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• Trump, tech leaders endorse voluntary ‘Super Intelligence’ safety pact

  30-09-2026 07:27 via article.wn.com
  Washington: US President Donald Trump and top executives from leading technology companies have endorsed a White House agreement setting out voluntary safety and oversight commitments for the development of advanced “Super Intelligence” systems. The document, titled the White House Accord on Super Intelligence: A Joint Commitment on Frontier SI Responsibilities, calls on companies building...
  
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• US-led troops exit Iraq: what

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  With the US-led anti-jihadist...
  
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• US-led coalition ends mission in Iraq

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  After more than a decade, the US-led coalition is ending its mission in Iraq, having helped save the country from militant groups while causing persistent friction. Coalition troops were deployed to Iraq and Syria in 2014 to fight the Islamic State (IS) group, which had seized large swathes of both countries and committed massacres and atrocities. The group was defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria in 2019, but coalition forces stayed on to battle the group’s remnants....
  
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• Tennessee due to execute woman for first time in two centuries

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  A woman convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago is due to be executed by lethal injection in Tennessee today, becoming the first woman that state ⁠has put to death in more than two centuries. Christa Pike, whose clemency petition highlighting childhood trauma and sexual abuse was denied by Governor Bill Lee, would also be the only person in the modern era of US capital punishment to be executed in Tennessee for a crime committed as a teenager. The US Supreme Court yesterday r
  
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• Swedish rights prize honours Pakistani human rights lawyer Jalila Haider

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  Human rights lawyer and activist Jalila Haider on Wednesday received the Right Livelihood prize, dubbed an “alternative Nobel”. The Sweden-based Right Livelihood Foundation honoured Haider “for breaking barriers, as the first female lawyer from her Hazara community, to challenge ethnic, state and patriarchal persecution, guided by the conviction that no human being is illegal.” According to the foundation’s website, Haider in...
  
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• Space shuttle exploded in ball of fire seconds before take off as astronaut said 3 ...

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT NASA space astronauts' concerns were ignored just seconds before all three men, hoping to reach the oon, were consumed in a fireball. ......
  
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• South Korea made no military aid pledge to Ukraine over transfer of North Koreans, lawmaker says

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Sept 30 (Reuters) - South ⁠Korea...
  
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• S. Korea's real wages fall for 4th month in July amid inflationary pressure

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's real wages, adjusted for inflation, fell for a fourth straight month amid lingering inflationary pressure, labor ministry data showed Wednesday. The...
  
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• Philippine officials deny high school shooting

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  MANILA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Local officials denied that a shooting incident occurred at a high school in Sultan...
  
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• Over 3 tons of illegal drugs destroyed in Afghanistan's Takhar

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities set fire to more than 3 tons of illegal drugs in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province on...
  
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• Is this Man City\u2019s red card: players taking strain as club prepares to appeal verdict

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  Speculation is rife...
  
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• Iran-US war live: Oil prices rise after Trump says he has offered Tehran ‘nothing’ in ...

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  Iran's Revolutionary Guards urge American voters to punish Trump at the ballot box in November midterms...
  
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• Interview: People-to-people exchanges help build foundation for U.S.-China ties, says Oregon state senator

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- People-to-people and subnational exchanges between the United States and China enhance mutual understanding and provide an important foundation for the constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability, an Oregon state senator has said. The recent summit between the Chinese and U.S. presidents carries significance for...
  
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• Gene found to help harmful gut bacteria resist antibiotics, disinfectants

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  MELBOURNE, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Scientists in Australia have identified a key gene that helps dangerous gut bacteria withstand even hospital-grade disinfectants intended to kill them. New research...
  
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• Feature: Locals in U.S. city Atlanta eager to meet newly arrived giant pandas from China

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  by Xinhua writer Liu Yanan ATLANTA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A pair of Chinese giant pandas landed here for a 10-year stay on Sunday, enabling locals to refresh decades-old bonds after a gap of nearly two years. "The flight was very, very smooth. And they were comfortable ... they slept a lot and they ate a lot," said Zoo Atlanta's Vice President of Animal Health Sam Rivera, who traveled with the pair on the chartered flight. Named Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, the pair are in excellent condition and the
  
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• Factory activity returns to expansion in a positive sign for China’s economy

  30-09-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  HONG KONG (AP) — China’s factory activity expanded in September for the first time in three months, striking a more positive tone as Chinese officials look to bolster economic growth. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index, or PMI, climbed to 50.1 from 49.8 in August, China’s National Bureau of Statistics said...
  
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• War remnant blast kills 3 children in E. Afghanistan

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Three children lost their lives and one other was injured as an explosive device left over...
  
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• US says 2 Indian nationals indicted in counterfeit Ozempic smuggling scheme

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Two Indian nationals have been indicted by a US federal grand jury for allegedly smuggling and selling counterfeit Ozempic, the weight-loss drug, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday. One of the defendants, Swapnadip Roy,...
  
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• UAE flights status today: Emirates, Etihad, Air Arabia, flydubai delays and cancellations as Air France extends Dubai suspension

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: UAE travellers are facing another morning of flight disruption, with some departures delayed at both Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport as the regional security situation remains fluid.Several Emirates, flydubai, Air India, Ethiopian Airlines and SpiceJet flights were delayed from Dubai this morning, while a Jazeera Airways service from Abu Dhabi to Kuwait was cancelled....
  
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• Trump signs voluntary AI accord, launches America.gov amid early glitches

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Trump signs voluntary AI accord, launches America.gov amid early glitches ......
  
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• Sri Lanka to appoint committee to pursue return of cultural artifacts held abroad

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  COLOMBO, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's cabinet on Tuesday approved the appointment of a committee to advise the government on efforts to secure the return of...
  
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• Shootings happen in Japan's Kobe: media

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Shootings...
  
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• School shooting reported in southern Philippines

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  MANILA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A shooting incident was...
  
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• S. Korean banks' lending rate rises in August on policy rate hikes

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- South Korean banks' lending rate rose last month as consecutive policy rate hikes drove up borrowing costs for both households and businesses, central bank data showed Wednesday. The weighted average rate for new bank loans...
  
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• S. Korea-born twin giant pandas scheduled to return to China in December

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Twin giant pandas Rui Bao and Hui Bao, born in South Korea in July 2023 and currently residing at Everland's Panda Second House, are scheduled to...
  
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• Rival says Netanyahu

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Israel...
  
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• Reanimated AI Greta Garbo stars again … in a ball-bearing advert

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Relatives of Hollywood legend say her doppelganger could now be used for more glamorous roles...
  
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• NSW man accused of murdering neighbour – and then murdering his relative two weeks later

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Police allege Nicholas Scott killed 79-year-old then ‘set upon’ 59-year-old relative who arrived at Gurranang to sort out estate...
  
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• Meet Jayda Dawn, the Indiana 11th-grader who became America's national poetry champion in her first year and won $20,000

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Jayda Dawn, then an 11th grader at University High School of Indiana in Carmel, was named the 2026 Poetry Out Loud National Champion in April and won a $20,000 grand prize. She recited poems by Langston Hughes, Alice Duer Miller, and Albery Allson Whitman. Months after the national finals, Dawn spoke with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) about her experience and what the competition meant to her. She described the journey as “exhilarating, shocking, and belonging” and reflec
  
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• Landowner sues New York village after it blocked vehicle use of a 50-foot strip that served his 50 acres for 40+ years, saying the decision left the property landlocked and worthless

  30-09-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  A landowner is suing the Village of Sloatsburg, New York, after local officials blocked vehicles from using a 50-foot-wide strip that had provided access to roughly 50 acres of property for more than four decades. Ramapo Fields, LLC, claims the village’s zoning decision effectively cut off the only route to its larger parcel, leaving the land undevelopable and potentially worthless. According to Rockland County Business Journal, the dispute centres on whether vehicle access should be treat
  
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