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• CNBC Daily Open: Chips ahoy, no Strait answer and earnings on deck

  13-07-2026 09:51 via article.wn.com
  Sharp declines for South Korea's SK Hynix spook markets in Asia and weigh on futures for Europe and the U.S. ......
  
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• World Cup and sunshine prompt UK consumers to splash out on beer and online shopping

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  Despite spending increase in June, Barclays says most people still pessimistic about economy...
  
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• US launches third night of strikes on Iran as Trump announces Hormuz blockade

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  American president says ships will be charged for safe passage through strait in apparent policy reversal...
  
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• US begins new Iran strikes after Trump says ships will be charged to use the ...

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. announced a new round of strikes on Iran on Monday, hours after President Donald Trump said Washington is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and, in a seeming policy reversal, will charge other ships for safe passage. All of that comes as Iran has insisted it actually controls the critical waterway, and as the new exchange of fire threatened a return to all-out war. × This page requires Javascript. Javascri
  
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• Ukraine fears it will have a weaker link to Trump after Sen. Lindsey Graham\u2019s sudden death

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — With the death of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, Ukraine lost a close ally in President Donald Trump’s orbit, leaving its leaders grappling with the implications for their war-torn country. Graham had been in Ukraine two days prior, standing in Kyiv’s St. Michael’s Square, flanked by the golden domes of the monastery and the burned-out remains of Russian military equipment. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be a
  
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• UAE condemns Iranian attack on 2 national oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  Abu Dhabi: The UAE has strongly condemned and denounced Iran’s aggressive attacks targeting the...
  
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• Stock futures are little changed as Middle East tensions escalate; traders await earnings and inflation ...

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  Oil prices surged and stocks slid on Monday after President Donald Trump said he would reinstate a blockade on Iranian shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. ......
  
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• South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appoints Lindsey Graham\u2019s sister to serve remainder of his Senate term

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry...
  
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• Series Of Blasts Heard In Kyiv After Missile Alert

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  A series of explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, shortly after midnight on Tuesday, an AFP journalist said, after the air force warned that several missiles were approaching. ......
  
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• Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at ...

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  Sam Neill, the elegant and versatile actor who moved from art films to blockbusters like “Jurassic Park” and “The Hunt for Red October,” has died at 78. He said he had a rare type of lymphoma in 2023. His family ......
  
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• Police hope new photos will jog memories in investigation of murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  Northern Territory police reopen evidence boxes in bid to close investigation of horrific crime...
  
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• Mexico to file criminal complaints over migrants killed by ICE in US

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexicans ‘outraged’ over killing last week of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by agents in Houston...
  
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• Man shot and killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Sen. ...

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — The motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting Monday was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing, Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Mullin told him. It's the second time in a week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have used deadly force and at least the ninth since President Donald Trump began his immigration crackdown. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to re
  
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• Man, 55, mauled to death by own dog inside his home

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  A man was found with serious injuries after reports of a dog attack in a rural home in Australia, paramedics trated the 55-year-old on arrival but he died at the scene ......
  
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• Iran War: US Military Death Count Rises To 14, Over 400 Injured

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  Iran War: A total of 414 service members have been wounded, including a US Air Force member added Monday. While Iran and the US have resumed strikes, it is unclear if that is what led to the airman's... ......
  
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• In 1963, a man renovating his home in Turkey noticed his chickens kept disappearing into a crack in his basement wall, when he dug it open, he found the ancient city of Derinkuyu, an 18-level city 85m underground that could shelter 20,000 people

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  In 1963, a resident in Derinkuyu, in Turkey’s Cappadocia region, reportedly became curious after his chickens repeatedly disappeared through a narrow opening in the basement of his house. During a house renovation, the resident widened the crack for inspection and stumbled upon a hidden passageway that led to a huge underground settlement. This discovery revealed Derinkuyu, a vast city extending up to 85 meters below the surface of multiple levels, with ventilation shafts, storage rooms,..
  
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• CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Betting on Shenzhen over Silicon Valley

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  The coastal Chinese city of Shenzhen has become a hub for tech hardware that U.S. firms can't ignore. ......
  
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• Brit who appeared on Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun fears wife among 13 ...

  14-07-2026 01:44 via article.wn.com
  'We are just waiting now for DNA clarification. And after that, I will probably just fall apart,' said Malcolm Timbrell, who appeared on the reality show in 2023 ......
  
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• ‘Your Mom’s House’ hosts Tom Segura, Christina P. split after 18 years of marriage

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  Comedians and podcast co-hosts Tom...
  
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• Wisconsin governor candidate says her campaign has far less money than she thought

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  Wisconsin Democratic candidate for...
  
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• Why the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history is becoming more challenging

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the fastest-growing one in history and new challenges keep emerging. A strike this week by unpaid workers at an Ebola treatment center could spark further unrest, even as a study begins of ......
  
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• What to know about Trump's move to shrink the size of 2 national monuments in Utah

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Revisiting actions from his first term that were reversed, President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will scale back the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. ......
  
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• US launches third consecutive night of strikes against Iran

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  US launches third consecutive night of strikes against Iran ......
  
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• US citizen is found guilty of helping export tech to Iran in violation of sanctions

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  A Massachusetts man has been found guilty...
  
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• UAE Ministry of Defence: 2 tankers targeted by Iranian missiles, 1 killed

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  Abu Dhabi: The UAE Ministry of Defence announced that the two national tankers, Mombasa and Al Bahiyah, were targeted by two Iranian cruise missiles in the southern passage of the Strait of Hormuz,...
  
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• Trump reduces the size of 2 national monuments in Utah as Republicans reshape land management

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump is reducing the size...
  
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• The nation is craving protein, but Vermont dairy isn’t cashing in

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  Vermont dairy farmers are facing tough...
  
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• Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kidman and Cillian Murphy and more mourn the death of Sam Neill

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  Fans and fellow actors are mourning the passing of Sam Neill, who died after being diagnosed with a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill gained fame for his role as Alan Grant in “Jurassic Park.” He earned an Emmy nomination ......
  
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• Sam Neill, 'Jurassic Park' actor, dies aged 78

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  "Jurassic Park" star Sam Neill has...
  
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• Rams left tackle Jackson assigned to pre-filing diversion and can avoid domestic violence charge

  14-07-2026 01:19 via article.wn.com
  Los Angeles Rams left tackle Alaric...
  
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