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Swiss vote on tightening neutrality rules, ending peacetime cooperation with NATO
ZURICH, Sept 27 - Swiss voters will decide on Sunday whether to approve a more restrictive form of neutrality that would block their country from imposing economic sanctions or cooperating with NATO. The country is holding a referendum on whether a strictly defined version of neutrality should be written into its constitution. While Swiss neutrality has been internationally recognised since the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815, how the government implements it is not spelled out.
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Congress attacks Maharashtra government for data-centre industry expansion push amid drought
With the Maharashtra government declaring a drought in 265 of its 358 talukas, the Congress on Sunday (September 27, 2026) raised questions over the policy of aggressively expanding the data-centre industry and asked what the plan is to ensure that the State's water resources are not diverted away from farmers and ordinary citizens to fuel this expansion.
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What the West misses when it judges China’s dogged AI pursuit
PHILADELPHIA - China’s artificial intelligence success story, often criticised in the West for being unfairly underwritten by the Chinese government, reflects the country’s resolve not to repeat a strategic mistake made 150 years ago, said Singapore’s Foreign Minister Balakrishnan during a discussion on US-China rivalry. China missed the industrial revolution but it won’t make the same mistake twice, said Balakrishnan during a Sept 25 conversation with former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, who is now the global president and chief executive of Asia Society in New York.
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Baby Songs Updated for the Trump Administration
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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : une attaque russe dans la région de Zaporijia fait au moins un mort, selon les autorités locales
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China sends two giant pandas to US
China sent two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, to the United States on September 27, following a summit in Washington. The pandas were flown from Chengdu on a FedEx chartered Boeing 777, with a flight that lasted about 15 hours. They’re headed to Zoo Atlanta, where they’ll be on loan for the next decade.
Before their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Zoo Atlanta has prepared for their arrival by renovating facilities and ensuring a steady bamboo supply, which is crucial for their diet. Both pandas were born in 2020 and are now six years old. This marks a return of pandas to the zoo, which last hosted them in 2024.
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Russia's top diplomat rejects German calls to ease off its 'dangerous' escalation toward it
Does Berlin understand what this could lead to? Didn't they not learn the lessons of World War II? Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked in his speech at the UN General Assembly's annual gathering of world leaders