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Hungary removes anti-LGBTQ provisions from 'child protection' law, batting back Orban legacy

The vote was praised by rights groups, who add that 'there is still a lot to do' on LGBTQ rights.

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France accuses Elon Musk of 'online harassment' of Europe leaders

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot warned Tuesday of foreign interference in France's presidential election in spring 2027. He singled out US tech billionaire Elon Musk for using social network X to attempt to influence debate in European democracies.

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Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.

Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won...

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EU opens new talks in Ukraine membership bid

The European Union launched new negotiations with Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday, after MPs in Kyiv passed legislation protecting Hungarian-speaking minority rights.

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Oil Regulators Found Hundreds of Wells Violating Oklahoma Rules. Then They Ignored Their Findings.

Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking wa...

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Katie Zacharia bombs first day as White House press secretary

She appeared physically strained, even sighing heavily, while reading prepared remarks.

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The uncomfortable truth about consent education

College workshops have largely failed to reduce sexual assault. They also miss the psychological motivations behind rape.

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He Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.

Pennsylvania promises legal help to those who say they were unfairly convicted of crimes. Failed by a troubled system, some incarcerated people are left waiting years for their lawyers to act.

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Kyiv residential building struck by Russia as Ukraine says intelligence sharing from partners interrupted

Ukraine did not receive a warning of the attack from allies in the same way it usually does, presidential adviser Dmytro Lytvyn told reporters.

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Did Trump’s New Press Secretary Lie About Being a Lawyer?

There is no evidence that Katie Zacharia was admitted to practice law in a single state or Washington, D.C.

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AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers, Anthropic warns

Anthropic said on Monday its experiments suggested small AI models may be months away from being capable enough to self-replicate on commercial internet-of-things (IoT) devices, such as smart ‌ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes.

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Meet the Man Behind Japan's Sex Toy Revolution

Koichi Matsumoto made "pleasure aids" so popular that the whole country refers to sex toys by his brand name.

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Kyiv stopped attacking Russia's oil refineries, Moscow continues pounding Ukraine's energy grid, Zelensky says

"Ukraine has not carried out strikes on Russian oil refineries or the energy sector in general for the two days since the American president announced an energy ceasefire. But Russia did not heed," Pr...

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BBC asks judge to force Trump to sit for deposition as part of his $10bn lawsuit

BBC asks US federal judge to compel Trump’s lawyers to schedule deposition after his team canceled initial session The BBC is asking a federal judge in Florida to force Donald Trump to sit for a deposition as part of the president’s $10bn defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster. According to a Tuesday filing, the BBC and Trump’s legal team had agreed for him to be deposed on Friday. The BBC’s lawyers wrote to the judge that they have spent months trying to secure a location for the deposition from Trump’s team. Continue reading...

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Why Did DOGE Exist? Now We Know.

Turns out, Elon Musk’s pimply minions didn’t actually want to cut government spending. They wanted to get a piece of it for themselves.

newrepublic.com695 pts14h agodiscuss

Pope Leo XIV is set to enter a Rome hospital for removal of a lung nodule

Pope Leo XIV is set to undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule, a procedure that will determine if the lesion is malignant.

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Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigns after allegations of improper conduct

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has resigned after allegations of improper conduct. The White House says Guilfoyle was asked to resign after coming under severe criticism over allegations she engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

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Pope Leo Prepares for Surgery to Remove Lung Nodule

The Vatican has said that the pontiff is expected to spend about a week recovering in the hospital.

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ICE sued for refusing to return detainees' papers and property

One plaintiff is jobless after his work authorization was taken. The agency also won't return his wedding ring.

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Bipartisan group of senators call on Trump to rescind Russian diesel deal

Six Democratic and six Republican senators wrote a letter calling on President Trump to withdraw from his recent deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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RJ Mitte, 'Breaking Bad' actor and disability rights champion, dies at 34

Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte, who brought a lifetime of experience with cerebral palsy to fictional family struggles in an essential role on "Breaking Bad," died Monday at age 34.

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Hundreds of supermarkets in France hit by ‘unprecedented' cyberattack

Hackers raise temperatures in supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food in 'large-scale' cyberattack.

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Pope Leo undergoes successful surgery to remove lung nodule, Vatican says

Leo revealed on Sunday that doctors discovered the nodule and recommended its removal. The Vatican says he will be hospitalized for at least a week, with all audiences canceled until October 20.

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Ukraine hits Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile maintenance base, General Staff says

The Iskander-M is one of Russia's principal ballistic weapons. Since the beginning of 2026, Moscow has launched more than 500 ballistic missiles against Ukraine.

kyivindependent.com553 pts16h agodiscuss

Trump Tries to Get Out of Deposition as His BBC Lawsuit Backfires

Donald Trump sued the BBC—and the case keeps going downhill for him.

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‘I don’t belong to anything, exactly. In a good way’

Francesco Turrisi’s musical life had mirrored his family background, divided between Turin and Sicily. Then, 20 years ago, the multi-instrumentalist added Ireland to the mix

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Helen A Pritchard review: Rich work that is lively, engaging and invigorating

The London-based artist displays a wonderful sense of proportion, balance and composition in this exhibition to mark the fifth birthday of the Horse gallery in Dublin

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Forgotten Island review: A plot that breaks up into a kaleidoscope of surreal adventure

The animation has the sort of heterogenous psychedelic zip with which early-1970s kids’ TV drew in class-skipping hippies

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Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media post

Rights groups warn of Tehran regime’s increasing use of executions to suppress dissent, with at least 600 this year Human rights groups have raised the alarm over the growing number of death sentences and executions in Iran, after reports that a 23-year-old woman, Najmeh Amini, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy over a social-media post. Amini, an accounting student, is being held in Vakilabad prison in the north-east city of Mashhad. She has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and death in separate cases heard by a revolutionary and a criminal court. Continue reading...

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Bass and Raman tussle in final debate of L.A. mayoral runoff election

Bass portrayed Raman as someone who is not ready to lead the city, while Raman described the mayor as being "missing in action" during fires in Pacific Palisades and Boyle Heights.

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Woman charged over infant death previously reported missing interstate

Benjamin Nicholas Houghton and Yue Ning Lieu, also known as Linda Lieu, have been charged with criminal neglect and concealing human remains.

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Lamarre-Condon visited farm where he allegedly tried to sink bodies, jury told

The bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were found near a monastery at Bungonia, south of Sydney, in surfboard bags eight days later after the alleged murders.

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France’s Marine Le Pen gears up for fight with EU

Far-right leader promises a ‘trial of strength’ in FT interview even as she tries to reassure voters over her pragmatism

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Financial Stability Board should concentrate on genuinely systemic risks, review finds

The Financial Stability Board, the global watchdog for financial risks, should be more selective in prioritising new work and focus on vulnerabilities that are ‌genuinely cross-border, cross-sectoral and systemic, a review of its processes found.

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Forever Is Now: Portrait of Eamon Ryan’s political demise shows how hard it is being Green

Neasa Ní Chianán’s documentary on the former Green Party leader charts the travails of the larger environmental movement

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Vietnamese woman arrested in Japan for allegedly laundering scam money

The 34-year-old Vietnamese woman is suspected of laundering ¥30 million stolen through voice phishing in March 2025.

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Ikea is coming for your unwanted furniture – and your wallet

That Billy bookcase gathering dust? The Swedish retailer wants someone else to have it and it might just pay you

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RACQ report finds Brisbane's petrol the most expensive of five biggest capitals

Brisbane drivers are paying an average of 199.2 cents per litre for unleaded, 10.6 cents more than the previous quarter, and 242 cents per litre for diesel.

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Peralta shines as Rays seize on Ramírez error to level ALCS against Guardians

Freddy Peralta pitched six scoreless innings as Tampa Bay capitalized on a costly José Ramírez error to beat Cleveland 3-1 and level the ALCS at 1-1

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China's September exports blow past forecasts, imports accelerate

China's export growth topped forecasts in September, with robust overseas demand helping offset weak consumer spending and easing pressure ‌on policymakers to deliver this year's growth goal.

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Burnham Hosts Zelenskyy as UK Grapples With Trump-Russia Policy

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London on Wednesday as Kyiv and its allies scramble to respond to President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia.

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Paul Tudor Jones says 2027 could be a really challenging year for the stock market

The billionaire investor said that corporate buybacks, along with mergers and acquisitions, that have been a tail wind for the bull market are about to turn.

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Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It's mostly failed. • Kansas Reflector

The Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge.

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Investigation Into Ilhan Omar Centers On Citizenship Documents: WaPo

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7 Takeaways From the Second Georgia Senate Debate

Representative Mike Collins, who lags Senator Jon Ossoff in public polls, hit his opponent harder in a second and final debate on Tuesday.

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Dodgers to stick with out-of-form Ohtani

Four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani has been in dire form after returning from multiple injuries this postseason, hitting just 3-for-20 in the playoffs.

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SK Group Chairman Chey sells stake to Dell family office fund for $406 million

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has agreed the sale of a 1.34% stake in holding company SK Inc to an investment fund linked to Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell for 544 billion won ($406 million), a regulatory filing showed ‌on Wednesday.

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Judge Extends Block On Trump’s White House Ban Of CNN, MS NOW And Politico

The Trump-appointed federal judge noted that the news outlets were likely to succeed in their arguments that the ban violated their First and Fifth Amendment rights.

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Federal Judge Again Blocks Trump’s Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico

The ruling will ensure access to the White House grounds while the outlets sue to overturn the ban. But it doesn’t resolve all of their access problems.

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Live: Saudi Arabia reports Aramco building hit and four wounded in Houthi missile attacks

Saudi Arabia reported damage to an Aramco building in Dhahran and four people wounded in Riyadh on Wednesday, after the kingdom intercepted Houthi missiles targeting the capital. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

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