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• Public memorial service for Jonah Lomu announced

  23-11-2015 05:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says a public memorial service for former All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu will be held at Auckland's Eden Park stadium next Monday.
  
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• Iran War Impacting Gold & Silver Markets In More Ways Than One

  11-03-2026 20:57 via kingworldnews.com
  The war against Iran is impacting the gold and silver markets in more ways than one. Take a look...
  
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• 3 brothers arrested in connection with U.S. embassy explosion in Norway

  11-03-2026 18:42 via cbsnews.com
  The men were Norwegian citizens of Iraqi origin who were not previously known to police, police prosecutor Christian Hatlo said.
  
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• 550-pound WWII bomb defused after thousands evacuated

  11-03-2026 18:22 via cbsnews.com
  The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency services said.
  
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• IDF hits wave of targets in Iran, destroying regime’s repression apparatus

  11-03-2026 17:31 via jns.org
  The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday declared it had dismantled most key assets of Iran’s internal security forces in Ilam province, a western region that became a flashpoint during the anti-regime protests that swept the Islamic Republic earlier this year.
  Security forces and members of the Basij—the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ volunteer militia—”carried out many terror attacks and brutally repressed internal protests during demonstrations that took place ac
  
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• Global energy agency: 400 million oil barrels to be brought out of reserves as Iran attacks ships in Gulf

  11-03-2026 17:15 via timesofisrael.com
  The International Energy Agency says its member countries will unlock 400 million barrels of oil from their reserves — the biggest such release ever — to ease the impact of the Middle East war.
  “The oil market challenges we are facing are unprecedented in scale, therefore I am very glad that IEA member countries have responded with an emergency collective action of unprecedented size,” IEA executive director Fatih Birol says in a statement.
  
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• Trump vows to end war "soon" as Iran hits ships and threatens banks

  11-03-2026 16:07 via cbsnews.com
  Trump says he'll end the war soon, when he wants to, as Iran hits 3 ships near the Strait of Hormuz and warns U.S.-linked banks will be next.
  
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• U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered brain trauma, burns, shrapnel wounds

  11-03-2026 15:46 via cbsnews.com
  About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.
  
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• IEA to release 400 million barrels of oil in move to lower energy prices

  11-03-2026 15:30 via cbsnews.com
  The emergency oil release — the largest in the multinational organization's history — could help ease oil prices in the short term, according to analysts.
  
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• U.S. escalates attacks on Iranian navy ships as both sides battle over Strait of Hormuz

  11-03-2026 15:10 via cbsnews.com
  Three ships in the Persian Gulf reported a hit from suspected Iranian drones. It comes as the U.S. steps up attacks on the Iranian navy and both sides fight to control the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for global oil supplies. Matt Gutman has the latest.
  
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• South Africa deploys troops in Johannesburg to tackle organized crime

  11-03-2026 14:23 via abcnews.com
  Troops have been deployed on the streets of South Africa’s biggest city after the president announced plans to use the army to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining
  
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• Germany, Austria to release oil from reserves in response to 400M barrel request

  11-03-2026 14:22 via abcnews.com
  Germany and Austria say they will release parts of their oil reserves following an International Energy Agency request for members to release a record 400 million barrels to help calm energy price spikes due to the Iran war
  
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• Celente Issues Major Update On Iran War And Its Impact On Global Markets

  11-03-2026 14:16 via kingworldnews.com
  Today Gerald Celente issued a major update on the Iran War and its impact on global markets.
  
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• Young people expect little change as Republic of Congo heads to presidential election

  11-03-2026 13:51 via abcnews.com
  Voters will be heading to the polls to vote for a president in the Republic of Congo on Sunday but the outcome seems to be a foregone conclusion as the country's longtime leader Dennis Sassou N'Guesso faces little opposition in the political arena
  
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• Romania’s top defense body approves US request to increase its use of airbases to aid Middle East campaign

  11-03-2026 13:34 via abcnews.com
  Romania’s top defense body approves US request to increase its use of airbases to aid Middle East campaign
  
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• Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years

  11-03-2026 13:03 via abcnews.com
  Britain is ending the centuries-old tradition of hereditary aristocrats sitting in Parliament’s House of Lords
  
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• Press freedom in the Americas saw a 'dramatic deterioration' last year, watchdog says

  11-03-2026 12:54 via abcnews.com
  A monitoring watchdog says press freedom across the Americas dropped sharply in 2025, with more killings, arrests and intimidation of media workers
  
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• At least 6 people killed, 3 hospitalized with severe injuries after bus catches fire west of Swiss capital, police say

  11-03-2026 12:53 via abcnews.com
  At least 6 people killed, 3 hospitalized with severe injuries after bus catches fire west of Swiss capital, police say
  
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• Drone strike reportedly kills at least 1 person in the eastern Congo city of Goma

  11-03-2026 12:48 via abcnews.com
  A series of explosions attributed to drones has killed at least one person as the attack rocked downtown Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
  
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• Japan marks 15 years since tsunami as Takaichi pushes more nuclear energy use

  11-03-2026 12:14 via abcnews.com
  Japan is marking the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast as the government pushes for atomic energy use
  
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• UK to publish files about appointment of Epstein friend Mandelson to ambassador post

  11-03-2026 11:27 via abcnews.com
  The British government is releasing a first batch of documents on Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Mandelson was fired from his ambassador's job and is being investigated by police for possible misconduct tied to his links t...
  
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• Iran attacks more ships, Dubai airport, warns U.S.-linked banks are next

  11-03-2026 11:16 via cbsnews.com
  As the Trump administration says it's winning the war with Iran, Tehran hits 3 ships near the Strait of Hormuz, and Dubai airport, and warns banks are next.
  
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• 6 of 7 Iranian soccer players granted asylum in Australia stay, rest head home

  11-03-2026 11:12 via cbsnews.com
  Australian officials say six of seven members of the Iranian women's soccer team who were granted asylum are staying but the seventh has changed her mind and will return home.
  
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• 6 of 7 Iranian soccer players granted asylum in Australia stay

  11-03-2026 10:02 via cbsnews.com
  Australian officials say six of seven members of the Iranian women's soccer team who were granted asylum are staying but the seventh has changed her mind and will return home.
  
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• North Korean leader Kim watches cruise missile tests with his daughter

  11-03-2026 09:42 via abcnews.com
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter have observed tests of strategic cruise missiles fired from a warship as North Korea threatened responses to U.S.-South Korean military drills
  
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• A bus fire that killed 6 people could have been set deliberately, Swiss police say

  11-03-2026 09:42 via abcnews.com
  Swiss police are investigating whether a deadly bus fire in Kerzers was set on purpose
  
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• Several dead after postal bus bursts into flames, authorities say

  11-03-2026 08:30 via abcnews.com
  A bus caught fire in a Swiss town and police say at least six people were killed
  
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• Lebanon's latest conflict brings rare public backlash against Hezbollah as war flares again

  11-03-2026 08:30 via abcnews.com
  Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon are driving thousands of families to flee again, and some longtime Hezbollah supporters are now openly blaming the group
  
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• Canada's Liberals closer to a majority government after another opposition defection

  11-03-2026 08:15 via abcnews.com
  The defection of another opposition lawmaker is all but assuring Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will have a majority government soon
  
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• A Senegal boarding school that drew students from the US is at the center of an abuse investigation

  11-03-2026 08:12 via abcnews.com
  The American Dara Academy in Senegal is at the center of abuse allegations after students describe harsh punishments in a room they call the “magic room.”
  
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