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• Canada promises toughest World Cup test for next opponent

  29-06-2026 07:05 via article.wn.com
  LOS ANGELES, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Canada celebrated its historic progression to the FIFA World Cup round of 16 on Sunday after edging South Africa 1-0, with goalscorer Stephen Eustaquio promising the team's next opponent its toughest test of the tournament. Eustaquio struck in second-half stoppage time to send the co-host into...
  
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• Young DC soccer players participate in FIFA World Cup as player escorts

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  The D.C. region may not have hosted any matches during the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup, but a group of youth soccer players left their mark on this year’s tournament. Members of the District of Columbia Football Club’s U10 boys soccer team were selected to take part as player escorts before the Group E match between Ecuador and Ivory Coast on June 14 in Philadelphia. The team is a part of the Open Goal Project, a nonprofit that provides access to high-level youth soccer for free
  
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• Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, July 3

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said on Friday that its air defense forces intercepted Saudi warplanes which allegedly entered Yemeni airspace to prevent an Iranian civilian aircraft from landing at Sanaa International Airport. In a statement aired by the group's Al-Masirah television, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya...
  
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• World Cup: Paraguay looking to beat their own history, France in Round of 16

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  Gustavo Alfaro on Friday hit...
  
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• World Cup: Egypt eliminates Australia on penalty kicks

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  Christian Pulisic was a soccer phenom in Michigan before the World Cup From a Northville soccer tryout on Father's Day to AC Milan, how Christian Pulisic became a Team USA star. Egypt converted all four of its penalty kicks to win a shootout with Australia, 4-2, following a 1-1 draw, securing its first World Cup knockout-round victory on Friday in Arlington, Texas. Mahmoud Saber, Ramy Rabia, Mohamed Salah and Hossam Abdelmaguid all deposited...
  
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• Wild video shows gas tanker erupt into fireball after slamming into toll booth, killing 5

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Dramatic video captured the moment a gas tanker exploded into a massive fireball after slamming into a toll booth in India, killing five and injuring several others. Shocking surveillance footage of the early morning June 26 crash showed the tanker approaching a toll booth in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi when it...
  
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• Who were Sergio and Jennifer Villanueva? Nevada couple killed in first known fatal Tesla Semi crash

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
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• What Time Is Taylor Swift Getting Married? See the Wedding Schedule at MSG.

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  An internal memo for the New York Police Department laid out a schedule of events for a 1,000-person celebration on Friday. ......
  
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• Water-gun wielding menace, 14, accused of terrorizing Paris tourists and cyclists as he’s arrested 2 ...

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google You can call him Dennis Le Menace. A 14-year-old boy has allegedly been terrorizing French tourists and motorists for several weeks, looking for quick laughs while gaining social media notoriety as he claims to be the next Parisian attraction. Heavy-set Hamza F., who refers to himself as “Hamza La Douane” or “Customs Officer Hamza,” has been arrested multiple times for his out-of-control anti
  
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• Venezuela earthquakes deepen rift between GOP hawks and Trump-backed regime

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  Republicans hawkish on leftist Latin America are warning...
  
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• Trump to cut solar, wind subsidies on July 4th

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  (The Center Square) - The Trump administration is set to cut subsidies for new solar and wind power projects on Saturday. Estimates suggest the subsidies have cost taxpayers more than $141 billion over the past 16 years. ......
  
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• Trump pardons 6 people over ‘fixing their car’: What were they actually convicted of? Clean ...

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
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• Socceroos' World Cup ends in heartbreak, but path forward now clear

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  The Socceroos exited the World Cup in the cruellest possible manner, on penalties to Egypt. But the roots of the defeat could be found in the 120 minutes of play, which clearly showed where Australia must improve. ......
  
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• Russia downs 28 drones targeting Moscow: mayor

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Russian air defense forces have shot down 28 drones targeting Moscow since the beginning of Friday, according to...
  
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• Russia deploying new jet-powered drones that reach 310 mph to ‘maximize’ destruction in Ukraine

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  Russia’s attack Thursday on Kyiv was among the deadliest of the years-long war not just because the Kremlin targeted a residential area – Moscow has added new jet-powered drones to its arsenal that are incredibly challenging to shoot down. The fairly new feature for Russian forces was deployed in an attack that killed at least 30 people — and are too rapid for Ukraine’s mobile fire groups and can only be stopped with ground-to-air missiles or fighter jets, CNN reported. T
  
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• Quick hits: Beach makes a stunning save and Socceroos teen feels the heat

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  An own goal cancelled out Egypt's early goal before a penalty shootout gamble by Tony Popovic ended in heartbreak for the Socceroos. Here are the quick hits from the Socceroos vs Egypt. ......
  
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• Putin says security buffer zone in Ukraine progressing as planned

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the establishment of a security buffer zone in the border areas of Ukraine is proceeding as planned. "The establishment...
  
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• Powerful Iranian Gen. Ahmad Vahidi emerges from hiding for first time in months ahead of ...

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Iran’s shadowy Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief emerged from hiding for the first time in months as he mourned alongside the casket of the assassinated former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi – who has been sanctioned by the US and has alleged ties to terrorism abroad – was seen Thursday with his hands on Khamenei’s coffin as Tehran prepared to hold the days-lon
  
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• Pope Leo praises US history of welcoming immigrants at 250th anniversary

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo praised the United States’ history of...
  
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• One step the alleged killer of Thai teen found in suitcase could take to escape ...

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Originally Published by: An Australian man accused of murdering a Thai teenager may not be able to avoid the death penalty if found guilty, even if compensation is paid to the alleged victim’s family. Simon Peter Carman, 45, has been hit with a slew of charges, including murder, concealing and moving a body, and abducting a minor for indecent purposes, after the body of Tunchanok Donhomla was found stuffed ins
  
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• Near-Perfect Open-World RPGs With Creative Progression

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  In one form or another, an RPG needs to incorporate...
  
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• Millions under extreme heat warning for July 4th weekend

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  (The Center Square) – As Independence Day celebrations kick off, millions of Americans in much of the central and eastern United States are under extreme heat warnings. ......
  
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• Live updates: Shootout to decide World Cup knockout match in Arlington

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  The knockout round of the World Cup continues, as we keep you up to date on the second elimination match in Arlington. ......
  
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• Live: Messi and Argentia in World Cup action again against Cabo Verde

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  Lionel Messi's sensational World Cup continues as his Argentina faces Cabo Verde, before Colombia battles Ghana. Follow live. ......
  
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• Klopp talks begin after Germany setback

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  Germany have opened talks with Jürgen Klopp after Julian Nagelsmann left the national coaching job following the team’s World Cup exit to Paraguay, setting up a possible high-profile return to the dugout for one of the country’s most successful modern managers. The German Football Association confirmed Nagelsmann’s departure with immediate effect after the national side’s elimination in the last 32 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. G
  
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• Israeli President Isaac Herzog marks America’s 250th with Mike Huckabee visit: ‘Extremely moved and happy’

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited US Ambassador Mike Huckabee at the American embassy in Jerusalem on Friday to mark America’s 250th Independence Day, delivering a letter of congratulations to President Donald Trump and the American people. The visit came ahead of Saturday’s celebration of American independence. “I am extremely moved and happy to be here at the American embassy in Jerusalem, t
  
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• Iran’s ‘probably gay’ supreme leader bails on first day of late dad’s funeral ceremonies

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Iran’s entire regime made a red carpet entrance to the first of three funeral ceremonies for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — except the dead ayatollah’s own son and successor. Khamenei’s casket, as well as those of his slain daughter, son-in-law and 14-month-old granddaughter, are on display in Tehran on Friday, where regime members, sympathizers and representatives from dozens of non-West
  
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• Iran’s leader was killed in February. The country will finally bury him.

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  For the surviving Iranian regime, the funeral offers an opportunity to project power after withstanding months of war with Israel and the United States. ......
  
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• Glance: LeBron reveals possible destinations

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  For a few weeks after Season 23 ended, LeBron James was “80 percent sure” he would return to the Los Angeles Lakers, he told longtime friend and sports agent Rich Paul. Obviously that didn’t hold, and now the NBA’s all-time ......
  
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• France withdraws carrier Charles de Gaulle as US-Iran tensions ease

  04-07-2026 00:50 via article.wn.com
  PARIS, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is returning to its home port of Toulon from the Middle East, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday on social media platform X. The...
  
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