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dailymail.com | 2 min. ago NEW

Romanian toyboy who married British vicar, 81, flaunts new lifestyle of luxury goods and business-class flights after spending £1million and inheriting the OAP's £150,000 estate

Florin Marin, from Romania, was left a £2,000-a-month pension and £150,000 after his partner, former vicar Philip Clements, died aged 81 during the Covid pandemic.

dailymail.com | 2 min. ago NEW

'We're murderers. Call the police': A baby-faced boy, 14, and his brother beheaded their hated stepfather, but was it revenge or desperation...and did they deserve their punishment?

Dozing on his sofa, the 54-year-old was stabbed more than 60 times, the wounds inflicted to his neck so severe that he was almost beheaded.

boston.com | 3 min. ago NEW

Trump says he’d like to see a unified Ireland as he visits Doonbeg course

Trump also raised the prospect of conflict between the U.K. and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. The post Trump says he’d like to see a unified Ireland as he visits Doonbeg course appeared first on Boston.com.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 4 min. ago NEW

Donald Trump's childhood home was bought for $835,000 in 2025; it has sold for $1.93 million

The childhood home of Donald Trump, located in Queens, has been sold for an impressive $1.93 million. Originally bought for $835,000, this Tudor-style property underwent extensive renovations over eight months, transforming it into a contemporary five-bedroom residence. With ties to Trump's early years, its historical significance has notably heightened its market value.

nytimes.com | 4 min. ago NEW

[$] In Flood-Stricken Nepal, a Cool Gust Carries Hopes of a Miracle Rescue

Rescuers clawing through a hydropower tunnel clogged with mud, water and rock have found a pocket of air near where six workers are believed to be trapped.

nytimes.com | 5 min. ago NEW

[$] Trump Says Irish Unification Would Be ‘Fantastic,’ Breaking With Precedent

The United States is officially neutral on an issue that had been a source of decades of violence in Northern Ireland until a 1998 peace deal.

csmonitor.com | 5 min. ago NEW

Where have all the Atlantic hurricanes gone? El Nino's might brings record slow storm season

On Saturday, the Atlantic set a record for the longest start to a season without a hurricane since the satellite era began. Experts say El Nino creates conditions that prevent storms from developing, despite warm ocean waters.

nypost.com | 6 min. ago NEW

Mexican lawmaker facing backlash for eating traditional iguana soup — species protected under country’s environmental regulations

Celeste Ascencio, a Senator for the western Mexican state of Michoacán, was touring the city of Carácuaro on Tuesday when she stopped at a local eatery and had iguana soup.

nypost.com | 6 min. ago NEW

DeSantis offers ‘asylum’ to holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy case after abuse report

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis offered asylum to the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial following an NBC10 report on his alleged abuse.

nypost.com | 6 min. ago NEW

Father of horrific Mormon massacre victims says Mexico’s justice system failed his family

About 100 people participated in the horrific 2019 attack -- which authorities said was carried out because the gunmen wrongly believed the convoy belonged to a rival gang-- but no one has been convicted in the killings.

nypost.com | 6 min. ago NEW

New World Trade Center is fine but it could have been great

The Twin Towers underperformed as office buildings and stunk as architecture. But no one who knew them will ever forget them. Millions of New Yorkers -- and millions upon millions of Americans -- miss their iconic, double thumbs-up thrust into the sky.

kyivindependent.com | 7 min. ago NEW

Russian strikes hit 2 major Ukrainian steel plants, killing 2 and injuring 6

Russian missile strikes hit two major Ukrainian metallurgical plants overnight on Sept. 12, killing two people and injuring six others, according to statements from Zaporizhstal operator Metinvest and ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih.

defence-blog.com | 11 min. ago NEW

Ukraine combat experience shapes Redwire’s new drone

Russia’s war against Ukraine has turned unmanned aircraft from a supporting capability into one of the central elements of modern battlefield operations. It has also forced drone manufacturers to confront a problem that peacetime testing cannot fully reproduce: how to keep an aircraft useful when tactics, electronic warfare threats and operational requirements can change within […]

abcnews.com | 11 min. ago NEW

Uganda set to bury onetime 'boy king' whose death has sparked a succession battle

The funeral is underway in western Uganda for a traditional monarch who ascended the throne of the Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995 and died last month at 34

thehindu.com | 23 min. ago NEW

Social media abuse has crossed all limits: V.D. Satheesan

Political criticism is fair game, but targeting women and families is unacceptable, he says

thehindu.com | 23 min. ago NEW

YSRCP opposes auto-renewal of liquor shop licences in Andhra Pradesh

The government’s proposal will deprive the State exchequer of nearly ₹3,000 crore and benefit liquor syndicates, says party leader Putta Siva Shankar

thehindu.com | 23 min. ago NEW

Vizag’s AMTZ to drive BRICS BioDesign initiative for healthcare innovation

The initiative unites researchers, professionals, and academic institutions across BRICS nations to accelerate the transition from concept to deployable solutions

thehindu.com | 23 min. ago NEW

Why were 21 houses on private farmland demolished, Gauhati High Court asks Assam government

Court says the action of the revenue authorities in Goalpara district was prima facie illegal and unauthorised, and violated the principles of natural justice

thehindu.com | 24 min. ago NEW

We have the strength to politically face anyone except God: Nagendra

The Ballari Rural MLA hits back at Opposition leaders by saying that the 2028 Assembly election will give answers

thehindu.com | 24 min. ago NEW

DMK stages protest in Coimbatore against CM Vijay’s Assembly remarks

Protesters say DMK cannot be weakened by personal attacks

thehindu.com | 24 min. ago NEW

Two-day college union polls in University of Calicut this year

The authorities are all set to revamp the election rules, citing violent incidents on campuses and alleged violation of university laws

theguardian.com | 26 min. ago NEW

Tensions simmer on US-Canada border for two towns relying on each other

Canadians ‘angry’ at Trump for suggesting Canada should become 51st state, says mayor, as US businesses see sales fall amid trade warLike many Canadians, Tom Reid isn’t crossing the US-Canada border as often these days. But he needed a haircut.The woman who cuts his hair lives in International Falls, Minnesota – her “sister is married to my wife’s cousin”, he explained – and so Reid, whose duty free shop in Fort Frances, Ontario, has to travel to her. Continue reading...

theguardian.com | 26 min. ago NEW

From socialist student to Trump proxy: the 25-year rise of Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez

Those who have encountered the interim president paint her in starkly different ways, but all agree she is likely to remain in powerIt was April 2002 and Delcy Rodríguez was a woman on a mission.Venezuela’s then president, Hugo Chávez, had been temporarily toppled by a bungled coup and Rodríguez, a junior diplomat who had been studying at Birkbeck, University of London, decided to act. Continue reading...

scmp.com | 27 min. ago NEW

Will Malaysia’s Umno pull the plug on coalition partner PH?

The political impasse in Malaysia’s government has regressed to a game of chicken, experts say, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the former ruling Umno party trading barbs and dares as pressure grows for snap polls with more than a year left to term. Relations between Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition and erstwhile rivals Umno have hit its lowest point since the two sides cut a deal to form a unity government in 2022, after a series of recent state polls that saw PH all but decimated...

mirror.co.uk | 29 min. ago NEW

Car driving wrong way on M1 crashes as three arrested including 15-year-old girl

Police said a blue Kia Proceed was driven the wrong way on the M1 northbound after failing to stop, colliding with a red Dacia Sandero - three people have been arrested

mirror.co.uk | 29 min. ago NEW

UK weather maps show 30C heat surge with 20 counties reaching 28C or more – list

Temperatures in the UK could soon rise back to 30C following a cooler period which has brought rainy conditions and wind, weather forecasting models suggest

kyivpost.com | 30 min. ago NEW

Russian Military Slang Reveals the Reality of Life on the Front Line

A 250-page study of almost 7,000 communications between Russian military personnel and their relatives in 2025 illustrated the reality of life in the combat zone for those fed into the “meat grinder” that is Putin’s “special military operation.”

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 33 min. ago NEW

'We may not survive this': Another Anthropic employee quits with stark AI warning

nytimes.com | 34 min. ago NEW

[$] Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday

Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.

nytimes.com | 35 min. ago NEW

[$] Inflation Complicates Trump’s Midterms Pitch to Voters

Gas prices are high, mortgage rates are climbing and inflation remains well above target, complicating the president’s midterm appeal.

nypost.com | 35 min. ago NEW

NYC teacher who spouted vile 9/11 conspiracies while wearing tinfoil hat to face punishment from DOE

IS 281 Social Studies teacher George Trim spewed the antisemitic conspiracy theory that WTC owner Larry Silverstein had prior knowledge of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on his YouTube channel.

nypost.com | 35 min. ago NEW

Jew-hating Cornell student Austin Franco gets cold-shoulder, ‘dirty looks’ from peers as he insists he’s a campus celebrity

The antisemitic Cornell student who went viral for declaring that he's "not interested in working for a Jew" has become a pariah among his peers, fellow students said -- but the Ivy Leaguer has been paying no mind to his critics, claiming his campus return has been nothing but "pleasant."

nypost.com | 36 min. ago NEW

Netanyahu’s UN visit will again showcase Mamdani’s anti-Israel hate

He, and a good chunk of his base, plainly care more about slamming Israel than serving New York City’s far more urgent needs.

npr.org | 37 min. ago NEW

'People are still afraid of those three letters': Fighting the stigma of HIV

That's a quote from former rugby star Gareth Thomas, who is HIV positive. At the International AIDS Conference in Rio this year, he spoke out about the isolation and discrimination tied to the virus.

nbcnews.com | 38 min. ago NEW

L.L.Bean embraces its old-school roots with brick-and-mortar stores, print catalogs, no AI

L.L.Bean is embracing its rugged roots in Freeport, Maine, shunning AI and adding more brick-and-mortar stores.

thenextweb.com | 38 min. ago NEW

China’s AI industry is moving from models to agents, a state report says

China’s AI industry is moving from competing on models to deploying agents, and the China Telecom Research Institute expects inference to reach 80% of the country’s compute market by 2029. Europe’s answer is seven gigafactories whose bids close in November and whose machines are due to run by mid-2028, on a EUR 30bn budget of […] This story continues at The Next Web

thenextweb.com | 39 min. ago NEW

Oracle has set aside $700M more for job cuts it has not made yet

Oracle has raised the cost of its 2026 restructuring by $700M to about $2.8B, covering actions it says it expects to take, and disclosed a plan letting Larry Ellison sell 50 million shares by 24 October. Roughly 92,000 of its 141,000 staff work outside the US, and in the EU collective redundancies require consultation, written […] This story continues at The Next Web

euromaidanpress.com | 40 min. ago NEW

Ukraine’s parliament changes how military budget is cleared, and freezes money behind one of war’s cleverest supply schemes, defense-industry council says

The program lets Ukrainian units turn confirmed kills into new weapons, but a parliamentary rule change has frozen the payments.

defence-blog.com | 40 min. ago NEW

Global nuclear warhead count rises for the first time in years

The world’s nine nuclear-armed states expanded their arsenals in 2025, according to a new assessment from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Researchers Hans M. Kristensen and Matt Korda found that most countries deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapons during the year, even as the overall number of warheads in the world continued to decline. […]

defence-blog.com | 41 min. ago NEW

Greek firm gives old military jeeps a modern makeover

ELVO, Greece’s main military vehicle manufacturer, has shown off the first Mercedes G-Class “jeeps” modernized under a new refit program built to extend the life of the Greek Army’s aging vehicle fleet rather than replace it outright. The vehicles being upgraded are roughly 30 years old. ELVO is fitting a new engine and automatic transmission, […]