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• Riyadh Kingdom Tower orders remote working

  18-10-2026 13:10 via WN.com - World News
  Riyadh: Riyadh's Kingdom Centre (Kingdom Tower) skyscraper, one of the city's major landmarks, ordered its office tenants to work remotely "until further notice" on Sunday, after r ......
  
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• 'Star Trek' actor Walter Koenig passes away at 90

  27-10-2026 08:14 via WN.com - World News
  Veteran actor Walter Koenig, best known for playing Pavel...
  
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• Netflix taps ex-Apple executive to sharpen podcast push as YouTube rivalry heats up

  27-10-2026 08:13 via WN.com - World News
  Netflix has hired former Apple Podcasts executive Steve...
  
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• How Trump's 'little detour' to Iran became a roadblock in the midterm elections

  27-10-2026 08:13 via WN.com - World News
  The Iran war, which Trump often describes as a...
  
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• Ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump begins in Russian-occupied Ukrainian town

  27-10-2026 08:11 via WN.com - World News
  A localised ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia took effect early Tuesday...
  
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• US appeals court dismisses demand to set aside 20,000 California mail-in ballots

  27-10-2026 08:09 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON — A US appeals court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s unprecedented attempt to force California election officials to set aside thousands of ballots that it claims may have been cast by alleged noncitizens.The fast-moving dispute over California's mail ballots was filed earlier this month after Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter sent letters to California's secretary of state and the top election official in Los Angeles County, Dean Logan, which gave them 4
  
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• Trump administration unlawfully fired prosecutor Maurene Comey, judge rules

  27-10-2026 08:09 via WN.com - World News
  NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Monday ruled that the abrupt firing of Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor and the daughter of one of Donald Trump’s best-known critics, last year was unlawful.In a 55-page ruling, Judge Jesse M. Furman of Federal District Court in Manhattan wrote that the Justice Department violated the separation of powers, federal administrative law and Comey’s due process rights when it...
  
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• Justice Department brings new charges against former FBI chief James Comey

  27-10-2026 08:09 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have brought new charges against former FBI director James B. Comey over a decade-old allegation that he ordered his staff to leak sensitive national security information to a reporter, according to court papers made public on Monday.Few details are provided about the chargesin the three-page filing, but Comey's lawyers said in separate court papers that the case stemmed from an alleged disclosure of classified information to The New York Times in October 2016,
  
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• Ebola patient in Nigeria evacuated to Switzerland

  27-10-2026 08:09 via WN.com - World News
  ABUJA — A woman infected with the Ebola virus and her husband, a Swiss diplomat, were flown from ​Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland on Monday, officials said, as Nigerian authorities continued monitoring 52 people who had been in contact with her.The Ugandan-born wife of ‌the diplomat, based in Abuja, was being treated at Geneva University Hospitals for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has caused an outbreak that started in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Nigerian Health Minister M
  
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• Thunder’s Jalen Williams will need surgery for a broken leg and dislocated ankle

  27-10-2026 08:08 via WN.com - World News
  Oklahoma City guard Jalen Williams...
  
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• Chase leader Kyle Larson has easier path to 3rd NASCAR championship after surviving Talladega

  27-10-2026 08:08 via WN.com - World News
  Kyle Larson’s...
  
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• Catholic bishops apologize after video shows them praying over Trump

  27-10-2026 08:08 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON — Two Catholic bishops who attended a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House last week are now publicly saying they regret it and that officials turned what they thought was a private prayer into a photo opportunity.The White House released photos and video of the event on Thursday in the Oval Office that show the group of 12 archbishops and bishops gathered around Trump less than two weeks before the midterm elections on Nov. 3.The images show the clergy members
  
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• South Korea North Korea

  27-10-2026 08:07 via WN.com - World News
  North Korean soldiers stand near a military guard post, top left, as North Korea's artillery weapons, bottom, are seen from the observatory in Gimpo, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. ......
  
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• Polls suggest a tight race between Netanyahu and his main rival. Here's what to know as Israel votes

  27-10-2026 08:07 via WN.com - World News
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's election is widely seen as a referendum on the country’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and polling suggests a tight race with his chief rival, former military chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot. Israelis, however, vote not for individuals but for parties, which then form alliances to create a majority coalition. No single party has ever won a majority in parliament, known as the Knesset. After polls close late Tuesday, the jostling for power is likel
  
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• Polls suggest a tight race between Netanyahu and his main rival. Here's what to know ...

  27-10-2026 08:07 via WN.com - World News
  Israel’s election is widely seen as a...
  
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• Kane becomes 1st Englishman in 25 years to win Ballon d’Or; Putellas wins her 3rd

  27-10-2026 08:07 via WN.com - World News
  LONDON — Harry...
  
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• World’s climate pledges would cut emissions a tenth of what’s needed: UN

  27-10-2026 08:06 via WN.com - World News
  The world has already warmed roughly 1.4 deg C relative to pre-industrial times. ......
  
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• US CDC deputy director to leave Trump administration, paper says

  27-10-2026 08:06 via WN.com - World News
  The departure follows changes in the US government’s vaccine policy. ......
  
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• The No. 1 anti-inflammatory plant-based protein, according to a dietitian

  27-10-2026 08:06 via WN.com - World News
  Plant foods, including plant-based proteins, come with all kinds of nutrients. And that includes antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds that can benefit your heart, brain and gut health. “Inflammation is a normal part of the body’s immune response, but chronic inflammation is associated with conditions like cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes,” explains Natalie Rizzo, registered dietitian and TODAY nutrition editor. “Eating anti-inflammatory foods regularly can reduce or elim
  
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• Instagram ramps up video�strategy in escalating TikTok, YouTube rivalry

  27-10-2026 08:06 via WN.com - World News
  It hopes to lay the foundation for its big swing in television. ......
  
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• Bolsonaro backs off election challenge as his party concedes

  27-10-2026 08:06 via WN.com - World News
  Bolsonaro said he will now seek to have President Lula's ticket disqualified instead. ......
  
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• Alibaba wins injunction against Pentagon contract restrictions tied to China blacklist

  27-10-2026 08:06 via WN.com - World News
  The company was added to a Pentagon list of firms said to aid China’s military. ......
  
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• Indonesia sends oxygen bus to aid residents choking on forest fire haze

  27-10-2026 08:03 via WN.com - World News
  PALANGKA RAYA, ⁠Indonesia, Oct 27...
  
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• Weak domestic demand may limit China's AI-led economic gains: Fitch

  27-10-2026 08:01 via WN.com - World News
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• Netanyahu faces fight for political survival as Israel votes

  27-10-2026 07:57 via WN.com - World News
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a fight for political survival in Israel’s election on Tuesday, with voters weighing his leadership after the 2023 Hamas-led attacks, wars in Gaza and with Iran, and Israel’s deepening international isolation. Yet Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader with 19 years in office, remains a formidable survivor, with nationalist politics increasingly entrenched and Israel’s fragmented system potentially leaving him best placed to form a government.
  
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• How Lula turned the tables on Brazil’s Trump-inspired right

  27-10-2026 07:57 via WN.com - World News
  A leader who stood up to US President Donald Trump just won an election in Latin America’s biggest country, reversing a trend of new right-wing governments in the region over the past two years. Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, having narrowly lost to Flavio Bolsonaro in the first round of voting on October 5, 2026, staged a remarkable comeback on October 25. He erased the deficit and won the all-important runoff election by more than 3.5 percentage points – more than 4 million votes. I
  
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• US Lawmakers Warn Banks and Ports Against Russian Diesel Amid Trump’s Energy Defense

  27-10-2026 07:55 via WN.com - World News
  Washington: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has warned the chief executives of major American banks, port authorities and fuel distributors that importing Russian diesel could expose them to criminal and civil liability, as President Donald Trump defended his energy dealings with Moscow.The letters were sent on Saturday by Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ron Wyden, Sheldon Whitehouse, Chris...
  
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• Netanyahu's future on the line as Israel votes today: What you need to know

  27-10-2026 07:55 via WN.com - World News
  Israelis vote on Tuesday (Oct....
  
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• Israel continues genocide in Gaza despite ceasefire, UN-commissioned experts say

  27-10-2026 07:55 via WN.com - World News
  Jerusalem: A ceasefire agreement in Gaza has not...
  
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• Yankees World Series champion Mark Teixeira, now running for Congress, endorses GOP’s Saritha Komatireddy in ...

  27-10-2026 07:46 via WN.com - World News
  She’s on the mark, Teixeira says. Republican attorney general candidate Saritha Komatireddy hit a home run Monday, landing the endorsement of former Yankees All-Star Mark “Tex” Teixeira. Teixeira, who is now running as a Republican congressional candidate in Texas, was the switch-hitting first baseman for the 2009 Yankees championship team — the last to win the World Series for the Bronx Bombers. 3 Former New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira endorsed GOP’s Saritha Komatireddy i
  
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