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Singapore refers 8 civil servants to police after investigating report alleging privileged information was used for home purchases
SINGAPORE, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Singapore government has referred eight civil servants to the police for further investigation after reviewing a study that claimed some officials had used privileged planning information for housing transactions, a minister told parliament on Tuesday.
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Analysis-Spain's housing crisis bursts into the spotlight at snap election
MADRID, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Spain's snap election will revolve around an issue which has topped voters' list of concerns for three years straight but, until a fortnight ago, failed to dominate the political debate: housing.
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Trump orders firing squad for gunman who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has ordered the use of a firing squad to execute the former US Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in a 2009 shooting spree the gunman later described as retaliation for US wars in the Muslim world, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Jim Bakker, TV preacher felled by scandals, dies at 86, NYT reports
Oct 5 (Reuters) - US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multi-million-dollar evangelical empire and pursued an opulent lifestyle before being disgraced by a sex scandal, a fraud conviction for bilking followers and the divorce from television co-host Tammy Faye, died on Monday at age 86, the New York Times reported.
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Trump urges supporters to vote by mail despite fraud claims
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump encouraged supporters on Saturday and again on Monday to vote by mail if they wanted, a change of tone for the US president, who has for years described mail-in voting as a practice rife with fraud.
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Hundreds of police guard Indian capital ahead of opposition protest
NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Hundreds of security personnel fanned out on Tuesday in the heart of the Indian capital, with barricades thrown up ahead of an opposition march to demand the resignation of the election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists.
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Indonesia's candidate for WHO chief calls on US to rejoin agency
JAKARTA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia's pick to lead the World Health Organization, its health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, told Reuters that the United States should rejoin the agency after its exit at the start of this year.
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Australian opposition party vows 'biggest cut to immigration' in country's history
SYDNEY, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Australia's conservative opposition coalition has proposed to slash temporary and humanitarian visas while prioritising skilled workers in what it called the "biggest cut to immigration" in the nation's history.
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South Korea says preparing response to force North Korean apology over DMZ blast
SEOUL, Oct 6 (Reuters) - South Korea is preparing a response to force North Korea to apologise for a mine blast in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that seriously wounded two South Korean soldiers, a defence ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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Nolan Wells' family seeks federal probe after grand jury declined to indict anyone for his death
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The family of an 18-year-old Black man whose body was found on a Mississippi barrier island following a Fourth of July trip with friends called on Monday for a federal investigation into his death after a grand jury declined to indict anyone.
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South Korea's Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks
SEOUL, Oct 6 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday that AI models are believed to have been used in some recent hacking incidents against banks and called for the country to develop cybersecurity methods suited to the AI era.
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Cornell students stage anti-rape rally in support of 'Jane Doe'
ITHACA, New York, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Cornell University students staged a mass rally on Monday voicing solidarity with a classmate whose gang-rape allegations have ignited a national uproar and demanding that the Ivy League school take firmer action against sexual violence on campus.
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Protesters clash with police over Kosovo war crimes court law
PRISTINA, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Protesters clashed with police outside Kosovo's government and parliament buildings on Monday, calling for lawmakers to pass legislation that would limit the powers of a Kosovo war crimes court in The Hague.
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Bolsonaro wins endorsements from right-wing rivals for Brazil election runoff
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Senator Flavio Bolsonaro received on Monday endorsements from Ronaldo Caiado and Romeu Zema, two right-wing politicians who ran against him in Sunday's first-round vote, for the runoff against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva later this month.
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Russia says Ukraine hit two facilities at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
MOSCOW, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drones attacked two facilities at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine overnight on Monday, but there is no threat to nuclear safety, the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation said.
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Australian Army soldier dies and five others injured during training exercise
SYDNEY, Oct 6 (Reuters) - An Australian army soldier has died and five others have been injured during a training exercise in the Northern Territory of Australia, the Defence Department said on Tuesday.
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New York declares disaster emergency over measles outbreak
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- New York State on Monday declared a statewide disaster emergency over a measles outbreak, the first such declaration by a U.S. state since cases began surging in 2025.
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US envoy meets Sudanese army chief in Egypt
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - An envoy of President Donald Trump met the head of Sudan's army over the weekend in Egypt as the US and other intermediaries have sought to end a devastating war that has created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
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U.S. stocks close higher despite surging Treasury yields
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday, as strength in artificial intelligence and technology stocks overcame a renewed surge in Treasury yields to 24-year highs.
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New York declares first US measles disaster emergency since 2025 surge
Oct 5 (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over a measles outbreak, the first such declaration by a U.S. state since cases began surging in 2025.
