Today: November 03, 2026
Today: November 03, 2026

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Iran's IRGC Navy says four tankers catch fire in Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Friday that four oil tankers had caught fire and exploded in the Strait of Hormuz, while attempting to use what it described as

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Fire at South Carolina nuclear site triggers emergency but no contamination found outside lab, officials say

Fire at South Carolina nuclear site triggers emergency but no contamination found outside lab, officials say

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Israel demolishes gunmen's homes in West Bank operation that has displaced thousands

Israel demolished on Friday the homes of the assailants who killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron last week, part of an

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For many, striped bass fishing is a way of life. But the iconic species could face collapse

Striped bass are in decline on the East Coast and fishermen and scientists are in a race to save the iconic sport fish

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Generations of anglers have made the pilgrimage to Montauk to catch striped bass

Generations of fishermen have come to Montauk, New York, to fish for striped bass, but the fish are in the midst of a decline

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3 customers suffer chemical burns after drinking margaritas at Chili's in North Carolina

3 customers suffer chemical burns after drinking margaritas at Chili's in North Carolina

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ExxonMobil and Chevron top Q3 estimates on higher prices and strong output

ExxonMobil and Chevron both reported better than expected quarterly results Friday as the oil majors benefited from higher prices and record production

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Slower wage growth curbs US labor costs in third quarter

US labor costs increased moderately in the third quarter amid a slowdown in wage growth, suggesting that the labor market was unlikely to be an

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Vote Republican, or else: How Trump is dangling government help on the campaign trail

President Donald Trump is signaling to states that his administration may be far less likely to help if their voters put Democrats in power on Election Day

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Big Oil is raking in huge profits. Shareholders like Trump are cashing in. You’re paying for it with high gas prices.

Big Oil is raking in huge profits. Shareholders like Trump are cashing in. You’re paying for it with high gas prices.

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When US midterm results are contested, Congress has final say

Some of Tuesday’s US midterm races may take weeks to clear recounts and court challenges, but ultimately the Senate and House of Representatives decide

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First body retrieved from Kenyan collapsed building after weeklong search

The first body has been recovered from the rubble of a multistory building that collapsed a week ago in Kenya’s capital, with the number of people still missing standing at 16

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Australia's Coles marks steepest fall since 2020 as rival promotions bite

Australia's Coles said on Friday heightened promotional activity from competitors hurt early second-quarter sales as cost-conscious shoppers

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Yemen's Houthis deny launching drone after coalition reports interception in Mecca region

Yemen's Houthis denied launching any attack towards Saudi Arabia on Friday, after the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by the group over

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China's factory activity seen flat in October: Reuters poll

China's factory activity was likely flat in October from the previous month, as the manufacturing sector continued to move at two speeds, with advanced manufacturers racing

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ASEAN envoy meets Myanmar minister, discusses civil war and aid access

The Southeast Asian bloc's special envoy met Myanmar's foreign minister during a visit to the country and discussed its civil war and humanitarian access, according to official

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GM to pay $220 million to settle allegations it violated drivers' privacy

General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations that it illegally sold drivers' private behavior and location data to brokers, who then sold the

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Japan's beleaguered shoppers are a worry for convenience stores and the economy

Kana Sekiya, 43, used to shop near a train station in Tokyo on her way back home from work.

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Justice Department subpoenas California officials in escalation of its scrutiny of elections

The U.S. Justice Department has issued subpoenas to California officials in an escalation of its scrutiny of local election administration

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ST LNG to decide on US offshore LNG facility by late 2027, company says

ST LNG aims to reach a final investment decision on its $8.2 billion LNG export project by mid- to late 2027, the company's president said on Thursday,

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Russian drone strike kills 14 on Ukrainian rail platform, 6 die in other attacks

A Russian drone strike killed at least 14 people on a crowded rail platform in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday, while

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Soy, rare earths and fuels: how Brazil vote impacts the global flow of resources

Brazil's surprising reelection of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will have implications for the global flow of commodities from the

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Police chief says shooting outside Virginia GOP offices has nothing to do with election

Police say a shooting outside the Republican Party of Virginia offices in Richmond Thursday is unrelated to the upcoming midterm elections

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Georgia farm gives wild horses and people a 2nd chance: "It just brings healing to my heart and theirs"

Georgia farm gives wild horses and people a 2nd chance: "It just brings healing to my heart and theirs"

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US lawmakers urge Trump administration to oppose Colombia's Amazon aerial spraying plans

A group of U.S. lawmakers is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio not to support Colombia’s plans to restart aerial spraying of coca crops in the Amazon, warning of risks to human health and the environment

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Humans accidentally canceled the next ice age — but it’s no reason to celebrate, scientists say

Humans accidentally canceled the next ice age — but it’s no reason to celebrate, scientists say

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Airbnb pledges $500M for its nonprofit to offer more free emergency stays

Airbnb is dedicating more than $500 million to its philanthropic arm over the next five years

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Hong Kong's housing minister resigns after fire investigation finds inadequate oversight

Hong Kong leader John Lee apologized Thursday and said his housing secretary resigned after an investigation into the city’s deadliest fire in decades found inadequate regulatory oversight

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Federal policy helped widen rural America’s fresh food gap, but a 90-year-old law could help close it

A food systems researcher shows how trucking deregulation and lax antitrust enforcement let big grocery chains grow as rural distribution thinned.

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We discovered an organism that lives at blistering temperatures – but what allows it to take the heat?

This amoeba lives at hotter temperatures than any other eukaryote previously discovered.

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Who is to blame for Hong Kong's deadly 2025 fire?

An independent Hong Kong committee blamed a renovation contractor and consultant as well as four government departments for a deadly blaze that killed 168 people in the

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Trump touts projects and payouts on the campaign trail. Many are uncertain

US President Donald Trump has touted billions of dollars in new factories, energy projects and jobs while campaigning for Republicans

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AI data center boom faces backlash at US ballot box

Voters in 10 US states will decide on Election Day whether to curb data center development in their communities, as the rapid buildout needed to power

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As criminal networks spread in Latin America, Quito is new battleground

For years, the neighborhood watch group in the working-class area of Solanda in Ecuadorean capital Quito had patrolled their nighttime streets armed

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Senate is skeptical about making daylight saving time permanent despite Trump's pressure

Get ready to fall back

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China's record-breaking exports of clean tech are making a big dent in emissions, report says

China is exporting a record amount of clean energy technology and that is making a dent in global emissions

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Ship sinks off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast after being hit by drones

A Liberian-flagged vessel that was hit by drones off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast has sunk, the local maritime administration said on Thursday

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Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can't feed their children

Carpets still hang on the walls of Mohammad Dawood’s home in a northern Afghanistan village,

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Taiwan flags 'obvious' threat from 50 Chinese vessels in wide sweep of waters

China has more than 50 navy and other official vessels operating in a wide swath of sea stretching from southern Japan down to Taiwan and off

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Judge denies federal request to segregate California ballots, says it would 'wreak havoc' on voting

A federal judge has rejected a Trump administration request to stop California from processing the ballots of up to 20,000 people

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The path of Cyclone Arnab went through India's plans for data centers and future growth

A cyclone that powered up over unusually warm ocean waters hit part of India’s coastline that’s dense with billions of dollars in plans for data centers

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Judge says Trump bid to set aside California ballots would ‘wreak havoc’ on democracy

A US judge strongly rebuked the Trump administration on Wednesday by rejecting a request by the Justice Department to temporarily

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Cyclone damages homes and farmland in eastern India and kills at least 3 people

Cyclone Arnab has battered India’s eastern Andhra Pradesh state, killing three people and damaging homes and farmland

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King tides inundate streets and flood homes and businesses along both US coasts

King tides have inundated parts of both U.S. coasts

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Judge orders 30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota food fraud

A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 years in prison

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Young boy rescued after falling into septic pipe

Young boy rescued after falling into septic pipe

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Rio Tinto doubles down in Argentina with new lithium plants

(Corrects production figure in paragraph 3 to clarify that output in Argentina is expected to reach 160,000 metric tons by 2028, not 200,000 metric tons) By Lucila Sigal SAN FERNANDO DEL VALLE DE

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Biden-era officials who quit over Gaza urge 2028 candidates to denounce policy architects

US officials who had resigned from former President Joe Biden's administration over his Gaza policy said on Wednesday that Democratic presidential

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Inmate's escape is just the latest problem for Tennessee's troubled prison system

The weekend escape of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted of murdering a co-worker was just the latest black eye for the state’s troubled prison system, coming only weeks after the failed execution of Christa Pike

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Suspects in alleged school shooting plot in Georgia had floor plan, had chosen a date, warrants say

Authorities say that the suspects in an alleged plot to carry out a shooting at a Georgia high school had a floor plan of the school and had chosen a date

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Smoke from LA fires exposed millions of people to high levels of toxic heavy metals, study says

During the peak of the 2025 Los Angeles fires, approximately 7 million residents were exposed to airborne lead concentrations over 24 hours that exceeded 80 times the normal background level, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances

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A ceasefire in a Ukrainian city is holding, officials say, as Moscow and Kyiv await US-led talks

Officials say that a six-day ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine has held for its first day and night

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Oil prices rise on Yemen fighting, Saudi refinery attack

Oil prices edged up about 1% on Wednesday on renewed concerns about additional energy supply disruptions in the Middle East due to continued fighting in

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In southern Chile, locals push to protect oceans that have been hurt by intensive salmon farming

The remote Guaitecas Archipelago has more than 40 small islands and is a gateway to Chile’s Patagonia region

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Argentina sees EU soymeal opportunity as deforestation rules threaten Brazil trade

Brazil's soybean industry fears the European Union's new

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Iranians cut essentials and put dreams on hold as war-hit economy bites

Iranian families are cutting back on food, housing and education as the eight-month-old war with the United States fuels one of the country's worst inflation

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World Bank sees commodity prices up 23% in 2026 due to Middle East war, other shocks

Global commodity prices are set to surge 23% in 2026, the World Bank said on Wednesday, citing rising energy prices and disruptions to cargo shipping

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As forest fires rage, hundreds of Indonesian students protest government response

Hundreds of Indonesian students and civil society groups protested on Wednesday in the capital Jakarta and other cities against President Prabowo

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Hundreds of World War I munitions exposed by melting ice removed from Dolomites

Hundreds of World War I munitions exposed by melting ice removed from Dolomites

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Some states are stepping up after federal childcare cuts – and now offer lessons for the future

Improving both supply and quality of childcare has been the focus of several states trying to find solutions on their own.

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US regulator proposes new rules to speed up LNG projects

A US regulator proposed new rules on Wednesday to hasten liquefied natural gas projects and expand export capacity as part of the Trump administration's larger push to

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Meta and Snap face major US legal test of youth social media addiction claims

Two teenage plaintiffs who say social media caused them to develop serious mental health problems will take Meta Platforms and Snap to trial in Los Angeles on

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Three killed, thousands evacuated as Cyclone Arnab hits eastern India

At least three people were killed, dozens of houses damaged and crops destroyed as a powerful cyclone struck India's

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Volkswagen's journey: Beetle maker's wartime roots to reinvention

From a single-model company rising from the ashes of World War Two, to a sprawling automotive empire with global reach, Volkswagen has undergone repeated

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China's old-age dependency ratio overtakes children for first time

HONG KONG, Oct 28 - China is now supporting more people aged 65 and above than children, underscoring the impact of its rapidly ageing population and a declining birth rate. 

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US closes $5.1 billion loan to Alliant Energy for new gas power generation, energy storage

The US Department of Energy said on Wednesday it has closed a $5.1 billion loan package to Alliant Energy to expand power generation and bolster the

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Special master could evaluate Justice Department's claims of noncitizens on California voter rolls

A federal judge says he is considering appointing a special master to evaluate claims by the Trump administration that California has some 20,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls

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Hunter Biden laptop issue resurfaces as judge scolds prosecutors over case against ex-FBI officials

A federal judge has scolded the Justice Department for its unorthodox handling of a criminal case against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about their participation in and knowledge of investigations involving Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden

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Trump says he's ending restrictions on climate-warming methane from oil drilling

President Donald Trump says he's “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to reduce planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling

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Trump administration sued over rollback of corporate ownership reporting rules

Twenty-one US states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday over its rollback of reporting requirements

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King Charles III arrives in Bahamas for official Caribbean trip as slavery reparation demands grow

King Charles III has arrived in the Bahamas as part of a nine-day trip to the Caribbean, where he faces calls for an apology and slavery reparations

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EPA response to 2023 Ohio train derailment will be investigated by agency watchdog

The Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after dozens of residents of the small town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania and Vice President JD Vance requested the review

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Who should be believed? Trump's social media post on golf course leads lawyers back to court

Donald Trump’s social media posts on the closure and renovation of a historic golf course in the nation’s capital are putting Justice Department lawyers in the uncomfortable position of explaining whether the president of the United States should be believed

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Florida mom arrested at airport for leaving 4 kids home alone during work trip to Vegas

Florida mom arrested at airport for leaving 4 kids home alone during work trip to Vegas