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Italy Parliament votes on electoral law in key test for Meloni

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Italy Parliament votes on electoral law in key test for Meloni

Italy’s Parliament votes on a reform of the country’s electoral law, which opposition parties say Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government has tailor-made to improve its chances of re-election next year. | Photo Credit: AFP Italy’s Parliament votes Thursday (October 8, 2026) on a reform of the country’s electoral law that opposition parties say Prime Minister Giorgia…

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Trump interrupted by protesters as he fights to rally Texas voters behind Paxton in U.S. Senate race

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Trump interrupted by protesters as he fights to rally Texas voters behind Paxton in U.S. Senate race

President Donald Trump greets Republican U.S. Senate candidate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at a campaign rally at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, October 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind embattled Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday (October…

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Trump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize, but doubts he will get it

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Trump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize, but doubts he will get it

President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, October 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump, who waged war with Iran ​and has yet to broker peace in Ukraine, said on ‌Wednesday (October 7, 2026) that he should win the Nobel ​Peace Prize but acknowledged…

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Texas carries out first execution in U.S. since Christa Pike’s failed lethal injection

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Texas carries out first execution in U.S. since Christa Pike’s failed lethal injection

Jamaal Howard, 46,  was “chatty” during the 45-mile (70-kilometre) drive from the death row prison to the Huntsville Unit, where executions are carried out. File | Photo Credit: AP A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk was put to death Wednesday evening (October 7, 2026), becoming the 30th person executed in the…

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IMF reaches staff deal with Pakistan, potentially unlocking $1.2 billion

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IMF reaches staff deal with Pakistan, potentially unlocking .2 billion

Representational image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The ​International Monetary Fund has reached a ‌staff-level agreement with Pakistan on ​reviews of some of ⁠its lending programs, potentially unlocking about $1.21 billion in financing pending board approval, the ‌fund said on Wednesday (October 7, 2026). If the board approves the ‌deal, Pakistan could access about $1…

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Attacks on Saudi airports claimed by Houthi rebels kill 3 people, officials say

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Attacks on Saudi airports claimed by Houthi rebels kill 3 people, officials say

Two attacks on airports in Saudi Arabia claimed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen killed three people Wednesday (October 7, 2026), Saudi officials said, as the kingdom was pulled deeper into the latest front in the Iran war. The Saudi General Authority for Civil Aviation did not blame any party for the attacks at…

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Tanker off Qatar reports hits from multiple projectiles: U.K. maritime agency

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Tanker off Qatar reports hits from multiple projectiles: U.K. maritime agency

A tanker sailing off the north coast of Qatar reported being struck “by multiple projectiles”, causing an unspecified number of casualties, the UKMTO maritime agency said on Wednesday (October 7, 2026). The incident took place 51 nautical miles (94 kilometres) off the coast of the tiny Gulf state, the British agency said, adding that authorities…

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Cornell students stage sit-in to protest university’s handling of alleged 2024 gang rape

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Cornell students stage sit-in to protest university’s handling of alleged 2024 gang rape

A sign is displayed as some of the Cornell University students taking part in a seven-hour sit-in protest representing the seven hours that Jane Doe alleges she was sexually assaulted in a case involving seven members of Cornell’s Chi Phi fraternity sit outside Toni Morrison Dining Hall, while other participants remain inside, in Ithaca, New…

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Brazilian students in Rio de Janeiro march against the prospect of another Bolsonaro presidency

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Brazilian students in Rio de Janeiro march against the prospect of another Bolsonaro presidency

A demonstrator carries a makeshift figure with Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro’s picture during a protest by students against what organisers say is the growth of the far-right movement, ahead of the runoff of the Brazilian presidential election, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thousands of Brazilian students…

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