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• Temple plot: India voices concern, US lawmakers seek probe

  17-10-2026 00:53 via WN.com - World News
  New Delhi/Washington: India on Friday, October 16, called on the US to ensure the safety, security and wellbeing of Indian nationals, describing the alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Illinois as a matter of “deep concern.” In Washington, the US Congressional Caucus on India urged the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice to investigate the case as a federal hate crime. A 19-year-old was arrested in Palatine near Chicago for a
  
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• Pope Leo XIV votes in US midterm elections, says Vatican

  30-10-2026 16:16 via WN.com - World News
  Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church's first US-born pontiff, has voted in the United States midterm elections, submitting his mail-in ballot in Chicago, the Vatican confirmed. It is the first known time a pope has voted in a political election. The head...
  
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• 'Pain in my mind and soul' since failed execution - Pike

  30-10-2026 16:16 via WN.com - World News
  Christa Pike has said she is in constant pain since surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee last month but is thankful for the love and support she has received. Pike issued her first public statement through her attorneys today. The 50-year-old survived two doses of lethal injection on 30 September for the 1995 stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer. She...
  
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• Evacuation begins from besieged Ukrainian city Oleshky amid truce

  30-10-2026 16:16 via WN.com - World News
  A humanitarian mission entered the devastated Ukrainian city of Oleshky today, as Russia and Ukraine observed the most significant truce of the four-and-a-half-year war that has raged since Moscow's invasion of its neighbour. A convoy of 25 buses, ambulances and aid was due in the Russian-occupied city, delivering food and medicine and evacuating people who want to leave for Russia and Ukraine. Some 2,000 people are still...
  
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• Qatar Mediates Iran-U.S. Tensions With Tehran Visit

  30-10-2026 16:14 via WN.com - World News
  Amid growing concerns that the U.S. could resume attacks on Iran after its midterm elections, mediation efforts by third-party countries to prevent a new armed conflict continue. Iran’s state-run IRIB broadcast reported on October 30 (local time) that a Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran,...
  
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• Nasdaq Drops 2.26% as Tech Earnings Weigh

  30-10-2026 16:14 via WN.com - World News
  The three major stock indices on the US New York Stock Exchange opened lower on October 30 (local time) amid preemptive selling pressure following earnings reports from tech giants Amazon and Intel. On this day, the Dow Jones 30 Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) started trading at 52,383.90, up...
  
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• Eurozone GDP Grows 0.4% Amid France's Slump

  30-10-2026 16:14 via WN.com - World News
  The Eurozone (21 countries using the euro) saw its economy grow by 0.4% in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter. The EU statistical office Eurostat announced on the 30th (local time) that the Eurozone’s third-quarter...
  
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• Trump touted a record Venezuela oil deal. Now reality is setting in

  30-10-2026 16:12 via WN.com - World News
  By Marianna Parraga, Mircely Guanipa and Mariela Nava A...
  
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• It’s a dangerous time of year for pedestrians, AAA warns

  30-10-2026 16:10 via WN.com - World News
  By Bill O Boyle, The Times Leader,...
  
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• We must not forget: 'So that they will not have died twice'

  30-10-2026 16:08 via WN.com - World News
  As the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, Gidon Ariel is working to preserve their stories before they disappear. Root Source is a nonprofit founded by Ariel that brings pro-Israel Christians and Jews together through shared learning and dialogue. Now, through its We Must Not Forget project, Ariel is taking on a different challenge: publishing the life stories of 100 Holocaust survivors in English, including accounts that have never reached a wider audience and might otherwise be forgotten.
  
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• US scraps G20 photo after Europeans object to being pictured with Russia's Lavrov

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. scrapped plans for a photo of top diplomats of the Group of 20 largest world economies on the opening day of talks Friday as several Europeans objected to being photographed with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and threatened to walk out of the photo session. The cancellation of the photograph, a traditional opening event at such a diplomatic gathering, underscored the deep rifts in the G20 over global crises that threaten international security and trade. U.S. S
  
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• Ukrainian lawmaker says some residents have been evacuated from the war-ravaged city of Oleshky

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Some residents have been evacuated from Russia-occupied Oleshky and are traveling toward Ukrainian-held territory, a Ukrainian lawmaker said Friday, on the fourth day of the most significant truce since Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine 4 1/2 years ago. Davyd Arakhamia said the evacuated residents would travel by bus to the city of Anapa in southern Russia before flying to Belarus and crossing the border into northern Ukraine. Arakhamia is a lawmaker
  
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• Trump will rally in Kansas and Iowa after initially canceling weekend trips before midterms

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has rescheduled campaign rallies in a pair of critical Midwestern states that he had previously canceled, according to a person familiar with the plans. The person said Friday the Republican president...
  
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• South African court allows anti-illegal immigration marches under strict conditions

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court ruled Friday that anti-illegal immigration groups could hold demonstrations in the South African city of Durban under strict conditions, after police sought to ban the protests over fears of violence. Police had asked the court to block planned marches by the March and March movement, alleging that demonstrators...
  
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• Russia's top independent newspaper shuts down, blaming pressure from authorities

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s most renowned independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, on Friday announced its closure after more than three decades of operation, blaming relentless official pressure. “They have killed us,” it said in an editorial statement, announcing that it will shut its office on Nov. 9 after publishing its final issue. “The Russian authorities and the Russian security services have forced our editorial team to cease operations.” There was no immediate comment from Russian a
  
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• Lebanese military court judge charges 13 over a seized Hezbollah explosives truck

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  BEIRUT (AP) — A judge at a Lebanese military court charged 13 people over a truck carrying explosives belonging to the Hezbollah militant group that was seized by authorities earlier this month, state media reported Friday. Two of the defendants were arrested when the shipment was seized and are in custody. The others remain at large and were charged in...
  
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• Helicopter crashes on pilgrimage flight in India's Uttarakhand state, killing 6

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A helicopter carrying five passengers and a pilot on a pilgrimage flight crashed in the northern Indian hill state of Uttarakhand on Friday killing all six people...
  
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• Early voting jumps across Senate battlegrounds as millions more Americans vote ahead of Election Day

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Early voting is significantly outpacing the last midterm election, with millions more Americans casting ballots in advance and particularly sharp increases in states hosting competitive Senate races, according to an Associated Press analysis of voting data five days before Election Day. The surge is especially pronounced in Texas, where voters are deciding closely watched Senate, House and governor’s races. More than 6.3 million Texans had voted early...
  
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• Christa Pike speaks out for first time after failed US execution, blames \u2018incompetence\u2019

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  In her first public statement...
  
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• Christa Pike says she's in constant pain and blames her failed execution on 'incompetence'

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  Christa Pike said Friday that she remains in constant pain and struggles to speak a month after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee, a failure she blames on “incompetence.” In her first public statement since the execution, Pike said she never contemplated a life beyond her execution date and was prepared to die in peace, but woke up alone and confused in a hospital bed. “There hasn’t been a...
  
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• AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Virginia on Election Day

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In Virginia, two incumbent Republicans are fending off tough Democratic challengers in U.S. House races in a difficult midterm climate for the GOP. Voters will also decide whether to reelect their Democratic U.S. Senator to a fourth term and decide a ballot measure that would codify reproductive rights in the state constitution. A Democratic win in either congressional race could push the party closer to regaining control of the chamber. Democrats need to win three more seats
  
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• AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania on Election Day

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In Pennsylvania, three races for U.S. House seats currently held by Republicans are being closely watched for their potential to turn blue. The Keystone State is one of several states whose House races could determine whether Democrats take back power in the chamber. Democrats need to win three more seats in the midterm elections than they did in 2024 to take back the majority from Republicans. Conditions have worsened for Republicans seeking office since the start of Preside
  
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• AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Minnesota on Election Day

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota voters will elect a new governor and new senator Tuesday after retirement announcements by two prominent Democrats caused a reshuffling throughout the ballot. Voters will also decide races for other federal and state offices, including contests across the state that could determine control of both chambers of the narrowly divided state Legislature. The state has been at the center of a political maelstrom in President Donald Trump’s second term, as the Republican
  
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• AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Florida on Election Day

  30-10-2026 16:07 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Republicans will try to extend their dominance in statewide elections Tuesday as voters decide races for Senate, governor and other state and legislative offices. The election will mark the first under a new congressional map adopted by Republicans to boost the party’s chances of keeping control of the closely divided House. Once the nation’s most evenly divided swing state, Florida has shifted steadily to the right in the last quarter century. At the time of the
  
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• Swiss central bank posts bumper $23bn profit thanks to gold, foreign assets

  30-10-2026 16:03 via WN.com - World News
  Unlike other major central banks, the Swiss National Bank has a significant equity portfolio. ......
  
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• Pope Leo makes history in US election with move confirmed by Vatican

  30-10-2026 16:03 via WN.com - World News
  American-born Pope Leo XIV has become the first...
  
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• Netanyahu's bloc falls short as longtime allies reportedly weigh move that could end his rule

  30-10-2026 16:03 via WN.com - World News
  Israel's final election count has confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc has lost its parliamentary majority, but whether opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot can assemble a government...
  
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• 'Bad time to troll': Binance cofounder Changpeng Zhao asks Elon Musk for 'respect' after post ...

  30-10-2026 16:03 via WN.com - World News
  Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao asked Elon Musk to stop “trolling” after a $6.3 billion hack, pointing to Binance’s $1 billion-plus SpaceX stake. ......
  
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• US scraps G20 photo after Europeans object to being pictured with Russia\u2019s Lavrov

  30-10-2026 16:02 via WN.com - World News
  By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. scrapped plans for a photo of top diplomats of the Group of 20 largest world economies on the opening day of talks Friday as several Europeans objected to being photographed with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and threatened to walk out of the photo session. The cancellation of the photograph, a traditional opening event at such a diplomatic gathering, underscored the deep rifts in the G20 over global crises that threaten int
  
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• Ukrainian lawmaker says some residents have been evacuated from the war-ravaged city of Oleshk

  30-10-2026 16:01 via WN.com - World News
  By HANNA ARHIROVA KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Some residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky have been evacuated from the war-ravaged city, a Ukrainian lawmaker said Friday. The delegation headed off by road toward Anapa, according to Davyd Arakhamia, a lawmaker with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party. “From there, they will fly by plane to Belarus, and then travel by bus to their homes,” he said. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back for updates. AP’s e
  
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