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• Feature: In DR Congo displacement camp, Ebola warnings meet dry taps, crowded shelters

  12-06-2026 16:06 via article.wn.com
  KINSHASA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- At the Kigonze camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the daily struggle against Ebola begins with something as basic as water. Since early morning, Furha Jeannette, a displaced mother of four, had been waiting at a water point alongside other women and children. The taps were dry. Rows of yellow jerrycans lined up beside them remained empty after hours of waiting. "You se
  
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• World Cup 2026: What’s next for Seattle, U.S. men as knockout rounds begin?

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Here’s a rundown of what to expect as the tournament enters its next phase. ......
  
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• World Cup 2026: Hugo Broos says Canada defeat exposed Bafana Bafana’s lack of power and speed

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Hugo Broos believes Bafana Bafana’s Fifa World Cup elimination against Canada ultimately exposed the physical realities of modern football. South Africa’s historic World Cup campaign came to an end on Sunday after defeat to the Canadians in the knockout stages, with Broos admitting the difference in power, speed and intensity between the sides proved decisive. After guiding Bafana to the last 32 for the first time in the...
  
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• With time running out, Venezuelans comb rubble for survivors

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  RESCUE workers carry a baby rescued from the rubble in La Guaira.—Reuters • Death toll from deadly quakes rises to 1,450, with tens of thousands still missing • Newborn, two boys pulled out alive from rubble after three days LA GUAIRA: Rescue crews raced on Sunday to find survivors in the rubble of Venezuela’s powerful earthquakes as the death toll reached 1,450 and hopes dwindled more than three days after the earth roared and rumbled. Tens of thousands of people were repo
  
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• Vietnam ramping up arrests to crush dissent, says rights group

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Vietnam is increasingly using broadly written laws to arrest activists, dissidents and others that authorities consider a threat to the Communist party’s rule, according to a new analysis released Monday by a human rights group. The 88 Project, which focuses on rights issues in Vietnam, documented 56 such arrests in 2025, the third consecutive year of increases and double the number in 2022. The report includes only arrests where the defendant could be identified by name and the case track
  
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• Victorian premier blames ‘inflation not corruption’ for Big Build cost blowouts amid fresh allegations

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Jacinta Allan has resisted growing calls for a royal commission into alleged corruption on Victoria’s $100bn Big Build, declaring “inflationary pressures on projects is not corruption”. It comes after an investigation by Nine newspapers and 60 Minutes reported allegations that money from the state’s Big Build infrastructure projects was being paid to gangland figures and that the state government was warned about cost blowouts due to Construction, Forestry and Maritime Em
  
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• Venezuela Earthquake: 72 Hours Gone, Hope Fading -Then Rescuers Find Father And Son Alive

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  The US Geological Survey estimated the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes could have caused more than 10,000 deaths, which would rank among Latin America's deadliest disasters in a century. ......
  
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• US weighs shifting Gulf bases after strikes

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  • May move some military assets in Middle East farther west, potentially to Israel • Fifth Fleet HQ in Bahrain among most affected sites, says WSJ • Estimates suggest $5bn damage across 11 US military installations WASHINGTON: The United States is weighing the relocation of parts of its military footprint in the Middle East further westward, potentially to Israel, as Iranian missile and drone strikes expose serious vulnerabilities in...
  
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• US, Iran Agree To Halt Fighting "For Now", To Discuss Hormuz Plan In Qatar

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  The back-and-forth military actions over the weekend have tested the barely 11-day-old fragile initial US-Iran agreement that was supposed to halt hostilities during 60 days of negotiations. ......
  
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• US and Iran ‘stand down’ on strikes; technical talks set to continue in Doha

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
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• Ukrainian strike ignites Russian oil refinery, as Putin Admits ‘difficult period’

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the...
  
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• Ukrainian drones set another Russian oil refinery ablaze

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine kept up its heavy drone assault on Russia, setting fire to a major oil refinery in the south, as President Vladimir Putin acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that the country was facing a “certain deficit” of fuel and vowed to strengthen protection of oil facilities and boost fuel output. Ukraine has markedly stepped up its long-range attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities in recent months, aiming to cut Moscow’s revenue for its invasion &mda
  
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• Three Irish people die, one injured after Spain car crash

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Three Irish people have died and another has been seriously injured following a road collision in...
  
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• Takaichi's political funding scandal reflects political-business collusion behind Japan's neo-militarism

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Earlier this month, Hiroshi Kamiwaki, a constitutional law professor at Japan's Kobe Gakuin University, filed a complaint with prosecutors, accusing Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of making false entries in political funding reports in violation of the political funds control law. This is not the first time Takaichi has been embroiled in a political funds scandal. Nor do the scandals expose merely the misconduct of a handful of politicians like Takaichi. They reveal the
  
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• StableStock Launches Leveraged Spot Trading for Real-World Assets via Stablecoins

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  StableStock, a provider of on-chain stock liquidity infrastructure, has officially introduced a leveraged spot trading feature that allows users to trade real-world assets — including global equities — using stablecoins. The company announced that the service supports over 700 assets, ranging from major U.S. stocks to prominent Asian companies such as SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, with leverage of up to approximately 10x. Bridging Traditional Markets and Decentralized Finance The
  
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• Singapore launches online safety commission to tackle digital abuse

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  SINGAPORE, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's newly established Online Safety Commission began operations on Monday, giving victims of online abuse a new avenue to seek takedowns, support services and civil remedies. The commission will initially handle five categories of harmful...
  
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• Shares in chipmakers underpinning AI boom rocket in first half of 2026

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Value of some chip manufacturers have tripled, or more, driving Asia Pacific stock markets sharply higher...
  
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• Secret UFO tape discovered after 70 years may reveal hidden details about 'Invasion of Washington'

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Secret UFO tape discovered after 70 years may reveal hidden details about 'Invasion of Washington' In 1952, a series of unexplained sightings took place in the skies above Washington. These unidentified objects attracted much attention at the time and sparked excitement and fears of an alien encounter. Advertisement It came to be...
  
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• Photo highlights of the BET Awards

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The BET Awards, which honor achievements in Black entertainment, sports and culture, aired Sunday with comedian Druski becoming the youngest host at age 31. The live show aired from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. ......
  
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• Pakistan claims retaliatory strike along the Afghanistan border kills 29 militants

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  An affiliate of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), claimed responsibility for the Karachi attack, saying nine attackers took part. ......
  
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• Pakistan carries out deadly airstrikes along Afghanistan border

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  The attacks on Monday were the latest flare-up of violence between the two countries, which fought a weeks-long war in February...
  
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• Nancy Guthrie case: Ex-FBI agent says mystery email sender may hold key to Savannah's mother's disappearance

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Retired FBI agent...
  
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• Mother, 9-month-old baby pulled alive from Venezuela earthquake rubble; toll rises to 1,450

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Another dramatic rescue operation has offered a glimmer of hope in earthquake-hit Venezuela after a US search-and-rescue team pulled a mother and her 9-month-old baby alive from beneath the rubble of a collapsed building.The emotional rescue, captured on video, shows emergency responders carefully clearing debris...
  
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• LIVE UPDATES- Israeli army destroyed Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  The Israeli military on Sunday said it destroyed...
  
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• ‘Leave or return in a coffin’: The threat driving migrants out of South Africa

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  For months, anti-migrant rhetoric had been building across South Africa. Then it reached Kaunga Nyirenda’s doorstep. In early June, two men gave the Malawian gardener, who lives in a Johannesburg suburb, a chilling ultimatum: leave now or face death. “They asked me: ‘When are you going to leave the country? We want to fix our country. If you don’t leave now, you’re going to leave in a coffin because we don’t need anyone after 30th of June,’” he sai
  
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• Israel weighs US IPO for major State-owned defence firms

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Officials will...
  
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• How UK's likely next PM Burnham plans to save Britain and what's Scotland puzzle, Moscow ...

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Andy Burnham, the former Mayor of Greater Manchester known as the ‘King of the North’, is being seen as the chief counter by the Labour leaders to the rising influence of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. ......
  
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• How AI Assisted FBI After The White House Dinner Attack

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  The Justice Department has said investigators reviewed seized devices, cloud and email accounts, travel and financial records, surveillance footage and metadata from the hotel where the dinner took... ......
  
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• Fuel crunch in Russia: Putin admits 'certain shortage' as Ukrainian drone attacks batter Russia’s energy infrastructure

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Sunday, acknowledged that sustained Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure have caused fuel shortages in several regions, while insisting the disruptions are manageable and vowing to continue Moscow's military campaign.Speaking in an interview published by the Kremlin , Putin said the strikes on oil refineries and fuel facilities had created supply challenges but were not severe enough to derail Russia's...
  
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• From work to World Cup woes: 3 simple ways to ease stress

  29-06-2026 06:21 via article.wn.com
  Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. Avoiding stress in daily life — from relationships, pressure at work, disappointing news such as Korea's early exit from...
  
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