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        <title><![CDATA[Trump urges data center firms to pay communities &#039;dividend&#039;]]></title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:54:13 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hegseth meets Netanyahu in unannounced visit to Israel]]></title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:32:07 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Christiane Amanpour is leaving CNN after 43 years]]></title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:21:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What you need to know about the 2026 US midterm elections]]></title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:36:17 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nasa&#039;s rover breaks record for off-planet driving on Mars]]></title>
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            <media:title>Nasa&#039;s Perseverance Mars rover has broken the interplanetary driving record, rolling past 45.16 km on the Red Planet.</media:title>
            <media:text>Nasa&#039;s Perseverance Mars rover has broken the interplanetary driving record, rolling past 45.16 km on the Red Planet.</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:34:05 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hurricane Simon strengthens as it nears western Mexico]]></title>
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            <media:title>Residents watch the damage caused by heavy rains following the arrival of Hurricane Simon in Acapulco, Mexico. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>Residents watch the damage caused by heavy rains following the arrival of Hurricane Simon in Acapulco, Mexico. — AFP</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:22:27 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Brazil&#039;s Lula scraps gasoline tax ahead of runoff election]]></title>
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            <media:title>Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Workers&#039; Party (PT) candidate for reelection attends a campaign rally in Brasilia. — Reuters </media:title>
            <media:text>Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Workers&#039; Party (PT) candidate for reelection attends a campaign rally in Brasilia. — Reuters </media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:10:08 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Isaias brings floods across US]]></title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:09:10 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Major earthquake hits Panama]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[PENONOME: A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Panama, collapsing buildings and roads in the centre of the country and injuring at least 27 people, with no deaths reported. T...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:07:23 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Major earthquake hits Panama, injures at least 27]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Penonomé, Panama: A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Panama on Friday, collapsing buildings and roads in the center of the country and injuring at least 27 people, with no...]]></description>
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            <media:title>People and patients gather outdoors after being evacuated from Hospital Aquilino Tejeira, after an earthquake struck near the southern coast of Panama, in Penonome, Panama, October 9, 2026. </media:title>
            <media:text>People and patients gather outdoors after being evacuated from Hospital Aquilino Tejeira, after an earthquake struck near the southern coast of Panama, in Penonome, Panama, October 9, 2026. </media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:46:32 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump says Norway has &#039;indelible stain&#039; for not awarding him Nobel Peace Prize]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SYRACUSE, New York: US President Donald ​Trump reiterated ​his complaints on Friday about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it a disgraceful and embarrassing decision th...]]></description>
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            <media:title>US President Donald Trump looks on after disembarking from Marine One as he returns from a campaign rally in Syracuse, New York, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 9, 2026. </media:title>
            <media:text>US President Donald Trump looks on after disembarking from Marine One as he returns from a campaign rally in Syracuse, New York, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 9, 2026. </media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:40:51 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hurricane Simon rapidly strengths off Mexico&#039;s Pacific coast, threatens tourist region]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hurricane Simon is rapidly intensifying off Mexico's Pacific coast, packing sustained winds of 90 mph as it churns towards a stretch of coastline dotted with beach resorts and fish...]]></description>
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            <media:title>People fill up sandbags as Hurricane Isaias moves through the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to strengthen before reaching the US Gulf Coast, in Perdido Key, Florida. — Reuters</media:title>
            <media:text>People fill up sandbags as Hurricane Isaias moves through the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to strengthen before reaching the US Gulf Coast, in Perdido Key, Florida. — Reuters</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:10:11 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[MADURO, WIFE CHARGED IN US OVER ALLEGED TORTURE]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK: Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores both were hit with an additional US criminal charge on Thursday stemming from accusations they tortur...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores at a rally in Caracas in February 2025. — AFP file photo</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:06:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Brazilians head to polls in high-stakes, polarised election]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SAO PAULO: Brazilians head to the polls on ​Sunday in the first round of a narrowly split election after a campaign dominated by corruption scandals, economic anxiety and accusatio...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Brazil&#039;s President and re-election candidate for the Workers&#039; Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to the media at a polling station in Sao Bernardo do Campo, state of Sao Paulo. — Reuters </media:title>
            <media:text>Brazil&#039;s President and re-election candidate for the Workers&#039; Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to the media at a polling station in Sao Bernardo do Campo, state of Sao Paulo. — Reuters </media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:09:57 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[2 dead in flooding in Catalonia region]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Two people have ⁠died and another was missing after heavy rains and ​flooding in ​Spain's Catalonia region, authorities said on Sunday. Catalan leader Salvador Illa confirmed the d...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:08:29 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[US Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane carrying six people]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington: The US Coast Guard said on Saturday it found debris from a medical transport plane that went missing while flying from Bermuda to Boston, with the six people on board s...]]></description>
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            <media:title>A US Coast Guard plane searches for people after it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of Massachusetts&#039; Nantucket island</media:title>
            <media:text>A US Coast Guard plane searches for people after it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of Massachusetts&#039; Nantucket island</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:23:46 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Polo makes landfall in Mexico as Category 3 hurricane]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[PUERTO SAN CARLOS: Hurricane Polo made landfall on Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, cutting power and causing flooding as the sea breached coastal defences. The Categ...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Workers from the electricity company gather for a planning meeting in Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>Workers from the electricity company gather for a planning meeting in Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. — AFP</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:19:05 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Brazil&#039;s cellphone crime: A security nightmare in every pocket]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Rio de Janeiro: Eduardo Metzker, 29, was riding his motorcycle in Rio de Janeiro when he was suddenly boxed in by two other bikes. One of the riders put a gun to his head and deman...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:42:08 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[TV networks to resume Trump coverage]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The major networks are set to resume their collective television coverage of President Donald Trump on Sunday, even though the White House blocked CNN from participating in the TV...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:41:32 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[China, US to open AI &#039;communication channel&#039;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: China and the United States agreed to set up a "communication channel" for artificial intelligence incidents, both sides said, after a Washington summit short on breakt...]]></description>
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            <media:title>US President Donald Trump shakes hands with China&#039;s President Xi Jinping after a visit to the National Archives in Washington, DC. — AFP</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:54:31 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court restores Trump voter checks]]></title>
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            <media:title>Iran&#039;s President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City. — Reuters </media:title>
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            <media:title>Denmark&#039;s Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen (L) and Denmark&#039;s Defence Minister Jeppe Bruus after a meeting in the Foreign Policy Committee at the Danish Parliament Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Denmark. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>Denmark&#039;s Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen (L) and Denmark&#039;s Defence Minister Jeppe Bruus after a meeting in the Foreign Policy Committee at the Danish Parliament Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Denmark. — AFP</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:18:58 +0400</pubDate>
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            <media:title>CNN&#039;s broadcast booth is seen in the press area of the White House in Washington, DC. — AFP</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:17:57 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Early in the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year, Lisa Belkin, an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s journalism school, realized that one of her students, Jamie Beat...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Candidate for the position of UN secretary-general Rebeca Grynspan speaks during the &#039;UN Town Hall: The Next Secretary-General&#039; event at United Nations headquarters in New York City. - Reuters</media:title>
            <media:text>Candidate for the position of UN secretary-general Rebeca Grynspan speaks during the &#039;UN Town Hall: The Next Secretary-General&#039; event at United Nations headquarters in New York City. - Reuters</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:21:05 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney shrugged off a threat of US retaliation on Thursday as he pitched a 'new alliance' with Europe as a bulwark against outside pressures, in a clos...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech in the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, as part of a trip during which he welcomed a proposal by European Commission President for Canada to become the EU&#039;s first associate member. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech in the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, as part of a trip during which he welcomed a proposal by European Commission President for Canada to become the EU&#039;s first associate member. — AFP</media:text>
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington: The United States has weapons deployed in space, the US Space Force said on Monday, confirming the presence of such capabilities in orbit for the first time."The US has...]]></description>
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            <media:title>A rocket carrying European satellites lifts off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The US, Russia and China are working on space weapons, which could include signal jammers to disable satellites. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>A rocket carrying European satellites lifts off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The US, Russia and China are working on space weapons, which could include signal jammers to disable satellites. — AFP</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:00:23 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[US judge postpones new visa rules for foreign students, journalists]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington: A US federal judge on Monday postponed implementation of a Trump administration policy that would impose stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists ca...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The preliminary injunction from District Judge Dennis Saylor came one day before the new visa rules from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were scheduled to take effect.</media:title>
            <media:text>The preliminary injunction from District Judge Dennis Saylor came one day before the new visa rules from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were scheduled to take effect.</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:57:44 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed fears that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity, repeatedly calling them a hoax and rejecting global calls to p...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[A growing consumer push to buy Canadian ​and boycott US products is reshaping supermarket shelves in Canada, forcing grocers ​to improve country-of-origin labelling and secure new...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Foods of international origin are displayed on a store shelf as Canadian consumers double down on efforts to buy Canadian goods and boycott US products, at a supermarket in Toronto. - Reuters </media:title>
            <media:text>Foods of international origin are displayed on a store shelf as Canadian consumers double down on efforts to buy Canadian goods and boycott US products, at a supermarket in Toronto. - Reuters </media:text>
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        <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would "love" to see British-run Northern Ireland unify with Ireland, remarks made during a visit to Dublin that drew a sharp response...]]></description>
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            <media:title>US President Donald Trump meets with Ireland&#039;s Prime Minister Micheál Martin at Farmleigh House in Phoenix Park in the Irish capital Dublin. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>US President Donald Trump meets with Ireland&#039;s Prime Minister Micheál Martin at Farmleigh House in Phoenix Park in the Irish capital Dublin. — AFP</media:text>
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington: Growing numbers of US lawmakers are calling for new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that rapidly progressing artificial in...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said he had resigned and that the "people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade".</media:title>
            <media:text>Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said he had resigned and that the "people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade".</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:17:55 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK: ​Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on US soil, Americans paused on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the W...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Police officers take part in a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre, in New York City. — Reuters</media:title>
            <media:text>Police officers take part in a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre, in New York City. — Reuters</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:16:24 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dallas: President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, coupling the extraordinary claim with a p...]]></description>
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            <media:title>US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during the Republican National Midterm Convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Thursday. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during the Republican National Midterm Convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Thursday. — AFP</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:00:59 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Danny Kemp and Frankie Taggart President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, coupling the extra...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:06:27 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pilots in Amazon cargo plane crash released from hospital]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Miami: The two pilots of an Amazon cargo plane that overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport, striking a van and killing five people, have been released from...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Five dead after Amazon cargo plane overshoots runway]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Miami: At least five people were killed when an Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway after it landed Sunday at Miami International Airport, crashed into vehicles and caught fire, o...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thousands of US sailors aboard an aircraft carrier departed from Thailand on Sunday, concluding its first port call following reports of deteriorating living conditions on board af...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: The United States said it struck and destroyed three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday in response to attempted missile attacks on naval vessels, in the latest exchange o...]]></description>
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            <media:title>People inspect collapsed telecommunications infrastructure in the aftermath of an attack in Kuhestak, Sirik, Iran, on Saturday. — Reuters</media:title>
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            <media:title>People walk towards a sculpture of the African continent, painted with the flags of African nations, at the Place du Souvenir Africain in Dakar, Senegal. — Reuters </media:title>
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        <title><![CDATA[From street names to supply chains, Canadians pull away from US as rift grows]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[OTTAWA:  For more than 20 years, Diane Hosker has lived on Trump Avenue ​in Ottawa’s leafy west end, a neighborhood with New York City -themed ​street names including Central Park,...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Twenty guerrillas have been killed in Colombia in the latest bombing raid on insurgent-controlled areas ordered by the new government, the president said Monday."We neutralized 20...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:17:07 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: Nasa launched its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed light on some of the b...]]></description>
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            <media:title>A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off carrying Nasa&#039;s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. — Reuters </media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:26:33 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Peru govt seeks legislative powers to tackle security crisis]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LIMA: Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori asked Congress to grant the government 120 days of legislative powers to pass laws aimed at addressing security concerns. Peru is going thro...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:47:46 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alleged 9/11 mastermind to go on trial in June 2028]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, will go on trial before a US military court in June 2028, an offi...]]></description>
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