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Brewers beat Dodgers 7-4 to extend MLB playoff lead

Brewers beat Dodgers 7-4 to extend MLB playoff lead

William Contreras homered and drove in three runs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 to take a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series on Monday.

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Man City, PSG clash at contrasting time for state-backed projects

Man City, PSG clash at contrasting time for state-backed projects

Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain have reshaped football with the financial backing of Gulf state owners, but there is a stark contrast in the health of those projects ahead of their latest Champions League meeting on Wednesday.

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Teenager shoots headmaster, teacher at French school

Teenager shoots headmaster, teacher at French school

A 14-year-old boy opened fire with a hunting gun at a middle school in France on Monday, wounding the headmaster and a teacher before being disarmed by a member of staff, local authorities said.

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Fermi Signs Credit Support Agreement with AMD and Announces Partnership

Fermi Signs Credit Support Agreement with AMD and Announces Partnership

DALLAS, TX / ACCESS Newswire / October 13, 2026 / Fermi Inc. (Nasdaq:FRMI)(LSE:FRMI), operating as Fermi America™ ("Fermi" or the "Company"), today announced that it has signed a credit support agreement with AMD, the high performance and adaptive computing leader, supporting a lease for phase one of Fermi's Project Matador energy and AI buildout in Carson County, Texas, with 222 megawatts (MW) of gross power capacity in line with Fermi's first customer lease as announced on August 10, 2026. The agreement represents a key milestone toward securing project financing. The companies have also signed an agreement outlining a partnership and framework for future expansion of up to 650 MW of gross power capacity.

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Digi Power X Announces $200 Million Debt Financing Commitment to Support Completion of Alabama AI Data Center and Provides Expansion Update

Digi Power X Announces $200 Million Debt Financing Commitment to Support Completion of Alabama AI Data Center and Provides Expansion Update

Financing supports Alabama campus completion; Company advances modular token factory expansion and development plans in New York

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Akkodis Brings Multilingual Intelligence to Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team races

Akkodis Brings Multilingual Intelligence to Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team races

Built on Akkodis' AI-Core application, the solution delivers multilingual translation of real-time driver and team radios with race commentary for international guests in the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team Viewing Gallery.

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Melbourne imam denies links to suspected flydubai hijacker

Melbourne imam denies links to suspected flydubai hijacker

A Melbourne imam whose Islamic community centre has been linked by prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates to the co-pilot who allegedly attacked the captain of a flydubai jet has said he "never met" the man and insisted he has "consistently preached peace".

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'Breaking Bad' actor RJ Mitte dead: representatives

'Breaking Bad' actor RJ Mitte dead: representatives

RJ Mitte, the young actor best known for playing Walter White Jr in the award-winning TV series "Breaking Bad," has died, his representatives told AFP on Monday. He was 34.

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Coventry crush Newcastle to climb out of relegation zone

Coventry crush Newcastle to climb out of relegation zone

Coventry earned a slice of Premier League history as they climbed out of the relegation zone with a stylish 4-1 win against Newcastle on Monday.

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Former DR Congo president Kabila forms new force with M23 armed group

Former DR Congo president Kabila forms new force with M23 armed group

Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila on Monday joined forces with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group to head a new outfit, taking a more direct role in the insurgency ravaging the country's volatile east.

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