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• Germany calls for self-reflection after World Cup exit

  30-06-2026 03:18 via article.wn.com
  BOSTON, United States, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann called for self-reflection after his side was eliminated from the FIFA World Cup in the round of 32 on Monday, losing 4-3 on penalties to Paraguay. Kai Havertz, whose opening penalty in the...
  
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• Trump celebrates Supreme Court’s political campaign spending decision: ‘A big win for Republicans’

  30-06-2026 17:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a 6-3 decision, the court's conservative majority sided with Vice President JD Vance and other Republican challengers
  
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• Mike Johnson’s eye roll says it all as reporters break the birthright citizenship ruling to House Speaker

  30-06-2026 17:09 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Three Americans dead in Venezuela earthquakes as hopes of finding more survivors fade

  30-06-2026 17:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US State Department said 12 American nationals remain missing
  
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• Germany’s far-right AfD party sees 40 per cent surge in potential extremist members

  30-06-2026 16:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Germany's intelligence service warned Alternative for Germany (AfD) now has 28,000 individuals considered to pose a risk of right-wing extremism
  
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• Daily protests in Albania continue against Trump family-linked resort project

  30-06-2026 16:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Rama has vowed not to ‘step back’ from the development, defending his administration's environmental record
  
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• Supreme Court strikes down limits on coordinated campaign spending

  30-06-2026 16:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a 6-3 decision, the court's conservative majority sided with Vice President JD Vance and other Republican challengers
  
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• Supreme Court rulings live: SCOTUS strikes down Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship

  30-06-2026 16:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  On the final day of the Supreme Court’s term, justices affirmed that anyone born in the US is a citizen
  
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• Trump loses on birthright citizenship after Supreme Court strikes down sweeping attempt to rewrite Constitution

  30-06-2026 16:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Supreme Court has struck down Donald Trump’s attempt to block automatic birthright citizenship to newborns in the U.S., dealing a massive blow to the president’s anti-immigration efforts and his spurious attempt to rewrite the Constitution.
  
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• Trump’s White House ballroom built under $500m no-bid contract: report

  30-06-2026 16:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president was directly involved in ​negotiating some costs for the multi-million dollar East Wing project, according to the Washington Post
  
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• You could attend a World Cup watch party at Credit One Stadium next week

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  If the United States Men’s National Soccer Team wins against Bosnia and Herzegovina this week, Uptown Hospitality will host a World Cup watch party for the next match at Credit One Stadium on July 6. ......
  
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• World Cup propels surveillance to new heights

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) ......
  
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• Wolverine Launches USA-Built Loader II DuraShocks® Wedge, Celebrating the Workers building America and their own American Dream (Wolverine World Wide Inc)

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  ) New USA-Built work boot anchors broader campaign honoring the people who continue to build America 250 years later Rockford, June 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wolverine®, America's leading work boot brand with more than 140 years of proven craftsmanship, today introduces the USA-Built Loader II DuraShocks® Wedge anchoring a broader brand campaign celebrating the people building their American Dream and shaping the next chapter of America. Launching as the United States approaches its 2
  
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• Why Pakistan has created a petroleum price stabilisation fund

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  As petroleum prices...
  
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• White House awarded no-bid contract for East Wing ballroom, Washington Post reports

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  White House officials last...
  
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• What to know about opposition in Albania to a Trump family-linked resort project

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  A coastal development project in Albania...
  
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• Venezuela rescuers in final push to find survivors as families mourn

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  Rescuers from around the world pushed Tuesday to save any final survivors trapped under mountains of rubble after Venezuela's massive quakes that killed over 1,700 people, with tens of thousands still unaccounted for. The twin quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 -- the strongest to hit the South American nation in more than a century -- likely damaged or destroyed 58,870 buildings, according to a preliminary assessment of satellite data published by NASA. By the latest official count, some 1,700 are
  
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• U.S. Quake-Relief Efforts Collide With Anger at Venezuela’s Government

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
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• US envoys arrive in Qatar for meetings on Iran, with tensions high over Hormuz

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
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• Ukraine launches major drone attack on Moscow, hitting a satellite center

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  KYIV — Ukraine said on Tuesday it hit one of Russia’s largest satellite communication centers for the second time in just over a week, as Kyiv ramps up long-range drone attacks to pressure the Kremlin to end its four-year-old war.The Dubna Satellite Communications Center to the north of Moscow, some 500 km (310 miles) from the...
  
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• UK to Spend Record £300bn on Defence Modernisation

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  Email:[email protected] London: Britain will invest nearly £300 billion in defence over the next four years, including an extra £15 billion by 2030, under a...
  
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• Trump’s tariffs aren’t saving jobs at Whirlpool’s Iowa refrigerator plant

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  If any company stood to gain from Trump’s trade war, it was Whirlpool and the workers assembling its iconic appliances in Iowa. ......
  
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• Thousands hit streets in S. Africa as anti-migrant sentiment swells

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  Thousands marched in cities across South Africa Tuesday to demand the removal of undocumented foreign nationals, following a weekslong campaign that has left four people dead and f ......
  
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• Symbol of pride or exclusion? Black Americans divided over US flag, poll finds

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
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• Spain's mass migrants regularization drive sees 1M applications

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  More than 1 million undocumented migrants in Spain have applied for legal status under a government scheme, defying a broader European crackdown on irregular immigration, officials ......
  
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• South Africa cuts petrol, diesel prices for July as global oil costs ease

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  JOHANNESBURG, June 30 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources on Tuesday announced the first reduction in petrol and diesel prices in several months. Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe said the latest adjustments were driven mainly by lower international...
  
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• Severe Heat Wave Grips US During 250th Birthday Celebrations

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  Email: Washington DC: A dangerous heat wave is expected to sweep across much of the United States beginning Tuesday, bringing extreme temperatures over 100°F (38°C) just as the nation...
  
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• Russia says it captures 3 settlements, repels drone attack

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Russian armed forces have taken control of three settlements -- Malinovka in the Donetsk region, Lesnoye and Rovnoye in the Zaporizhzhia region -- on the frontline with Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry...
  
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• Pope promotes Italian nun to top migrant role in his first major appointment of a woman to Holy See

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  With the appointment, Leo appears to be following suit of his predecessor, Pope Francis....
  
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• Pope begs breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations

  30-06-2026 16:32 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV is begging a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its planned consecrations of new bishops without his consent. In a letter released Tuesday, Leo called the move a schismatic act and a “sin of extreme ......
  
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