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The death toll from Hurricane Helene topped 200, with at least another 200 missing in Buncombe County, North Carolina, where what CITY was largely cut off from the rest of the state after the French Broad River and its tributaries flooded and cut off access to I-40 and I-26?
As Israel widened its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, what SUPREME LEADER OF IRAN led Friday prayers for the first time in five years, giving a speech expressing continued support for the "Axis of Resistance" against Israel?
A strike that threatened to cripple delivery of goods by ship ended when the international association of what DOCK WORKERS tentatively agreed to a new deal? Labor and management have until January 15 to finalize the contract.
At least 70 people were killed in Pont-Sondé in what COUNTRY after the Gran Grif gang set fire to at least 45 houses and 34 vehicles?
What FORMER US PRESIDENT extended his record for being the longest-lived president by celebrating his 100th birthday?
The United Launch Alliance had a second successful test launch of what ROCKET named for a Roman god, which will replace the Atlas V and Delta IV? The ULA hopes to use the rocket to start launching payloads for the US Space Force.
Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as the first female president of what COUNTRY, where she succeeded mentor Andrés Manuel López Obrador?
In what EUROPEAN COUNTRY did the far-right Freedom Party win the most seats in the National Council, the lower house of its parliament, taking nearly 30 percent of the vote? Its leader, Herbert Kickl, may not become chancellor as the current holder of the office, Karl Nehammer, has said his People's Party will not join Kickl's party in a coalition.
With the closure of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant, the UK became the first large industrialized nation to stop using what FUEL to generate electricity?
Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Borderline. The UK announced it would cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but will retain control of the joint UK-US military base on what ISLAND? The base is an important logistical focus for operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf.
Italy and Switzerland agreed to redraw borders whose definitions were based on glacier midlines that are changing due to global warming. This includes a border under what ALP that overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt and the Italian town of Breuil-Cervinia?
What COUNTRY lost its first naval vessel since World War II, when the specialist diving and hydrographic ship Manawanui ran aground while surveying a reef in Samoa? All 75 crew were rescued, with the sinking leaving its navy with four operational vessels.