Mutiple recent posts

<?php
define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
?>
<?php
require('./editorials/wp-load.php');
$content1 = array();
?>
#start editorials loop
<ul>

<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( 'posts_per_page=10' ); ?>

<?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>

<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>

<li><?php the_excerpt(__('(more…)')); ?></li>

  <?php
  $content1[]=array(get_the_date('Ymd'). '%%' . get_the_id(). '%%' . get_the_title(). '%%' . get_the_permalink(). '%%' . get_the_author(). '%%' . get_the_post_thumbnail(). '%%'. wp_first_paragraph_excerpt($content));
//print_r ($content1);
  ?>
<?php
endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
</ul>
#end editorials loop
<?php
require('./news/wp-load.php');
wp_reset_query();
$content2 = array();
?>
#start news loop
<ul>
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( 'posts_per_page=10' ); ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata();
wp_reset_query();
?>
<?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>

<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>

<li><?php the_excerpt(__('(more…)')); ?></li>
  <?php
  $content2[]=array(get_the_date('Ymd'). '%%' . get_the_id(). '%%' . get_the_title(). '%%' . get_the_permalink(). '%%' . get_the_author(). '%%' . get_the_post_thumbnail(). '%%'. wp_first_paragraph_excerpt($content));
//print_r ($content2);
  ?>
<?php
endwhile;
?>
#all done
	  <?php

function wp_first_paragraph_excerpt($content) {
    // Get the post content
    $content = get_the_content();
    $content = apply_filters( 'the_content', strip_shortcodes( $content ) );
    // Remove all tags, except paragraphs
    $excerpt = strip_tags( $content, '<p></p>' );
    // Remove empty paragraph tags
    $excerpt = force_balance_tags( $excerpt );
    $excerpt = preg_replace( '#<p>\s*+(<br\s*/*>)?\s*</p>#i', '', $excerpt );
    $excerpt = preg_replace( '~\s?<p>(\s|&nbsp;)+</p>\s?~', '', $excerpt );
    // Get the first paragraph
    $excerpt = substr( $excerpt, 0, strpos( $excerpt, '</p>' ) + 4 );
    // Remove remaining paragraph tags
    $excerpt = strip_tags( $excerpt );
    return $excerpt;
}