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• Seychelles marks World Tuna Day |16 May 2025

  16-05-2025 12:52 via article.wn.com
  Seychelles marks World Tuna Day World Tuna Day is an annual celebration on May 2, highlighting...
  
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• Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 17

  17-05-2025 03:22 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK -- Moody's Ratings on Friday slashed U.S. long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Aa1 from Aaa citing rising government debt and interest payment ratios. Meanwhile, Moody's Ratings changed the outlook of U.S. sovereign rating from negative to stable. "This one-notch downgrade on our 21-notch rating scale reflects the increase over more than a decade in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels that are significantly higher than similarly rated sovereigns," said a re
  
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• Switzerland Eurovision Song Contest

  17-05-2025 03:22 via article.wn.com
  PARG from Armenia who will perform the song "SURVIVOR" is introduced to the crowd during the dress rehearsal for the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Friday, May 16 2025. ......
  
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• New update on ‘Bird wing’ solar eruption that could hit Earth

  17-05-2025 03:22 via article.wn.com
  A major solar eruption, also being called as the "bird-wing" event, is set to possibly impact the Earth tomorrow. This comes as a direct warning from astronomers, with a tremendous eruption of superheated plasma surging across the Sun's northern hemisphere. Solar flare phenomenon witnessed(AP) New solar phenomenon witnessed This plasma element, measuring over a million kilometers in length, was more...
  
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• Illinois dust storm tracker: Avoid these streets in Chicago, Naperville and Bloomington

  17-05-2025 03:22 via article.wn.com
  Illinois officials warned locals about a dust storm that hit Chicago on Friday. According to the National Weather Service, dust storm warnings were in effect for several Chicago-area counties. The warning remains in effect until 8 PM local time for Kendall, northern LaSalle, northwestern Will, and southern DeKalb in Illinois. A dust storm hit Chicago, Illinois on Friday(Unsplash) Meanwhile, officials warned about near 0 visibility in...
  
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• Cassie at Diddy trial: I’d give back $20m settlement to undo freak-offs

  17-05-2025 03:22 via article.wn.com
  Breaking down in sobs on the stand, Diddy’s former girlfriend says the sex parties made her feel “worthless”.| �Read More��BBC News ......
  
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• White Sox to unveil a graphic installation honoring Pope Leo XIV

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  The Chicago White Sox plan to unveil a graphic installation on Monday that honors Pope Leo XIV. Robert Prevost became the first pope from the U.S. in the history of the Catholic Church when he was elected on May 8. ......
  
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• What does '8647' mean? Trump claims Comey called for his 'assassination'

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  What does '8647' mean? Trump claims Comey called for his 'assassination' ......
  
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• US Supreme Court puts brakes on Trump’s deportation push using colonial-era law

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  President Trump criticised the decision, claiming it undermines efforts to expel criminals ......
  
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• UK's David Lammy praises India-Pakistan ceasefire during Islamabad visit

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  UK's David Lammy praises India-Pakistan ceasefire during Islamabad visit ......
  
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• Two dead and others injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Updated 22 sec ago AP May 17, 2025 03:23...
  
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• Trump’s Middle East trip signals a foreign policy overhaul

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump walks with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during their meeting, at Qasr Al Watan, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 15, 2025. — Reuters WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East made one thing clear that the United States is taking a new approach — a new foreign policy based instead on his famed art of the deal. He moved away from military talk and nation-building, and instead focused on trad
  
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• Trump faces blow as Moody's cuts US credit rating over fiscal woes

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Trump faces blow as Moody's cuts US credit rating over fiscal woes ......
  
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• Trump calls ex-FBI chief Comey a ‘dirty cop’ after alleged threat

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Updated 10 sec ago AFP Reuters May 17, 2025 02:45...
  
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• Trump calls ex-FBI chief a ‘dirty cop’ after alleged threat

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Updated 17 sec ago AFP May 17, 2025 02:55...
  
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• St. Louis mayor says authorities have confirmed at least 4 deaths after severe storm damaged ...

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  St. Louis mayor says authorities have confirmed at least 4 deaths after severe storm damaged several buildings in city. ......
  
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• Pictured: hero firefighters killed in Bicester Motion fire as tributes flood in

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Jennie Logan, 30, and Martyn Sadler, 38, were among the crew tackling the blaze at Bicester Motion in Oxfordshire on Thursday and they lost their lives along with 57-year-old David Chester ......
  
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• Not lovin’ it: Australians enticed by premium rivals as McDonald’s records rare fall in sales

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Fast food giant is increasingly seen as too expensive for what it offers and coming under pressure from new chains, analysts sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast...
  
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• New Zealand childhood immunization rates reach highest level in three years

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE – Childhood immunization rates in New Zealand have reached their highest level in three years, with 80.2 percent of...
  
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• Moody’s strips US of top credit rating amid soaring debt crisis

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  This makes Moody’s...
  
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• Lone guard assigned to watch cell pod had left to get food when 10 men ...

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Lone guard assigned to watch cell pod had left to get food when 10 men escaped New Orleans jail, sheriff's office said. ......
  
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• Las Vegas police say 2 dead, including suspect, in a shooting inside an athletic club

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Las Vegas police say 2 dead, including suspect, in a shooting inside an athletic club. ......
  
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• Israel blasts UN aid chief over call to prevent Gaza genocide, UN says 'let us ...

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS - Israel on Friday blasted...
  
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• Israel blasts UN aid chief

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Israel on Friday blasted the United Nations aid...
  
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• India willing to cut all tariffs for US: Donald Trump to Fox News

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  India willing to cut all tariffs for US: Donald Trump to Fox News ......
  
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• In Mexico, first outrage, then victim blaming over murdered TikTok influencer

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - No sooner had 23-year-old...
  
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• Government records show emergency killings of thousands of livestock after transport to Australian export abattoirs

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Euthanasia is most common response to welfare incidents in sheep, pigs and cattle with about 4% of animals experiencing serious incidents, research findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast...
  
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• Gov. Stitt expects Inola aluminum smelter construction to begin next year

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Built by a United Arab Emirates company, the plant could be in operation by late 2029, the governor said Friday at a Tulsa Republican Club gathering. ......
  
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• Cassie testimony against Sean 'Diddy' Combs ends after she spent days describing abuse

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  R&B singer Cassie has finished...
  
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• Brazil confirms its first bird flu outbreak in a commercial poultry farm

  17-05-2025 02:51 via article.wn.com
  Brazil, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of poultry, has confirmed the country’s first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm. The virus was found at a facility in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the ......
  
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