October 2025
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The winners of the annual World Travel Awards – also known as the ‘Oscars of tourism’ – for Europe have been revealed. According to this year’s selection, passengers will get the most for their money at Lufthansa, Europe’s second-largest airline. The German carrier won not only the award for leading airline overall but also the…
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Fraudsters are having more joy in tricking their victims into transferring money, with nearly £260m lost to such scams in the first half of 2025 – a 12% increase compared to the same period last year. That’s according to UK Finance, a trade association for the British banking industry, which records the cases reported by…
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Two U.S. Navy aircraft went down in the South China Sea in two incidents separated by half an hour on Sunday, according to U.S. Pacific Fleet, which said all service members were rescued. In a statement, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter crashed while conducting routine operations at about 2:45…
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that military personnel will start missing paychecks by Nov. 15 if the government shutdown continues. “I think we’ll be able to pay them beginning in November, but by Nov. 15 our troops and service members who are willing to risk their lives aren’t going to be able to…
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President Donald Trump landed in Malaysia on Sunday and presided over the signing of a peace declaration between Thailand and Cambodia amid a flurry of news related to trade deals with Asian nations and ahead of a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The text of the joint declaration, which seeks to end recent conflict between Thailand and…
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Kamala Harris said she may run again for U.S. president in the 2028 election. The interview will be broadcast Sunday on the BBC and excerpts were released on Saturday. The former vice president told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that her grandnieces would “in their lifetime for” see a woman in the White House and “possibly” it could be her. “I…
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A party attended by more than 150 people ended when gunfire erupted, killing at least two and wounding 11 in a rural area near Maxton, N.C., early Saturday morning. Maxton is located about 30 miles southwest of Fayetteville, and the shooting occurred at a large party on Dixon Drive during the early-morning hours, according to…
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One person was killed and six others were injured in a shooting that erupted during home coming weekend at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University, authorities said. The deceased victim was identified during a Sunday afternoon press conference as J’wan Jeffers, 25, of Wilmington, Del. Chester County District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe told reporters Jeffers died of a gunshot wound…
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Forecasters are warning residents of Jamaica to “seek shelter now,” as Melissa, a Category 4 hurricane, is making its way toward the Caribbean island nation Sunday night. The storm is expected to make landfall along Jamaica’s southern coast on Tuesday morning, but the National Hurricane Center reports the island is already experiencing damaging winds and…
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could “consummate” the TikTok deal announced last month this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. “We reached a final deal on TikTok. We reached one in Madrid, and I believe that as of today, all the details are ironed out, and that will be for the two leaders to consummate that…
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Petroleum giant Exxon Mobil has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a pair of California laws that would require the company to report greenhouse gas emissions tied to the worldwide use of its products. The complaint, Filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, argues that the California statutes violate the company’s free…
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The Ibe-Ebidouwei of the Ijaw nation, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has denied the report on social media linking him with a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government over the continued detention of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. His Media Consultan, Dr Paul Bebenimibo, made this rebuttal in a statement in Warri on Sunday. The statement…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers;1. President/Chief Executive, Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Aliko Dangote, has announced the expansion of the refinery’s daily production capacity from 650,000 per barrels to 1.4million bpd. Briefing newsmen in Lagos on Sunday, Dangote said the feat makes the refinery the world’s largest. 2. A petrol-laden tanker has…
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Labour remains committed to its pre-election tax pledges, including on income tax, minister Nick Thomas-Symonds told Sky News this morning. It follows a recent report in The Guardian that Chancellor Rachel Reeves was considering raising income tax in the budget to help close a multibillion-pound deficit. Thomas-Symonds said: “We stand by our manifesto pledges on VAT,…
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Spotify is increasing the cost of its UK premium subscription, the Money blog can reveal. Emails have started going out to subscribers informing them the cost will rise from £11.99 to £12.99 a month. It equates to an 8.3% increase. Spotify says subscribers will get a one-month grace period. It had announced earlier this year…
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A restaurant in north London has hit out at “indifferent” locals for causing it to permanently close. Don Ciccio in Highgate said it had been forced to shut after six years due to a “lack of customers”. “To the community of Highgate and its neighbours – thank you for never supporting us, not even once,”…
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