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• World’s largest space congress opens in Türkiye’s Antalya

  05-10-2026 10:42 via article.wn.com
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• Yemen conflict escalates as Houthis hit Aden airport, target Riyadh

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted Aden International Airport with ballistic missiles and explosive drones early Wednesday, the Transport Ministry said, amid intensifying combat betwee ......
  
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• Xbox denies reports it's acquired exclusive GTA 6 game-streaming rights, deflating hopes of playing it ...

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Xbox has denied reports suggesting it obtained...
  
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• World Green Organisation ESG XCHANGE 2026 - Advancing Sustainable Finance, Climate Innovation and AI at Hong Kong Green Week 2026

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  World Green Organisation ESG XCHANGE 2026 - Advancing Sustainable Finance, Climate Innovation and AI at Hong Kong Green Week 2026 HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 October 2026 – The World Green Organisation (WGO) successfully hosted the Sustainable Finance & Climate Innovation Exchange 2026 (ESG XCHANGE 2026) on 9 September 2026 as part of the Hong Kong Green Week 2026 event series, bringing together more than 100 senior executives, industry experts and professio
  
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• World Cerebral Palsy Day: Guntur Neurosurgeon Says Severe Spasticity Should Not Simply Be Accepted as ...

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Dr. Rao’s IIN reports surgical treatment of 104 patients with cerebral palsy and calls for earlier specialist ......
  
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• WHO seeks details from Russia on media reports of a second lab worker with pneumonia

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Oct 7 (Reuters) - ⁠The World...
  
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• Try diet and exercise before weight-loss drugs, WHO tells parents

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended diet, exercise and counselling over popular weight-loss drugs in its first global guidelines addressing rising obesity among younger children. According to Unicef data, obesity has surpassed being underweight as the most common form of malnutrition in school children and adolescents...
  
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• 'Trapped' Children left 'hanging out' of UK rollercoaster as sparks fly

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Parents said children were left 'traumatised' after a rollercoaster started filling with smoke at a popular theme park ......
  
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• Thousands joining French school protests met with tear gas, arrests

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Police fired tear gas at protesters blockading French high schools Tuesday as students, teachers and parents held their largest demonstration yet against staff shortages and dilapi ......
  
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• Thailand floods death toll rises to 60 since mid-September

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
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• Philippine court issues arrest warrant for lawmaker Leandro Leviste over solar project

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  A Philippine court ordered the arrest of one of the country’s youngest and richest legislators over alleged failures to put up solar energy farms in accordance with a congressional franchise awarded in 2019. Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 235 issued a warrant of arrest against Batangas 1st District representative Leandro Leviste on Monday, October 5, for allegedly violating Philippine Public Service Act (PSA). The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confirmed the arrest warrant
  
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• Palestinian Civil Defense member killed while rescuing injured in Gaza | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  GAZA: A Palestinian...
  
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• Overnight Russian drone, missile strikes kill 8 across Ukraine

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least eight people across Ukraine overnight into Wednesday, damaging residential buildings, industrial facilities and infrastructure, of ......
  
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• North Korea criticises US support for Taiwan, pledges backing for Russia

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  North Korea criticised the...
  
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• New World Cup scandal! Gianni Infantino under fire as FIFA allowed ineligible DR Congo star to play in qualifying rounds

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  FIFA faces backlash...
  
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• NASA rover takes striking image of dawn

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - NASA has...
  
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• Man is first set to get lethal injection since Christa Pike botched execution

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Jamaal Howard was found guilty of capital murder after shooting a store clerk in the chest 26 years ago ......
  
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• Lionel Messi slams 'strange' World Cup final conspiracy theories and confirms Argentina retirement in emotional farewell

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Lionel Messi dismissed...
  
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• Israelis are split over Netanyahu in their first elections since Oct. 7

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  As Israel gears up for national elections this month, the country remains focused on Oct. 7. The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks are at the forefront of a bitter campaign that will determine the fate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ......
  
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• Israel is still tearing down buildings in Gaza a year after the ceasefire

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Satellite imagery three years after the...
  
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• Indonesia faces 'gross negligence' suit over haze | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  PONTIANAK: An Indonesian court opened hearings Wednesday in a class action accusing the government of...
  
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• Indonesia apex court rejects challenge to vice-president’s education credentials

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that incomplete education documents submitted by Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka before the 2024 election did not disqualify him from office, saying questions about his eligibility were the responsibility of other institutions. Petitioners in the case against Gibran, the son of former president Joko Widodo, had argued that his foreign senior high school credentials did not meet...
  
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• Hegseth launches 120-day study on AI warfare with panel led by Musk and Luckey

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has formally commissioned a 120-day strategic study titled "Project Meridian: The Future of Warfare,” a federal initiative designed to analyze the operational concepts and technological requirements for maintaining military advantage over a 10- to 20-year horizon. The project, announced via a...
  
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• He thought it was a panic attack - then doctors gave him two years to live

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Ellis Dawson has received a new heart, after what he thought was a minor issue turned out to be a devastating heart attack ......
  
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• France suspends stun grenades at student protests | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
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• France suspends stun grenade use at student protests ahead of PM speech

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  France has suspended the use of stun grenades by police at student-led demonstrations, the interior minister said Wednesday, as allegations of police brutality mounted after days of sometimes violent demonstrations across the country. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Tuesday demanding better conditions in high...
  
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• France stops stun grenade, tear gas use to quell student protests

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  France has suspended the use of police stun grenades and tear gas at student-led protests, the interior minister said Wednesday, following allegations of brutality during days of v ......
  
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• Coalition intercepts Houthi missile aimed at Khamis Mushait | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  RIYADH: The Coalition to...
  
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• Bulgaria halts rescue operation for crew of sunken ship

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone on Tuesday about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast, Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov of the Maritime Administration Executive Agency told Nova TV on Wednesday. Early on Tuesday, two ships were hit in a drone attack in Bulgaria’s Black Sea...
  
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• Bangladesh nuclear plant draws hope -- and worry

  07-10-2026 11:55 via article.wn.com
  �Bangladesh�is�preparing�to�switch�on�its�first�nuclear�power�plant,�a�long-delayed�project�promising�relief�from�chronic�electricity�shortages�--�even�as�some�fear�living�beside�it. � The�2.4-gigawatt�Rooppur�nuclear�plant,�a�$13-billion�project&#
  
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