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5 things to know for Sept. 30: Helene’s damage, Middle East, VP debate, Chemical plant fire, SpaceX

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Port workers from Maine to Texas are threatening a major strike this week that could disrupt the flow of popular products into the US. Consumers wouldn’t necessarily feel the impacts immediately, but experts say a long port strike would eventually cause shortages of chocolate, booze and fruit, including bananas

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim shooting down another US-made drone as US acknowledges losing one

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over the country. Videos online Monday purportedly showed a surface-to-air missile striking it. The U.S. military acknowledged losing one, but declined to elaborate. The attack comes as the one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war

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Israel begins ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon early Tuesday, marking a significant escalation of an offensive against Hezbollah militants and opening a new front in a yearlong war against its Iranian-backed adversaries. The incursion follows weeks of heavy blows by Israel against Hezbollah — including an airstrike that killed its

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Britain’s last coal-fired electricity plant is closing. It ends 142 years of coal power in the UK

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution. The Ratcliffe-on-Soar station in central England is finishing its final shift at midnight after more than half a century of turning coal into power. The U.K. government

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Kishida’s legacy: Scandals and compromise at home, global respect for security and diplomacy

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will resign Tuesday, handing over leadership to his successor Shigeru Ishiba, who says he plans to call a snap election for Oct. 27. Kishida’s popularity ratings were precarious during most of his three-year term due to damaging corruption scandals that eventually led him to bow

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Rescuers use zip lines and boats to reach survivors as Nepal flooding and landslides kill nearly 200 people

By Helen Regan, Nishant Khanal and Isaac Yee, photo curation by Noemi Cassanelli, CNN (CNN) — Days of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have triggered widespread flooding and landslides across the Himalayan nation, killing almost 200 people and causing widespread destruction. Images from the capital show much of southern Kathmandu and nearby cities underwater or

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Netanyahu warns Iran as Israel continues strikes in Lebanon

Israel’s prime minister has issued a warning to Iran, just days after an airstrike south of Beirut killed the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah group, which is backed by Tehran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday “there is nowhere in the Middle East Israel cannot reach.” Later Monday, officials in Washington confirmed Israeli troops are

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Top Kashmir leader says India has silenced dissenting voices as region votes in final phase of polls

Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A key resistance leader in Indian-controlled Kashmir says the regional polls to choose a local government will not resolve the decades-old conflict over the disputed region. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who has spent most of the last five years under house detention, said the polls are being held as political

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