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• US launches sweeping citizenship crackdown

  06-10-2026 06:27 via article.wn.com
  Washington: The Trump administration has launched what it calls the largest denaturalisation effort in modern US history, moving to strip 40 naturalised Americans of their citizenship over allegations ranging from immigration fraud and concealed crimes to espionage and acting as an agent of a foreign government. The Justice Department said that the denaturalisation complaints were filed in federal courts across the United States between Aug. 21 and Oct. 2. The cases mark the largest volume of de
  
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• What is ‘American Covid’? Symptoms to look out for as UK cases grow

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  More than half of recent positive tests in Britain were found to be a variant of XFG ......
  
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• UK Royal Navy sailor accused of plotting to leak secret intelligence to Russia

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Teddy Young joined the Royal Navy in April 2024 and was on his first deployment ......
  
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• Turkiye's FM Fidan says Istanbul assessing aid to Saudi Arabia as part of Makkah agreement

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Turkiye is assessing how it can help Saudi Arabia counter attacks from Yemen’s Houthis under the Makkah defence pact signed between Islamabad, Riyadh and Istanbul, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday. The defence pact, signed on Aug 7, aims to strengthen collective deterrence and empower its signatory states to treat an attack against one of them as an attack against all of them. “The technical evaluations are carried...
  
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• Traffic cop & grocery shop employee held over guest worker’s death in Chennai

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Chennai: Police on Thursday arrested a traffic police constable and a 26-year-old man in connection with the death of a 24-year-old guest worker near Sriperumbudur on Wednesday. The case was initially registered as a suspicious death but was altered to culpable homicide not amounting to murder after a...
  
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• The Nana Patekar Rajasthan Remembers: Carrom Before Interviews, Villages Before Hotels

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Jaipur: Rajasthan has more than a cinematic association with Nana Patekar. For those who encountered him here, the state holds memories of an actor who often appeared far more comfortable with people than with the privileges of stardom.One of my most vivid memory of Patekar dates back to 2009, when I visited a five-star hotel in Kukas while working with a news agency. I reached the hotel well before the shooting of an untitled film directed by Anees...
  
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• The backstory: Che Guevara's final hours - 'You are only going to kill a man'

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  “I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, you are only going to kill a man.”Nearly six decades after his death, Che Guevara is still 39 - and still on T-shirts.Like Marilyn Monroe, Kurt Cobain and Bob Marley, Che has remained frozen in time, forever young in the public imagination. The grey hair never came, the face never aged and he is always dressed for battle.With his beret and unruly hair, his image still appears on T-shirts, coffee mugs and protest banners, turning the Argentine-b
  
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• Review — Dancing at the end of the world: Classic musical ‘Cabaret’ remains relevant

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Set in 1930s Germany, Trustus Theatre’s production of “Cabaret” has an “ominously timely update,” reviewer August Krickel writes. ......
  
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• Police fire tear gas at Paris high school as student protests show no sign of ending

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  At least a dozen demonstrations in support of the high school students’ movement are planned ......
  
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• Patrón co-founder John Paul DeJoria turned a 96-acre Texas ranch into a home for more than 120 exotic animals; when it sold for $6.93 million, the buyer inherited the herd and a 2,700-square-foot underground shelter

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  A 96-acre Texas ranch once owned by Patrón Tequila co-founder John Paul DeJoria came with an unusual combination of luxury, wildlife and an underground shelter. More than 120 exotic African animals lived on the property, while the estate also had a 7,540-square-foot main house, two barns, a stocked pond, a pecan orchard and a 2,700-square-foot underground shelter. The ranch, known as “Patrón de Paz,” was located in Dripping Springs, about 40 minutes west of Austin, and
  
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• Pakistan jets used in strikes against Houthis in Yemen: NYT report

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
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• One dead, two injured in Poland's second school attack in two days

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Polish police have prevented a third attack planned by another teenager ......
  
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• NUVA brings U.S. residential mortgage credit to offshore investors

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  The company's HOME token gives eligible investors exposure to a vault of U.S. home equity lines of credit starting from 1 USDC and targets a 7% annual yield. ......
  
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• New Brahmaratha takes shape for Kateel annual festival

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Mangaluru: The procession of Goddess Durgaparameshwari (Bhramarambika) during the annual festival at Kateel temple in April 2027 will be held on a newly constructed Brahmaratha, with preparations for the chariot nearing completion.Temple hereditary priest Harinarayana Asranna said the chariot is donated by a family from Mumbai, and that around 75% of the work had been...
  
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• Navratri Begins the Morning After the 10/10 New Moon in Libra: Why the Timing Isn't a Coincidence

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  On Saturday, October 10, the Moon goes dark. It's the New Moon in Libra, landing at 11:50 a.m. Eastern on a date that numerology fans already have circled: 10/10.A few hours later, in India, families will lay out a clay pot, a coconut, and a handful of barley seeds. By sunrise on October 11, Navratri will begin.Plenty of people in the West will read that as a neat coincidence. It isn't. Navratri starts after a new moon every single time, and the reason why tells you a lot about how the Hindu cal
  
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• MCC commissioner holds surprise inspections in City

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Mangaluru: To inspect urban development initiatives and address public grievances in various parts of the city, Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) commissioner Rahul Ratnam Pandey conducted field visits to several locations on Wednesday.Visiting the Urwa Market area, the commissioner discussed possibilities for systematically segregating flower, vegetable, meat and other stalls. He directed officials to call for a...
  
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• M23 guerrilla war’s shadow economy: How Congo’s militias turn guns, gold and tolls into profit

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  In a remote mining village in the Democratic Republic of Congo, teenagers carrying Kalashnikovs guard a gold mine while claiming to fight for their country. But behind the language of patriotism lies another reality: a growing militia economy fuelled by war, mineral wealth, road tolls and ransom.Around 100 heavily armed militiamen now call the small village of Mwala in southeastern DRC home. Many came from South Kivu after government forces retreated following an offensive by the Rwanda-backed M
  
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• It’s World Space Week. Here are 7 astronauts from South Carolina who’ve traveled to space.

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Celebrate World Space Week 2026 with the stories of seven astronauts with ties to Greenville, Charleston, Columbia and other parts of South Carolina. ......
  
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• Israel drastically reduces British diplomatic presence in Jerusalem, announces closure of consulate

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Israel said the British consulate in Jerusalem ended its functions on Thursday but that seven diplomats would be allowed to remain in a limited capacity, with the United Kingdom saying it would continue to offer “vital services”. The move comes after Israel ordered the closure of the consulate in September as retaliation after London led Western sanctions over violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Thursd
  
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• In 1928, supporters had raised $5 million for Great Smoky Mountains National Park but rising land prices stalled the effort; a Rockefeller memorial fund matched it with another $5 million, helping make the park possible

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Great Smoky Mountains National Park stretches across more than 522,000 acres along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. But its creation faced a major hurdle when rising land prices pushed the cost of acquiring the forest beyond what supporters had raised.By 1928, supporters had raised $5 million to purchase land for the proposed park. But land prices had risen sharply, doubling the cost of the property and bringing the campaign to a standstill.The breakthrough came when the Laura Spelman Rockef
  
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• From France to Italy, Belgium to Greece, student protests spread across Europe

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Across Europe, a protest movement that began with French high-school students is increasingly finding echoes in neighbouring countries, as young people complain about overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, ageing school buildings, rising education costs and cuts to public spending.The unrest is not being organised as a single Europe-wide movement. The grievances are different from country to country, but the concerns are strikingly similar. Students are increasingly questioning whether gover
  
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• French teens march for decent schools despite government's pledge to act

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  French teenagers blockaded some high schools and marched through cities on Thursday as the government promised to address their grievances about teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings but gave few specific details. The protest movement, now into its third week, has exposed deep tensions in France between popular demands for investments in deteriorating public services and a cash-strapped government under pressure from bond markets to reduce its debt and deficit. High-school teacher D
  
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• Father-son duo killed, 3 injured in blast at suspected illegal cracker unit

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Kendrapada: A father and son were killed and three others, including two women, sustained severe burn injuries after a powerful explosion ripped through a suspected illegal firecracker manufacturing unit at Mahilo village under Tirtol police station limits in Jagatsinghpur district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Manoranjan Swain (55) and his son,...
  
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• 'Fake and fabricated': Info ministry rejects NYT report claiming PAF jets being used against Yemen's Houthis

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  The Ministry of Information dismissed on Thursday a news report claiming that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft were being used against the Yemen’s Houthis as “fake and fabricated”. A New York Times report published on Oct 7, a screenshot of which the ministry shared in an X post, cited an unnamed source as saying that PAF fighter jets were being employed against the group, amid the latter’s escalating conflict with Saudi Arabia. But the information ministry denied the re
  
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• Explosions heard in Saudi capital as Riyadh airport reported closed

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Iran-backed Houthi rebels have claimed attacks against targets in Saudi Arabia ......
  
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• Elderly ex-servicemen may soon get medicines at home

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  AGRA: Ex-servicemen aged 70 and above may soon be able to get medicines delivered to their homes, as the Army explores ways to reduce repeated visits to ECHS (Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme) polyclinics.The proposal was discussed at a workshop...
  
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• Egypt arrests 6 journalists from fact-checking website over ‘terrorism’, ‘fake news’ charges

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Egyptian authorities have charged six journalists working for independent fact-checking platform Matsda2sh with alleged links to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, days after security forces arrested the outlet’s entire newsroom, according to the BBC.The journalists were accused of joining a terrorist group, funding terrorism, publishing “fake news” and using social media to call for acts of terrorism, their lawyer Nabeh al-Ganadi...
  
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• Delhi Police on CEC protests: ‘Wrongful influence’ misleading youth, gatherings under Section 163 illegal

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI: Amid continuing protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Delhi Police on Thursday warned demonstrators against targeting police personnel, with DCP Shrishti Pandey alleging that 'some form of wrongful influence' was leading the younger generation astray.She also said Section 163 was in force across the national capital and warned that any protest gathering would be considered illegal and invite legal action.Speaking about protesters allegedly targeting police person
  
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• Convict who sported grin outside court gets death for killing cop’s wife, daughter, 11

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  Raipur: A fast-track court in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district on Thursday sentenced three men to death and a 20-year-old co-convict to life imprisonment in the 2024 murder of a head constable’s wife and 11-year-old daughter, bringing the trial in one of the district’s most brutal crimes to the sentencing stage. Prime accused Kuldeep Sahu, Chandrakant Chaudhary and Phool Singh alias Rinku were awarded the death penalty, while Aryan alias Goldy Vishwakarma (20) was sentenced to
  
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• Central Railway collects record Rs 159 crore from 20.5 lakh ticketless passengers in 6 months

  08-10-2026 16:25 via article.wn.com
  MUMBAI : Central Railway (CR) has intensified its crackdown on unauthorized travel, recovering a record Rs 159.3 crore in penalties from 20.5 lakh ticketless passengers between April and...
  
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