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• Soft Touch Elastomers Si-TPV Enable More Comfortable and Durable Handheld Interactive Devices

  16-10-2026 03:58 via article.wn.com
  Chengdu, Sichuan, China - October 15, 2026 Meeting the Growing Demand for Human-Centered Materials in Consumer Electronics The rapid evolution of consumer electronics is transforming handheld interactive devices from simple functional tools into products designed around human-centered experiences. Computer mice, gaming controllers, keyboards, and other peripherals are now expected to deliver not only reliable performance but also superior tactile comfort, ergonomic interaction, long-lasting dura
  
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• ZERO13 named World’s Best Venue for Sustainability in Euromoney Markets Awards 2026

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  London, Oct. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZERO13, the nature fintech platform for sustainable real-world assets, has ......
  
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• US targets Dubai, Hong Kong networks in fresh Iran sanctions

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  Washington: The US sanctioned an Iraqi bank, Iranian offshore banks, a Dubai-based Iranian oil intermediary and a Hong Kong front company, and blacklisted a Cuban state-owned bank, as the Trump administration tightened what it calls Operation Economic Outcast against Tehran. “The noose is tightening around Iran’s economy, and not even Iran’s so-called allies can save it,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. “The Department of the Treasury will not relent until th
  
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• Türkiye urges international community to act against Israel's violations of international law

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  The international community cannot remain silent in the face of persistent Israeli violations of international law, Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus said on Friday. Addressing a meeting of the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in Rome, Kurtulmus said: “We cannot let impunity go unpunished." Kurtulmus called upon the international community to take concrete steps to uphold international law. The erosion of the rules-based international order...
  
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• Trump calls Ukraine attack on Russian oil refineries 'a disgrace', irks Zelenskyy

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  European leaders are preparing to reassure Ukraine of their continued support as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets them in Brussels, with Kyiv facing intensifying Russian attacks, uncertainty over US assistance and mounting financial needs ahead of winter.The summit comes amid fresh tensions between Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump, who has criticised Ukraine's fresh attacks on Russian oil refineries and accused Kyiv of driving up global energy prices. Trump said Ukraine and Russia had
  
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• T-beam installation completed on 2nd China-Mongolia cross-border railway

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  ULAN BATOR, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The installation of all T-beams on the Gantsmod-Gashuunsukhait railway, the second cross-border railway link between China and Mongolia, was completed on Friday following the placement of the final prefabricated beam. Measuring 32.6 meters in length and weighing approximately 134 tonnes, the final T-beam was installed by China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau...
  
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• Study finds enriching life experiences may ease impacts of trauma on aging brain

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  CANBERRA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- An Australian study has found that developing cognitive reserve via enriching life experiences could reduce overall cognitive and psychological impacts of traumatic experiences in later life. The study, involving 745 adults aged 50 to 86, explored the effect of traumatic events on...
  
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• Pak to chair IMF, World Bank boards for first time since 1953

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  Islamabad: Pakistan was named the incoming chair of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) for 2027, returning to the position for the first time since 1953, the country’s ministry of economic affairs said on Friday, October...
  
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• Over 130 kg of opium seized, 3 detained in S. Afghanistan

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Counter-narcotics police seized 136 kg of opium-type drugs and detained three suspected...
  
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• Miley Cyrus’ foundation gave $1 million toward 97 permanent homes for women on Los Angeles’ Skid Row; the project will nearly double the Downtown Women’s Center’s housing there when it opens in 2027

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  A new housing development in Los Angeles will provide 97 permanent apartments to women and survivors of violence who have experienced homelessness, with American singer Miley Cyrus' foundation contributing $1 million towards the project. The apartments are being built at Rosa's Place in the city's Skid Row neighbourhood by the Downtown Women's Center (DWC), which expects the development to open in 2027.The contribution was announced on October 10 at a fundraising event organised by DWC, Imprinte
  
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• Malaysia's cybercrime cases more than double in 2025

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's cybercrime cases more than doubled in 2025, rising 109.9 percent to 1,486 cases from 708 in 2024, official...
  
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• Land once reserved for New York's Shoreham nuclear plant has become Long Island's largest DEC acquisition, with the state paying $28.25 million to permanently protect nearly 750 coastal acres

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  A nuclear power project abandoned decades ago has left behind nearly 750 acres of undeveloped coastal land in New York. The state has now purchased the property for $28.25 million to protect its forests, wetlands and shoreline permanently. Governor Kathy Hochul announced the acquisition on Thursday, marking the largest purchase of land on Long Island by the New York state department of environmental conservation (DEC), LongIsland.com reported.The property surrounds the former Shoreham nuclear po
  
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• Keke Palmer is bringing her KeyTV experience to UCLA; three upcoming sessions will focus on artistic identity, creative power and community

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  Keke Palmer’s five-year collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television is moving into its first academic-year programme, with three sessions planned for students during 2026–27. The Emmy-winning actor, producer and entrepreneur, Lauren Palmer, known professionally as Keke Palmer, has been named the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theatre, Film and Television’s artist in residence for the 2026–27 academic
  
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• Japan weather agency apologizes for mistakenly issuing "9.9-magnitude" earthquake warning

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Japan's weather agency on Friday apologized for mistakenly issuing an early warning of a megaquake and strong seismic shaking around midday. The warning was canceled minutes later but temporarily disrupted train services in parts of the country. The...
  
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• Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during olive harvest, and other Middle East developments

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  They set fire to cars and trees, according to local officials and emergency responders....
  
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• Indian student Deepak Sandhu convicted of murdering woman at London Airbnb after she confronted him over stolen £500

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  An Indian migrant has been found guilty of murdering a woman at a London Airbnb after she confronted him over stolen money and rejected his attempts to continue their relationship.Deepak Sandhu, 24, was convicted at the Old Bailey on Thursday of murdering Xiaoqing Ke, 39, and attempting to pervert the course of justice by trying to flee the UK after her death, The Telegraph reported.Ke was found dead with a deep stab wound to her neck in a bedsit on Old Brompton Road, Earl’s Court, west Lo
  
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• In the 2010s, Lucky Dog host Brandon McMillan established a ranch near Los Angeles to rehabilitate shelter dogs judged “unadoptable”; his TV format placed 22 dogs in homes in 22 weeks

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  Brandon McMillan, host of the CBS series Lucky Dog, built his television career on one idea: shelter dogs labelled unadoptable can often be trained and matched with the right family. In 2010, he opened a boarding and training facility near Los Angeles that became known as the Lucky Dog Ranch. In 2013, he took the idea to American television. A format was built around training rescue dogs that shelters had given up on and matching each dog to an appropriate family.That’s where dog trainer B
  
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• In the 1950s and 1960s, Western agencies seeded crested wheatgrass for grazing; by 1970s, it had altered 6.4 million acres of sagebrush, many never recovered

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  During the 1950s and 1960s, land management agencies across the western United States carried out extensive programmes with the aim of reducing sagebrush cover and establishing grasslands that could provide forage for livestock. Crested wheatgrass, a perennial grass introduced from Eurasia, was one of the principal plants used for this programme. This plant species established relatively easily and tolerated aggressive grazing.According to the US Forest Service, seeding with non-native grasses,
  
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• In Norway, painting the bottom 10 metres of wind turbines black was linked to 48% fewer willow ptarmigan carcasses; evidence birds may hit the tower, not blades

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  A study that was published in Ecology and Evolution in April 2020 examined turbines at the Smøla wind-power plant, where researchers suspected that some birds were striking the tower itself rather than the moving blades. They compared painted turbines with nearby unpainted controls and found fewer recorded ptarmigan carcasses per search at the towers that had been treated. The findings suggest that the tower base can be a significant collision hazard for this ground-dwelling bird, althoug
  
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• In 2026, a Florida man went lobster diving and spotted a torpedo-shaped object; the Navy later detonated a suspected WWII-era munition

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  Fort Pierce sits on Florida’s Atlantic coast in St. Lucie County, on a stretch known as the Treasure Coast. Its inlet and nearby reef ledges draw recreational divers who hunt lobster. The area was a United States Navy amphibious training site during World War II, and divers there have reported finding old ordnance before. In August 2026, diver Luke Neiman went lobster diving with his father and a friend off Florida’s coast, and CubaHeadlines, citing WESH 2 News, reported that he foun
  
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• In 2024, a Florida diver thought he’d found driftwood underwater, then uncovered a 4-foot, 70-pound mastodon tusk off Florida’s Gulf Coast near Venice

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  A fossil-hunting diver exploring the seabed off Florida’s Gulf Coast discovered a large section of mastodon tusk in April 2024, which he initially mistook for a piece of wood. According to the Associated Press, the fossil measured approximately 4 feet (1.2 metres) long and weighed 70 pounds (31 kilograms). It was found near Venice, Florida, at a depth of about 25 feet (7.6 metres), and was the largest intact section of mastodon tusk diver Alex Lundberg had found in the area. However, the p
  
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• In 2016, a Florida diver reported possible human remains offshore, leading archaeologists to uncover a 7,200-year-old Native American burial site now submerged underwater

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  In June 2016, an amateur diver searching for prehistoric fossils off Manasota Key, which is located in Florida, reported possible human remains to the state’s Bureau of Archaeological Research. The investigation that followed the report revealed a prehistoric Native American burial site beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Known as the Manasota Key Offshore (MKO) archaeological site, it contains human remains. Additionally, the site contains worked wooden stakes that were linked to ancient burial p
  
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• In 2016, a Canadian diver hunting sea cucumbers spotted a giant metal “bagel” underwater; the Navy ruled out a bomb but its origin remained unknown

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  Banks Island lies off British Columbia’s North Coast, near Haida Gwaii, where the water is cold and the seabed is rocky. Commercial divers work this coast for seafood, and giant red sea cucumbers are one of the species they harvest. In October 2016, diver Sean Smyrichinsky was separated from his boat during an expedition, and on the seabed he spotted a large, unusual object. In an early November 2016 interview with CBC Radio’s Daybreak North, Sean Smyrichinsky described his discovery
  
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• In 2007, Dog Whisperer César Millan moved his Dog Psychology Center to a 43-acre California ranch; the facility works with dogs that could otherwise face euthanasia

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  The Santa Clarita Valley lies north of Los Angeles. One of the properties there is the Dog Psychology Center, the working base of Cesar Millan, a dog behavior specialist who hosted Dog Whisperer on the National Geographic Channel and later fronted other television series. The center has served as a location in his shows. Millan’s own website also describes owner-training programs held at the site, which are separate from the rehabilitation work done with dogs. The rehabilitation of dogs th
  
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• In 1993, Micky Thornton began digging a backyard pool in Covington, Tennessee; nearly three decades later, it had grown into a 500,000-gallon water playground using 40,000 pounds of rebar and 320 yards of gunite

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  Most people who dream of a backyard pool imagine a simple rectangle with a diving board and a few lounge chairs. Micky Thornton imagined something far bigger. When he moved to Covington, Tennessee, in 1992, he wanted a place where his family could swim, but he also carried an idea from childhood that refused to stay small. By the time work began on Labor Day in 1993, Thornton was preparing to create a pond-sized water playground rather than an ordinary swimming pool.Nearly three decades later, t
  
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• Ghana defender Marvin Senaya begins training ahead of comeback

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  Black Stars fullback Marvin Senaya has returned to light training on grass as he aims to return to competitive action following a muscle injury...
  
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• Explainer: Will Washington pull the trigger on Houthis?

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Yemen's Houthi group of resuming attacks on Saudi Arabia and deliberately seeking to drive up oil prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. "The Houthis are behaving very badly," Trump wrote on Truth Social, warning that he would "never forget" the attacks. Following a series of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, including strikes on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, speculation is mounting over whether the U
  
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• EU leaders pledge continued support for Ukraine

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  BRUSSELS, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) leaders vowed Friday to continue financial and military support for Ukraine, and reaffirmed their commitment to advancing its EU accession process, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined the second day of an EU summit here. The bloc must increase its support for...
  
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• At least 12 dead after migrant boat incident off Gambia

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  BANJUL, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people have died following a boat incident involving migrants off the coast of Jinack Kajata in The Gambia's North Bank...
  
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• An Australian dairy farmer has worked in Mirboo North for 43 years; now a 345-km power cable plans a 4-hectare easement across his 180-hectare farm and offers $8,000 per km annually for 25 years

  16-10-2026 13:50 via article.wn.com
  For 43 years, Paul Peluso has built his life around the rhythms of dairy farming in Mirboo North, Victoria. Moving cattle between paddocks, managing pastures and keeping the milking operation running are routines shaped by years of working the same land. Now, a major electricity transmission project threatens to disrupt that carefully established system, leaving the farmer weighing the promise of compensation against the potential cost to his livelihood, states an online report by Head Topics. S
  
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