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• What to know about the espionage allegations against Germany's former intelligence chief

  07-10-2026 16:51 via article.wn.com
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• What a massive new crater means for future moon bases

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  We may think of the moon as a...
  
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• USS Abraham Lincoln returns home after long and grueling deployment

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The aircraft...
  
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• US farm debt is at a record. Official data might be undercounting it

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  CHICAGO — American farmers are...
  
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• US decision to livestream execution would be torture, says UN

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  A decision by U.S. officials to livestream the execution of...
  
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• Urgent: Warplanes strike Houthi-held Sanaa amid escalating Yemen conflict -- media

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  SANAA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Warplanes carried out a new...
  
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• UN human rights office welcomes Nobel Prize winner Pillay as staunch defender of human rights

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  GENEVA, Oct 9 - The United...
  
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• UK's Prince Harry says he fell into depression as he weighed royal future

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  LONDON, Oct 9 - Britain's Prince...
  
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• Trump's moves to boost diesel supplies have not yet lowered prices

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Oct 9 - US diesel prices...
  
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• Trump administration freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. suspended...
  
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• Tokyo stocks end mixed as tech shares weigh on Nikkei

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Friday, as losses in technology shares weighed on the benchmark Nikkei index amid concerns over the outlook for...
  
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• Thousands of Spaniards march to mark death of octogenarian at heart of housing protests

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  MADRID — Thousands of...
  
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• Systematic failures in helicopter and jet crash that killed 67, US finds

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  The collision of an American Airlines regional jet and an army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in 2005 that killed 67 people was the result of several systemic failures, according to a US Army investigative report seen by Reuters. The previously undisclosed report completed in May made a series of safety recommendations and said the key factor was two broken radio transmissions resulting in the helicopter crew not receiving critical details from air traffic c
  
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• Supreme Court won’t speed up Democratic challenge to FCC political ad policy, for now

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  Siding with Republicans, the US...
  
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• Sri Lanka postal service targets full digitization by 2027: official

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  COLOMBO, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's postal service is expected to be fully digitized by 2027 as part of efforts to...
  
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• South Africa's Navanethem "Navi" Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  OSLO, Oct 9 - South African...
  
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• Salt extraction begins in W. Afghanistan

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Authorities have begun extracting salt from a salt mine in...
  
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• Russia says 6 killed, 13 injured in Ukrainian attacks in 24 hours

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and 13 injured in Ukrainian attacks on the Belgorod, Kursk and Nizhny Novgorod regions in western Russia in 24 hours, regional authorities...
  
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• Polish police arrest multiple teens over 'Bloody Friday' school attack threats

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  WARSAW, Oct 9 - Polish police have...
  
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• Pentagon draws up new Iran strike plans as Trump hesitates

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The U.S....
  
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• Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, a South African human rights lawyer and jurist, in an endorsement of the importance of international law as it comes under “tremendous pressure”. The Nobel committee said on Friday that Pillay (85), who has served on International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court, was a “lawyer and legal pioneer”. It added the 2026 award came as “the system of international law is under tremendou
  
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• News in brief for October 9

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  USS Abraham Lincoln returns home after long and grueling deployment ....
  
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• Maduro charged with ordering torture of Americans in Venezuelan prison

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  The Justice Department on Thursday...
  
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• Laos steps up efforts to address labor shortages

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  VIENTIANE, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Laos is stepping up efforts to address labor shortages. Speaking at the second ordinary session of the 10th National Assembly, Lao Minister of Labor and Social...
  
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• Laos aims for 30 pct EV adoption by 2030

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  VIENTIANE, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government aims to have electric vehicles (EVs) account for at least 30 percent of vehicles by 2030, as part of efforts to strengthen economic stability, reduce fuel import costs and make greater use of domestic electricity resources. Laos imported 37,475 vehicles in the first eight months of 2026,...
  
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• Judge extends pause on Trump’s ban against CNN, MS NOW and Politico

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — A federal judge on...
  
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• Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano erupts

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  JAKARTA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Mount Anak Krakatau in Indonesia's South Lampung regency erupted on Friday afternoon, spewing a thick ash...
  
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• Indonesian troops neutralize 3 Papuan separatists in gunfight

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  JAKARTA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's military said Friday its troops neutralized three members of a Papuan separatist group during a gunfight in Maybrat district, Southwest Papua...
  
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• Hurricane Simon quickly intensifies off Mexico's Pacific coast

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  Oct 9 - Hurricane Simon is...
  
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• Hurricane Isaias strengthens as US Gulf Coast prepares for landfall

  09-10-2026 13:26 via article.wn.com
  Hurricane Isaias strengthened on...
  
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