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• Warmer, drier October on horizon: Met dept

  02-10-2026 06:28 via article.wn.com
  Chandigarh: Expect above-normal temperatures and below-normal rainfall in Chandigarh this October.According to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) seasonal outlook, rainfall averaged over the country as a whole during October 2026 is likely to be below normal. Above-normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of the country, except some areas of northeast India and isolated pockets of central and...
  
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• Trump administration’s quiet move makes it harder for some U.S. citizens abroad to vote, lawsuit says

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  The Democratic National Committee...
  
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• Nepal's grim DNA puzzle to identify flood dead

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  Clutching a photograph of his missing son, Rajesh Ram is pinning his hopes on DNA testing — like thousands of others desperately seeking relatives swept away by Nepal’s catastrophic Himalayan floods. “I searched for him everywhere, but I could not find his body,” 53-year-old Ram told AFP, still waiting for answers about his son Suroj Kumar, a garage mechanic in Betrawati, which was swamped by the floods. Nepal was overwhelmed by the sheer scale of destruction from the tsu
  
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• Myanmar marks Int'l Day of Older Persons

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  YANGON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar held a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday to mark the International Day of Older Persons, the state-owned daily...
  
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• My Friend Is a Draft Dodger in Ukraine. He’s Not a Coward.

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  In the Ukraine war, bravery has turned into a cliché masking profound social and economic injustices. ......
  
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• Lethal injection, nitrogen, firing squads: How US states carry out executions

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  The unprecedented botched execution of a woman in Tennessee has reignited the debate over execution methods in the United States — which varies from lethal injection to firing squads. Methods used in the US Methods vary by state. States carry out the vast majority of executions, while federal executions are rare. Lethal injection, authorised in 28 states and at the federal level, remains by far the most common execution method since the death penalty was reinstated in the United States in
  
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• 'Instagram is for girls': Elon Musk reignites feud with Meta; sparks reactions online

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  Elon Musk reignites...
  
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• India's Cockroach Janata Party, student groups to protest, demand poll chief's resignation

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will face renewed pressure on Friday as the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janata Party and a separate coalition of student and activist groups stage fresh protests, demanding the resignation of the elections commission chief over a controversial voter roll revision. The CJP will rally in Mumbai and plans to expand demonstrations nationwide in the coming days, while student...
  
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• Europe's hottest summer caused record heat stress - monitor

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  A record 52% of Europe was exposed to intense heat stress during the exceptionally hot summer that seared the continent this year, the EU's climate monitor has said. Fuelled by climate change, the world's fastest-warming continent endured a relentless series of heatwaves that began unusually early in the spring, shattering temperature records and causing...
  
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• Effective altruism is this century’s biggest idea

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  The movement is admirable, but dangerous | World News ......
  
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• Economic Strain Is Pitting China’s People Against Each Other

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  Unable to question the government, Chinese are taking their economic frustrations out on each other. ......
  
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• Are San Diego Padres the MLB playoffs' greatest sleeper? World Series odds

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  Braves and Phillies took different paths to playoffs, but rivalry remains fierce USA TODAY Sports’ MLB experts examine what makes the Braves-Phillies rivalry so compelling as the division foes prepare for another October battle. Sports...
  
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• Arab-Israeli politician withdraws from October election after Supreme Court signals disqualification

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  Arab Israeli politician Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew his candidacy on Thursday from October’s parliamentary election after Israel’s Supreme Court indicated a majority of its judges supported barring him from the race. Arab Israeli parties are seen by political analysts as potential kingmakers in the October 27 election, with polls showing neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition nor the main opposition bloc on course for a majority. Abu Shehadeh leads the left-wing P
  
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• 7 dead, 20 injured in road accident in SW India

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people died, and about 20 others were injured when a truck crashed into a...
  
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• 10 miners rescued after tunnel collapse in Afghanistan's Takhar gold mine

  02-10-2026 08:28 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A total of 10 miners trapped inside a gold mine in northern Afghanistan's Takhar province...
  
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• World Insights: Intensifying El Nino deepens economic risks across LatAm

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  by Xinhua Writer Tan Huiting MEXICO CITY, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Around Tecoluca in central El Salvador, some farmers who lost their first harvest are planting again, hoping scattered showers will provide enough water for a second crop. The uncertainty is familiar to Salvadoran meteorologist Danilo Ramirez. "It can rain one day, and then five, six or eight days can pass without rain," he said. Their predicament reflects a wider challenge for Latin America as El Nino intensifies: disruptions to rainf
  
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• US death row inmate receiving 'life-saving care' after botched execution

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Christa Pike is critically ill and receiving "life-saving medical care" in a Nashville hospital hours after she survived two attempts to execute her with lethal injections, her lawyers said, renewing scrutiny of ⁠capital punishment in the US. Pike, 50, was sentenced to death in the 1990s after being convicted of a murder she carried out as a teenager. Her botched execution on Wednesday at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, the second this year in Tennessee, highlights the difficul
  
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• Trump vows to hit Iran 'very hard' if linked to flydubai attack

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will be "hit very hard" if it is found to be linked to a pilot's attack on a flydubai flight to Israel. The dramatic events a day earlier saw passengers help stop the plane from crashing, making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia before the flight's mostly Israeli passengers were flown home to a hero's welcome. Mr Trump's warning came as the United Arab Emirates opened an investigation into whether the incident was linked to terrorism and Israeli
  
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• Trump team is now looking to see if DOJ committed misconduct in investigating Richard Nixon’s Watergate

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  A burglary at the...
  
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• Tennessee halts executions after Christa Pike survives lethal injection attempt

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Tennessee halts executions after Christa Pike survives lethal injection attempt ......
  
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• S. Korea's September inflation cools to 2.9 pct on fruit supplies, subsidies

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's consumer price inflation cooled down last month, driven by increased fruit supplies and government discount subsidies for the Chuseok holiday, statistical ministry data showed Friday. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.9 percent in September from a year earlier, decelerating from 3.1 percent in the previous month, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics. Following the Middle East conflicts, headline inflation fluctuated with 2.2 percent in Marc
  
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• Religious scholars met with Anthropic. What they heard stunned them

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Anthropic has been hosting private...
  
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• Presidents rarely visit Indian Country. Trump’s rally on the Choctaw Nation is the latest

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump's campaign rally...
  
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• Police officer charged after 3-year-old son brings loaded gun to daycare

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  The gun was in a...
  
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• Pentagon creates religious affairs office as Hegseth frames war as spiritual

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Pentagon creates religious affairs office as Hegseth frames war as spiritual ......
  
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• Netanyahu, UAE President plotted flydubai false flag op: Iran's big charge

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Netanyahu, UAE President plotted flydubai false flag op: Iran's big charge ......
  
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• Medina power station for Prophet\u2019s Mosque hit in Houthi attack, Saudi strikes Yemen

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Saudi coalition claims a...
  
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• FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv lands in Saudi after copilot attacks captain

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv lands in Saudi after copilot attacks captain ......
  
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• Effective Altruism: the philosophy behind Silicon Valley

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Dario Amodei says he is not part of it. But the Anthropic chief...
  
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• Clean Chit For BAPS In Eiffel Tower Row As Paris Probe Finds No Request To ...

  02-10-2026 08:12 via article.wn.com
  Clean Chit For BAPS In Eiffel Tower Row As Paris Probe Finds No Request To Remove Women Staff ......
  
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