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• Craving a Cigarette? Exercise Could Help You Quit

  10-07-2026 06:36 via article.wn.com
  Cigarette cravings in smokers can strike at any time, after a morning coffee, at the end of a long day at work,...
  
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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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• The World Cup of selective fairness

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  FIFA stands for Fédération Internationale de Football Association. As you can see, neither of the Fs stands for fairness. But maybe that’s fine in the United States. Here, they call it soccer, so perhaps fair play was already lost in translation. For years, many of us were under the impression fairness in football mattered. Apparently it does, unless the players carry unfashionable passports, like Iranian ones. Then exhaustion becomes part of the democratic process. Think of
  
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• Taiwan Takes Foreign Officials to Critical Islands Amid Rising Chinese Maritime Pressure

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Taiwan on Thursday took a group of foreign lawmakers on a coast guard patrol around its frontline...
  
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• Supreme Court Restores Mandatory Minimum Sentence for Buying Sexual Services From Minors

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  The Supreme Court of Canada has restored a mandatory minimum sentence for individuals convicted of...
  
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• Students abducted in May by Islamic militants in Nigeria are rescued, government says

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  The Nigerian government has announced...
  
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• Shop LEGO FIFA World Cup Trophy set for Norway vs. England game in Miami

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Attention, AFOLs: It's time to celebrate FIFA World Cup − LEGO brick-style. Children and adult fans of LEGO can build their own gold trophy, ahem, making everyone a winner. Millions around the globe are tuning in to the World Cup games, particularly in Florida, which is one of several host states for the 2026 games. To celebrate FIFA World Cup, here's information and ways to buy the official trophy in LEGO set form.What is the 2026 FIFA World Cup? What is the...
  
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• Quiz! Name the World Cup mascot

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Copy link Facebook X Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Ready for another quiz? PLAY ALL QUIZZES (Image credit: Future) PLAY NOW You can play all FourFourTwo quizzes right HERE One of the great things about the World Cup is the array of characters the tournament throws up. Some of those are characters in the most literal sense: weird and wonderful creatures who are dreamt up as the official masc
  
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• Police in the UK arrest a suspect in the killing of former Parliament member Ann Widdecombe

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  British police have arrested a...
  
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• Pakistan PM Sharif urges Iran president to preserve 'hard-earned' peace

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• One of Spain’s deadliest wildfires claims at least 12 lives

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  A wildfire in the southern Spanish province of Almería has killed at least 12 people overnight, making it one of the country’s deadliest on record as temperatures soar. Some of the victims were found dead inside a vehicle that had been overtaken by the flames, according to local authorities. Many of them are believed to be foreigners, including potentially four British nationals, Juan Manuel Moreno, president of the Andalusia region, said in an interview to the Antena 3 TV channel.
  
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• NAACP demands end of Trump’s anticrime taskforce in Memphis after deaths of Black men

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Advocacy group calls on acting attorney general to lead ‘thorough, transparent federal investigation’...
  
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• Missouri declares state of emergency over severe storms and flooding

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Governor Mike Kehoe urges people to follow guidelines with more heavy rain expected through the weekend...
  
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• Meta Data Centre in Alberta to Start up Ahead of Adjacent Greenlight Power Plant

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  It will be four years before a new natural gas-fired power plant north of Edmonton is operating and able to...
  
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• Marco Rubio announces deportation of Minnesota man pardoned last month

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  State had pardoned immigrant Tou Lue Vang in June over 2006 conviction but federal government expels him to Laos...
  
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• Man who was killed by ICE in Texas never ‘weaponized’ his vehicle, witnesses say

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Lawyer says men who were riding in van are being pressured to self-deport as footage of incident is reportedly with investigators...
  
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• Man Utd sources deny Ederson deal is off, other sources say they’re chasing another signing instead

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  The Ederson to Manchester United saga just keeps getting weirder and weirder with mixed messages coming out about the deal this evening. DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAY Earlier this evening, two highly reliable journalists in Fabrizio Romano and Matteo Moretto posted that Ederson’s move to Man Utd had now collapsed. Moretto stated that Ederson had failed a medical, while Romano made
  
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• Man partly sucked out of broken window on flight from Greece was pulled back by ...

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  A passenger on board a flight from Greece to Germany was partially sucked out of a window when it broke soon after take off. A hospital official in northern Greece said the 61-year-old man suffered neck and shoulder injuries and ......
  
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• Justin Trudeau makes TikTok dancing debut in Katy Perry’s ‘Watch It Burn’ video

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Justin Trudeau surprised fans by making a brief dancing appearance in a TikTok video shared by his girlfriend, singer Katy Perry, to promote her new song, Watch It Burn. The former Canadian Prime Minister appeared for just a few seconds, hopping along with Perry and members of her team during the song’s outro while she was in Germany for her Out of Office tour. The fun cameo quickly caught viewers’ attention, making it one of the most talked-about moments from Perry’s recent so
  
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• John Carpay: Politicians Shouldn’t Try to Criminalize the Speech That They Hate

  10-07-2026 22:50 via article.wn.com
  Commentary Hatred against Muslims is a terrible thing. So is hatred against Jews, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, atheists, agnostics, dark-skinned people, light-skinned...
  
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