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• South Korea Traditional Exam

  05-10-2026 12:54 via article.wn.com
  Foreign residents in traditional costumes take an examination during a re-enactment of "Gwageo", traditional state examination, at the Sungkyunkwan in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. ......
  
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• US redirects 130th commercial vessel in Iran blockade

  06-10-2026 03:41 via article.wn.com
  US Central Command said its forces redirected...
  
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• UK to expel 27 Israeli diplomats over Jerusalem consulate

  06-10-2026 03:41 via article.wn.com
  The United Kingdom has warned Israel that it...
  
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• Yemeni military says it has 'secured' Red Sea waterway

  06-10-2026 03:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saudi-backed forces gave conflicting reports of whether they had also seized the port city of Mokha, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
  
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• YouTuber Jack Doherty’s girlfriend allegedly threatened to shoot him during ‘explosive’ fight before his arrest

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  Jack Doherty’s girlfriend allegedly pulled a gun during an argument about their breakup before the influencer was arrested for alleged domestic violence in September, according to a Fort Lauderdale police report obtained by TMZ. The woman told officers she had been living with Doherty for six months and had told him she wanted to end their relationship. During the argument, she alleged Doherty threatened to “beat...
  
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• Yemen’s Houthis claim striking Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said they had destroyed Houthi targets on the Red Sea coast. ......
  
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• Yemeni government forces drive Houthis from Bab el-Mandeb Strait

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  In response, the Houthis said they had attacked key locations in Saudi Arabia. ......
  
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• While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 6, 2026

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 6, 2026. ......
  
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• US envoy meets Sudanese army chief in Egypt

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Oct 5 - An envoy of...
  
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• US approves $1 billion arms sale to UAE

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  The United States on Monday announced the approval of a $1 billion sale to the United Arab Emirates of up to 10,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guidance sections for rockets. "The proposed sale will improve the United Arab Emirates'...
  
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• Trump says US bombers moved from UK due to threats

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a threat linked to Iran had prompted the removal of American B-1 bombers from a British airbase. The planes had been stationed at RAF Fairford, the preferred European base for US bombers, and had recently been used in US strikes on Iran. Last week, five British men were arrested near the base — which Iran’s Revolutionary Guards previously said was a legitimate target — on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. “We had an idea
  
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• Spain’s Leader Is Betting His Government on the Housing Crisis

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  The Spanish Prime...
  
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• Russia says Ukraine hit two facilities at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Oct 5 - Ukrainian drones...
  
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• Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agree rapid force deployment in Saudi Arabia

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed on Monday to move immediately to implement their collective defence commitments and ensure the “rapid deployment” of agreed military forces and capabilities in...
  
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• MrBeast spends $1.04 million-plus on a 202-day challenge that sends his YouTube views soaring

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  MrBeast has turned another outrageous challenge into a record-breaking YouTube moment. Jimmy Donaldson’s latest video, which locked four contestants inside a grocery store until they ate their way out, has become his most-watched video in a single 24-hour period. The challenge offered a $1 million prize, but the scale of the production may have cost far more than viewers first imagined.MrBeast’s grocery store challenge breaks...
  
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• Libra Shani Horoscope Today, 6 October 2026: Saturn Says Finish the Small Tasks; Ashlesha Moon Puts Focus on Income

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  A pending bill may look smaller than it is until someone asks about it. The Moon in Leo sits in your eleventh house of income, friendships and long-term gains. Mercury rules Ashlesha and carries a probing, watchful tone. But Saturn wants routine duties cleared before any talk of bigger gains.What to Do TodayList every small...
  
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• Kai Trump’s $531 makeup haul sparks ‘out of touch’ backlash from critics over luxury spending in college time

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  Kai Trump, 19, is facing criticism after showing a $531.79 makeup haul in her latest YouTube vlog. The University of Miami freshman bought 16 beauty products from a Miami Sephora after asking professional makeup artist Brianna Michele for advice on creating a simple, natural look. The shopping trip was part of a vlog posted on October 3. Kai showed viewers the products and receipt, with several items costing more than $50. Critics later questioned the amount spent, saying the luxury haul was far
  
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• In 1961, Elvis Presley raised $65,000 toward the USS Arizona Memorial; a year later, the 184-foot structure opened above the Pearl Harbor wreck, where more than 900 crewmen remain entombed and oil still leaks

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  In 1961, Elvis Presley raised $65,000 towards the USS Arizona Memorial, helping support the project that would honour those who died aboard the battleship at Pearl Harbor. The memorial was completed that year and officially dedicated in 1962. Its 184-foot structure stretches across the sunken USS Arizona.According to National Park Service, the memorial stands above the battleship that became the final resting place for more than 900 of its 1,177 crewmen who died on December 7, 1941. The USS Ariz
  
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• Guterres calls for Gaza ceasefire ahead of 7 October anniversary

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. "It is time for the ceasefire to become permanent. It is time to allow humanitarian assistance at scale. And it is time to respect international law," Mr...
  
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• England’s lost medieval ‘Atlantis’ Shipden discovered beneath North Sea off Cromer; divers map 25 mysterious structures as new evidence challenges 700-year-old legend of St Peter’s Church

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  A medieval village that disappeared beneath the North Sea centuries ago is giving up new clues, but the most important piece of the puzzle remains missing.Divers investigating the remains of Shipden, a settlement off the coast of Cromer in Norfolk, have photographed and mapped 25 manmade features on the seabed, according to Popular Mechanics. Researchers are now trying to determine whether the underwater structures can finally establish the location of St. Peter’s Church, a building long a
  
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• Delhi Police ACP Vivek Bhagat’s additional DCP charge withheld amid harassment inquiry

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has modified an administrative order assigning the current duty charge (CDC) of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Addl DCP) to 12 Selection Grade DANIPS officers, removing Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vivek Bhagat from the arrangement after he voluntarily sought to step aside pending an inquiry into allegations of harassment of women journalists.The government said on Monday that Bhagat had requested not to take up the additional charge until...
  
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• A crowd of students protests Cornell's response to gang rape complaint

  06-10-2026 02:50 via article.wn.com
  ITHACA, New York (AP) — Cornell students thronged a campus plaza to protest the university’s response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house, and the school’s main administration building was splashed with graffiti and damaged overnight. At a demonstration that overflowed the large space in front of the school’s student center, students, faculty members and others wore purple ribbons and held signs with such messages as “support survivors, expel rapi
  
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• Woman charged with murder after stabbing seven-year-old girl in Chicago

  06-10-2026 02:25 via article.wn.com
  Shavdon Gayden killed Eddimar Hernandez-Chacon in broad daylight while walking with her older sister...
  
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• Vancouver’s First-Day Advance Voting Turnout Nearly Triples From 2022

  06-10-2026 02:25 via article.wn.com
  The first day of advance voting in Vancouver’s municipal election saw nearly three times as many voters as the first day of...
  
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• Vance insists taxpayer funded ads promoting Trump are not partisan

  06-10-2026 02:25 via article.wn.com
  ‘We’re trying to...
  
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• Trump: U.S. willing to help Russia with potential pneumonic plague outbreak

  06-10-2026 02:25 via article.wn.com
  President Trump said Monday that the United States...
  
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• Trump Says US Moved All B-1 Bombers From UK Airbase After "Some Threats"

  06-10-2026 02:25 via article.wn.com
  Washington confirmed earlier that the bombers had left the RAF Fairford airbase -- used by the United States to launch strikes on Tehran -- even as the British government insisted the site was safe. ......
  
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• Trump Offers Help To Russia After Suspected Plague Death, Quarantines

  06-10-2026 02:25 via article.wn.com
  A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people. ......
  
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• Trump is desperate for Republican wins — so he’s changing his mind on mail-in voting

  06-10-2026 02:25 via article.wn.com
  The president calls mail-in...
  
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• Trump approval ratings plummet to new low, polls show

  06-10-2026 02:25 via article.wn.com
  President says ‘I’m doing great’ despite polls showing 32% approval rating and loss of support from 2024 voters...
  
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