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• Explosion at central Damascus cafe kills 5, injures 16

  03-07-2026 01:47 via article.wn.com
  This photo taken on July 2, 2026 shows the scene after an explosion inside a cafe in central Damascus, Syria. Five people were killed and 16 others wounded on Thursday in an explosion inside a cafe in central Damascus, Syrian authorities said. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) DAMASCUS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and 16 others wounded on Thursday in an explosion inside a cafe in central Damascus, Syrian authorities said. The health authorities updated the death toll from an ear
  
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• World Cup penalty spot becomes football’s newest classroom

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  Players are increasingly treating penalties as a specialist discipline with enormous rewards. ......
  
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• World Bank appoints Dalia Khalifa as Middle East director

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  Washington, July 2 (Petra) -- The World Bank has announced the appointment of Dalia Khalifa as the Division Director for the Middle East Department, which covers Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and...
  
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• Why Gulf states must prepare for a post-Iran security order

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  The Middle East stands at a strategic crossroads. For decades, the Arab Gulf states have navigated regional instability by relying on a combination of American security guarantees, economic resilience and cautious diplomacy. Yet the geopolitical landscape is changing at a pace few anticipated. The confrontation involving Iran, Israel and the United States has exposed not only the vulnerabilities of the region but also the limits of the existing security architecture. For the six members of the G
  
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• US warned Iran of possible Israeli plot to kill top ceasefire negotiators

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  US warned Iran of possible Israeli plot to kill top ceasefire negotiators ......
  
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• US men piling up historic moments at World Cup, but focus is on the here ...

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Mauricio Pochettino's team continues to do things in this summer's World Cup that no U.S. team has ever done before. ......
  
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• Trump’s massive July 4 firework show raises health alarms

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  Washington prepares to break the record for the world’s largest fireworks display on July 4. ......
  
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• Trump administration’s $46 billion 'smart wall' races ahead on the U.S.-Mexico border

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  Customs and Border Protection says the technology helps free up agents for other tasks. ......
  
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• The Rafael Nadal law that explains how hard elite tennis can be

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  On Day 4, one of tennis' more familiar rules took hold at Wimbledon, American hopes were set for the July 4 weekend and the upsets of last year gave way to chalk. ......
  
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• Senegal's exit from World Cup highlights rifts

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  ATLANTA - Recriminations are expected to follow swiftly after Senegal’s calamitous exit from the World Cup, with a schism apparent in the squad after they lost to Belgium in Seattle on Wednesday. ......
  
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• Powerful general in Iran emerges from hiding as Tehran prepares for Khamenei's dayslong funeral

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  A powerful general who leads Iran’s...
  
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• Massachusetts city imposes curfew ahead of historic World Cup match

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  A Massachusetts city with one of the nation's largest Cape...
  
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• Los Angeles Knight Riders play first game in new stadium as Olympic cricket buzz grows

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  The Los Angeles Knight Riders have...
  
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• Iran funeral for Khamenei begins as Gen Ahmad Vahidi reappears in Tehran

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  Iran funeral for Khamenei begins as Gen Ahmad Vahidi reappears in Tehran ......
  
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• Impossible for England to acclimate to altitude for World Cup match against Mexico, Tuchel says

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — From the altitude of Mexico City to the memories of Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand of God” goal, England will have to contend with brutal conditions and the weight of history when it plays co-host Mexico at the ......
  
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• How 'Country Roads' became the soundtrack of the US team's World Cup run

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  It's become one of the enduring scenes of the U.S. team during this World Cup: jubilant U.S. players joining tens of thousands of fans in singing John Denver's “Take Me Home, Country Roads” at the end of their matches. ......
  
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• Glance: Wilson, Boston, Clark top All-Star starters

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  The WNBA released its list of starters for the All-Star Game, which includes three players from the Indiana Fever, the reigning MVP and a rookie sensation. ......
  
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• Flash: Trump says "ridiculous" for U.S. to "continue along this one sided path" when relationship with NATO is not reciprocal

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  Flash: Trump says "ridiculous" for U.S. to...
  
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• FIFA World Cup: Switzerland strikes first, leads Algeria 1-0 at B.C. Place. Live updates here.

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  Switzerland has...
  
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• El Tri's historic World Cup win 40 years in the making

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  MEXICO CITY — Érik Lira was emotional when he took the dais in the mixed zone beneath Estadio Azteca on Tuesday. Mexico had just ended a 40-year drought at the World Cup with their 2-0 win over Ecuador, that was ......
  
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• Ebola deaths in DR Congo rise to 447 as clinical trial starts

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  KINSHASA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have risen to 1,460, including 447 deaths, authorities said Thursday, while a clinical trial has begun to evaluate potential treatments for the Bundibugyo...
  
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• Drops for AI stocks pull Wall Street lower, even as the majority of the US ...

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  More drops for chip stocks and other AI winners are weighing on Wall Street, and they’re continuing to mute gains for the majority of the U.S. market. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Thursday, even though two out of every three ......
  
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• Donald Trump, JD Vance won’t attend U.S.-Belgium World Cup match in Seattle, King County spokesperson says

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  SEATTLE — Neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President JD Vance are expected to attend Monday's USA vs. Belgium round of 16 FIFA Men's World Cup match in Seattle, a King County spokesperson said Thursday morning. ......
  
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• Democratic governors press US Postal Service to drop plan tied to Trump's election order

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  A group of Democratic governors is asking the U.S. Postal Service to withdraw its proposed rule to comply with an executive order that seeks to create a federal list of eligible voters, including those eligible to receive a ballot by ......
  
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• California man admits sending fake ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie abduction

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  He called and sent text messages to her family on Feb 4 inquiring about a bitcoin transfer. ......
  
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• Body of American pilot killed in Indonesian separatist conflict recovered

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces Friday recovered the body of an American pilot who was killed after armed separatist attacked and burned a small aircraft in the restive Papua region, a military commander said. ......
  
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• Across parking lot from World Cup, baseball beckons

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  KANSAS CITY, Missouri - World Cup fans making their way into Kansas City's match venue are met right across the parking lot by an unmistakable reminder of a U.S. sporting tradition: Kauffman Stadium, the home of Major League Baseball's Kansas ......
  
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• 125 passengers and crew hit with highly contagious stomach virus on cruise from San Francisco

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  SAN FRANCISCO — More than 120 passengers and crew members on a Princess Cruises ship that docked in San Francisco on Thursday were infected with a stomach virus while on their voyage, federal health officials said. ......
  
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• 11-year-old driver crashes truck into Buddhist monks in Thailand, killing 10

  03-07-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  Officials in Thailand say an 11-year-old boy has crashed a pickup truck into Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage, killing 10 of them and injuring others. A total of 35 monks from Mukdahan province, about 600 kilometers northeast of Bangkok, were ......
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin and Zelensky vow to escalate fighting after deadliest strike on Kyiv this year

  03-07-2026 05:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Massive attack on Kyiv came hours after Ukraine said Putin wanted to capture the capital again
  
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