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• Spain's PM offers condolences after reported death of 87-year-old whose eviction sparked protests

  07-10-2026 23:20 via article.wn.com
  Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has...
  
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• Yankees swept out of the AL Division Series by the Rays, extending their title drought ...

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried gave up two home runs, the New York Yankees had one taken off the board by fan interference and then their season ended Thursday night with a whimper. ......
  
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• World Bank appoints David Vaillant as managing director, CFO

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Oct 8 (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Thursday it has appointed David Vaillant as managing director and chief financial officer. ......
  
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• Ukraine grapples with a shortage of troops at the front after over 4 years of war

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  A shortage of combat-ready troops has...
  
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• This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as ...

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it...
  
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• ‘That is a lie’: alleged Alan Jones victim denies family tried to get money out ...

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Youngest complainant in trial alleges Jones put his tongue in his mouth and touched him on the bottom during visit to shock jock’s property...
  
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• Tanker attacked off Qatar as Iran claims route transporting oil through strait of Hormuz will ...

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Oil rises above $100 as attacks on ships hit new high, amid reports Trump is discussing launching strikes before the US midterms...
  
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• Syria considers sending troops to Saudi Arabia to fight Houthis

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Syria is considering sending troops to Saudi Arabia to help fight Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, Reuters reported, citing a US official and a Syrian military official familiar with the discussions.According to Reuters, Syria is looking at several options, from providing defensive support and expertise to help Saudi Arabia counter Houthi missile and drone attacks, to potentially sending Syrian troops to fight alongside Saudi-backed Yemeni forces.No final...
  
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• South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Responding to a Guardian report that revealed thousands of tonnes of fuel was transported to Russia, Seoul said it was investigating the cases...
  
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• Sardinian village where more women reach 100 may be new centenarian ‘blue zone’

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  In Bolotana, 70 miles from island’s original blue zone, 13% of women who reach 70 will live on to a century...
  
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• Mayor of Turkey’s secular stronghold joins Erdogan’s AK Party

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  ANKARA — The mayor of Izmir, a bastion of its secular opposition, joined President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Wednesday.Cemil Tugay, elected mayor in 2024 as a candidate of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) before quitting in June, formally joined the AKP at a ceremony in Ankara, handing Erdogan’s party the mayoralty of a city it has never managed to win at the ballot box.The move was a huge symbolic victory for the Turkish
  
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• Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Investigators probe Asahi, Kirin, Suntory and Sapporo breweries – which together control more than 90% of Japan’s beer market...
  
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• Indonesia accused of ‘gross negligence’ in wildfires lawsuit as haze tests region

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  NGOs in Indonesian Borneo file class action lawsuit calling for government to better manage annual fires and...
  
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• Indian actor and filmmaker Nana Patekar dies at 75

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Acclaimed Indian actor and filmmaker Nana Patekar has died at his home in Goa. He was 75. The Press Trust of India reports that Patekar died of a suspected cardiac arrest Thursday. Born in 1951 in Maharashtra, Patekar built a ......
  
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• Gruesome injuries throw spotlight on France's policing of high school protests

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Police have arrested thousands of...
  
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• Germany is right to rearm. But Europe has well-founded fears about that | Paul Taylor

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Berlin’s allies are right to be wary of a sudden surge in German military spending that shuns cooperation with them...
  
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• Former world No. 1 Jon Rahm's lawyer tells court Spaniard is done with LIV Golf ...

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Jon Rahm quits LIV Golf after rejecting its restructuring plan, dealing another blow to the bankrupt breakaway circuit. ......
  
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• Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Daniela Fuentes is a transgender woman from Cuba who's been deported to the Central African Republic as part of a U.S. immigration policy. She previously lived in Miami, where she styled hair and performed in drag. Now, she hides her ......
  
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• Award-winning Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh detained in US

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — Kashmir-born filmmaker Arfat Sheikh, 42, has been detained by US immigration officials after legally coming to the United States to study and later claiming asylum, his family and friends said on Wednesday.“The family is pursuing the case and cooperating with the authorities. We expect him to be free soon,” said a family member.According to an online advocacy group, Free Arfat Sheikh, the US Immigration and Customs...
  
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• Asian shares decline under pressure from rising bond yields and surging oil prices

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  Asian shares are lower and oil prices have surged after stocks on Wall Street retreated from their records. U.S. equity futures were mixed. Stocks once again have retreated under pressure from rising yields in the bond market. The yield on ......
  
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• After more than six generations of family ownership, a Massachusetts nonprofit raised over $4.9 million to buy 5.23-acre Holly Hill Farm and permanently protect the centuries-old piece of farmland

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  For generations, Holly Hill Farm belonged to the same family. Now, after more than six generations of White family ownership, the 5.23-acre Massachusetts property has been secured for the future as a working farm, thanks to a fundraising effort by Friends of Holly Hill Farm (FHHF), according to a report by Cohasset Anchor. The nonprofit raised more than $4.9 million to buy the land and invest in its buildings and infrastructure, including $1 million in community preservation funds from the Town
  
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• A Nova Scotia man lost his wallet as a teenager in 1975; 51 years later, a carpenter found it under floorboards with his birth certificate, student ID, $1 bill and a Hamlet ticket still inside

  08-10-2026 08:24 via article.wn.com
  A wallet lost by a teenager in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in 1975 has been returned to its owner 51 years later after a carpenter discovered it hidden under floorboards during a home renovation. The brown leather wallet still contained a birth certificate, a student ID, a one-dollar bill and a ticket stub for a production of Hamlet, all preserved beneath the old flooring. Local news and national outlets like UPI.com and PEOPLE reported that the wallet’s owner, now in his 60s, was reunited wit
  
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• U.S. gov't proposes 70,000-USD fees for int'l student work program

  08-10-2026 07:54 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday proposed a new rule that would impose new fees for F-1 non-immigrant students seeking to participate in Optional Practical Training (OPT), a temporary employment authorization connected to a student's field of...
  
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• Urgent: Yemen's Houthis claim attack on airport in Riyadh with ballistic missile

  08-10-2026 07:54 via article.wn.com
  RIYADH, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group claimed it...
  
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• Trump Warns of Iranian Missile Threats to U.S. Cities

  08-10-2026 07:54 via article.wn.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized the necessity of war with Iran, repeatedly asserting that Los Angeles, LA, and San Diego could be subjected to missile attacks from Iran....
  
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• Trump says the Kennedy Center is ‘a great danger.’ Don’t tell the National Symphony Orchestra

  08-10-2026 07:54 via article.wn.com
  The National Symphony...
  
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• Trump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize ,but doubts he will get it

  08-10-2026 07:54 via article.wn.com
  Since ‌his return to the White House last ‌year, Mr. ⁠Trump has repeatedly said he deserves what may ⁠be the world's most prestigious award ......
  
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• Trump interrupted by protesters as he fights to rally Texas voters behind Paxton in U.S. ...

  08-10-2026 07:54 via article.wn.com
  With Election Day less than a month away, Trump's poor approval ratings, the Iran war and soaring gas prices have threatened Republicans in virtually every state ......
  
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• Trump: I ‘could have done very bad things’ to Hillary, Obama and Biden

  08-10-2026 07:54 via article.wn.com
  ‘They’ve done some very bad things,’ Trump said...
  
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• Thousands attend anti-Bolsonaro march in Rio ahead of Brazil election runoff

  08-10-2026 07:54 via article.wn.com
  Thousands of people have marched in downtown Rio de Janeiro in a student protest against presidential election favorite Flavio Bolsonaro and the prospect of the far-right's return to power in Brazil, as the campaign for a runoff election swung into action. Flavio Bolsonaro, son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, came out in front in Sunday's first-round election, sending shockwaves through Brazil's left which is scrambling to claw back votes ahead of an 25 October runoff. With drums,
  
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