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Fatah and Hamas Call Cairo Talks Positive, but Conference Date Is Unclear

CAIRO, Oct. 18 -- Fatah and Hamas both called their latest talks in Cairo positive on Saturday. None of the accounts of the round gives a date for the national conference that Fatah's delegation chief... Read More


Vietnam Signs Free Trade Deal With EFTA, but Its Tariff Cuts Take Years

HANOI, Oct. 18 -- Four European countries will maintain zero import tariffs on Vietnamese industrial and seafood products once a new free trade agreement takes effect, but Vietnam will take up to 11 y... Read More


Fundora Stops Hadribeaj With One Second Left to Keep WBC Title

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Ermal Hadribeaj was back on his feet and wobbling when referee Thomas Taylor waved the fight off on Saturday night, and by Bleacher Report's account the final bell had already ru... Read More


Sri Lanka's Grid Fails Nationwide; Rooftop Solar Owners Told to Disconnect

COLOMBO, Oct. 18 -- Traffic lights stood dead in Colombo on Saturday and a roadside stall sat with its lights off as Sri Lanka's national grid failed, leaving the state-owned grid operator to ask hous... Read More


Pope Leo Discharged From Gemelli; Surgeon Sees No Clinical Bar to Trip

The pope, Oct. 17 -- Varvara is 13, her scans came back clear days ago, and on Saturday she walked up to Pope Leo XIV's car outside Gemelli Hospital with a felt doll and a framed photograph of the hug... Read More


China and South Korea Run First Joint Yellow Sea Patrol Since April 2022

BEIJING, Oct. 17 -- For ten days, one China Coast Guard vessel and one South Korean fisheries guidance ship worked the same stretch of the Yellow Sea, documenting fishing boats from both countries and... Read More


Zverev Cites Fatigue in Shanghai Loss as Jodar, 20, Reaches Final

SHANGHAI, Oct. 17 -- Alexander Zverev has locked up the year-end No. 1 ranking, and on Saturday he spent his post-match comments explaining what that has cost him. "I'm not a robot, I'm a human being,... Read More


Sisi Asks Egypt's Parliament to Back Saudi Defence, If Riyadh Asks

CAIRO, Oct. 17 -- Egypt's president asked parliament on Saturday for the legal authority to act in Saudi Arabia's defence, but only "if we are asked to do so," and none of the reports TEH reviewed say... Read More


Ohtani Plans to Pitch in 2027, but Surgery Could Shape His Return

New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- The Dodgers have an answer about what Shohei Ohtani wants to do next season, but not yet about what it will take to get him there. He intends to pitch again in 2027. Whether that... Read More


Leap Seconds End in May 2027, but Your Clock Won't Jump an Hour

New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Computer networks and other systems that depend on precise timing will no longer face irregular leap-second adjustments once a new global timekeeping rule takes effect next May. ... Read More