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• US TV networks halt Trump coverage after White House bans CNN

  21-09-2026 22:39 via article.wn.com
  US television networks staged an extraordinary revolt Monday when they...
  
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• Watch: Oregon QB Dante Moore’s injury after a late hit by Desman Stephens during game ...

  27-09-2026 07:33 via article.wn.com
  Oregon quarterback Dante Moore suffered a injury when Southern...
  
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• Saudi Arabia authorities shift schools in Riyadh to remote learning for week

  27-09-2026 07:33 via article.wn.com
  Saudi Arabia has moved to remote learning for schools in...
  
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• Russia accuses Europe of blocking Ukraine peace talks

  27-09-2026 07:33 via article.wn.com
  R ussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday accused Europe of blocking efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, after another round of strikes left 16...
  
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• Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight

  27-09-2026 07:33 via article.wn.com
  Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate market...
  
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• Women Sluggers Are No Longer in a League of Their Own

  27-09-2026 07:10 via article.wn.com
  As a group of players from an all-women’s baseball league in the 1940s and ’50s gathered at a recent reunion, the future of women’s baseball looks bright again. ......
  
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• US Treasury chief claims successes in isolating Iran

  27-09-2026 07:10 via article.wn.com
  Last week, Turkey...
  
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• Speakers call for cooperation to address regional issues at UN

  27-09-2026 07:10 via article.wn.com
  by William M. Reilly UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Most of the 194 scheduled speakers at the UN General Assembly's General Debate on Saturday touched on shared global challenges, with many calling for greater cooperation to address issues affecting their regions. The global topics ranged from multilateral diplomacy, one of the reasons for the world body's creation, to Security Council reform and the development and possible regulation of artificial intelligence. While regional concerns we
  
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• Sergi Solans scores 2 goals, RSL beats Revolution 3-0 to snap 13-game winless skid

  27-09-2026 07:10 via article.wn.com
  Sergi Solans scored two goals, his second multi-goal game this season, Aiden Hezarkhani added a goal, and Real Salt Lake beat the New England Revolution 3-0 to snap a 13-game winless streak. Real Salt Lake (9-13-5), which had lost four ......
  
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• Russia's top diplomat rejects German calls to ease off its 'dangerous' escalation toward it

  27-09-2026 07:10 via article.wn.com
  Does Berlin understand what this could lead to? Didn't they not learn the lessons of World War II? Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked in his speech at the UN General Assembly's annual gathering of world leaders ......
  
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• OpenAI AI agent breaches internet-free sandbox, sends 20 web queries

  27-09-2026 07:10 via article.wn.com
  OpenAI described the...
  
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• Morning Briefing Sept. 27, 2026

  27-09-2026 07:10 via article.wn.com
  Here’s a rundown of all the news you need to start your Sunday, including Cuba saying it is not a threat to the US and remains ready for dialogue; Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accusing Europe of trying to thwart prospects for peace talks with Ukraine; and China opposing unilateral military action amid the US-Iran war. TOP STORIES Cuba says it is ‘not a threat’; ready for dialogue with US based on sovereign equality Cuba is not a threat to the US and remains ready for
  
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• Saudi Arabia Moves Riyadh Schools to One Week of Remote Learning via Madrasati Platform

  27-09-2026 06:46 via article.wn.com
  Schools in Riyadh have been directed to suspend in-person classes for one week and shift to remote learning through the Madrasati platform.The decision applies to all students, as well as...
  
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• Pope Leo urges faith over materialism at Paris Mass

  27-09-2026 06:46 via article.wn.com
  Crowds stretched the length of the Avenue des...
  
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• 'Open your eyes': Why China's sixth Antarctic base is raising concerns

  27-09-2026 06:46 via article.wn.com
  Some observers believe China's increasing presence in Antarctica is a geopolitical motive, while others say military fears are exaggerated. ......
  
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• Omani FM calls for ‘self-restraint’ in regional conflict, offers to mediate at UN

  27-09-2026 06:46 via article.wn.com
  Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi called at the UN Saturday for "self-restraint" from all sides in the Middle East war, while stressing that Muscat was ready to mediate. Earlier on Saturday, US President Donald Trump...
  
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• No. 1 Texas staves off No. 14 Tennessee

  27-09-2026 06:46 via article.wn.com
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Colin Simmons and Texas’ defense stole the show in Arch Manning’s first game at Neyland Stadium, where his uncle Peyton starred decades ago. ......
  
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• Andy Burnham brings good vibes to Labour’s annual conference but tough choices are coming

  27-09-2026 06:46 via article.wn.com
  British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been in the job for two months, and so far his party isn't demanding his head. These days, that's an accomplishment. The governing Labour Party opens its annual conference beside the River Mersey in Liverpool on Sunday, with Burnham pledging to turn the page on a decade of economic and political turmoil that has made him the U.K.'s seventh prime minister since its 2016 vote to leave the European Union. He says his message in a keynote speech on Tuesday wil
  
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• Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey build on friendship with \u2018Brothers\u2019

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
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• Woman dies following single vehicle crash in southeast Australia

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
  SYDNEY, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- A woman has died following a single-vehicle crash in the southeast Australian state of New South Wales on Sunday morning, police...
  
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• Trump rejects Iran\u2019s proposal to open Hormuz, end fighting

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
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• The Trump administration said it would prioritize ending mother-to-child HIV transmission. Health workers say it ...

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
  Dr. Theopista Masenge was at the hospital in Mbeya, Tanzania, rolling out new treatments for children with high HIV viral loads when she got the call: Stop work, now. It was January 2025, and the health care program the pediatrician was implementing, which provided services for HIV-exposed infants, children and pregnant women, had just received a letter from the now-dismantled United States Agency for International Development (USAID) directing it to halt all operations. “It was really, ve
  
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• Scott Bessent says US pressure on Iran bites as Gulf nations tighten economic screws

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
  US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said Washington’s economic pressure campaign against Iran is beginning to affect the country’s international business links, pointing to restrictions imposed by Turkiye, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.The campaign centres on Operation Economic Outcast, launched by the US Treasury on August 24 as a broad effort to cut Iran’s access to international finance and other economic channels. The Treasury says the campaign is targeting networks
  
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• Russian, German FMs meet for first time since 2022

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, met...
  
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• Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov backs India’s permanent UN Security Council seat, opposes more Western expansion

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
  While there is broad support for modernising the Security Council, divisions remain over individual candidatures, regional allocations and the veto system. ......
  
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• Russian and Ukrainian strikes leave 10 dead as Trump calls on Zelenskyy to ‘settle with Putin’

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Ukraine — Russian...
  
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• Russia, Germany FMs meet for first talks since 2022, Ukraine war dominates agenda

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
  Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and German foreign minister Johann Wadephul met in New York on Saturday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, marking the first talks between the two countries’ foreign ministers since before Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.Relations between Moscow and Berlin have remained deeply strained since the invasion,...
  
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• Poland to pay up to $4.4 billion for Fort Trump, report says

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
  The proposed permanent U.S. military base in Poland, dubbed Fort Trump, will cost as much as 17 billion zloty ($4.4 billion) and could open as early as in 2029, according to a report from newspaper Rzeczpospolita. ......
  
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• ‘Please bring my son back’: Indian student from Gujarat held in Ukraine after joining Russian Army; cancer-stricken mother seeks help to bring him back

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
  What began as a move to Russia for education has left a 23-year-old student from Gujarat caught in the middle of the Russia-Ukraine war.Sahil Mahmad Husen Majothi, from Morbi, travelled to Russia in January 2024 on a student visa to study Russian language and culture. Within months, he was arrested in a narcotics case and sentenced to seven years in prison.He later signed a contract with the Russian military while in prison and was sent towards the frontline in Ukraine. He eventually surrendered
  
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• Four People Dead in a Helicopter Crash in Quebec

  27-09-2026 06:24 via article.wn.com
  Four people have died in a helicopter crash in Sainte-Brigide-d’Iberville, 50 kilometres...
  
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