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• Framing hope

  29-06-2026 04:35 via article.wn.com
  In a dimly lit room illuminated by a pair of red lamps, eight-year-old Zeynep waits to see...
  
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• A heat dome will engulf World Cup games in the eastern US this week. Here's what to expect

  30-06-2026 01:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  The World Cup games are heating up this week with knockout rounds, and so is the outdoor heat
  
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• Young Jewish primary student told he should be bombed

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Jewish Australian school children have been sent...
  
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• What the U.S. Owes Venezuela

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Expectations are rising over the role the Trump administration could play in helping after two devastating quakes. ......
  
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• Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Tops 1,700 as UN Scales Up Humanitarian Response and Rescue Efforts

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  CARACAS: Five days after powerful earthquakes struck central-northern Venezuela, the death toll continues to climb along with the intense rescue operation and the UN coordinates humanitarian assistance, warning that recovery “is going to take time.”.Venezuelan authorities confirmed on...
  
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• US heat wave puts 47 million under warnings as camps and events shut

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  US heat wave puts 47 million under warnings as camps and events shut ......
  
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• US deportees survive deadly Venezuela quakes after hotel collapse

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  US deportees survive deadly Venezuela quakes after hotel collapse ......
  
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• Strait of Hormuz Shipping Traffic Slowly Recovers as US-Iran Talks Resume but Flows Stay Far Below Pre-War Levels

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has shown modest recovery amid ongoing caution, according to latest maritime tracking data, as diplomatic efforts between the US and Iran continue following recent clashes.MarineTraffic and other trackers (such as Kpler, Windward, and Shipfinder) have reported fluctuating but generally low-to-moderate daily transits in...
  
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• Spain given minor reprieve on disastrous double-injury blow

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Spain may yet see Yeremy Pino and Nico Williams in action again before the end of the World Cup, although neither player is expected to be back in the coming rounds. Both finished Spain’s match with Uruguay on Friday, but have been subsequently ruled out with injuries. Williams was coming back from injury and trying to build up his...
  
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• Polymarket’s $3.3B World Cup boom exposes the longshot trap inside prediction markets

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Prediction markets are drawing one of their largest sports audiences yet from the World Cup, but the surge is creating an unusual picture beneath the headline numbers. World Cup-linked contracts on Polymarket have generated more than $3.3 billion in trading volume, a level that puts the tournament well ahead of this year’s Super Bowl, which drew about $1.4 billion in prediction-market trading. The comparison reflects how quickly event-based trading has moved into major sports, with soccer&
  
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• Kalshi ordered to temporarily halt sports bets in Michigan

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Lansing — A Michigan judge ordered the prediction market company Kalshi on Monday to stop offering wagers similar to sports bets in the state for the next 14 days. Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina signed the temporary restraining order against Kalshi. It had been sought by Attorney General Dana Nessel's office. The four-page order said...
  
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• How to watch Netherlands vs Morocco: Free Streams, TV Channels & Kick-Off time for FIFA ...

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Netherlands vs Morocco Kick-Off time: Tuesday, June 30 | 2am BST / 9pm ET (Mon) / 11am AESTWatch free on ITV (UK) / SBS (AUS) / CazéTV's YouTube (Brazil)Unlock your free streams with Norton VPN (60-day money back guarantee) Dark horses Netherlands and Morocco meet in Monterrey in one of the standout ties of the last 32 — and you can live stream the FIFA World Cup 2026 clash around the world for free. No team scored more group-stage goals than the Dutch's 10, as Ronald Koeman's men t
  
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• Gunman kills 6 at youth welfare facility in suspected child custody dispute: reports

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  A suspect is in custody after six people were shot and killed Monday at a youth welfare facility in northern Germany, officials said. The shooting happened around midday in Stade, a town of about 50,000 people...
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo's fiancée Georgina Rodriguez puts a few in the back of the net at ...

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  When Georgina Rodriguez shoots she scores. The 32-year-old mother...
  
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• China completes full-performance tests of world’s largest superconducting magnet

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  China has completed testing of what it says is the world’s largest superconducting magnet system for a future nuclear fusion reactor, marking a major step toward building devices capable of containing plasma hotter than the sun’s core. Researchers at the Institute of Plasma Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences completed the development, acceptance, and full-performance testing of two key superconducting systems: a toroidal-field superconducting magnet and a high-temperature
  
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• World Cup: Pochettino has instilled belief within US team, and across the country

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  The Argentine has brought the ‘United” back into the United States of America....
  
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• Wednesday\u2019s World Cup match a chance for Americans to snap 0-for-Europe soccer streak

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  USMNT has one win against European opponents in World Cups since 1990...
  
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• Virginia to allow recreational marijuana to be sold in retail stores beginning in 2027

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Recreational marijuana sales are set to begin next year in Virginia. Five years ago, Virginia became the South’s first state to legalize possession of the drug but until now had failed to set up a retail market. That will change ......
  
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• Trump readies first flight on Qatar-gifted jet this week

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  US�President�Donald�Trump�will�make�his�first�flight�on�a�new�Air�Force�One�plane�gifted�by�Qatar�later�this�week,�the�White�House�said�Monday....
  
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• San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to pay $395 million to settle child sex abuse lawsuits

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese...
  
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• Rubio, Saddam Haftar discuss efforts to reunify Libya

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Saddam Haftar, deputy commander of eastern Libya's armed forces, on Monday to discuss efforts to bridge the country's long-standin ......
  
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• Michigan parents charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son who weighed 255 pounds

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  The parents of a 7-year-old Michigan boy who weighed 255 pounds (116 kilograms) when he died have been charged with murder, torture and child abuse, prosecutors said. ......
  
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• Life as a woman on America's death row: 'Worst of both worlds'

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Tennessee set to execute woman for first time in over 200 years If Christa Pike's execution is carried out, she would be the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years and the 19th woman in modern U.S. history. As Brenda Andrew sat quietly in an Oklahoma courtroom, a prosecutor held up a pair of her thong underwear for jurors. Would a grieving widow really wear such a sexy undergarment, he asked them? The jurors, who had to decide whether the Sunday school teacher was guilty of being involve
  
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• Kenny Kott cause of death: What happened to the 97.1 ‘The Ticket’ producer? Details of ...

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  97.1 The Ticket...
  
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• Judge delays Luigi Mangione’s federal trial in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione’s federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson will now begin in January instead of the fall, a judge said Monday at a hearing that started late because Mangione got stuck in a courthouse elevator. ......
  
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• Iran says frozen $6bn will soon be returned as part of peace deal

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
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• FAFSA website down for maintenance: When will the federal student aid site be back up? ...

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Users are unable to log in even though the site remains accessible. ......
  
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• Arkansas will move forward with a ban on using SNAP for candy and soda despite ...

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Arkansas is moving forward with its plan to ban government food aid from being used to buy candy and soda beginning on Wednesday, even though a federal judge ruled last week that similar restrictions in other states violated federal law. ......
  
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• 10 Killed, Dozens Injured In Russian Strikes In Ukraine

  30-06-2026 01:22 via article.wn.com
  Russian attacks across Ukraine killed 10 people and wounded dozens on Monday, authorities said, with strikes continuing into the afternoon as the death toll climbed. ......
  
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• ‘Blackface without the makeup’: John Oliver shreds Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for impression of Hakeem Jeffries

  30-06-2026 00:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The comedian mocked the Florida governor during a segment on the impacts of Republican-led gerrymandering
  
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