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• 'Double murderer' found floating in river after police reject his confession

  06-06-2026 07:32 via article.wn.com
  Kenji Oyama, 42, reportedly stabbed his neighbours to death in their home in Japan before telling cops “I killed someone”. But hapless police officers did not inform homicide detectives ......
  
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• Xinhua Commentary: History has no single track

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. political scientist Francis Fukuyama, best known for his "the end of history" theory explaining the post-Cold War world, once again admitted his original prediction could be wrong in a recent interview with German media. Once firmly confident in the Western-style democracy, Fukuyama now questions the durability of U.S. primacy and concedes that China's sustained stability and ascent may ultimately upend his foundational theory. This intellectual evolution matters
  
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• Why Thomas Tuchel is 'worried and concerned' after seeing photo taken by journalist ahead of England's World Cup warm-up friendly vs New Zealand

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
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• Why Iran remains too important for China to lose

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  China and Iran have maintained diplomatic ties for decades. Yet Beijing's response to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has been notably measured: diplomatic support for Tehran, criticism of US and Israeli military actions, and repeated calls for de-escalation — but no indication of a willingness to intervene more forcefully.This cautious approach raises an important question: if Iran is such an important partner, why has China not done more to support it during the conflict?The answ
  
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• West Africa’s rice future requires mobilizing capital – AGRA 

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Madam Natasha Quist, the Regional Director for West Africa, AGRA, has underscored the need for coordinated financing and stronger investment partnerships to drive rice production and agricultural transformation across West Africa. She said while significant progress had been made in identifying investment opportunities and strengthening regional coordination, the region’s biggest challenge remained connecting viable agricultural projects to the capital needed for implementation. Madam Quis
  
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• Watch: Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg region again; Russia claims capture of Kharkiv village

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine on Saturday said its long-range drones struck targets deep inside Russia overnight, including a military facility near St Petersburg and an oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region, as the war continued to escalate with both sides reporting fresh battlefield gains and aerial attacks.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strikes targeted “the enemy navy’s arsenals and a base in Kronstadt” in Russia’s northwestern...
  
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• Vahe Gregorian: Before Messi-mania hit KC for FIFA World Cup, Kansas City welcomed the great Pelé

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the South American icon widely believed to be the best soccer player who ever lived disembarked from his plane in Kansas City, he promptly was swarmed on the tarmac on his way to conducting a ......
  
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• US downs four Iranian drones near Hormuz, striking radar sites amid shaky ceasefire

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Chippewa Falls: The US military shot down four Iranian drones headed toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, June 5, launching retaliatory strikes against Iran's coastal surveillance radar sites. The latest escalation has pushed a fragile regional...
  
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• US authorizes sale of $2 bn in anti-drone weapons to Kuwait

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
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• US adds $38m for Ebola as CDC warns outbreak could match 2014

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  The US said on Friday it would provide an additional $38m (R629.3m) for Ebola response efforts...
  
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• The World Has Learned From the Last Ebola Outbreak, but Gaps Remain

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  The vaccine development process and coordination between health organizations have improved since a devastating 2014-2016 outbreak. ......
  
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• The pope is in secularized, polarized Spain, where the Catholic Church has a complex legacy

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Spain will...
  
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• Student confronts CJI Surya Kant in London over controversial 'cockroach' remarks

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  London: A public lecture by Chief...
  
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• Strait of Hormuz shutdown only benefits US energy firms, says Russia’s Rosneft chief Sechin

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said on Saturday that only US energy firms stand to gain from the ongoing energy crisis driven by persistent closure of Strait of Hormuz. Through the Hormuz crisis,...
  
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• Screwworm Flies Add to Cattle Ranchers’ Woes

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Some Texans fear “the nightmares and the horrors” of a potential screwworm outbreak. Elsewhere, not enough grass to feed cattle sends them to market earlier. ......
  
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• Scott McTominay - Scotland's World Cup poster boy: How ex-Man United star reached icon status ...

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Two years after leaving Manchester United following a 22-year association that began when he was five, the midfielder is preparing to represent Scotland at their first World Cup since 1998. ......
  
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• Relentless rise of VAR, new red card offences and more: those new World Cup rules ...

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  2026 tournament will be the biggest, longest and most expensive – and the most intricately refereed – ever seen...
  
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• Quote of the Day by Rumi: ‘Love will find its way through all languages on…’ ...

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, scholar, and mystic, continues...
  
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• Quote of the day by Michael J Fox: 'Family is not an important thing, it's ...

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Quote of the day by Michael J Fox: Actor Michael J Fox...
  
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• Pope acknowledges stiff competition with Bad Bunny this weekend in Spain

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV acknowledges he's competing with another VIP in Madrid this weekend. Puerto Rican sensation Bad Bunny is performing two shows in the Spanish capital. Speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane, Leo noted the Bad Bunny draw but ......
  
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• No Indian distribution for Joe Sacco’s graphic novel on Muzaffarnagar riots over map inaccuracy

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  New Delhi: Readers in India looking forward to finding Joe Sacco’s latest graphic novel on local bookstore shelves will be disappointed. Penguin Random House India has pulled the plug on distributing The Once and Future Riot, the acclaimed graphic novelist’s unflinching 135-page chronicle of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal clashes, which...
  
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• Michelle Kaufman: Seven World Cups, a lifetime of memories of heartbreak and joy

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  MIAMI — As I pulled into Hard Rock Stadium last week to pick up a media credential for my seventh World Cup, my mind flashed back 32 years to the summer of 1994. ......
  
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• Kazakhstan enacts measures to usher in political reforms

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Kazakhstan's President Tokayev has enacted...
  
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• Judge strikes down Trump’s immigration freeze on 39 nations

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  A federal judge on Friday ruled that...
  
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• Israeli airstrikes kill 9 including Lebanese army officers after ceasefire deal

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon...
  
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• Israeli Airstrike in South Lebanon Kills Lebanese Brigadier General and Soldiers on Khardali-Nabatieh Road

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Several Lebanese military...
  
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• Iran targets Bahrain and Kuwait after renewed US strikes

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Iran fired missiles at U.S....
  
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• Inside the adult Swedish prison preparing to house children as young as 13

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Teenagers will now serve time in response to surging gang crime, but head of country’s largest jail has misgivings...
  
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• In pictures: 'Cockroaches' descend on New Delhi as party of social media fame stages protest

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  Young students gathered in New Delhi on Saturday for the first street protest by the satirical “Cockroach Janta Party” (CJP) over alleged irregularities in recent major examinations. Carrying paper cockroach masks and pamphlets, the protesters called for the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who has faced criticism over the irregularities, including question paper leaks and technical glitches. The CJP has garnered millions of followers on social media since its lau
  
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• Haredi men attempt to break into Jerusalem police station, attack cops in Beit Shemesh

  06-06-2026 12:38 via article.wn.com
  The police on Wednesday...
  
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