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U.S. stocks rise amid tech rebound, pullback in oil prices
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday, with technology shares leading a rebound from last week's selloff as oil prices pulled back on hopes of easing Middle East tensions.
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Harry Kane wins Ballon d'Or award
LONDON, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane won the Ballon d'Or award on Monday, becoming England's first winner in 25 years.
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Flash: Flavio Bolsonaro drops challenge to Lula's election victory: Brazilian media
Flash: Flavio Bolsonaro drops challenge to Lula's election victory: Brazilian media
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Libya says international safety warnings on its airspace lifted
TRIPOLI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Libya's Transport Minister Mohammed Al-Shahoubi said Monday that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) had lifted air safety warnings concerning Libyan airspace.
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Trump approval rises from record low to 32% ahead of midterm election, Reuters Ipsos poll finds
WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump's public approval rating inched higher to 32%, up a percentage point from last week's record low, ahead of the November 3 midterm elections that will decide which party controls Congress, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday.
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London's Oxford Street becomes permanently traffic-free
LONDON, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1 km of London's iconic Oxford Street became permanently traffic-free on Monday, as part of efforts to revitalize one of Europe's busiest shopping destinations.
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Anthropic files for IPO, reveals soaring revenue, massive net losses
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic publicly filed its prospectus for an initial public offering (IPO) on Monday, which could become the largest stock market debut in history.
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About 22 rescued after church building under construction collapses in Uganda
KAMPALA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- About 22 people have been rescued after a building under construction at a church collapsed Monday evening in Wakiso District in central Uganda, police said.
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U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Monday.
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Bolsonaro allies recognize Lula's victory despite election challenge
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Several Brazilian political parties and figures that backed Flavio Bolsonaro in Sunday's presidential runoff have recognized incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reelection, distancing themselves from Bolsonaro's bid to annul the vote.
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Feature: Crates in the sun -- Lebanon's apple harvest turns bitter for farmers
BEIRUT, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Eight hundred crates. Roughly 12 tons of apples. And no buyers.
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Analysis-Now home, Venezuela opposition leader Machado walks tightrope with supporters, Trump
CARACAS/BOGOTA, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who returned on Sunday after nearly a year away, will walk a tightrope as she seeks the elections her supporters want without running afoul of a US-backed negotiation process between the interim government and other opposition groups.
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Explainer: Why Bulgaria's presidential election heads for runoff
SOFIA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria's presidential election is heading for a closely contested runoff on Nov. 1 after incumbent President Iliana Iotova finished the first round ahead of former caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov by a much narrower margin than pre-election polls had predicted.
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Protesters kill longtime nurse treating Ebola patients in Congo
KINSHASA, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Youths killed a longtime nurse treating Ebola patients in eastern Congo and other health workers were sheltering under police guard, health officials said on Monday, in the latest in a series of attacks that have been fuelled by misinformation.
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Kenya releases first 20 Ebola contacts from quarantine
NAIROBI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The first 20 Ebola contacts were released from quarantine and returned home after completing health surveillance without developing symptoms, an official with Kenya's Ministry of Health said on Monday.
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Slovakia to improve security in healthcare facilities amid attacks on medical staff
BRATISLAVA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Slovak Interior Ministry and Health Ministry have signed a memorandum of cooperation to strengthen the protection of healthcare workers following a series of recent attacks on medical staff in Bratislava, the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) reported Monday.
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South African president says public debt stabilized
JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday welcomed progress in restoring the country's public finances, saying public debt had stabilized for the first time in nearly two decades.
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Pope fit enough to make Latin America trip next month, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Pope Leo's trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru will go ahead, the Vatican said on Monday, indicating that Leo's recovery from lung cancer surgery was on track and that he was fit enough to make the November 6-17 journey.
