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• Tesla's Hovering Roadster Reignites SpaceX Merger Talks

  17-10-2026 06:28 via WN.com - World News
  Tesla, the U.S. electric vehicle company led by Elon Musk, has successfully demonstrated the hovering capability of its Roadster sports car, which incorporates rocket technology from SpaceX, reigniting market speculation about a potential merger between the two companies. According to U.S. economic media outlets MarketWatch and Business Insider on October 16 (local time), market analysts noted that the demonstration could accelerate merger discussions by highlighting technological synergies...
  
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• Russia pummels Ukraine with new strikes after bombing aid point kills 29

  03-11-2026 10:38 via WN.com - World News
  Russia pummeled Ukraine with a fresh wave of overnight strikes a day after a deadly bombing of an aid center killed at least 29 people, Kyiv said Tuesday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky denouncing the strikes as "terror." Moscow launched the attacks a week before Russia-Ukraine-US talks are due to resume in Abu Dhabi. The strikes rained down across the country a night after Russian bombs on Monday reduced to rubble a former school turned a humanitarian aid distribution point in the Zaporizhzh
  
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• Australia’s highest court hears challenges to social media ban for children

  03-11-2026 10:37 via WN.com - World News
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court on Tuesday began hearing constitutional challenges to the nation’s world-first legislation banning children younger than 16 from popular social media platforms. The seven High Court judges began hearing two challenges to the ban that took effect last year on young children holding accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Kick, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube and Twitch. The first challenge was brought by Sydney-based rights group
  
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• Today in History: November 3, One World Trade Center opens 13 years after 9\/11

  03-11-2026 10:36 via WN.com - World News
  Today is Tuesday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2026. There are 58 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 3, 2014, 13 years after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers, a new 104-story, 1,776-foot-high skyscraper called the One World Trade Center opened for business at the site, marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation. Also on this date: In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, defeating Democrat William Jennings Bryan. R
  
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• Cricket World Cup: India vs Pakistan gets more ticket requests than final

  03-11-2026 10:31 via WN.com - World News
  The International Cricket Council (ICC) says it has received nearly 8.5...
  
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• Asian Football Confederation postpones the 2027 Asian Cup because of conflict in the Middle East

  03-11-2026 10:29 via WN.com - World News
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• Spanish police dismantle Madrid housing protest camp | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  03-11-2026 10:28 via WN.com - World News
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• OpenAI hires former US Army secretary for national security role | Kuwait Times Newspaper

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• New York reports first measles-related death in 30 years | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  03-11-2026 10:28 via WN.com - World News
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• Israel seizes over 26 dunams of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank

  03-11-2026 10:28 via WN.com - World News
  Israeli authorities have issued a military order to seize more than 26 dunams of Palestinian land northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian commission said on Tuesday. “The military order, issued on Oct. 28, places 26.473 dunams (6.54 acres) of land in Deir Nizam, Umm Safa and Atara under Israeli military control for what Israel described as ‘military purposes’,” the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said in a statement. “The land is designate
  
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• EU ministers to discuss ECB candidates Monday | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  03-11-2026 10:28 via WN.com - World News
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• Egyptian mummy portraits show antiquity’s piercing gaze in new Rome show | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  03-11-2026 10:28 via WN.com - World News
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• US to mediate Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi next week, Witkoff says

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
  The United States will bring together delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11 to discuss ending Moscow's war against Ukraine, post-war security agreements and de-escalation, US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday. US negotiators have been seeking a breakthrough in the long-running...
  
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• US midterms 2026: How are votes counted, when will results be announced?

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
  On Tuesday night, newsrooms across the US will call winners in one of the country's most closely contested midterm election cycles in recent years, long before all the votes are counted. Most television networks and digital outlets rely on two providers for vote counts: the Associated Press or election-data firm Decision Desk HQ. Some news outlets such as the Wall Street Journal and MS NOW will rely on the AP for race calls, while others like Fox News and CBS News will make their own projections
  
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• US midterm elections 2026: Polls to open as cost of living surges amid Iran war

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
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• UN begins shutting down Western Sahara peacekeeping mission after 35 years

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
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• Trump makes final midterm pitch with ‘Golden Age’ message as voters fret over prices

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• Russia-Ukraine talks to take place in Abu Dhabi this month, US says

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
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• One Indian dead, 13 rescued after vessel attacked off Oman coast, says minister

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
  An India-flagged cargo vessel was struck by an "unidentified aerial object" off Oman, killing one Indian crew member, New Delhi said Tuesday. Indian Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the tanker MSV Al Jusufi had 14 Indian seafarers on board when it was attacked. Omani coast guards rescued 13 of them, while one crew member from Gujarat succumbed to his injuries. "While 13 crew members safely evacuated and were...
  
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• More than 6,500 lose weight under Abu Dhabi health campaign

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
  More than 6,500 people have lost weight in Abu Dhabi under a government-backed programme, with some shedding up to 22 per cent of their total body weight using the latest medications. On average, people with obesity who signed up to the personalised weight management programme lost 14 per cent of their body weight in the first year. With support from the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre, patients were offered a choice of injectable weight-loss medications or
  
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• Israel: Far-right supporters hold out hope for return to power

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
  Itamar Ben Gvir, the far-right Israeli firebrand who achieved international notoriety as part of the outgoing government, fell short of expectations that he would gain ground in the latest election. But support remains. Under the blazing sun of Sderot, a southern city not far from the Gaza border, bakery employee Yaakov Peretz said he believed Ben Gvir would remain a central force. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "needs Ben Gvir by his side, strong and stable, with right-wing views", Peretz to
  
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• 'Fuel of the poor' LPG soars in Pakistan, forcing rickshaw drivers to cut meals

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
  For 13 years, Rashid Ali has driven a three-wheeled motorised rickshaw around Lahore in eastern Pakistan. His day starts at 6am and sometimes does not end until midnight, but he was long able to make $6.50 a day — enough for his family's bare essentials. Now, with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices surging, he doesn't even make half that. Ali, 33, is among thousands of Pakistani drivers who run their vehicles on LPG, which is sold in cylinders and mainly used for cooking and heating. Stay up
  
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• Emirates Red Crescent launches $3.4m winter aid campaign to help 300,000 people

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
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• Egyptian mummy portraits show antiquity's piercing gaze in Rome

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
  An elegant woman gazes out from her portrait with expressive eyes, a gilded wreath worn in her hair and a gentle, questioning look on her face. She is one of the 2,000-year-old "Faces of Fayum", startlingly realistic funerary -- or mummy -- portraits painted after Egypt became part of the Roman empire. The fragile portraits dating from the first to third centuries AD -- painted on thin wooden panels and designed to be placed over the face of mummies -- will go on display in Rome in what organise
  
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• Dubai delivery riders to be monitored by cameras and smart technology

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
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• Commentary: AI race must not come at the cost of sustainability, social equity

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
  The author is president of UAE Safety and Emergency Security Association and professor of sustainable development at the American University of Sharjah. He is a former UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment and former Minister of Infrastructure. He authored two books on climate change that influenced academic and international reforms. During one of my public lectures at a government university, a student asked me a question that seemed simple on the surface but carried profound meaning:
  
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• Abu Dhabi restaurant menus to feature labels identifying healthier dishes

  03-11-2026 10:21 via WN.com - World News
  A small logo beside a dish on a restaurant menu could help...
  
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• Promising new HIV-prevention drug is hard to find where it's most needed

  03-11-2026 10:18 via WN.com - World News
  Experts say that a promising drug that offers complete protection against HIV and requires only two shots a year isn't getting to enough people ......
  
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• Eager to Rebut Rogue-Nation Image, North Korea Denies Role in Binance Heist

  03-11-2026 10:18 via WN.com - World News
  In an unusual move for Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister issued a swift rebuttal of any role in the $6.3 billion hack. ......
  
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• Australia's highest court hears challenges to social media ban for children

  03-11-2026 10:18 via WN.com - World News
  Australia's highest court is hearing challenges to a law banning children younger than 16 from social media ......
  
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