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• The Reason for Using Airplane Mode

  28-09-2026 19:29 via article.wn.com
  When flight crews ask passengers to switch their phones to airplane mode before takeoff, it may seem like a routine instruction. However, the requirement is a precaution designed to limit wireless signals that could potentially interfere with aircraft systems. A smartphone acts as both a transmitter and a receiver. When cellular service is active, it continually searches for nearby mobile networks and attempts to maintain a connection. As an aircraft climbs and travels at high speed, the phone m
  
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• Where high rents drive people into poverty

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  The housing shortage in the...
  
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• US forces exit Iraq, emboldening Iran’s proxies and Islamic State

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  BAGHDAD — U.S. forces withdraw...
  
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• US faces another major Middle East troop withdrawal, but threat remains

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. military is scheduled to end its mission in Iraq on Wednesday, bringing to a close a military operation that has lasted more than two decades — despite an ongoing war in Iran sparked earlier this year. The Iraq mission began with the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and later evolved into a campaign to help Iraqi forces defeat the Islamic State group after the terrorist...
  
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• The U.S. military says its withdrawal of troops from Iraq is complete

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. military announced on Wednesday that it has completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group. The last U.S. troops left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal between Baghdad and Washington. The withdrawal, agreed on two years ago, comes against the backdrop of the ongoing war between the United States and Iran that has also sometimes spilled over into Iraq, with Iran-backed militias firing on U.S. troops and the U.S
  
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• Supreme Court allows rapid third-country deportations, for now

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The...
  
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• Scientists placed 23 3D-printed reefs up to 1,100 metres underwater to test whether damaged coral habitats can recover

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Researchers are installing 3D-printed artificial reefs on the deep seabed to see whether damaged cold-water coral habitats can be restored. Twenty-three of these structures have been placed off the south-west Porcupine Bank, off Ireland's west coast, and in the Bay of Biscay, France. The work forms part of the Horizon Europe project REDRESS, which stands for Restoration of deep-sea habitats to rebuild European Seas. According to the University of Galway, researchers are part of the international
  
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  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  MONACO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--sept. 30, 2026--...
  
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• Piranha-like fish in Malaysia river lead to warnings for children and fears of ecological devastation

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  The first fish, which strongly resembles a red-bellied piranha, was caught in a dam...
  
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• Pilots start fighting on international flight sparking emergency: 'We saw blood'

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  The flight between Dubai and Tel Aviv had to be diverted to Saudi Arabia ......
  
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• Oman returns 135 tonnes of oil-polluted sand to beach after cleaning it

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  What happens to beach sand after it becomes contaminated with oil? In Oman, the answer was not simply to throw it away. Around 135 tonnes of contaminated sand have been cleaned and returned to Awqad Beach in Salalah, as authorities continue efforts to restore part of Dhofar's coastline affected by oil pollution in 2025. The sand was part of around 190 tonnes of contaminated material removed from the area during the clean-up operation. Instead of permanently disposing of it,...
  
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• 'Lost' medieval castle found hiding in plain sight after professor spots telltale clues

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  A professor recently discovered that a medieval...
  
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• Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses ease blood transfusion rules

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  The religious group’s changes to the rule will allow its members to receive life-saving treatment....
  
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• Israel-bound flight from Dubai intercepted after pilot ‘stabbed’ – latest updates

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
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• In 1979, wood chips covered a U.S. coal-haul road and made dust control last 10 times longer than water spraying alone in a field test without repeat spraying

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  A 1979 U.S. Forest Service field experiment found that a layer of wood chips could keep dust under control on a coal-haul road for roughly 10 times longer than the untreated road when it is under comparable traffic and weather conditions. The result came from a preliminary test in Breathitt County, Kentucky, where researchers covered a 100-meter section of a mine spur road with wood chips and compared it with adjacent untreated sections. The study was published as Forest Service Research Note NE
  
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• ICE is planning to turn vans into 'mobile detention facilities'

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  ICE agents now face more risk, trainer says He says ICE agents are making more street and home arrests, but training hasn't kept pace with the mission. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hold immigrants in locked vans – with no stated time limit – so its officers can remain in the field and detain more people, according to government contracting documents that describe the vehicles as "mobile detention facilities." Under the proposal, armed contractors would be assigne
  
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• ‘Heard screams, saw blood, someone stabbed pilot’: Passengers recall flydubai flight horror

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  The two pilots on the...
  
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• First Etihad Rail passenger train completes Dubai-Abu Dhabi journey in 1 hour: Check details

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  According to the official...
  
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• Cornell rape case: What happened and why is it being investigated again?

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Nearly two years after a Cornell University student reported an alleged sexual assault involving fraternity members, prosecutors in New York have reopened the investigation. The case returned to attention after the woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, filed a civil lawsuit this month giving a different account of what she says happened in October 2024. Prosecutors are now reviewing the case again and plan to present it to a grand jury. Here is what we know. Stay up to date with the
  
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• Baghdad celebrates, Kurds concerned as US completes Iraq withdrawal

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  This final withdrawal of troops ends a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group, after the US began winding down its military presence in Iraq in 2024. ......
  
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• Andy Burnham gets bold at last

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  But looming hard decisions could test Labour’s unity | World News ......
  
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• 4 wild moments from Trump’s AI safety lunch with tech leaders

  30-09-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Trump's press conference with tech leaders brought together the biggest names in tech. Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty ImagesTrump hosted some of the biggest names in AI at the White House for lunch on Tuesday.At a press conference, he announced a safety accord and an official rebrand for AI in government.The gathering led to several memorable moments outside the White House. President Donald Trump's White House lunch with some of the biggest names in tech came with some big moments. It brought t
  
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• U.S. military declares end of anti-ISIS Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq

  30-09-2026 12:24 via article.wn.com
  The Pentagon says U.S. forces and equipment in Iraq have been withdrawn, declaring ISIS defeated "as an organized military threat in Iraq and across the region." ......
  
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• Trump held a midterm convention to rally Republican voters - but Democrats got the boost, ...

  30-09-2026 12:24 via article.wn.com
  Roughly seven out...
  
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• Tech Overlord Peter Thiel Is Going Viral For Word Salad On Why Evil Can Be ...

  30-09-2026 12:24 via article.wn.com
  The billionaire waxed poetic while talking about whether artificial intelligence will be a net positive or negative for society. ......
  
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• Russia pounds the Kyiv region, killing 4 and targeting the power grid

  30-09-2026 12:24 via article.wn.com
  Russia is continuing its missile and...
  
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• Russia issues nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic

  30-09-2026 12:24 via article.wn.com
  Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear ⁠weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea. In a document sent to NATO and seen by Reuters, Moscow accused the alliance of a "dangerous and reckless course" that entailed "high risks of the outbreak of a direct armed conflict". The document said this included the possibility "of Russian strikes against decision-making centres in the alliance's member states...
  
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• Notorious killer Christa Pike to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years after ...

  30-09-2026 12:24 via article.wn.com
  ike was the youngest person on death row when handed her guilty verdict ......
  
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• Near misses at Sydney airport 20% above national average: investigator

  30-09-2026 12:24 via article.wn.com
  ATSB probes air traffic controller shortages amid six serious incidents in two months...
  
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• Locked up 25 years on a lie: Virginia death row inmate freed as star witness ...

  30-09-2026 12:24 via article.wn.com
  A Virginia man’s...
  
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