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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 30, #941

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 30, #941 CNETToday’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram, Answers: Tuesday, September 29 (Have A Heart) forbes.comNew York Times Strands Game Offers Daily Puzzle Challenges India News NetworkNYT Strands September 29 Answers, Spangram and Hints for the Fall Harvest Theme gadgetbridge.comNYT Strands Hints And Daily Guide For Puzzle #941 September 30 2026 Tips Theme Clues And Spangram Help GameDaily

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The Straits Times

Russian bomb attack kills two in Ukraine's Sumy, officials say

Sept 29 - Russian glide bombs struck homes and a school in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring six, officials said.President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said one bomb struck a house, killing a woman. A second bomb hit the school."An ordinary school, where children happened to be at the time," he said. "The building sustained considerable damage, but the children and teachers were in a shelter, and fortunately, thanks to that, no one was hurt at the school."Governor Oleh Hryhorov, writing on Telegram, put the death toll at two, with three children among the injured. He said teachers and school officials had managed to evacuate 100 people into the shelter.Sumy has been a frequent target of Russian attacks during its war with Ukraine. Russia's military has said it wants to establish a buffer zone in areas along the border. REUTERS

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The Straits Times

Slovak coalition frays with minister's removal, early election mooted

FILE PHOTO: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico attends a press conference at Bratislava Castle, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 10, 2026. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa/File PhotoSept 29 - A junior party in Slovakia's leftist-nationalist coalition voted with the parliamentary opposition to dismiss a minister on Tuesday, raising the possibility that pro-Russian Prime Minister Robert Fico's government could collapse and an early election be held.• The move raised questions about the government's survival a year before a scheduled election, and Fico said he would gather his Smer-Slovak Social Democracy (Smer-SSD) party's leadership to discuss next steps on Wednesday.• Fico raised the possibility of an early election and said it could take place in January, but that would require supermajority approval by parliament.• The parliament voted to dismiss Deputy Prime Minister and Environment Minister Tomas Taraba, who has fallen out with the leadership of his far-right Slovak National Party (SNS), which is a junior member of the coalition and had demanded his resignation.• The three-party government has been dependent on several loyal independents to control 78 seats in the 150-strong parliament. The motion to remove Taraba won 77 votes.• A government collapse would not automatically trigger an election, as the constitution presumes forming another cabinet.• Slovakia under Fico has diverged from European Union and NATO allies by keeping warm relations with Russia and continuing to import Russian oil and gas.

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The Straits Times

Argentina's Kirchner challenges fraud conviction at UN, seeking political return

Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner stands on the balcony of her home, where she is currently staying under house arrest, as her supporters gather outside, on the day of a hearing in the \"Causa Cuadernos\" corruption trial after being summoned to testify, following the rejection of defense motions seeking to nullify the proceedings, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Tomas CuestaBUENOS AIRES, Sept 29 - Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who is under house arrest, has asked the United Nations Human Rights Committee to review her corruption conviction and suspend the lifetime ban on holding public office that currently prevents her from running for election in 2027, her lawyer said on Tuesday.Fernández was sentenced in 2025 to six years in prison and a permanent ban from public office following a fraud conviction, a ruling her defense team argues violated her fundamental rights during legal proceedings.• Her lawyer, Rafael Valim, said the team is seeking a committee hearing in October, which could require Argentine courts to review the ruling before year's end.• A recent opinion poll by Zuban Cordoba showed Fernández with a 42% approval rating, surpassing President Javier Milei's 36.1%.• Fernández remains one of Argentina's most divisive political figures but polls as high as Milei in voting-intention surveys, giving her potential prospects in Argentina's October 2027 presidential election if the ban is lifted.• She governed Argentina from 2007 to 2015 and served as vice president from 2019 to 2023.• "We are working so the case is examined in October, at the committee's next session," Valim, a Brazilian lawyer who played a role in leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's defense, told Reuters.• The move invites comparisons with Brazil's Lula who challenged his corruption conviction before the UN Human Rights Committee and was later imprisoned and barred from the 2018 election. Brazil's Supreme Court annulled his convictions in 2021, restoring his political rights and paving the way for his return to the presidency the following year.• Should she be cleared to run, Fernández would still face political hurdles, analysts said, including securing support within Argentina's broader leftist Peronist movement ahead of the presidential election next year. REUTERS

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Dolly Parton’s free book program for children is expanding after her death

Dolly Parton’s free book program for children is expanding after her death The Washington PostNew bill aims to bring Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to New Jersey New Jersey MonitorLocal Women’s Group Supporting Childhood Literacy CKXS FMCommemorative Dolly Parton plaque set for Scottish library The National ScotWorking ‘Nine to Five’ for Early Literacy: Partnership Brings Dolly Parton’s ‘Imagination Library’ to Canyons District Families Canyons School District

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Klay Thompson motivated for 1st Heat season

Klay Thompson motivated for 1st Heat season NBA.comKlay Thompson Reacts to 'Very, Very Hard' 1st Practice with Heat After Joining Giannis, Bam Bleacher Report“The best players are the hardest workers.” Yahoo SportsHeat's Klay Thompson eyes passing Ray Allen on 3-point field goal list palmbeachpost.comWiggins, Thompson pleased with reunion. Heat personnel items Miami Herald

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The National

Trump, Jensen Huang and Elon Musk try to calm voter fears about AI

President Donald Trump surrounded himself with some of the most influential and wealthy AI executives at the White House on Tuesday amid mounting fears about the technology.Due to concerns about AI’s potential impact on the labour market, the environmental impacts of data centres and multiple AI-induced cybersecurity incidents, US voters have grown increasingly uneasy with unregulated AI. Yet for several weeks now, Mr Trump has dismissed those fears as “a hoax.” On Tuesday, while unveiling a new AI-driven government website, he again dismissed calls for more regulations related to AI development. Several hours after introducing the new site, Mr Trump hosted a lunch with dozens of technology and AI executives. Mr Trump later told reporters that he is ⁠thinking about creating a 10-person committee to oversee the AI ​sector. He said the tech executives signed an agreement ⁠that is "morally binding," without providing details.He also signed an executive order in line with his recent theme of insisting that AI should be rebranded to “super intelligence.”Under the executive order, all US government documents would refer to “super intelligence” instead of AI.A seating chart showed that Palantir's Alex Karp, AMD's Lisa Su, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Google's Sundar Pichai were among those i...

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Citizen Digital

Turkey arrests president of football refereeing body

Among those arrested was Ferhat Gundogdu, president of the refereeing body, and his vice-president, with searches carried out at all of the suspects' "homes, workplaces and offices". Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gurlek attends the Justice and Development (AK) Party parliamentary group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly, in Ankara, Turkiye, on April 15, 2026. Rasit Aydogan / Anadolu (Photo by Rasit Aydogan / ANADOLU / Anadolu via AFP)The head of Turkey's football refereeing body and six other people have been arrested as part of a graft investigation, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said on Tuesday."Claims regarding interference in the processes of referee classification, assignments, scoring and appointments, as well as in the examinations on rules, have been investigated," he wrote on X.Among those arrested was Ferhat Gundogdu, president of the refereeing body, and his vice-president, with searches carried out at all of the suspects' "homes, workplaces and offices"."We will steadfastly continue the fight for clean football so that claims undermining trust in Turkish football are clarified (and) those responsible are held accountable," Gurlek said.The move comes a year after Turkey's Football Federation (TFF) suspended 149 referees over allegations of involvement in an illegal betting scandal.In a statement on its website which did not mention the arrests, the TFF sai...

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Celebrity Front Row Shoes at Christian Dior Spring 2027 Show [PHOTOS]

Celebrity Front Row Shoes at Christian Dior Spring 2027 Show [PHOTOS] YahooDior Spring/Summer 2027: Sheer Tops and Metallic Trousers Take Center Stage Modern DiplomacyJennifer Lawrence's Pajama Styling Streak Continues in a Nightgown at Dior's Fashion Show Marie ClaireDior Just Signaled The Color Trend That Will Reign Supreme Next Year The Zoe ReportRihanna, Jennifer Lawrence and a Paris runway full of bras: Dior comes undone in mist The Washington Post

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The Straits Times

Belgium to transfer three F-16s to Ukraine this year, Zelenskiy says

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/CAITLIN OCHS/File PhotoKYIV, Sept 29 - Belgium will transfer three F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the end of the year to help in its war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday."There is an important agreement with Belgium on the transfer of three F-16 fighter jets by the end of this year," he wrote on X. "We will work to receive these aircraft through an accelerated procedure."Zelenskiy said Ukraine had already received "urgent deliveries" of F-16 ammunition from Belgium and Spain, among other countries.Zelenskiy said later in his nightly video address that Ukraine had received delivery the day before of a "very good" assistance package of a NASAMS air defence system, developed jointly in the US and Norway.He also said that talks were proceeding to ensure that Ukraine has a supply of missiles for the Patriot air defence system, which play a critical role in intercepting Russian ballistic missiles.Zelenskiy said tests were continuing to improve the efficiency of Ukrainian interceptors against Russian jet-powered drones, which fly higher and faster than conventional drones.Of more than 100 Russian drones deployed on Tuesday, he said, 29 were jet-powered and 18 of those had been downed. REUTERS

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The National

UAE strongly condemns storming of Al Aqsa compound

The UAE has strongly condemned the storming of Al Aqsa mosque compound by Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's Minister of National Security, alongside hundreds of settlers and warned against "provocative escalation" and "unacceptable" acts of extremism. The UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the Israeli government to assume full responsibility for the incident, condemn hostile acts and hold all those involved accountable.MoFA's statement, which was published on Tuesday evening, said that "the continued attacks and incitement to hatred and violence constitute a systematic extremist campaign that not only targets the brotherly Palestinian people but also threatens social peace and risks further escalation".It also emphasised the need to respect the historical and legal status quo of the site.The statement went on to say Jordan's custodial role of the site needed to be respected, as well as the authority of the Jerusalem endowment that manages the affairs of Al Aqsa Mosque.

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Give BrewDog ‘second chance’ says new owner as it invests £50m

Give BrewDog ‘second chance’ says new owner as it invests £50m The GuardianBrewDog names four executives to senior leadership roles By Investing.com Investing.com UKNew Brewdog owner mounts comeback from ‘horrible’ collapse City AMBrewDog Builds Momentum for Next Growth Chapter with Expanded Senior Leadership Team Yahoo! Finance CanadaBrewDog promises ‘a little less allegation’ under new owners Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce

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