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Iran's oil minister resigns for personal reasons, state media reports

Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned for personal reasons, and Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the government-owned National Iranian Oil Company, will be acting minister, state media said on Sunday. Mohsen Paknejad, oil minister of the OPEC member country since August 2024, resigned as the seven-month-old war between Iran and the US has put pressure on the country's economy.Mehdi Tabatabaei, communications deputy in the president's office, told state TV that Paknejad resigned for personal reasons "a long time ago" and his resignation was accepted by President Masoud Pezeshkian at

2 shot dead and dozens injured at neighborhood block party shooting in southern Georgia

AkzoNobel to sell unit to Nippon Paint for over $1 billion, FT reports

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France's Schneider Electric nears $20 billion deal to buy US software group PTC, FT reports

France's Schneider Electric is nearing a deal to buy US software group PTC for about $20 billion, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing people with knowledge of the matter.A deal may be announced as soon as Monday, the newspaper said, adding that discussions between the two companies were ongoing and there was no certainty they would result in a deal.Reuters could not immediately verify the FT report. Schneider Electric and PTC did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment outside regular business hours.Boston-based PTC has a market value of $15.63 billion, according t

Alaska LNG shipping savings justifies billions in investment, developer says

Ireland soccer players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel team

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An immigrant deported by the US and held in an African prison for more than a year has been released

A Laotian citizen deported by the United States to Eswatini under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation on Sunday after being held there for more than a year, his lawyer said. Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to Eswatini — where he has no ties — in July 2025 in the early days of the Trump administration's secretive and highly contentious third-country deportation program. Chomsavanh's U.S.-based lawyer, Tin Thanh Nguyen, said in a statement announcing his release tha

Major oil exporters agree to keep production steady in November

Dozens detained at a rally in Moscow held by Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, party says

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Trump, crime and corruption loom over Brazil’s presidential vote

Millions of Brazilians voted in a general election on Sunday to choose the country’s president against a backdrop of corruption scandals, deep political polarization and growing voter fatigue, with two familiar political camps once again dominating the race. Polls in the first round closed simultaneously across the country at 5 p.m. Brasília time (4 p.m. ET), and results are expected to be announced later tonight.Among the frontrunners are the country’s leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro,

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Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution

Christa Pike has remained unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital in the four days since her failed execution in Tennessee, and her prognosis might not be known for days more, one of her lawyers said Sunday. Little has been released about Pike's condition since Wednesday night's execution attempt. She has since remained hospitalized under guard as doctors try to get the massive dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital out of her system. When asked whether she ever regained consciousness after the execution attempt, Assistant Federal Defender Stephe

Japan PM protests to US after Marine arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa

Blazing triple-digit heat bears down on Braves-Dodgers NLDS opener in Los Angeles

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Former Dallas officer who shot Black man in apartment that she mistook for hers gets parole

A white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, which is appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, rejected Amber Guyger's initial parole request in 2024, but approved her case over the objections of victim Botham Jean 's family the first time she was eligible to ask again. Guyger, 38, was convicted of murder in the 2018 killing of 26-year-old Jean, an accountant from the Caribbean isl

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MLB won't consider game at Grand Teton National Park, says was only conducting initial due diligence

Major League Baseball won't consider staging a game in western Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred sent a letter Thursday to Teton County Commissioner Chair Mark Newcomb, Jackson Mayor Arne Jorgensen and Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce President Rick Howe, who wrote to Manfred voicing objections on Monday following a report in The Washington Post that Grand Teton was under consideration. Manfred sent a similar letter to U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico. “MLB has no formal plan to play a game in Grand Tet

Trump says he regrets nominating Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch, Barrett and Kavanaugh

Family of Renee Good sues US government and Trump officials over her death

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Russian drone slams into Kyiv bridge in escalating campaign as Germany’s chancellor arrives to airsirens and explosions

A Russian drone struck a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the city to the sound of air raid sirens, explosions and air defense systems being activated.Merz is in Kyiv to display support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid Russia’s escalation of strikes on the city.“Ukraine needs all our support in the coming weeks,” Merz said.Highlighting attacks on Ukraine’s towns, residential buildings and energy, he said: “If Russia is not stopped, sooner or later its war machine will turn ⁠against us.”Video foot

Why doesn’t high speed rail work in America?

American railroads were once the envy of the world and the engine of its industrial age. But that hasn’t been the case for more than half a century.Brightline, founded in 2012, wanted to change all that. The Florida private rail company ran yellow trains at near high speed between Miami and Orlando. It has big plans to launch another line with true high speed 200 mph trains making the 200-mile trip between Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga, California, just outside of Los Angeles.Then it filed for bankruptcy last month after not making enough money to cover its debts. But the railroad is still

Putin warns Russia is prepared to use ‘all weapons,’ including nuclear, to protect Kaliningrad

Flydubai hero pilot tells Netanyahu new details about cockpit attack

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LeBron James was balling, babysitting and putting on a fantastic show in 76ers' debut at scrimmage

The 76ers' public address announcer ended a brief retirement over the summer in large part to get behind the mic and do what he did for the first time ahead of the team's annual scrimmage. Matt Cord introduced LeBron James in the Sixers' starting lineup. "At 6-9, from St. Vincent-St. Mary’s, No. 23, LeBron James! James!' Close to 10,000 fans who plunked down $10 a ticket on Saturday to essentially witness a glorified practice at the Sixers’ home arena went wild for James' debut. No, James didn't wear No. 23. He historically wore No.

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Dual UK-Iranian national arrested over security incident at US-run air base in England

Police on Thursday arrested a dual U.K.-Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran. The 25-year-old man was arrested in central London on Thursday, and police have searched two properties in the U.K. capital, Counter Terrorism Policing said in a statement. Five men, all British nationals in their 20s and from London, were arrested in the early hours of Sunday on suspicion of explosives and terror offenses close to the RAF Fairford a

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Christa Pike getting 'life-saving medical care' after surviving Tennessee execution

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Ken Paxton’s estranged wife backs his candidacy — without mentioning him by name

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Trump defends data centers in Ohio as he rallies to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race

President Donald Trump is defending data centers powering AI projects during a campaign rally in Ohio

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US mortgage rates jump by most in 4 years in latest week

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Massachusetts man charged with cyberstalking conservative podcaster Katie Miller

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Lyft will pay $272.5 million to settle California driver wage theft claims

Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle claims by the state of California and three of its largest cities that the company mislabeled drivers as

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Alleged Cornell gang rape prompts calls to revise New York sexual assault laws

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Americans are still spending. Friday’s jobs report will show if that can last

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls