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• South Sudan's university launches free Chinese language course

  15-10-2026 19:20 via article.wn.com
  JUBA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The University of Juba in South Sudan on Thursday launched a free Chinese language course for 124 students and university staff members to strengthen educational cooperation and cultural exchanges between China and South Sudan. Organized with support from the Chinese Embassy in South Sudan, the inaugural program attracted 88 students and 36 staff...
  
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• X Suspends 13,000 Accounts in Suspected China, Russia, Iran Operations Targeting US Politics

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Social media platform X has suspended more than 13,000 accounts involved in three suspected foreign influence...
  
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• ‘we’re done’ with Trump’s energy truce

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery on Thursday, after...
  
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• Watch: What the data centre boom means for Arizona ahead of midterm elections

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil travelled to the US state to hear from residents who live alongside these giant facilities. ......
  
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• Watch: Moment drone hits supermarket in Odesa

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  CCTV video verified by the BBC shows the drone strike in the town of Mayaky in Ukraine's Odesa region. ......
  
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• University of Tulsa confirms cuts to almost 9% of its staff workforce

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Most of the cuts at TU, primarily in central administration, will be from vacancies. Faculty positions are not being cut, according to emails sent to staff and students Wednesday. ......
  
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• Two ships sink near Hormuz after being hit

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  A ​container ship and a dry bulk carrier have...
  
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• Thirty-four children and a teacher killed in Pakistan school

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  At least 34 schoolchildren and a female teacher were...
  
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• 'Tech giants must face heavy fines for spreading Liam Payne death images'

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  The Mirror told how Liam Payne's family took on social media giants "for sake of Bear" after photographs of the singer's lifeless body were published online ......
  
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• Shooting at elementary school in Oregon leaves several hospitalised, shooter dead

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  ‌Police were on campus within minutes of the incident, at which time the shooter went down almost immediately ......
  
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• Shooter is killed at Oregon elementary school

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  A shooter opened fire on Thursday at an elementary...
  
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• Police say at least 2 were hospitalized after shooting at elementary school, and the shooter ...

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Authorities say at least two people were injured Thursday in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the shooter was shot and killed. Bend police spokesperson Sheila Miller said two people were transported to the hospital. The ......
  
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• Nineteen injured in Eurotunnel platform collision near Calais

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Nineteen people were injured when a minibus collided with a freight train at the loading platform of the Eurotunnel near Calais, French authorities have said. The cause of the accident, which took place in Coquelles on Thursday night, has yet to be determined, local authorities added. It appears the minibus, which was carrying heavy goods vehicle drivers, collided with a departing LeShuttle train on the platform, a local official told reporters. The Pas-de-Calais...
  
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• New Orleans jail worker gets 2.5 years in prison for enabling brazen 10-inmate escape

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail worker received a 2.5-year prison sentence Thursday for enabling 10 inmates to escape through a hole behind a toilet after he turned off its water. ......
  
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• Muscogee Nation launches first tribally owned Medicare plan in U.S.

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Many Medicare patients were being directed away from the tribe’s healthcare facilities, leaving an estimated $45 million impact on the tribe over the past five years. ......
  
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• More remains exhumed in search for Race Massacre victims; graves found outside cemetery

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  The search at Oaklawn Cemetery this week confirmed the presence of 22 grave shafts partially or entirely outside the cemetery’s west boundary, officials said Thursday. ......
  
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• More Regions in China Issue Plague Prevention Measures as Public Suspicion Persists

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Local health authorities in China’s Qinghai Province have urged the public to report suspected infectious disease cases, while Macao has tightened...
  
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• Lawsuit filed over injuries to spectators at demolition derby in Tulsa

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  The plaintiffs said they went to the Feb. 21 event at Expo Square, where a vehicle went out of control and crashed into barriers set up around the track. ......
  
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• Lawmakers Urge DHS to End Reduced Inspections for Vessels Run by Chinese Shipping Giant COSCO

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Three House committee chairmen are urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end reduced Coast Guard...
  
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• Lawmaker raises questions about Mazzei campaign loan

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Rep. Jared Deck, D-Norman, said he's responding to concerns about a nearly $12 million zero-interest loan the gubernatorial candidate made to himself that reportedly was underwritten by a separate loan Mazzei took out from Regent Bank. ......
  
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• Las Vegas officials release the ID of a man whose body was found in a ...

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas officials identified a homicide victim Thursday whose remains were found in a rusted barrel on a Lake Mead shore after the lake’s level was depleted amid drought. ......
  
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• IKEA announces Tulsa location opening date, store hours

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  IKEA, a home and furniture store, opens a Tulsa storefront at the end of next week. ......
  
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• Federal government asks judge to dismiss smelter lawsuit

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  The lawsuit was brought by four Inola-area property owners who are challenging whether the federal agency followed environmental law as it relates to the Oklahoma Primary Aluminum project. ......
  
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• China completes world’s first commercial green ammonia ship-to-ship fuel transfer

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  A green-ammonia-powered ship departed on a ‘world-first’ commercial ocean voyage across the Pacific from the Chinese port of Zhoushan to Australia, carrying nearly 1,000 metric tonnes (t) of certified ammonia. The journey began earlier this week after the world’s first commercial ship-to-ship transfer of green ammonia as marine propulsion fuel. The transfer took place at an anchorage off Zhoushan on October 13, in open water away from port infrastructure, according to Chinese E
  
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• Attorney general drops lawsuit against state board over Jewish charter school proposal

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  Attorney General Gentner Drummond has dropped a lawsuit he filed against a state board after the same agency failed to approve an application for a proposed online Jewish charter school. ......
  
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• At the scene of a school roof collapse in Pakistan

  16-10-2026 02:53 via article.wn.com
  At least 33 pupils and a teacher were killed according to hospital officials, and more than a dozen were injured. ......
  
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• What is executive privilege? Trump's move in Kennedy Center case explained

  16-10-2026 02:30 via article.wn.com
  Trump invoked...
  
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• Trump White House ballroom donor list revealed: Apple, Nvidia, Google among top contributors to $333 ...

  16-10-2026 02:30 via article.wn.com
  A leaked list shows...
  
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• Silicon Valley Is Worried

  16-10-2026 02:30 via article.wn.com
  A.I. might be on the verge of overpowering...
  
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• Oregon school shooting suspect 'may have been killed by a bystander': Police

  16-10-2026 02:30 via article.wn.com
  Police confirmed that there was one suspect and that the person was dead. ......
  
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