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• UK: Burnham faces challenge from Greens in Starmer's old seat

  08-10-2026 21:26 via article.wn.com
  Voters in London are heading to the polls to cast their ballots in a by-election in former Prime Minister Kier Starmer's constituency of Holborn and St Pancras. The vote is essentially a two-horse race between Camden Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali, who is standing for the Labour Party, and Green Party leader Zack Polanski. The election is the first real test at the polls for Labour's Andy Burnham since he became Prime Minister in July. "We're feeling happy with our campaign," a Labour Party camp
  
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• Vance's H-1B crusade leads to family history scrutiny

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  TOI Correspondent from Washington: “His in-laws were indentured servants and his wife is an anchor baby.” That was one of the barbs ricocheting around social media after US vice president JD Vance accused microsoft of replacing american workers with 'foreign indentured servants' - shortly before his boss honored the company’s India-born CEO, Satya Nadella, at the white house.Vance may have intended to put Silicon Valley in the dock with what was perceived as a slut that invited
  
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• Trump launches committee to probe Fed's Lisa Cook, White House statement

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  "To assist me in carrying out that responsibility, the Committee shall investigate the allegations against Governor Cook and report to me whether there is "cause" for Governor Cook's removal," according to the noticedated Oct. 7 ......
  
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• Trump Appoints Katie Zacharia as New White House Press Secretary

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has...
  
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• The Three Sisters nearly vanished; growers are reviving the centuries-old planting tradition

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Corn, beans and squash have been...
  
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• Surgery soon could give blind seal chance to see for first time

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  The seal is believed to have been born blind, and is describes as "funny" and "sassy," who is fearful of the world due to his inability to see it. ......
  
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• Spring or fall? Plants ‘confused’ after record hot summer

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Some plants had effectively paused during the heat and are now responding to wetter weather with fresh growth. ......
  
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• School choice improves learning at a lower cost, analysts say

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  (The Center Square) – As public education remains a concern for taxpayers, supporters of school choice programs argue that giving families more educational options can improve student outcomes at a lower cost. ......
  
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• Powerful 7.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Panama, Sparks Panic in Capital

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  A magnitude-7.7 earthquake jolted Panama on Friday, setting off panic in the capital city and warnings of...
  
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• Plan to find potholes with AI draws jeers online

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Social media users were less than impressed with the plans. ......
  
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• Pepperoni gets all the credit, but sausage is doing the more interesting work on pizza

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  The Italian sausage crumble on...
  
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• My grandpa said this tasted just like his mother’s — 15 vintage recipes that delivered

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  These 15 vintage recipes bring back...
  
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• Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes off Panama’s southern coast, tsunami warning issued

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  A strong earthquake struck off Panama’s southern coast on Friday, with tremors felt in the capital, Panama City.The US Geological Survey recorded...
  
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• Israel's scorn of Nobel Peace Prize laureate highlights its combative relationship with UN bodies

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  The decision to award this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to veteran jurist Navi Pillay has exposed the vast gulf between Israel and global institutions charged with upholding international law, a rift that has widened over the war in Gaza. Over a decades-long career, Pillay served at the highest levels of international organizations created in the wake of World War II to prevent a recurrence of its horrors. As a young lawyer in her native South Africa she campaigned against apartheid and for th
  
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• Iran's President rules out talks under US pressure, warns of regional fallout

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  The warring parties agreed to a memorandum of understanding in...
  
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• In 2025, Maine’s Joan Alexander received her college degree at 88, more than six decades after enrolling and 44 years after completing comparable work

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Joan Alexander received the Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Maine in 2025, more than six decades after she first began the program. At 88, she remains likely the oldest recipient of the undergraduate degree in the institution’s 160-year history.Alexander, intending to become a teacher, had entered the University of Maine in the late 1950s and was expected to graduate in 1959. She finished all other degree requirements, but the university's policy against student-tea
  
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• In 2013, 80-year-old Miura climbed Everest despite four heart surgeries, taking the record after first reaching the mountain’s summit at 70 and again at 75

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Yuichiro Miura became the oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain, as he reached the summit of Mount Everest at age of 80. The Japanese mountaineer had already reached the summit twice, first at 70 in 2003 and again at 75 in 2008. He made the third ascent even after having undergone four heart operations since 2007, including surgery for an irregular heartbeat earlier in 2013.Miura reached the 8,848-metre (29,035 ft) summit at about 9:05 a.m. local time with a team that included his
  
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• In 2007, Georgia paved a mile of I-75 with ground-up old tyres; 12 years later, the experimental lane still rated a strong 8.5 for pavement condition

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  A mile-long test section of northbound Interstate 75 near Perry, Georgia, in August 2007 was paved using asphalt containing chemically modified dry-process ground tyre rubber. The section was built alongside an asphalt mixture modified with styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) which allowed researchers to compare the rubber-modified pavement and another modified asphalt system.Later, in 2019, Rath et al.'s field visit found that the Georgia section was still in good condition, with a Pavement Surface
  
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• ‘Hater of America and Israel’: Trump reshares post criticising Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump on Friday reshared a post attacking 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay, calling the South African jurist an “unabashed hater of America and Israel” after she was awarded the honour.The post, written by David Schoen, Trump’s former impeachment lawyer,...
  
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• Haiti police say US missionary detained following sex abuse allegations at orphanage

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. missionary accused of running an illegal orphanage in Haiti has been detained over allegations of child abuse, Haitian police told The Associated Press on Friday. Arold Jean, a spokesperson for the Cap-Haitien police...
  
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• Gulf States near Schengen visa-waiver process start, raising travel hopes

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: Five Gulf countries are close to beginning the process that could eventually give their citizens visa-free access to Europe’s Schengen area, according to the secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council.Jasem Mohamed Al Budaiwi said Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar are “very close” to the start of procedures that could lead to the removal of Schengen visa requirements, raising...
  
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• FlyDubai co-pilot intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport, UAE prosecutor says

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The axe-wielding co-pilot who attacked the captain of a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv last month intended to seize control of the airplane and fly it into the passenger terminal at Israel’s main international airport, authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Friday. The suspect, an Omani national, did so...
  
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• Experts predict ‘spectacular’ mushroom season

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Experts suggest species will fruit “prolifically” once autumn rainfall becomes more established and moisture returns to the soil. ......
  
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• Every culture that built gumbo left its mark, and Louisiana has been debating the result ...

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Gumbo has been Louisiana’s official state dish for more than 20 years, but the official designation says nothing about how to make it. West African The post Every culture that built gumbo left its mark, and Louisiana has ......
  
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• El-Sayed, Rogers clash in heated Michigan U.S. Senate debate

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  (The Center Square) – Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers clashed in a heated first debate Thursday night, trading personal attacks as the two run in the 2026 U.S. Senate race. ......
  
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• Durga Puja pandal count up in Bangladesh, Hindus say ‘reduced fear’

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  There is cautious optimism among Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community ahead of this year’s Durga Puja. Amid reduced fear after security assurances by the govt, the number of pandals has risen to 33,851 — up 1,460 from last year.Basudeb Dhar, president of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad (BPUP), the...
  
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• Denmark turned a retired wind turbine blade into a bicycle shelter in 2019; 7 years ...

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  A wind turbine blade is built to withstand strong...
  
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• Crystal Harris married Hugh Hefner at 26. Years later, she revealed why she regretted marrying ...

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Crystal Harris has issued a message to Jessica Biel regarding...
  
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• Corn, potatoes, tomatoes and chocolate: Indigenous foods that changed how the world eats

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Long before any European expedition...
  
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• Beach Boys legend Mike Love’s $43 million mansion boasts stunning Lake Tahoe views, 10 bedrooms, ...

  09-10-2026 21:18 via article.wn.com
  Mike Love has placed his Lake Tahoe mansion on the market...
  
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