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• WATCH: Paraglider spots dog on top of Great Pyramid of Giza

  15-10-2024 23:34
  
  A man flying high above Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza in a powered paraglider spotted something unexpected on top of the ancient landmark: a dog.
  
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• The powerful Indian gangster pulling strings from behind bars

  15-10-2024 23:28 via bbc.com
  
  Once among India’s most wanted, Bishnoi has been in prison since 2015. But his influence endures.
  
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• Tuchel - a sacrifice of principle or best man for England job?

  15-10-2024 22:59 via bbc.com
  
  Is the FA right to risk criticism for snubbing English coaches to go foreign with proven winner Thomas Tuchel?
  
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• Hakeem Jeffries says it's important to 'keep our foot on the gas pedal' for Democrats to flip House

  15-10-2024 22:46 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali sits down with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a New Mexico Congressional district that could determine control of the House.
  
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• All too familiar as England crumble when it matters most

  15-10-2024 22:46 via bbc.com
  
  England crumble in must-win territory again to suffer an early exit from the Women's T20 World Cup in Dubai.
  
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• Tuchel agrees to become next England manager

  15-10-2024 22:44 via bbc.com
  
  Former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel agrees to become the next England manager.
  
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• Fake vintage wine gang busted in France and Italy, police say

  15-10-2024 22:40 via bbc.com
  
  The group is alleged to have made fake labels from famous French vineyards, using them to sell cheap wine.
  
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• Canada-India ties could take a long time to recover

  15-10-2024 21:59 via foxnews.com
  
  A diplomatic row that has strained bilateral relations between India and Canada for over a year has boiled over as the countries expelled each other’s top diplomats over the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada and allegations of other crimes.Experts say the diplomatic standoff will make it difficult for both countries to move forward with a once-promising partnership, and could impact India’s ambitions as it tries to project itself as a rising world power.INDIA DEMANDS CANADA TO REC
  
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• Parasitic outbreak in North Carolina traced to undercooked bear meat, CDC says

  15-10-2024 21:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  A gathering in North Carolina last year resulted in 10 probable cases of a parasitic infection from undercooked bear meat, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean road and rail links in a symbolic display of anger

  15-10-2024 21:39 via foxnews.com
  
  In a symbolic display of anger, North Korea on Tuesday blew up the northern sections of unused road and rail routes that once linked it with South Korea, with the rivals exchanging threats days after the North claimed that the South flew drones over its capital Pyongyang.The choreographed demolition underlines North Korea’s growing anger against South Korea’s conservative government. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to sever relations with South Korea and abandon the goal of
  
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• Scotland fans pay tribute to Alex Salmond with minute's applause

  15-10-2024 21:19 via bbc.com
  
  Fans were asked to join the tribute to Alex Salmond ahead of the Scotland v Portugal match.
  
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• ISIS-K directed Afghan man's alleged Election Day terrorism plot

  15-10-2024 21:14 via nbcnews.com
  ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of ISIS, was directing an Afghan man's foiled attempt to carry out an attack on Election Day. NBC News' Tom Winter has details on the investigation and how this revelation separates it from other recent terror plots.
  
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• Menendez brothers' relatives to rally outside L.A. courthouse as DA weighs resentencing

  15-10-2024 21:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Erik and Lyle Menendez’s family is expected to gather outside a Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday as the district attorney weighs whether the brothers should be resentenced and possibly released.
  
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• Actor says Trump 'should be grateful' for controversial film

  15-10-2024 20:41 via bbc.com
  
  The Apprentice, which focuses on Trump's early years as a real estate tycoon, is released this week.
  
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• A charming winner or divisive figure - is Tuchel right man for England?

  15-10-2024 20:23 via bbc.com
  
  A charming winner or a divisive figure - is former Chelsea and Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel the right man for England?
  
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• National Women's Soccer League reveals name for new Boston team

  15-10-2024 20:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  BOS Nation will begin playing in the league in 2026. The expansion of the NWSL into Boston was first announced last September.
  
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• Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift at sea. His family members didn't make it.

  15-10-2024 19:56 via foxnews.com
  
  Emergency crews in Russia rescued a man adrift at sea for more than two months in an inflatable boat, but his brother and nephew have died, officials said Tuesday.According to the prosecutor's office in the far east of Russia, the man was rescued Monday in the Sea of Okhotsk after a fishing vessel spotted him off the Kamchaka Peninsula, the Associated Press reported. Russian news media identified the man as Mikhail Pichugin, 46, who in early August had set out on a whale-watching expedition
  
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• No 10 denies Swift tickets were 'thank you' to Starmer

  15-10-2024 19:52 via bbc.com
  
  The singer received a police escort to her Wembley shows despite initial police reservatations.
  
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• Kari Lake's fraud claims drive Arizona lawyers away from GOP's 'election integrity' operation

  15-10-2024 19:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republican lawyers in Arizona are keeping their distance from the party's 2024 "election integrity" efforts amid Kari Lake’s unfounded fraud
  
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• Grand Egyptian Museum to open main galleries for trial run to 4,000 visitors

  15-10-2024 19:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Date for official opening still not announced for $1bn-plus mega-project more than a decade in the makingEgypt’s vast and much-delayed antiquities museum will partly open its main galleries on Wednesday, including 12 halls that exhibit aspects of ancient Egypt.The Grand Egyptian Museum, a mega-project near the famed Giza pyramids that has cost considerably more than $1bn (£765m) so far, will open its halls to 4,000 visitors as a trial run until the official opening date, which is yet
  
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• U.S. supports Israel's 'limited' campaign in Lebanon in hopes of a weakened Hezbollah

  15-10-2024 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden’s administration is signaling that it supports Israel’s operations against Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon.
  
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• Weight Loss Jabs for Jobs?

  15-10-2024 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Health Secretary says jabs could be given to help people get back into work.
  
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• Air India plane makes emergency landing in Canada after bomb threat

  15-10-2024 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Abrupt landing comes a day after flight from Mumbai to New York was diverted to Delhi after a false bomb threatAn Air India plane bound for Chicago has made an abrupt landing in the Arctic city of Iqaluit, after a false bomb threat. The emergency stop before sunrise on Tuesday, came less than a day after Canada and India expelled senior diplomats in a widening feud between the two countries.The flight’s 211 crew and passengers disembarked at the Iqaluit airport some 300km (186 miles) from
  
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• Trump ends town hall to listen to music, reigniting questions about his mental acuity

  15-10-2024 18:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump’s campaign wants its candidate to talk more about policy, but on Monday night it was all about the music.
  
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• 92 people still missing in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, governor says

  15-10-2024 18:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  At least 92 people are still unaccounted for in North Carolina as first responders sort through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, weeks after the storm devastated the western part of the state The state National Guard continues search-and-rescue work, Gov.
  
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• BBC News job losses aim to save £24m

  15-10-2024 18:12 via bbc.com
  
  The proposals will result in a net loss of 155 jobs as the BBC seeks to save money.
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo says 'I'm OK' after falling into hole on stage

  15-10-2024 17:57 via bbc.com
  
  "That was fun. I'm OK. Sometimes there's just a hole in the stage," she tells an audience in Melbourne.
  
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• More than 100 people died near the New Mexico border in 2024 – a tenfold increase in two years

  15-10-2024 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  This year, 108 bodies have been found near the state’s US-Mexico border. Almost all of the deaths were heat-related.Ten times as many migrants died in New Mexico near the US-Mexico border in each of the last two years compared with just five years ago.During the first eight months of 2024, the bodies of 108 presumed migrants, mostly from Mexico and Central America, were found near the border in New Mexico, according to the most recent data. Many of the bodies were discovered less than 10 m
  
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• All about National Archaeological Museum in Athens, one of the world’s most prominent museums of its kind

  15-10-2024 17:42 via foxnews.com
  
  The National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece, houses significant artifacts dating back thousands of years. The museum includes five main permanent collections, as well as temporary ones, for guests to explore during their visit. The museum was founded in 1829, originally headquartered in Aegina, the first capital of Greece, before being transferred to Athens in 1834, according to the National Archaeological Museum's website. Antiques were originally held in different buildings
  
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• Would raising employer National Insurance break Labour's pledge?

  15-10-2024 17:15 via bbc.com
  
  If the chancellor decides to increase NI for employers in the Budget would that be going back on previous promises?
  
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• Not 'as many demons' on flatter Multan pitch - Potts

  15-10-2024 17:06 via bbc.com
  
  England seamer Matthew Potts says the pitch for the second Test in Pakistan does not have "as many demons" as the tourists first thought.
  
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• Track's next great sprinter is bypassing college and signing with Puma

  15-10-2024 16:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Christian Miller was a high school senior last April when he became one of the fastest teenagers in track and field history.
  
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• Iran terror proxies amass on Israel’s borders in 'Ring of Fire’

  15-10-2024 16:56 via foxnews.com
  
  For more than four decades, the Iranian regime has meticulously constructed a "Ring of Fire" around Israel, employing various terror groups to extend its influence across the Middle East. However, recent military actions by Israel have begun to unravel this intricate network, indicating a potential turning point in the ongoing conflict.Amnon Sofrin, former head of the Intelligence Directorate at Mossad, told Fox News Digital, "In central Tehran, there is a huge clock that was set up in 2015, sho
  
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• Jets acquire WR Davante Adams from Raiders

  15-10-2024 16:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  The New York Jets have acquired wide receiver Davante Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for a conditional draft pick, the teams announced Tuesday.
  
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• DATELINE FRIDAY PREVIEW: The Night of the Nor'easter

  15-10-2024 16:50 via nbcnews.com
  Andrea Canning reports Friday, October 18, at 9/8c on NBC.
  
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• Canadian police accuse India of working with criminal network to kill dissidents

  15-10-2024 16:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Modi government agents alleged to have collaborated with syndicate run by mob boss Lawrence BishnoiCanadian police have accused the Indian government of working with a criminal network run by one of India’s most notorious gangsters, Lawrence Bishnoi, to carry out targeted killings of dissidents in Canada.A diplomatic row broke out between India and Canada on Monday after Canadian police accused Indian diplomats of “criminal” activities in the country, including extortion, intim
  
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• America's THAAD anti-missile system starts arriving in Israel as Pentagon says it will be 'fully operational'

  15-10-2024 15:53 via foxnews.com
  
  The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that the first components of a U.S. missile defense system aimed at protecting Israel from attacks by Iran have arrived in the Middle East and that it will be "fully operational" soon. Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said on Monday, "an advance team of U.S. military personnel and initial components necessary to operate the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery arrived in Israel. "Over the coming days, additional U.S. military
  
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• Secret underground tomb with 12 skeletons is found in Jordan's Petra

  15-10-2024 15:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Archaeologists found 12 human skeletons and an extensive array of grave offerings in a tomb hidden under the Treasury building in Jordan’s Petra.
  
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• Tom Brady and partner Tom Wagner to pay over $200 million for stake in Las Vegas Raiders

  15-10-2024 15:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  National Football League owners approved Tom Brady as a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday.
  
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• Taiwan to have satellite internet service as protection in case of Chinese attack

  15-10-2024 14:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Coverage with UK-European provider will be in place by end of month, says island’s main telecoms companyTaiwan is expected to have access to low earth orbit satellite internet service by the end of the month, a step the government says is crucial in case a Chinese attack cripples the island’s communications.The forthcoming service is via a contract between Taiwan’s main telecoms company, Chunghwa, and a UK-European company, Eutelsat OneWeb, signed last year, and marks a new mil
  
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• Deadly Israel shooting ruled a terror attack

  15-10-2024 14:03 via foxnews.com
  
  One person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting near Ashdod, Israel, that has now been deemed a terrorist attack Tuesday.Authorities say an assailant opened fire on a police officer in the area before turning his weapons on civilians. The police officer died of his wounds while being transported to a nearby hospital. The attacker was killed by an armed civilian.At least one of the injured civilians was considered to be in moderate condition. Volunteer EMTs were the first to resp
  
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• WATCH: She was practicing her Halloween makeup — then the doorbell rang

  15-10-2024 13:31
  
  Makeup artist Nicki Teal was two hours into transforming herself into 'Art the Clown' when she had a visitor.
  
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• Israel reveals Hezbollah special forces terrorist 'bunker' located under home with weapons, motorcycles

  15-10-2024 12:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Israel’s military says it has found a Hezbollah compound stocked with weapons and motorcycles underneath a home in a Lebanese border village where the terrorist group’s special forces unit was planning another major attack on Israelis. Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a video posted Monday that the bunker, discovered only a few miles away from Israel’s border, was set up for Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces to "do a raid into Israel and do
  
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• From China with love: coastguard’s ‘creepy’ message to Taiwan during military drills

  15-10-2024 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Image dispersed during Monday’s military drills likened to sexual harassment or abusive partnerA Chinese propaganda image dispersed during Monday’s military drills around Taiwan was supposed to send a positive message to the island’s people, but instead has been decried as weird, creepy, and akin to “sexual harassment”.On Monday China targeted Taiwan with major military exercises, surrounding its main island and outer territories with planes and ships to practise a
  
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• North Korea blows up roads linking it with South, prompting warning shots at border

  15-10-2024 11:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Roads have long been unused but destroying them sends clear message Pyongyang does not want to negotiate with Seoul, experts saySouth Korea has condemned North Korea after it destroyed roads linking the countries on Tuesday, in another blow to bilateral ties on the increasingly tense peninsula.The South Korean unification ministry, which overseas inter-Korean relations, described the North’s decision to blow up roads on its side of the countries’ heavily armed border as “abnorm
  
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• America and... the war in Ukraine

  15-10-2024 10:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Could the US election result threaten support for Kyiv?
  
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• Woman quit booze after ‘beer fear’ of 18-hour bender

  15-10-2024 07:50 via bbc.com
  
  Jessie, from Cardiff, realised she would go weeks without having one day of not drinking alcohol.
  
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• Women's Footballer of the Year contender Girma

  15-10-2024 07:34 via bbc.com
  
  BBC Sport profiles San Diego Wave and United States defender Naomi Girma, one of five nominees for the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2024 award.
  
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• Women's Footballer of the Year contender Banda

  15-10-2024 07:33 via bbc.com
  
  BBC Sport profiles Orlando Pride and Zambia forward Barbra Banda, one of five nominees for the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2024 award.
  
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• Father called UK police to confess to killing daughter, 10, in England after he fled to Pakistan

  15-10-2024 07:18 via foxnews.com
  
  The father of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in England called U.K. police after fleeing to Pakistan to admit that he had killed his daughter, prosecutors said Monday.Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at London's Central Criminal Court on allegations he, his partner Beinash Batool and his brother Faisal Malik murdered Sara Sharif, according to The Associated Press.Prosecutor William Emlyn Jones said all three defendants played a part in a "campaign of abuse" against Sara in the weeks leading
  
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