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Mortgage rates sit at nearly 3-year high, and demand continues to shrink
Mortgage rates rose to the highest level in nearly three years, causing demand for both refinancing and homebuying to decline even further.
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Tropical Storm Isaias near Mexico is forecast to become a hurricane
Isaias, which succeeded Tropical Depression Nine, would be the first hurricane of the belated Atlantic season Tropical Storm Isaias formed early on Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters said it was expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the belated Atlantic season before hitting…
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The School Near Paris That Shows Why French Students Are Protesting
Angered by poor classroom conditions, students at Paul Éluard High School in a suburb of the capital were among the first to blockade their campus during an ongoing round of unrest.
Al JazeeraWorld
Yemen’s Houthis attack Aden airport; Saudi forces down missile near Riyadh
Yemeni government says one of the missiles hit Aden airport's runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land.
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Tree nearly as old as US torn down to expand Mexico border wall
A 200-year-old cottonwood tree has been cut down to make way for a 44-km US-Mexico double border wall despite protests.
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year Drax’s planned datacentre could produce nearly double the emissions of all flights out of Gatwick airport each year by burning 4.9m tonnes of wood annually, an analysis has shown. Campaigners say this…
Ars TechnicaTechnology
Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says
Two cargo ships have sunk, one ship was afire, and sailors are dead or missing.
WiredTechnology
Everybody’s Favorite Art TV Is Nearly Half Off Right Now
Samsung’s The Frame is the leading art TV for a reason. The matte display makes paintings look like museum pieces, not a glossy screensaver.
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‘Not the act of a friend’: Israel’s deadline to close UK consulate nears
Former British consul Sir Vincent Fean says Israel is acting unlawfully in the wake of a new wave of sanctions.
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Saudi Arabia says three wounded in attacks on airports near Yemen border
Saudi aviation authority reports severe injuries and damage following Houthi strikes on Jazan and Najran airports.
Al JazeeraPolitics
Malaysia’s Anwar to host Myanmar leader as repatriations near 10,000
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing to visit Kuala Lumpur 'in the next few days', Anwar Ibrahim says.
BBC NewsWorld
Children brave snipers and mortars to go to school near Yemen front line
In rare access to Taiz, the BBC World Service speaks to children, teachers and families affected by the war.
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In a Major Boost for the Right, Another Bolsonaro Nears Brazil’s Presidency
Flávio Bolsonaro’s first round lead leaves President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva three weeks to find the votes to stop Brazil’s, and Latin America’s, rightward shift.
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Nearly 200 students injured in French schools protests as clashes with police continue – as it happened
Hundreds of schools in France remain closed amid planned demonstrations across the country The conservative People’s Party is very pleased with the announcement. “At last,” they say on their X, with a slick election video – set to the EU’s anthem “Ode to Joy” – to go along with it. Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez…
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French wine industry facing historic low harvest after extreme summer heat
This year’s harvest is expected to be down 2% on mediocre 2025 yield, which was lowest in nearly 70 years France’s wine industry is facing a historic low harvest after the country was hit by a series of summer heatwaves. At about 35m hectolitres, the total harvest would be down 2% on a mediocre 2025 yield and 14…
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Muse launches on the iPad
After launching nearly a month ago and spending several weeks as the top free app in Apple's App Store, the latest update to Meta's Muse iOS app introduces native support for the iPad. A Mac version of Meta's agentic AI tool (designed to compete with OpenClaw, ChatGPT's Dots, and Grok Bot) was released about a […]
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Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan, whose high court offers an oasis for chatter and chai
The Lahore High Court is a near-perfect specimen of British South Asian colonial architecture and its main square is a pleasant spot shaded by banyan trees.
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Australian Army soldier killed and five others injured in training exercise in the Northern Territory
Australian Defence Force identifies soldier killed in a vehicle rollover near Darwin as Corporal Brendan Hannam • Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Brendan Hannam has been named as the Australian soldier who died in a vehicle rollover during a training accident near Darwin on Monday. Five…
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Israel marks third anniversary of 7 October Hamas attacks | First Thing
Site of the Nova music festival near Re’im one of the locations where grieving relatives have gathered. Plus, the unlikely legal tussle over a ‘brain rot’ meme Good morning. Israel is holding ceremonies and gatherings to mark the third anniversary of the 7 October attack by Hamas, in which about 1,200 people were…
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Husband of Norfolk GP found dead at home appears in court charged with her murder
Mark Cain, 45, charged on Tuesday after Hannah Cain was found dead in Fern Hill, Dersingham, on Sunday night The husband of a GP has appeared in court charged with her murder. Dr Hannah Cain, 45, was found dead at her home in Fern Hill, Dersingham, near the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, on Sunday 4 October.
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