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• Rwanda, China launch 47-mln-USD irrigation project to boost agricultural transformation

  25-09-2026 15:51 via article.wn.com
  Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda Gao Wenqi delivers a speech during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Giseke Irrigation Project in Gisagara District in Southern Province, Rwanda, on Sept. 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Youmin) Rwanda and China have launched the groundbreaking of the Giseke Irrigation Project, a major investment aimed at transforming agriculture, strengthening climate resilience and improving farmers' access to reliable water. KIGALI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda and China have launched the
  
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• Yankees have open path to World Series\u2026 if they can get past the Rays

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Whichever team wins the ALDS will play an inferior club in the ALCS....
  
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• Why U.S. Diesel Is So Important to Major Trading Partners

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Economies in Latin America and Europe rely on American diesel. Stopping exports could tip some countries into recession, hurting trade with the United States. ......
  
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• Why are oil prices falling? Trump makes major announcement on ‘100 mn of barrels of ...

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Oil prices fell on...
  
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• Venezuelan delivery driver shot by ICE has surgery to remove bullet from back

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by a federal immigration agent in Texas had surgery Thursday to remove the bullet lodged in his back for nearly two weeks. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, had appeared in court in a wheelchair on Wednesday, wearing a sling on his arm. He remains in custody...
  
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• Trump touts $8.4 billion Korea oil project amid broader trade investment deal

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Trump touts $8.4 billion Korea oil project amid broader trade investment deal ......
  
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• Trump expected to name Director of National Intelligence as AI czar

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump is expected to name Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to be his top adviser on AI, a position the president has called "AI czar" in the past, according to a source familiar with the decision. Clayton already...
  
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• The Kennedy Center Honors Will Be Held at Capital One Arena

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  The center is moving its marquee event off site as it pushes for court approval of a plan to close its main building for a two-year renovation project. ......
  
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• Suspect in Philly cheesesteak assault claims he’s an influencer critic who throws food at servers ...

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  The general...
  
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• ‘Stand on the right side of history’: Starbucks urged to close stores in China’s Xinjiang

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  US lawmakers say operating in region where Muslim minorities face mass detention is ‘morally bankrupt’...
  
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• Spain's government dealt a blow after parliament rejects housing measures

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Spain's government has lost key votes on emergency measures to tackle the housing affordability crisis ......
  
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• Seoul’s Anger With Kyiv Over POWs May Be Driven by Worries About Its Ties to ...

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president...
  
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• Peter Thiel revealed as secret buyer of Bel Air mansion that sold for $130m

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  The 1938 mansion, Casa Encantada, once belonged to Conrad Hilton and was sold at foreclosure auction...
  
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• OPINION: Japan should deepen ties with Global South in ruleless world

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO - After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the administration of then-U.S. President George W. Bush judged that the international extremist group al-Qaida was responsible and decided to topple Afghanistan's Taliban regime for harboring it. In 2003, it also brought down Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government, which had no connection to al-Qaida, and led efforts to build new states in both countries. Behind the moves was the profound over-confidence of the United States as the only superpower
  
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• Missouri Man Discovers Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers Is His Biological Father

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Michael Goessling’s first phone call with his biological father brought a shock: He was speaking to Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers. ......
  
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• Makkah defence alliance to hold emergency Riyadh meet on Houthi attacks

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Makkah defence alliance to hold emergency Riyadh meet on Houthi attacks ......
  
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• Look: New clashes erupt as protests disrupt over 560 French schools

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  French high school students on Friday lit fires and hurled projectiles at police who responded by firing tear gas, as new clashes erupted nationwide in an escalating protest movement demanding better conditions in education. The government says that the pupils in their mid-to-late-teens studying in lycees have every right to air grievances but has condemned violence which has included a policeman being chased, kicked and beaten by a group of youths. The movement, which began in the Paris region
  
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• Kennedy Center Honors to be held at Capital One Arena amid fight over adding Trump's name

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  This year’s Kennedy Center...
  
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• ‘It’s him, dude’: New bodycam footage shows moments before Luigi Mangione was arrested

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  The footage captures the...
  
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• Intensified Russian strikes are tearing Kyiv apart, warns mayor

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Vitaliy Klitschko says Ukraine's capital is in a "very dramatic situation" as Russia hits critical infrastructure. ......
  
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• How Gandhian thought guides four contemporary voices today

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  On the surface, little seems to connect a Tibetan spiritual leader, an Indian environmental activist, an activist-journalist, and a Japanese philosopher. Yet across borders, disciplines, and callings, the Dalai Lama, Vandana Shiva, Rajni Bakshi, and Dr Minoru Kasai are bound by a shared moral compass of Gandhi’s philosophy. As India celebrates the 157th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, 2026, here are four figures who have lived their lives drawn to Gandhian ideology. The J
  
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• G7 to release up to 100m barrels of emergency oil and diesel reserves

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Leaders agree a coordinated drawdown within four months as rising prices put pressure on households and economies...
  
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• FEATURE: S. Korea's dog meat industry nearing end amid lingering legal loopholes

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  GANGJIN COUNTY, South Korea - Trapped inside a cold, rusty wire cage, a black dog cowered in a corner staring out with fearful eyes. Ranger, a 3-year-old Corgi mix, was among the 46 dogs rescued early Tuesday from a dog meat farm located in the deep countryside of Gangjin County, some 363 kilometers south of Seoul, and sent overseas to find new homes in the United States and Canada. During the two-hour operation, rescue workers carefully took out the dogs one by one from dozens of elevated cages
  
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• Dutch royal house was ‘wholeheartedly’ involved in colonial exploitation, study shows

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  The Dutch royal house benefited...
  
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• CNBC’s Rick Santelli says goodbye after more than 27 years on air

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Santelli first appeared on CNBC as a guest in 1994 before officially joining the network as an on-air editor in 1999 Rick Santelli has retired from his full-time role at CNBC after more than 27 years with the business news network. CNBC marked Santelli’s final day on Friday with a farewell video looking...
  
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• Chinese work gathering pace on Antelope Reef in South China Sea, latest satellite images show

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  HONG KONG - Chinese construction of a runway on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago is well underway with analysts estimating it could be completed by mid-2027, strengthening Beijing's military control over the disputed South China Sea. Satellite images reviewed by Reuters show grading work, piles of gravel and concrete, and compaction cranes in operation to build a full-scale runway that military attaches and security analysts say could be one of China's most important offshore bases in..
  
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• Aviation security back in spotlight after nightmare on flydubai flight to Israel

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Questions raised over cockpit locks and screening of pilots as UAE investigates details and motives of near disaster...
  
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• Anthropic warns government attitudes may hurt customer ties, IPO prospectus shows: Reuters

  02-10-2026 18:40 via article.wn.com
  Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met President Donald Trump last Sunday for dinner as ‌calls for greater regulation of AI have grown. ......
  
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• What’s next for Christa Pike after surviving lethal injection

  02-10-2026 18:23 via article.wn.com
  Christa Pike survived...
  
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• What did ‘Cornell 7' tell police? Chi Phi members gave different accounts of night, ‘normal ...

  02-10-2026 18:23 via article.wn.com
  A Cornell student...
  
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