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• Yemeni gov't postpones prisoner swap with Houthis

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  ADEN, Yemen, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's internationally recognized government has indefinitely postponed a planned prisoner exchange with the Houthi group, a government official told Xinhua on Friday. "The prisoner exchange that was scheduled to take place in the coming hours has been postponed indefinitely due to the Houthi...
  
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• World Cup: Spain defeats Belgium on Mikel Merino\u2019s late goal in quarterfinal match

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Spain defeats Belgium in World Cup quarterfinal on Mikel Merino’s 88th-minute goal....
  
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• Uzbekistan appoints new deputy PM

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  TASHKENT, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has appointed Dilnozaxon...
  
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• US stocks rise as Wall Street shows it

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  U.S. stocks ticked higher...
  
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• US Sanctions Iranian Accused Of Embezzling For Tehran Elites

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Iranian national Ali Ansari is described in a US Treasury statement as a "key financier" for the Islamic republic's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. ......
  
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• U.S. House to vote on bill making daylight saving time permanent

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump urged Congress in April to end time changes and “push hard for more daylight at the end of a day." Lawmakers are now considering that proposal. The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, according ​to a notice posted Thursday. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE In May, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48-1 in favor of the Sunshine Protection Act. The federal bill, su
  
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• US demands Iran publicly state that Strait of Hormuz is open and Tehran won't attack ...

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. is demanding that Iran make...
  
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• UNESCO warns of shrinking education aid, rising debt burden

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  PARIS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warned on Friday that international aid to education is declining sharply while rising debt service payments are increasingly squeezing education budgets in many developing countries. New research released by UNESCO at the...
  
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• Ukraine Creates "Long-Range" Command To Step Up Strikes On Russia

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  In recent weeks, Ukraine has reported strikes almost daily, with officials saying it is only fair to bring the war to Russia more than four years since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion. ......
  
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• Trump’s Reflecting Pool is being drained again as part of troubled revamp

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  A Trump official said...
  
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• Srebrenica genocide anniversary: Survivor offers lessons from what he endured

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  As the world marks July 11 as United Nations-designated International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide, a Bosnian-American filmmaker, Harun Mehmedinovic who survived the Bosnian genocide of 1992-95 is running a project that is at once an act of historical documentation and a 'practical guide to staying alive'.Harun, who was nine-years-old when the genocide started in 1992, lived with his parents in Sarajevo. He survived the carnage carried out by Serb extremist
  
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• Small plane crashes in the Bahamas, killing several people. Officials report one survivor

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  A small plane carrying several people has crashed in the Bahamas, prompting the government to temporarily ground Flamingo Air flights ......
  
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• Senne Lammens' World Cup NIGHTMARE: Man United star gifts Spain super sub Mikel Merino late ...

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Manchester United star Senne Lammens experienced a World Cup cameo to forget after replacing injured Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois during their World Cup clash against Spain. ......
  
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• Russia steps up refinery protection amid fuel shortages

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Russian authorities are doing everything possible to strengthen the protection of oil refineries, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander...
  
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• Prince Harry And Family Meet King Charles For First Time In 4 Years: Report

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Harry arrived in the UK on Monday in a visit to mark the one-year countdown to next year's Invictus Games for wounded veterans, which he founded. ......
  
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• Ohio county pleads for help caring for 16 siblings rescued from house of horrors

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  The local...
  
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• New Study Identifies Three Forgotten Kings of Assyria Erased From History

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  An AI reconstruction depicts ancient Assyrian rulers and monumental architecture. Credit: Greek Reporter Archive For more than a century, historians believed the Assyrian King List recorded every ruler who governed the Neo-Assyrian Empire. A new study on the forgotten kings of Assyria challenges that view. Researchers argue that at least three short-lived kings ruled parts of Assyria but were later removed from the official historical record. The study was led by Alexander Johannes Edmonds and c
  
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• Mr World Record: Pitbull recognised for largest gathering of people in bald caps

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  The Latin hip hop artist, 45, was recognised with the achievement after 22,141 fans were counted wearing the caps ahead of his BST headline set. ......
  
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• Mbappé has a goal and an assist as France beats Morocco 2-0 in World Cup

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Kylian Mbappé had a goal and an assist after missing a first-half penalty kick, Ousmane Dembélé also scored and France beat Morocco 2-0 in the World Cup quarterfinals. Mbappé‘s goal in the 60th minute was the 20th of his World ......
  
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• Israeli military activity in West Bank leads to increased displacement: UN

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Israeli military activity in the West Bank has led to more displacement and greater restrictions, UN humanitarians said on Friday. In the West Bank, humanitarian partners report that Israeli military operations, expanding movement restrictions, demolitions, settlement expansion and settler violence continue, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). "The result is that more...
  
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• Israeli attacks caused 1 bln USD losses in Lebanon's agricultural sector: minister

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  BEIRUT, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Agriculture Minister Nizar Hani said on Friday that Israeli attacks have caused more than 1 billion U.S. dollars in losses to Lebanon's agricultural sector, with nearly a...
  
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• Israel signals readiness for another Iran strike as Trump declares ceasefire over

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Israel’s leaders are publicly...
  
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• Israel limits operations in Lebanon following U.S. demand: report

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Israel's political leadership has ordered the military to refrain from carrying out "unusual" operations in southern Lebanon following a demand from the United States, Israel's...
  
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• Greek Woman Missing After Rescue From Venezuela Earthquake Rubble Found Safe

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Rescue workers search through earthquake rubble in Venezuela, where a Greek woman who had been reported missing after her rescue has now been found safe and is staying with relatives in Caracas. Credit: Raul Martinez / EPA via AMNA A Greek woman who was reported missing after being rescued from the rubble of her collapsed home in Venezuela has been...
  
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• Gordie Howe International Bridge to open after delay: AP sources

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  The Gordie Howe...
  
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• Gordie Howe International Bridge set to open at the end of July

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  DETROIT, MI - The Gordie Howe International Bridge is set to open at the end of July, a source close to the situation told MLive. ......
  
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• France vs Spain World Cup prediction, picks, analysis

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Spain will take on France in a hugely anticipated World Cup semifinal on Tuesday, July 14 in Arlington, Texas. France has been outstanding at this World Cup so far, winning all six of its matches and easily dispatching Morocco 2-0 in the quarterfinal. Kylian Mbappe has once again been the star for Les Bleus, scoring eight goals in six matches thus far at the World Cup. France is in the semifinal for the third straight...
  
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• Fourth DR Congo province officially hit by Ebola outbreak

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  KINSHASA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Haut-Uele province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the fourth province officially affected by the country's current Ebola outbreak, after...
  
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• Flash: Spain beats Belgium 2-1 to reach World Cup semifinals

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Flash: Spain beats Belgium 2-1 to reach World Cup semifinals...
  
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• FIFA World Cup 2026: Spain 2-1 Belgium match report and highlights

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Spain got a 2-1 win...
  
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• Erdogan’s Gift of Personalized Revolvers to NATO Leaders Sparks Diplomatic Headache

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  A personalized Turkish-made .357 Magnum revolver presented by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to NATO leaders during the 2026 NATO summit in Ankara. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has found an unusual way to keep this week’s NATO summit in Ankara in the headlines—by presenting fellow alliance leaders with personalized revolvers, leaving several governments to figure out how to legally transport, store, or dispose of the unusual diplomatic gifts. The presentation, intended to..
  
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• China-backed SSC project delivers measurable gains for Namibia's agriculture: official

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  WINDHOEK, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The second phase of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Project in Namibia has delivered measurable gains in agricultural skills development, technology transfer and capacity building, a senior Namibian government official said Friday. The project, jointly implemented by the Namibian government and the Food and Agriculture...
  
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• Algeria reopens airspace to Mali after drone row

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  ALGIERS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Algeria's Ministry of National Defense on Friday announced the reopening of the country's airspace to Malian aircraft after more than...
  
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• 5.1-magnitude quake hits west of Macquarie Island -- GFZ

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1...
  
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• 500-Year-Old Bowls Show How Aztec Women Made and Colored Textiles

  10-07-2026 23:37 via article.wn.com
  Spinning bowls from the Aztec Period in Xochimilco. Credit: Roc�o Berenice Jim�nez-Gonz�lez / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Small clay bowls used centuries ago by Aztec women to spin cotton also held a secret ingredient for coloring textiles, new research shows. Scientists studying artifacts from a Late Postclassic site near Xochimilco, in the Basin of Mexico, found traces of a red dye called cochineal inside the bowls. The discovery suggests these vessels served more than one...
  
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• RFK Jr looking to pay people who claim they have side effects from the Covid vaccine

  10-07-2026 23:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Critics worry Kennedy could base the payouts on his vaccine skepticism, rather than established science
  
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• Graham Platner officially drops from Maine Senate race after sex assault claim, setting off mad dash for Democrats

  10-07-2026 23:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democrats feel like they have a better shot now that Platner is out of the picture, Eric Garcia writes. But it’s far from a slam dunk
  
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• Suki Waterhouse finds a new version of herself on her new album, 'Loveland'

  10-07-2026 23:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Suki Waterhouse started working on “Loveland,” her third record, immediately after she released her 2024 sophomore album, “Memoir of A Sparklemuffin.”
  
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• America’s workforce is high: More employees are testing positive for pot than ever before

  10-07-2026 23:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Major corporations such as Amazon and Home Depot have dropped screening for non-safety roles
  
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• Killer’s appeal denied in 1988 cold case murder of woman abducted from Pasadena mall

  10-07-2026 23:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The killer’s 26-year-old victim was found near the freeway with a gunshot wound to her head
  
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• World Cup quarterfinal between Spain and Belgium, in photos

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Spain takes an unbeaten streak in 36...
  
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• World Cup brings fans joy, torment and lifelong memories

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  BOSTON: For four weeks, fans young and old have painted ⁠their faces, donned their national colours, roared their support in stadiums and fan zones and ridden the wave of emotions ......
  
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• Watch: Chelsea linked Fabian Ruiz gives Spain the lead vs Belgium

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Fabian Ruiz has given Spain an early lead against Belgium in a high-stakes World Cup 2026 quarter-final clash. The opening goal came after a brilliant exchange down the right flank between Pedro Porro and Lamine Yamal. Visualizing the space perfectly, the Barcelona teenage sensation...
  
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• War-risk insurance rates for Strait of Hormuz vessels rise amid renewed tensions

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  LONDON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- War-risk insurance rates for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz have risen again amid renewed military escalation in the region, a leading marine insurance expert told Xinhua on Friday. "War-risk rates have moved as risk has moved," said Neil Roberts, head of...
  
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• Video: Belgium stun Spain with well-worked equaliser in World Cup quarter-final

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Belgium have found an equaliser against Spain in tonight’s World Cup 2026 quarter-final clash. Charles De Ketelaere headed in after Fabian Ruiz opened the scoring for the favourites, who are up against it now in a tricky game. Spain have mostly been pretty flawless at this summer’s World Cup, and they’ll likely be seen as one of the favourites after winning Euro 2024 two years ago. DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST...
  
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• Uyghur Group Asks Canada to Go Beyond ‘Vague’ Response to China Ethnic-Unity Law

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Ottawa’s reaction to a new Chinese law on ethnic unity is tepid and does not live up to Canada’s...
  
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• US stocks rise as Wall Street shows it's still hungry for AI winners

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  U.S. stocks ticked higher after Wall Street showed its appetite is still big for winners of the artificial-intelligence boom. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Friday and closed out its fourth winning week in the last five. The Dow Jones Industrial ......
  
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• US senators announce Trump deal on Russia sanctions bill

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Four US senators said yesterday they had reached agreement with President Donald Trump to advance bipartisan legislation targeting countries buying Russian energy — potentially clearing the way for stronger pressure on Moscow over its war in Ukraine. Republicans Lindsey Graham and Roger Wicker and Democrats Richard Blumenthal and Jeanne Shaheen said in a...
  
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• U.S.-Iran Talks May Continue, but the Cease-Fire Is Over

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Regional powers push Washington and Tehran to pause strikes to allow for negotiations. ......
  
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• Trump says agreed to more Iran talks but insists truce over

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  US�President�Donald�Trump�said�yesterday�he�had�agreed�to�further�negotiations�with�Iran,�even�as�he�repeated�his�assertion�that�the�ceasefire�between�the�decades-old�foes�was�over....
  
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