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Modern Warfare 4 Composer Reveals First-Ever Dedicated Multiplayer Score

Elon Musk jokes about moving businesses to space after US midterms

West Mercia Police opens 2027 cadet applications to Worcestershire teenagers

NHS to test blood screening designed to detect 13 cancers earlier

Worcestershire road closures announced for Remembrance Sunday events

Democrats near House takeover as voters judge Trump presidency

Novo Banco Profit Falls 4.1% to €585.6 Million Through September

UBC professor describes police call after Galloway remark as act of care

Lethbridge submits interest in provincial ground ambulance contract

False voting claims spread rapidly during US Election Day

The Cat in the Hat expands its stakes to cosmic scale in animated reboot

Hamburg Senate Withholds Cost Data for Elbtower Museum Alternatives

Lettermen co-founder Tony Butala dies at 87

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Floods kill four in India after heavy rains

Torrential rains in northeast India have sparked heavy flooding killing at least four people, government disaster officials said Wednesday.

Terror, 'chaos' as India stampede kills 121

Survivors of India's deadliest stampede in over a decade on Wednesday recalled the horror of being crushed at a vastly overcrowded Hindu religious gathering that left 121 people dead.

Hurricane Beryl kills seven as it churns towards Jamaica

Hurricane Beryl churned towards Jamaica Tuesday, with forecasters warning of potentially deadly winds and storm surge, after the storm killed at least seven people and caused widespread destruction across the southeastern Caribbean.

Dubai rowers to brave Arctic to highlight plastics pollution

At an indoor pool in Dubai, three rowers battle artificial rain and simulated waves as they train for an Arctic voyage intended to highlight the perils of marine pollution.

Reformist, ultraconservative in Iran presidential runoff

Iranians will vote on Friday in a presidential runoff pitting the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative anti-Western former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.

'Microscopic' attention to details powers Ireland, says Nienaber

Microscopic attention to details has helped turn Ireland into a rugby powerhouse, says former World Cup-winning South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber ahead of a series between the teams.

Terror, 'chaos' as India stampede kills 116

Survivors of India's deadliest stampede in over a decade on Wednesday recalled the horror of being crushed at a vastly overcrowded Hindu religious gathering that left 116 people dead.

Brazil held by Colombia in Copa America, to face Uruguay quarter-final

Colombia came from behind to grab a 1-1 draw with Brazil on Tuesday, ensuring their qualification to the Copa America quarter-finals as group winners.

Asia markets track Wall St records as Powell revives rate hopes

Asian stocks rose Wednesday following fresh records on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell fanned hopes of an interest rate cut by saying the battle against inflation had made "progress" and the job market was cooling.

Single and proud: S. Korean YouTuber's viral embrace of solo life

South Korea has declared its super-low birthrate a "national emergency" and poured billions into encouraging citizens to marry and reproduce, but one YouTuber has found happiness and success promoting the opposite ideal.

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