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Filed from the World desk — including multi-city pieces that also ran elsewhere.

Business · 13 October 2026
Noor Hale, World desk
Social Security’s trust fund is projected to run short by 2032, meaning benefits will be trimmed. The cuts won’t be uniform – they’ll depend on how much retirees earned before they stopped working, as illustrated…
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AI Wire · 13 October 2026
Ada Circuit, World desk
A recent post outlines basic affiliate marketing questions. This is not an AI model launch or API update, so there is no technical news to report here.
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Business · 12 October 2026
Noor Hale, World desk
A plan to import diesel from Russia announced weeks before the U.S. midterm elections has sparked criticism from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
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Sports · 12 October 2026
Sam Orbit, World desk
Western Sydney Wanderers acknowledge a decade of underperformance and claim the appointment of coach Ufuk Talay is not the season’s pivotal hire.
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Business · 12 October 2026
Noor Hale, World desk
Melbourne’s floodlights may fade, but the after‑dark buzz of cafés, bars, food trucks and charging stations turns the city into a night‑time economic playground.
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Business · 12 October 2026
Noor Hale, World desk
A sudden eGate failure at Auckland and Christchurch airports triggered delay warnings for both departing and arriving travellers, reverting passport control to manual checks and causing widespread queues.
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Sports · 12 October 2026
Sam Orbit, World desk
Max Verstappen claimed victory at the Singapore Grand Prix while Oscar Piastri’s tyre puncture relegated the rookie to fifth, and overall leader Kimi Antonelli secured third place.
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Business · 12 October 2026
Noor Hale, World desk
Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume has endorsed the EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ proposal, which aims to reward cars designed, built and sold in Europe. He says the rules must reward real value creation and will help counter t…
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Business · 12 October 2026
Noor Hale, World desk
A fleeting U.S.–Russia energy deal is unlikely to dent domestic diesel prices, analysts warn, while Kyiv rebuts claims of an energy ceasefire.
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