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• When Breaking Up Means Going from One Bed to Bunk Beds

  09-10-2026 08:31 via article.wn.com
  Our apartment was tiny. We decided to keep living together. Were we too old for a bunk bed? ......
  
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• World Cup visa scandal: Sports Ministry not shielding anyone – Sports Minister’s special aide

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  The special aide to the Sports Minister, Wonder Sitsofe Mandel, says the Ministry of Sports and Recreation will not shield anyone found to have engaged in wrongdoing in the ongoing investigation into the alleged World Cup...
  
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• World Cup visa scandal: Over 30 people misrepresented as GTA board members to US Embassy ...

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has alleged that more than 30 people were misrepresented to the United States Embassy as board members or affiliates of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in connection with engagements surrounding the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, October 10, the MP questioned why a document he said was sent to the embassy listed more than 30 people as GTA board members or affiliates, when the authority’s
  
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• Workers erupt over DC plan to bring robotaxis to city streets: ‘This is bulls---’

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  A new proposal that could bring driverless rideshare vehicles to the streets of the...
  
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• ‘We’re not asking for luxury’: school protesters in Paris suburb feel abandoned by French state

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Students say they are desperate to get back to class but conditions are so bad that the protests must continue...
  
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• Viral Rumpelstiltskin dance traced to AI creation

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  A viral video showing a sinister-looking Rumpelstiltskin dancing around a frightened woman has been identified as an artificial intelligence creation, ending speculation that the footage originated from a forgotten fantasy film. The clip, widely circulated on TikTok, Instagram and X, depicts a diminutive, curly-haired figure tiptoeing through a barn filled with straw. Its combination of vintage cinematography, unsettling facial expressions and comic movements has generated widespread attention,
  
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• USA Today demands $250 million from OpenAI over copyright

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  USA Today Co. and publishers representing 19 newspapers have filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI, seeking more than $250 million in damages over allegations that the artificial intelligence developer unlawfully used their journalism to train ChatGPT. The complaint, filed on Thursday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses OpenAI of copying hundreds of thousands of copyrighted articles without permission or payment. The publishers are also seeking a permanent in
  
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• UK government blocks Northern Ireland march after standoff fueled sectarian tensions

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  The British government has blocked a...
  
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• Trump says 'indelible stain' on Norway for not awarding him Nobel Peace Prize

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has slammed the "disgraceful" Nobel Peace Prize choice as leaving an "indelible stain" on Norway, arguing that the award should have gone to him. South African judge and human rights champion Navi Pillay won the prestigious prize yesterday in recognition of her work against war crimes and crimes against humanity. But Mr Trump labelled the Norwegian Nobel Committee's choice as "a disgraceful and embarrassing decision", telling a rally of his supporters in Syracuse, New Y
  
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• Trump says he will import Russian diesel fuel amid high prices

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — President...
  
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• Trump-Putin sign diesel deal, Russian attacks kill 11 in Ukraine

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Kyiv: Russian strikes killed at least 11 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, officials said Saturday, October 10, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Three children were among the 11 people killed when Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, Mykhailo Semikin, the head of the regional military administration, said Saturday. At least 16 people were wounded
  
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• Three children among 11 dead in Russian strikes on Ukraine

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Russian strikes on Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia this morning have killed at least 11 people, including three children, according to regional authorities. Ukrainian national police said Russia had targeted residential neighbourhoods in the city with "five guided aerial bombs" early this morning, hitting two residential buildings. The strikes came a day after Ukrainian and European officials met in Miami in a renewed diplomatic push to end Russia's war in Ukraine. "The toll from the
  
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• Suicide memorial in Chicago signals compassionate shift by Catholic church

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  First US memorial for suicide victims dedicated by Chicago archdiocese earlier this year at Queen of Heaven cemetery...
  
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• Russian strikes kill 11 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with Moscow

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  The strikes came a day after President Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow's war in Ukraine. ......
  
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• Russian attacks kill at least seven people in Ukraine after Trump-Putin diesel deal

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  The strikes came a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help fund Moscow's war in Ukraine. ......
  
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• Russian attacks kill 12 in Ukraine after Trump strikes diesel deal with Putin

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Russian aerial bombs hit...
  
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• Plague mystery revives concerns over not-to-secret Russian bioweapons program

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Marshall Billingslea was a Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer...
  
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• One year on from the Gaza ‘ceasefire’, Trump’s promise of peace is a distant dream ...

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  The glimmer of hope when Israel...
  
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• Nobel 'Disgrace': Trump Brands Navi Pillay's Peace Prize 'An Indelible Stain' On Norway

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Trump said he should have won eight Nobel Peace Prizes rather than one, listing the conflicts he says he ended. ......
  
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• Millions lose private Medicare plans and face rising costs

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Millions of people with private...
  
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• Massive black holes may have started as little red dots

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  In the 50 years since the...
  
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• International conference on hearing health being held in Chennai

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  The conference, held from October 9 to 11, is based on the theme: ‘Fostering Inclusiveness, Changing Mindsets’ ......
  
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• In Spain's Ceuta, a delayed government response leaves underage migrants on the streets

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Hundreds of teenage migrants lined up outside a church in Ceuta in early October, hoping for good news from Spain's youth minister. They have been sleeping on cardboard and ripped sofas in squalid camps or on the streets for two ......
  
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• Hurricane Isaias live updates: hundreds of thousands without power as storm batters US Gulf Coast

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  First Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season makes landfall in the US...
  
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• Hurricane Isaias batters Florida coast, disrupts Gulf energy

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Hurricane Isaias struck Florida’s Gulf Coast with destructive winds and heavy rainfall, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without electricity as emergency crews confronted flooding, fallen trees and damaged power lines across the southeastern United States. The hurricane made landfall near Destin in Florida’s Panhandle on Friday as a Category 2 storm, carrying maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. Its arrival fo
  
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• How the landmarks of everyday Gaza have disappeared under the rubble of war

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  After widespread damage to...
  
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• France is devouring itself as school riots reveal a crisis far bigger than broken classrooms

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Student protests over crumbling schools despite billions in public spending are fueling a...
  
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• Ecuador Raises Industrial Power Rationing to 72 Hours Weekly Amid Drought-Driven Grid Shortages

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Effective October 12, 2026, Ecuador's Ministry of Environment and Energy will shift industrial power rationing to a schedule of three off-days per week, totaling 72 hours of outages within a seven-day cycle. This...
  
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• Don’t rebuild the dam: Ukrainian experts urge Unesco to protect site uncovered by Russian sabotage

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  As archaeologists find treasure trove along new floodplain, conservationists say another Nova Kakhovka would be ecocide...
  
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• Angry Trump says Nobel Peace Prize decision is ‘disgraceful and embarrassing’ in new tantrum after snub

  10-10-2026 13:18 via article.wn.com
  Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay was awarded the prize this year...
  
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