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Elderly Australian woman left behind by cruise ship, found dead on island

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/29/2025 3:17 PM

A woman in her 80s was found dead on an Australian island after being left behind by her cruise ship. Authorities call her death "sudden and non-suspicious." ... Read full Story

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U.S., South Korea reach trade and investment deal during Trump visit, Seoul says

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/29/2025 3:01 PM

Seoul and Washington reached a trade deal during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to South Korea, lead policy official Kim Yong-beom said Wednesday. ... Read full Story

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Dutch electorate head out to vote for second time in less than 2 years

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/29/2025 1:45 PM

The Netherlands held a general election two years before the next one was supposed to take place after politician Geert Wilders brought down his own coalition. ... Read full Story

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Mirae Asset threatens legal action against Brookfield

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/29/2025 1:20 PM

Mirae Asset Global Investments it would take legal action against Brookfield Asset Management for return of $140 million deposit related to a collapsed deal. ... Read full Story

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Gaza: Israeli strikes kill at least 50, including dozens of children

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/29/2025 12:27 PM

Israel mounted a deadly response to the killing of an IDF reservist in an area of Gaza designated as being an Israeli zone under the cease-fire deal with Hamas. ... Read full Story

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Trump arrives in South Korea, says Kim Jong Un meeting won’t happen

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/29/2025 10:10 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in South Korea Wednesday, where he said he wasn't able to "work out timing" for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ... Read full Story

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Britain deports Ethiopian child sex offender wrongly freed last week

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/29/2025 8:59 AM

Britain on Wednesday confirmed that it has deported to Ethiopia a convicted child sex abuser who was erroneously freed last week instead of being transferred to an immigration center. ... Read full Story

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Netanyahu orders 'powerful' strikes saying Hamas violated cease-fire

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2025 6:23 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israel Defense Forces to strike Hamas in Gaza following an attack on IDF forces and lying about remains. ... Read full Story

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Netanyahu orders ‘powerful’ Israeli strikes in Gaza

By Global News | Globalnews Digital | 10/28/2025 4:41 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement shortly after Israel said that Hamas had opened fire at Israeli forces in southern Gaza. ... Read full Story

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Carney’s Singapore visit eyes closer trade ties amid broader uncertainty

By Global News | Globalnews Digital | 10/28/2025 4:31 PM

Prime Minister Mark Carney met with potential investment partners in Singapore as part of his first official visit to Asia and pitching Canada as a reliable trading partner. ... Read full Story

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Brazil's public prosecutor moves to halt oil exploration in Amazon basin

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2025 4:05 PM

Brazil's bid to turn the mouth of the Amazon River into a new oil exploration frontier is facing institutional pushback from the Public Prosecutor's Office ... Read full Story

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Sudanese army cedes Darfur to paramilitary group amid fears of mass killings

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2025 3:48 PM

More than two years after the start of Sudan's civil war, the nation's military has ceded nearly all of Darfur to a paramilitary group in an effort to prevent more death and destruction there. ... Read full Story

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Venezuela halts energy deal with Trinidad and Tobago over U.S. warship

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2025 3:30 PM

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has suspended an energy agreement with Trinidad and Tobago over the island nation's support for a U.S. military operation, ... Read full Story

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Alleged killer of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pleads guilty

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2025 2:18 PM

The man accused of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 pleaded guilty to the assassination on Tuesday. ... Read full Story

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Hana Bank reports double-digit growth in net profit this year

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2025 1:24 PM

South Korea's Hana Bank said Tuesday the Seoul-based lender posted $730 million in net profit during the third quarter of 2025, up 1.5% from a year earlier. ... Read full Story

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2 killed, at least one injured, in explosion at Australian silver mine

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2025 11:09 AM

Authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales were investigating a blast at a metals mine in the outback that killed two workers and injured a third. ... Read full Story

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Small plane with 12 on board crashes in southern Kenya

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2025 8:59 AM

A small airplane with 12 people on board crashed in Kenya early Tuesday, officials said. ... Read full Story

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3 killed in Jamaica as island nation prepares for Hurricane Melissa

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/28/2025 8:46 AM

At least three people are dead in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa, the world's strongest storm so far this year, bears down on the Caribbean island nation, officials said. ... Read full Story

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Red Cross receives body of hostage from Hamas, transfers remains to Israel

By United Press International, Inc. | | 10/27/2025 9:47 PM

The Red Cross received the remains of a deceased hostage from Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency. ... Read full Story

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Brigitte Macron: 10 people accused of calling French first lady a man go on trial

By Global News | Rachel Goodman | 10/27/2025 8:33 PM

In Paris, eight men and two women between the ages of 41 and 60 began their trial in criminal court, all accused of online harassment targeting Macron. ... Read full Story

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Word of the Day

arbitrary

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 2, 2025 is:

arbitrary • \AHR-buh-trair-ee\ • adjective

Arbitrary describes something that is not planned or chosen for a particular reason, is not based on reason or evidence, or is done without concern for what is fair or right.

// Because the committee wasn’t transparent about the selection process, the results of the process appeared to be wholly arbitrary.

// An arbitrary number will be assigned to each participant.

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Examples:

“The authority of the crown, contemporaries believed, was instituted by God to rule the kingdom and its people. England’s sovereign was required to be both a warrior and a judge, to protect the realm from external attack and internal anarchy. To depose the king, therefore, was to risk everything—worldly security and immortal soul—by challenging the order of God’s creation. Such devastatingly radical action could never be justified unless kingship became tyranny: rule by arbitrary will rather than law, threatening the interests of kingdom and people instead of defending them.” — Helen Castor, The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV, 2024

Did you know?

Donning black robes and a powdered wig to learn about arbitrary might seem to be an arbitrary—that is, random or capricious—choice, but it would in fact jibe with the word’s etymology. Arbitrary comes from the Latin noun arbiter, which means “judge” and is the source of the English word arbiter, also meaning “judge.” In English, arbitrary first meant “depending upon choice or discretion” and was specifically used to indicate the sort of decision (as for punishment) left up to the expert determination of a judge rather than defined by law. Today, it can also be used for anything determined by or as if by chance or whim.

Elderly Australian woman left behind by cruise ship, found dead on island

U.S., South Korea reach trade and investment deal during Trump visit, Seoul says

Dutch electorate head out to vote for second time in less than 2 years

Mirae Asset threatens legal action against Brookfield

Gaza: Israeli strikes kill at least 50, including dozens of children

Trump arrives in South Korea, says Kim Jong Un meeting won’t happen

Britain deports Ethiopian child sex offender wrongly freed last week

Netanyahu orders 'powerful' strikes saying Hamas violated cease-fire

Netanyahu orders ‘powerful’ Israeli strikes in Gaza

Carney’s Singapore visit eyes closer trade ties amid broader uncertainty

Brazil's public prosecutor moves to halt oil exploration in Amazon basin

Sudanese army cedes Darfur to paramilitary group amid fears of mass killings

Venezuela halts energy deal with Trinidad and Tobago over U.S. warship

Alleged killer of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pleads guilty

Hana Bank reports double-digit growth in net profit this year

2 killed, at least one injured, in explosion at Australian silver mine

Small plane with 12 on board crashes in southern Kenya

3 killed in Jamaica as island nation prepares for Hurricane Melissa

Red Cross receives body of hostage from Hamas, transfers remains to Israel

Brigitte Macron: 10 people accused of calling French first lady a man go on trial

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