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• Heatwave watch: smart tech helps keep Rome's elderly safe

  28-06-2026 12:15 via article.wn.com
  ROME, June 28 - Dina...
  
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• Thai Airways launches investigation after cabin crew member arrested for smuggling heroin worth £380k

  30-06-2026 08:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Airline vows full cooperation as Australian police allege drugs were hidden in 12 tote bags
  
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• Venezuela’s opposition leader in exile says she will do ‘whatever it takes’ to return to help earthquake victims

  30-06-2026 08:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Machado, currently in Panama, accuses Venezuelan government of blocking her attempt to return
  
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• Thai Airways launches disciplinary investigation after employee arrested in Australia over heroin smuggling

  30-06-2026 07:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Airline vows full cooperation as Australian police allege drugs were hidden in 12 tote bags
  
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• Yassine Bounou: Morocco’s calm force as they knock out the Netherlands in World Cup showdown

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
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• World Cup roundup: Paraguay stuns Germany in shootout; Brazil also advances

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Jose Canale scored on the first sudden death penalty kick, Orlando Gill made two key saves in the shootout, and Paraguay beat Germany 4-3 on penalties to earn the biggest upset of the 2026 World Cup so far. The round ......
  
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• West African deportees sue over US expulsions to Ghana

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] Accra: Eleven West African migrants deported from the United States to Ghana have filed a lawsuit in a US federal court, questioning the Trump administration's policy of...
  
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• 'We'll Cut Off Hands That ': Pak's Unprovoked Threat Over Indus Waters

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  New Delhi had placed the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance following a deadly cross-border terrorist strike in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam last year that killed 26 civilians. ......
  
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• Trump's fixation on voting has had mixed results. He still has ways to affect November's elections

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump has tried many...
  
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• Truck drivers ‘miraculously’ emerge nearly unscathed from explosions and fire after Hume Highway truck crash

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Six trucks – including one carrying eight tonnes of butane cans – destroyed at NSW rest stop near Breadalbane, police say...
  
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• The Morning The Sky Exploded And The Earth Was Never Quite The Same

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Around 7:15 am on June 30 in 1908, during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II, an object from space entered Earth's atmosphere over Siberia. And it changed science forever. ......
  
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• Thai Airways employee arrested in Australia after heroin found in bags

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  A Thai airline employee was...
  
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• Takeaways from AP/'FRONTLINE' investigation into how US tech is abused for global scams

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Technology from American companies is...
  
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• Taiwan Raids Super Micro in Widening China Chip Smuggling Probe

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  The raids mark an expansion of Taiwan's first public crackdown on AI chip diversion after years of pressure from Washington to take a more active role in curtailing China's access to technology. ......
  
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• Sweden coach Potter anticipates "best game" against France

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Sweden coach Graham Potter said his team will need to be at its very best to contain France when the two sides meet in the World Cup round of 32 on Tuesday. "Against the top teams you have to get the balance right, and we want to play the best game we have ever...
  
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• Spanish Man's Headaches Weren't Cancer, The Real Cause Surprised Doctors

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Multiple brain scans were required to find the true culprit behind the man's worsening headaches. ......
  
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• School smartphone bans seen as ‘punitive’ by young people, study says

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Outright bans may have unintended negative consequences for young people, University College London report warns...
  
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• Rick Steves’ Europe: Appreciating the Italian Renaissance

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Among the many things I love about Italy is how the Renaissance can be spliced into your travels. Imagine: In Florence, you can sleep in a converted 16th-century monastery that’s just a block from Michelangelo’s David, around the corner from ......
  
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• Republican Tom Kean Jr. set to return to Congress after long unexplained absence

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican...
  
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• Reflecting pool algae: the science Trump needs to know – podcast

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC has hardly been out of the news since April when President Trump vowed to have it renovated, and painted ‘American flag blue’ by 4 July. Despite the pool being stripped, cleaned, coated and refilled, within days the algae that has plagued it for...
  
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• ‘Rare’ blast in Monaco leaves Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev, 2 others seriously injured

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Monaco blast: The...
  
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• PHOTO ESSAY: Two victims on opposite sides of the global scam industry seek to rebuild ...

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  One thought he was getting to know “Eliza” and was robbed of his life savings. The other was trafficked to a scam compound, beaten and forced to become “Ella” online. Separated by thousands of miles, Chris Colocousis and Safeer Mohammed ......
  
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• Over 100 Venezuelans deported from the US hours before deadly earthquakes are missing

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  A deportation flight...
  
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• Norway’s ‘Viking Row’ Is a Fan Phenomenon at the World Cup

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Seas of red-clad Norwegian supporters are rowing shoulder to shoulder at stadiums, schools, even a nursing home. Not everyone is thrilled. ......
  
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• Newsom signs $352B spending plan and reflects on signature policies before he leaves office

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Newsom has signed a nearly $352 billion spending plan. The bills delay some cuts to healthcare programs, increase funding for childcare and set aside money to help speed up the state’s vote count ahead of the November election. They are ......
  
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• New Zealand boosts support for Pacific fisheries

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  WELLINGTON, June 30 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand announced on Tuesday increased funding and support for Pacific fisheries, aiming to boost economic returns from tuna and strengthen regional sustainability efforts. The Pacific...
  
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• New charges for Manx parcels sent to EU countries

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  The European Union is set to impose charges on certain products being shipped from the Isle of Man....
  
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• Morocco edge wild last-32 penalty shootout as Netherlands pay heavy price for misses

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Maybe Morocco are about to do it all again. They are into the last 16 after a match that lasted almost three hours, winning a strange and error-strewn shootout to tee up a meeting with Canada. Ismael Saibari converted the winning penalty after his team and the Netherlands had fluffed their lines...
  
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• Morocco beats Netherlands on penalties to reach World Cup last 16 (updated)

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  MONTERREY, Mexico, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Ismael Saibari converted the decisive spot kick as Morocco advanced to the World Cup round of 16 on Monday by beating the Netherlands 3-2 in a penalty shootout. Cody Gakpo had given the Netherlands the lead at Monterrey Stadium with a 72nd-minute strike before Issa Diop forced the match into extra time with a...
  
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• Monaco explosion injures Ukrainian tycoon as suspect flees to France

  30-06-2026 07:35 via article.wn.com
  Paris: A blast from an explosive device has seriously...
  
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