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Kosovo parliament elects new president, avoiding snap election
PRISTINA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Kosovo's parliament elected economist Justina Shiroka Pula as the country's largely ceremonial president just before a constitutional deadline, avoiding another snap election in one of the poorest countries in Europe.
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Rubio tells Russia to share more information about plague death
REYKJAVIK, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Russia should share more information about the death of a plague laboratory worker who died last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, in an incident Washington was watching "very closely".
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Transcript of US Vice President Vance interview in Alaska
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct 6 (Reuters) - US Vice President JD Vance gave an exclusive interview to Reuters on Monday while campaigning in Alaska, a state that has emerged as a key battleground in the November elections that will determine control of Congress.
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Skydance emerges as global entertainment giant after Paramount-Warner deal
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Paramount Skydance completed its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, creating a sprawling company called Skydance that brings two century-old Hollywood studios, two global streaming services and two major U.S. news organizations under one corporate roof.
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U.S. stocks close higher on tech momentum
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday, buoyed by continued strength across the AI sector and a modest retreat in U.S. Treasury yields from multi-decade highs.
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Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Convicted killer Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by lethal injection last week, foiling the state's first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries, has regained consciousness and is speaking, her lawyers said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Lula campaign scrambles to rebrand before Brazil runoff
BRASILIA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - After a bruising first round of Brazil's presidential election, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is rushing to overhaul his campaign communications to engage millions of Brazilians who did not vote, according to people close to the campaign.
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Iraq foils drug smuggling plot, seizes 250,000 narcotic pills
BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi military intelligence forces intercepted a drug smuggling attempt in the country's western desert, seizing about 250,000 narcotic pills, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Finnish authority halts work at Google data center sites over environmental assessment
HELSINKI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Finnish supervisory authority on Tuesday ordered environmentally significant preparatory work at two planned Google data center sites in northern Finland to be halted until legally required environmental impact assessments are completed.
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Russia says tanker crew rescued in Black Sea after attack set ship ablaze
MOSCOW, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Emergency crews on Tuesday rescued the 23-member crew of a Liberian-flagged tanker, the Aframax Rio, which was set ablaze off Russia's Black Sea coast after coming under attack from an unmanned vessel, the Russian Transport Ministry said.
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Explainer: Why neutrinos matter as Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics?
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Buried deep beneath the Antarctic ice, thousands of light sensors wait for flashes left by neutrinos, elusive particles that can travel across the universe almost undisturbed.
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Cornell hires ex-Justice Dept official Yates to review rape claims response
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Cornell University has hired a top former US Justice Department lawyer for an internal investigation of how it handled a student's allegations that she was gang-raped, a case that has brought mounting scrutiny and triggered student protests at the Ivy League school.
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Danube hits record low flow in Bratislava
BRATISLAVA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Danube River, one of Europe's largest rivers, has hit a record low in Bratislava's Devin borough, with its average daily flow falling to 575.9 cubic meters per second on Oct. 5, the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) said on Tuesday.
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U.S. dollar ticks down
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Tuesday.
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Türkiye's renewable energy share hits new high in Jan.-Aug. period
ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's solar and wind power generation reached a record high in August, the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry said Tuesday, while renewable energy accounted for its highest share of total electricity generation since 2000 in the first eight months of the year.
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Yemeni government fighters shown driving vehicles over Houthi opponents
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Video posted by government forces in Yemen showed them driving armoured cars over Houthi fighters as they recaptured areas around the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait from the Iran-backed group on Monday in a deadly new phase of the fragmented country's war.
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says intelligence shows Russia is preparing massive attack
Oct 6 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the latest intelligence suggested Russia was preparing a "massive attack" on Ukraine.
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WHO backs Kenya's Ebola response after first imported case
NAIROBI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it is working closely with the Kenyan government to intensify control measures after Kenya confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD), in a patient who died at a Nairobi hospital on Monday night.
