack of Israel-Bound Flight

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he expected investigators to soon determine whether a man who...
  
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• Nepal rescuers recover eight bodies after Himalayan avalanche

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Email: Kathmandu, Nepal: Rescuers in Nepal recovered 8 more bodies on Thursday following a massive Himalayan avalanche that buried 16 expedition support workers at a mountain base camp....
  
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• Model, 28, 'killed and dismembered by ex and his family' as head 'cooked in soup'

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Model Abby Choi, 28, was allegedly killed and dismembered in Hong Kong by her ex-husband and his family after a flat-sale dispute. ......
  
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• Manchester City has been found ‘cheating on an industrial scale.’ What comes next?

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  It’s one of the most extraordinary and monumental moments in the history of the Premier League – a story that has threatened and continues to endanger the very integrity of soccer in England. Manchester City, one of the most successful teams in the world in recent years, has been found guilty of systematically cheating – financially doping its way to dominance for the best part of a decade. Ever since this issue sprung into public consciousness in 2018 through a series of leake
  
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• 'Kill me, kill me': Netanyahu reveals Flydubai co-pilot's 9/11 plot

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Netanyahu reveals new details of the flydubai FZ1073 attack as pilot Smit Machchhar receives Gujarat's Visisht Gujarat Garima Award and Rs 25 lakh. ......
  
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• Kazakhstan to build 125 billion tenge shipyard for maritime drones

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  The security architecture of the Caspian Sea is shifting as littoral states integrate unmanned surface vessels (USVs) into their naval doctrines. The...
  
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• Israel minister Ben-Gvir to demand flydubai co-pilot's extradition after foiled ‘crash bid’. UAE asserts ‘jurisdiction’ ...

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  The accused co-pilot is...
  
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• In 2003, Germany began flooding a former coal pit; by 2011, it had become a ...

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  In 2003, Germany began...
  
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• Hundreds of Israeli colonists raid Joseph's Tomb in Nablus

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Hundreds of Israeli colonists raided Joseph's...
  
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• Hamad International Airport announces resumption of Air Algerie flights to Doha

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  DOHA: Hamad International...
  
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• Grande Portage Signs Definitive Commercial Agreement with Ocean Partners (UK) Limited for New Amalga Gold Offtake

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (TSXV: GPG) (OTCQX: GPTRF) (FSE: GPB) (“Grande Portage” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated June 25, 2026, the Company has entered into a definitive gold purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with Ocean Partners (UK) Ltd. (“Ocean Partners”), a globally recognized metals trading, technical advisory, and mine financing group serving the international mining and smelting industr
  
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• From Handmade in Palestine to the World: Women Entrepreneurs Turn Craft into Opportunity

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN / The Nisaa Al-Shams Association has launched an online marketplace to support women entrepreneurs in Bethlehem governorate, bringing together representatives of the governorate, the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce and Industry, women entrepreneurs and small-business owners to explore ways to strengthen the marketing of women-made products and open new markets for them. The online marketplace was launched during an official ceremony attended by several officials and repr
  
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• France gripped by spreading student protests as PM calls crisis meeting

  01-10-2026 16:44 via article.wn.com
  France's prime minister has convened a crisis meeting to address nationwide protests by high school students ......
  
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