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• Global crises cannot be ignored, outgoing UK PM Starmer warns successor

  05-07-2026 05:48 via article.wn.com
  LONDON: Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned his probable successor, Andy Burnham, in an interview released on Saturday that he cannot ignore international turmoil and just concentrate on the country’s domestic problems. In his first interview...
  
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• Trump has sent all the US refugee agents to just one country

  09-07-2026 19:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Are we being trolled here? Is this like a trolling exercise?’ a former federal employee said
  
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• Texas DA claims feds are keeping him away from investigation into ICE shooting of Mexican migrant

  09-07-2026 19:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo follows at least 16 other immigration enforcement shootings over the last year
  
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• YTBIO’s Successful Vitafoods Europe 2026 Participation

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  Barcelona, Spain - Vitafoods Europe 2026, one of the world’s leading events for the nutraceutical and functional food industries, has officially concluded. Shaanxi Yuantai Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (YTBIO), a professional manufacturer of natural fruit and vegetable powders, showcased its...
  
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• Your World Cup team\u2019s been knocked out. Who should you support now?

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  The idea of supporting any team but your own may be unfathomable, but here are the options....
  
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• Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 9

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian government is refining its incentive framework to accelerate the growth of Malaysia's electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem, including new measures to encourage the rollout of charging infrastructure and support wider EV adoption. Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Sim Tze Tzin...
  
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• World Santa Congress brings Christmas cheer to the height of summer

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  The four-day event includes gingerbread eating, gift wrapping and parades....
  
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• Western Europe records its hottest June: EU monitor

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  Western Europe this year...
  
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• U.S. star Christian Pulisic fractured leg in World Cup loss to Belgium: Report

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  U.S. star Christian Pulisic fractured his right leg during the Americans' World Cup loss to Belgium and will be sidelined for several weeks, a person familiar with the injury said Thursday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the...
  
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• Ukrainian drones batter Russian oil facilities, set more oil tankers ablaze

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian drones on July 9 hit...
  
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• Tyler Robinson hearing day 4 LIVE updates: Roommate Lance Twiggs' video interview expected in Charlie ...

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  Tyler Robinson hearing LIVE: Hearing in...
  
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• Spain's running of the bulls as popular as ever on 100th anniversary of book that ...

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  The San Fermín festival, featuring a daily running of the bulls, is one of Spain's best-known celebrations, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors to the northern city of Pamplona each year. ......
  
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• Soccer legend Crystal Dunn joins TLH Reckoning ownership group

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  Crystal Dunn talks Tallahassee, TLH Reckoning game U.S. soccer legend Crystal Dunn explains her visit to Tallahassee and support of TLH Reckoning World Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist Crystal Dunn has joined the TLH Reckoning ownership group, the club announced in a press release. Dunn was in Tallahassee for the Reckoning's final home game of the season against Fort Lauderdale United, a 2-0 win on June 27, and has previously worked with the club and its founder,...
  
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• People in the UK: have you used prediction markets to bet on the World Cup ...

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  Prediction markets have grown rapidly in popularity in recent years, particularly in the US. We’d like to hear confidentially from people in the UK who have used them...
  
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• Norway vs England bet builder: World Cup tips from This Week's Acca

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  The team behind...
  
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• New US, Iran fighting erupts ahead of Khamenei burial

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  New fighting erupted between the...
  
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• Netanyahu vows to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, boost arms production

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel would not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and would expand domestic arms production to reduce dependence on foreign purchases....
  
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• Latvia cuts growth forecast, sees wider budget deficits

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  RIGA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Latvia's Finance Ministry on Thursday lowered the country's economic growth forecasts for 2026 and 2027 and raised its inflation projections, citing higher energy prices, supply chain disruptions and increased...
  
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• Labour leadership contest takes Burnham closer to UK PM's office

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  Veteran politician Andy...
  
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• Jailed Catholic woman's hunger strike highlights Iran religious persecution — US demands action

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  The State Department condemned Iran’s intensified repression of Christians, including a Catholic woman on hunger strike in a prison known as one of the most brutal in the...
  
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• Israeli strike kills aid worker who brought World Cup screenings to Gaza

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  An Israeli strike has killed an aid worker who organized World Cup game screenings for Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip, a hospital director says. ......
  
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• Iraq signs contract with U.S. firm to develop Hamrin oilfield

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  BAGHDAD, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's North Oil Company (NOC) on Thursday signed a contract with U.S.-based company HKN Energy to...
  
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• Iraq plans to establish investment fund with Türkiye

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  BAGHDAD, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Thursday announced that his government is working to establish an Iraqi-Turkish fund to finance joint investment and development...
  
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• India, Australia sign 18 pacts to boost nuclear, defence and maritime ties

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  India, Australia sign 18 pacts to boost nuclear, defence and maritime ties ......
  
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• Ho, ho, hot: Santas gather for a summer celebration in Denmark

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  Santas, Mrs. Clauses, and elves from around the world have gathered in Aalborg, Denmark, for the annual World Santa Claus Congress. This colorful midsummer tradition, first held in 1957, moved to Aalborg two years ago. ......
  
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• Greek F-16 fighter jet crash-lands at busy Zakynthos airport

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  The runway is...
  
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• Grading the USMNT's World Cup: Did Pochettino, Pul

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  At this summer's World Cup, the U.S. did its homework, aced the quizzes, and then failed the final exam. How should we grade its World Cup? ......
  
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• France returns 23 Syrian treasures after 15 years as Macron visits Damascus

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  France has returned 23 Syrian...
  
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• Former Olympian pleads not guilty in Reflecting Pool damage case after Trump alleged vandalism

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty on Thursday to deliberately damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a politically charged case that his defense attorneys and other Trump administration critics have derided as an abuse of prosecutorial power. David Hearn, who competed in three Summer Olympics, entered the plea through one of his attorneys during his initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court. Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, was indicte
  
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• Fire at a shoe factory kills 28 in one of China's deadliest blazes in recent years

  09-07-2026 18:56 via article.wn.com
  A fire has broken out at a shoe factory in China's Fujian province, killing 28 people. Chinese President Xi Jinping has demanded an all-out search and rescue effort and urges a swift investigation. The blaze started at the Huiteng shoe ......
  
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