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+ Africa News: Kazakhstan’s first Open Asian Falconry Cup showcases ancient hunting heritage—Kazakhstan hosted its first Open Asian Falconry Cup on 9 and 10 October in Bozanbay, a village in the country's east, bringing together 176 falconers ...
+ Africa News: Morocco's PAM party forms governing coalition with three other parties—Moroccan Prime Minister Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party, announced on Monday the formation of a coaliti...
+ Africa News: Pix of the Day, 13 October, 2026 - Across the world—Pix of the Day, 13 October, 2026 - Across the world [Author: editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)] [Link to media]
+ Africa News: African debt crisis deepens ahead of IMF economic outlook report—As the International Monetary Fund prepares to release its flagship World Economic Outlook in Bangkok on Tuesday, the headline message is one of stabi...
+ Alt World: Advanced Technology Will Not Save Us—Techno-utopianism is the naive belief that technological innovation is going to create a paradise on earth for all of humanity. In the age of AI this ...
+ Alt World: Trump’s Letter: War with Norway for Nobel Price for Pedophilia Snub – says He Discovered Greenland—Dear Jonas, Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to t...
+ Alt World: Trump’s Letter: War with Norway for Nobel Price for Pedophilia Snub – says He Discovered Greenland—The post Trump’s Letter: War with Norway for Nobel Price for Pedophilia Snub – says He Discovered Greenland appeared first on TheAltWorld. [Category: ...
+ Alt World: They’re Setting Up AI Surveillance To “De-Radicalize” Classrooms In Gaza—A US-based nonprofit is planning to use AI surveillance to check for “hateful” speech about Israel inside classrooms in the genocide-ravaged Gaza Stri...
+ Alt World: Midterms 2026: ‘The Worst Democracy Money Can Buy’ | w/ Ben Becker—ICE is funded through 2029, the Pentagon budget is at record highs – and plenty of Democrats voted for both. So what does winning Congress actually ch...
+ Alt World: Saudi Air Force Joins Massive Offensive at Bab al-Mandab—Saudi Air Force Joins Massive Offensive at Bab al-Mandab The post Saudi Air Force Joins Massive Offensive at Bab al-Mandab appeared first on TheAlt...
+ Alt World: THIERRY MEYSSAN brise le mythe d’une GUERRE mondiale accidentelle !—Les tensions internationales atteignent un point de rupture critique. Depuis plusieurs années, les dirigeants occidentaux font face à un basculement d...
+ Alt World: Why Saudi Arabia Can’t Stop Ansar Allah in Yemen—Saudi Arabia has $142 billion in American weapons. Yemen is the poorest country in the Arab world. So why cant Riyadh win? Last month, Ansar Allah se...
+ Alt World: Yemen Trap: Why Turkish and Pakistani Troops Could Face Disaster—Yemen Trap: Why Turkish and Pakistani Troops Could Face Disaster The post Yemen Trap: Why Turkish and Pakistani Troops Could Face Disaster appeared...
+ Alt World: Russia Has Already Defeated NATO and Ukraine—Russia Has Already Defeated NATO and Ukraine The post Russia Has Already Defeated NATO and Ukraine appeared first on TheAltWorld. [Category: interv...
+ Asia Times: Trump aligns with Putin yet again, squeezing Ukraine and Europe—The deal struck by Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on October 9 to allow Russia to sell millions of tonnes of diesel is a m...
+ Asia Times: India’s superpower dream is just another recycled Modi slogan—Famous Indian author Shashi Tharoor was famously quoted as saying: “Everything in India is recycled, even the dreams “ In October 2010, The Economist ...
+ Asia Times: The seven stages of American decline—When Donald Trump went to Joint Base Andrews on September 23 to greet Xi Jinping in person, strategic analysts took notice. American presidents rarely...
+ Egyptian Streets: Egypt Facilitates Safe Passage of 15 Stranded Sailors from Ukraine to Moldova—This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.The post Egypt Facilitates Safe Passage of 15 Stranded Sailors from Ukrai...
+ Pravda Report: UK government rejects 69,000-signature petition for higher maternity pay citing 2027 statutory review—The UK government has formally responded to a petition demanding higher maternity pay, rejecting the core proposal while pointing to an ongoing statut...
+ Pravda Report: DWP can now access bank balances to verify benefit entitlement—The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced a new mechanism that allows banks and financial institutions to share specific, limited acco...
+ Pravda Report: Why a Healthy Battery Fails to Start in Winter Due to Chassis Ground Resistance—A driver encounters a familiar winter complaint: the starter motor turns the crankshaft sluggishly, and starting the engine demands several attempts. ...
+ Pravda Report: One Skillet Creamy Pasta and Chicken Recipe—One deep skillet handles the entire lifecycle of a creamy pasta dish: browning chicken, forming a roux, hydrating raw elbows, and finishing with a toa...
+ Pravda Report: Baked Trout in Cream: Oven Technique for Tender Fillets—The integrity of baked trout depends entirely on the avoidance of high-heat searing. By omitting the pan-fry and relying solely on oven heat, the fish...
+ Pravda Report: Microwave Honey Apples: The Four-Minute Warm Dessert—Two apples, a microwave, and four minutes of quiet waiting. This is the essence of a dessert that relies on heat rather than complex technique, turnin...
+ Pravda Report: Lower Volga water levels drop despite discharge adjustments—Water levels in the lower reaches of the Volga River remained unstable throughout September and early October, trending generally downward despite adj...
+ Raw Story: Alarm as Trump admin invokes emergency powers ‘to mitigate blackout risks’—Fears mounted Tuesday following an emergency order issued by the Trump administration designed “to mitigate blackout risks” ahead of a “period of elev...
+ Raw Story: Elites still dote on famed stylist Epstein survivors say groomed them like 'dolls'—On a floor above one of the world’s most famous hotel lobbies — where the elite of fashion and finance are annually styled for the Met Gala’s red carp...
+ Raw Story: 'He's terrified': Filmmaker exposes dark motives behind Elon Musk shoveling cash at GOP—Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney revealed two pressing reasons that Elon Musk is pouring record sums into the midterms for two reasons.Musk is on tra...
+ Raw Story: Trump iced out his own chief of staff on high-profile White House hire: report—President Donald Trump reportedly “overrode” the wishes of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in picking a new press secretary, according to the D...
+ Raw Story: Stage set for probes of Trump's ‘implicated’ cabinet member: 'Low-hanging fruit'—Anticipating taking control of at least the House, with a shot at the Senate, Democrats are already laying the groundwork for a flood of investigation...
+ Raw Story: Fox & Friends loses it over Harry Styles’ tribute to man shot by ICE: 'Pro-machete people'—Singer Harry Styles dedicated a brief moment during a recent performance to Oscar Belgal, a migrant shot in his vehicle by an Immigration and Customs ...
+ Raw Story: Mystery swirls as Mike Johnson’s wife won’t name who’s bankrolling her ministry—House Speaker Mike Johnson’s wife is collecting a salary from a religious nonprofit that ministers to young congressional staffers, but she won’t say ...
+ Raw Story: Kaitlan Collins stings Trump with shot of empty seats after he demanded arrests over them—CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Monday aired humiliating footage of pervasive empty seats at President Donald Trump’s rally in Youngstown, Ohio, one week aft...
+ Raw Story: ‘I fell for it’: Trump’s Rust Belt voters bail as his Ohio rally plays to empty seats—President Donald Trump went back to Ohio to rally support for Republicans in the Rust Belt, where entire sections of a hockey arena sat mostly empty, ...
+ Raw Story: Republicans fear their own members won’t bother showing up for work after midterms—Republicans on Capitol Hill are worried that some of their own members won’t bother returning to work after the November midterms, according to Politi...
+ TASS: Cargo Dragon spacecraft lifts off for ISS from Florida spaceport—Cargo Dragon will transport more than 2.8 tons of cargo to the orbiting outpost, including equipment for scientific experiments studying the effects o...
+ TASS: Four international deals clinched at Moscow Fashion Week—The total amount of deals discussed by the participants of the seventh Moscow Fashion Week already amounts to nearly $4.2 mln [Category: Culture, Soci...
+ TASS: Russia invites China to invest in its hospitality sector — envoy—Boris Titov adde that a branch of Russia's National Center could also open at the Beijing Exhibition Center in the future [Category: Business & Ec...
+ TASS: Kremlin spokesman addresses US-Europe ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine, diesel deal—According to Dmitry Peskov, diesel fuel supply agreements serve the interests of Russia, the United States and global energy markets [Category: FOREIG...
+ TASS: Russia’s extra non-oil-and-gas budget revenues to reach 1 trln rubles ($11.92 bln) in 2026—Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that Russia’s federal budget revenues from both energy and non-energy sectors are tracking ahead of target for 20...
+ TASS: Allegations about military plans in Suwalki Gap branded as stupidity by Belarusian leader—A video of the meeting was published on the Telegram channel Pul Pervogo, which is affiliated with the Belarusian leader's press service [Category: Wo...
+ TASS: Citadel uses less ammunition than other air defense systems—Citadel is a 30-mm automatic artillery system designed to provide round-the-clock protection for fixed installations against multicopter and fixed-win...
+ TASS: Robotic freight transportation prices to lose 8% by 2035 — Russian Transport Ministry—About 100 driverless trucks are operating on the M-12 East highway in the Moscow Region [Category: Business & Economy, Transport]
+ UPI International: 11 crew of Ukrainian ship missing after drone strikes off Bulgaria—Bulgaria's prime minister summoned the Russian envoy after drones hit two ships in the Black Sea, saying all logic suggested Russia was the culprit.
+ UPI International: Cyberattack hits hundreds of French supermarkets—French authorities were investigating a cyberattack that disabled refrigeration systems at hundreds of supermarkets across the country.
+ UPI International: North Korea says 'tactical' ballistic missile test confirms key upgrade—North Korea test-fired what it called a "tactical ballistic missile" to confirm an upgrade to a key component of its weapons systems, state-run media ...
+ UPI International: Hurricane Simon weakens to Cat. 1 storm along Mexico's west coast—Hurricane Simon weakened to a Category 1 storm late Monday, as it moved slowly northwest along Mexico's west coast.
+ UPI International: French supermarket refrigeration systems hit by cyberattack—A cyberattack hit refrigeration systems in many French supermarkets, raising the temperatures on units and spoiling refrigerated and frozen food.