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Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau eruption halts flights, schools, fishing

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Volcanic ash grounds hundreds of Jakarta flights as authorities plan cloud-seeding to promote rain Airplanes are parked as Soekarno Hatta International Airport closed its operations due to the eruption of the Mount Anak Krakatau volcano, in Tangerang, near Jakarta, Indonesia, September 6, 2026, PHOTO: REUTERS An eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau caused six airports to suspend flight operations on Sunday, affecting … Read more

Rising costs revive repair economy

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[ KARACHI: Pakistan’s rising cost of living is giving an old habit a new economic meaning: repair it rather than replace it. From mobile phones and laptops to air-conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, and other household appliances, consumers are increasingly paying technicians to extend the lives of products once discarded or replaced. For thousands of technicians, … Read more

Independent voters shift toward Democrats ahead of US midterms: poll

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Democratic party gets largest advantage over Republicans since 2008, survey shows Independent voters are increasingly leaning toward the Democratic Party ahead of November’s United States midterm elections, according to Gallup’s latest quarterly party affiliation data reported Saturday by the Washington Examiner. Among respondents in Gallup’s second-quarter survey who identified as neither Republicans nor Democrats, 49% … Read more

OPEC+ set to keep oil output policy unchanged on Sunday, sources say

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[ Producer group needs to agree quotas before deciding output steps as Iran war limits sway over prices, market ​share OPEC+ is set to keep ​its oil output policy unchanged for October at a meeting on Sunday, two people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, as the producer group needs to agree new quotas before deciding its next output steps. The meeting comes as the Iran war continues to … Read more