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• SSI vs SSDI: How the two disability programs differ - Eligibility, Payments and key differences explained

  23-09-2026 09:37 via article.wn.com
  Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security...
  
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• Xi heads into Trump visit after making China into a global force since 2015

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  Over the past decade, China has gained capabilities to counter the U.S....
  
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• Ukraine's Zelenskyy, at UN, urges world's leaders to keep choking Russia's revenues and impede its ...

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine's Zelenskyy, at UN, urges world's leaders to keep choking Russia's revenues and impede its war efforts. ......
  
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• Turkish frigate makes port visit to Saudi Arabia

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  ANKARA, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's TCG Kemalreis frigate is making a port visit to Saudi Arabia's port city of Jeddah, the Turkish Defense Ministry...
  
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• Tunisia stresses energy transition, renewable energy development

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  TUNIS, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia on Wednesday stressed the strategic importance of accelerating its energy transition and expanding renewable energy to strengthen energy security, industrial competitiveness and investment. State Secretary for Energy Transition...
  
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• Trump administration will defend its ban of three prominent news outlets in court hearing

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  The extraordinary showdown between...
  
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• TopMediai Upgrades Its AI Music Creation Studio for End-to-End Music Creation

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  - The music-first workspace connects song generation with AI covers, localization, music videos, and release artwork - ......
  
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• Study led by researchers at University of Sheffield reveals cancer survival mechanism

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  LONDON, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Researchers have identified a mechanism that allows some aggressive cancers to survive when deprived of their normal energy supply, a finding that could offer a new way to slow tumor growth and improve the effectiveness of existing treatments, the University of Sheffield said on Wednesday. The study, led by researchers at the university and published in the journal PLOS Biology,...
  
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• Strategic Benefits Advisors holds steady as Atlanta’s benefits consultant market shrinks 17%

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  - Firm named one of Atlanta's largest employee benefits companies for eighth consecutive year and adds Operations and People Development Officer Kendra Jeffreys to support continued growth - ......
  
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• Son of Israel's ambassador to US seriously injured in ramming attack in the occupied West Bank

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  The son of Israel’s ambassador to the United States has been gravely injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank. Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said in a social media post that Neria Leiter, a reservist in Israel’s military, “needs ......
  
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• Slovakia to halve 2nd-class train fares amid rising fuel prices

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  BRATISLAVA, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Slovakia will cut second-class passenger train fares by 50 percent for one month starting from Oct. 1, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced Wednesday after a government meeting. The measure, approved on the proposal of the Slovakian Transport Ministry, will initially remain in effect for...
  
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• Roundup: World leaders call for stronger AI safeguards at UN General Assembly

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- World leaders called for stronger international safeguards and oversight on artificial intelligence (AI) on Tuesday during the general debate of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, while also highlighting the need to balance innovation, security and cooperation. United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for stronger global coordination to manage AI risks, including work toward a multilateral AI Risk Management Framewor
  
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• Opinion | The Mecca Pact Has Become a Hollow Promise

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  If these excuses hold in the pact’s first crisis, they will hold in the next. ......
  
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• Opinion | The Iran War Isn’t Deranged

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  Trump’s failure was not in confronting the country directly but in his manner of doing so. ......
  
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• Opinion | Hostages Like Me Were Also ‘NAZA’—Collateral Damage

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  If an Israeli bomb killed me, Hamas would win twice: I’d be dead, Israel would be responsible. ......
  
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• New study links evolution to weaker human joints

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- An international team of researchers has found that human evolution may have left people more vulnerable to joint disease, Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science said in a statement on Wednesday. In...
  
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• NASA, SpaceX target Oct. 1 for Crew-13 launch to space station

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- NASA and SpaceX are targeting Oct. 1 as the earliest launch opportunity for the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station, NASA said Tuesday. SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft and...
  
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• Namibia detects new FMD outbreak in southern region

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  WINDHOEK, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Namibia has detected an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) within its designated FMD-free zone in the southern Kharas Region, an official announced Wednesday. Addressing the National Assembly, Acting Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Charles Mubita said...
  
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• Kenya's SGR train passenger traffic rises 10.3 pct in H1 2026

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  NAIROBI, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) passenger traffic rose about 10.3 percent in the first half of 2026, driven by growing demand for the service, according to provisional data released by the national statistics agency. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) reported on Tuesday that passenger volume...
  
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• Italy\u0027s Colosseum closes after worker dies in accident

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  Italy’s Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli ordered ‌the closure of the ⁠Colosseum to be extended until Thursday as a ⁠mark of respect after a worker was killed overnight in an accident. Andrea Moretti, a 22-year-old technician, died after...
  
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• Israeli election panel bars all Arab-majority parties from October elections

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Central Elections Committee voted on Wednesday to bar all of the country's Arab-majority parties from the Oct. 27 elections, leaving no major Arab list currently eligible to run unless the Supreme Court overturns the decisions. The committee disqualified the Joint List, a coalition led by Yousef Jabareen...
  
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• HitPaw FotorPea V5.7.0 Unveils New Pro Look for Better-Composed Photos, Natural Facial Beauty, and HD Restoration

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2026...
  
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• Feature: Americans' firsthand encounters offer fresh perspectives on China

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  by Yang Shilong, Vivien Liu NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Russell Craig Targove can start singing a Chinese song in New York and expect people around him to join in. Nearly three decades ago and thousands of miles away in Serbia, Sanja Vasic encountered Chinese culture for the first time when a high school teacher wrote Chinese characters on a blackboard. For both, seemingly casual encounters developed into lasting connections with China. MUSIC OPENS A DOOR In the early 1990s, Targove, a New Yo
  
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• Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown to accept plea deal on attempted murder charge in Miami and ...

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown to accept plea deal on attempted murder charge in Miami and avoid prison, his lawyer says. ......
  
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• Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown to accept plea deal on attempted murder charge, his lawyer says

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  An attorney for former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown says he plans to accept a plea deal on an attempted murder charge in Miami that avoids prison. Brown is scheduled to appear in court next Wednesday to make the ......
  
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• Chinese, Serbian police officers launch joint patrols in Belgrade

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  BELGRADE, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Serbian police officers launched a three-week joint patrol program in downtown Belgrade on Wednesday, aiming at assisting Chinese tourists and residents and strengthening bilateral law enforcement cooperation. Eight Chinese police officers will patrol alongside their...
  
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• ADB raises Vietnam's economic growth forecasts

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  HANOI, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised its forecasts for Vietnam's economic growth to 7.8 percent in 2026 and 7.6 percent in 2027, according to the Asian Development Outlook released by the bank on Wednesday. The forecast for 2026 was...
  
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• ADB raises Uzbekistan's 2026 growth forecast to 7 pct

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  TASHKENT, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised its forecast for Uzbekistan's economic growth in 2026 to 7 percent, from its previous estimate of 6.7 percent, according to the September edition of the Asian Development Outlook...
  
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• 5.0-magnitude quake hits 140 km NNE of Ba, Fiji -- USGS

  23-09-2026 21:57 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 140 km NNE of Ba, Fiji at 1746 GMT on Wednesday, the...
  
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• U.S.-backed Board of Peace unveils $2.5B Gaza recovery plan

  23-09-2026 21:33 via article.wn.com
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