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• How you can keep your child safe on social media as new study found ‘systemic issues’ with many features

  06-07-2026 17:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  The new study investigated more than 80 safety features across four top social media platforms
  
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• SpaceX president gifts $320M in company stock to fund new Trump Accounts

  06-07-2026 22:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump Accounts were launched to mark America’s 250th anniversary
  
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• Woman accused Democrat Graham Planter of sexual assault: Maine candidate denies the allegation

  06-07-2026 22:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Embattled Maine candidate previously faced accusations of concerning behavior that left ex-girlfriends feeling ‘uneasy’
  
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• Officials wanted to cancel July 4 celebrations on the National Mall for weather. Then Trump stepped in

  06-07-2026 21:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘All the entities involved’ had reportedly proposed canceling the July 4 celebration
  
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• Trump details plans for White House helipad to accommodate more powerful Marine One

  06-07-2026 21:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump said the helipad would be privately funded, with an estimated cost reaching up to $6 million
  
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• World Cup’s integrity questioned

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  GENEVA — With the integrity of FIFA and the World Cup under attack from European soccer leaders, FIFA President Gianni Infantino acknowledged taking a call from President Donald Trump before U.S. forward Folarin Balogun was cleared to play against Belgium later Monday. Balogun was issued a red card in the U.S. match vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina last week, resulting in a suspension for the Belgium contest. Trump called Infantino after the game with Bosnia to plead his case to overturn the call, a
  
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• Why the World Cup pink cleat trend spells ‘disaster’ for big shoe brands

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  If you’ve been watching the World Cup, you’ve probably gotten into all sorts of delightfully obscure details and ephemera about teams from Cape Verde to Norway. But you also may have noticed that one detail uniting the global squads is the ubiquity of pink cleats on the field. The Athletic reported on why players are thinking pink — it gives them confidence to wear the swaggy hue. And Nike, Adidas, Puma, New Balance and...
  
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• USA vs Belgium World Cup predictions, expert picks, analysis

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  The United States must be feeling sky-high as they head into their World Cup round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday, July 6 at Lumen Field in Seattle. The USA beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 in the round of 32 with a third goal in the tournament from Folarin Balogun. The team will be pumped that their forward is allowed to play in this match despite receiving a controversial red card. Soccer fans will remember the 2014 World Cup round of 16 match that the Red Devils won, 2-1. All three goal
  
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• UPDATE:  Belgian federation to challenge FIFA’s decision to let USMNT’s Balogun play in World Cup match

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  The Belgian soccer federation wants an explanation from FIFA about a decision to let U.S forward Folarin Balogun play at the World Cup despite getting a red card in his previous game. Belgium takes on the United States later today for a spot in the quarterfinals. The Belgian federation (RBFA) said...
  
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• Trump’s red card call stirs political storm around World Cup

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  For 24 days, the World Cup seemed to achieve a rare feat in America in 2026: It had almost nothing to do with Donald Trump. But in an extraordinary twist following an appeal from the president, star US goal-scorer Folarin Balogun will play in the knockout clash with Belgium on Monday, despite being sent off in the previous match and earning a one-game ban. “Thank you to FIFA for doing what was right, and reversing a great injustice! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” the president posted Su
  
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• Trump Wins the FIFA Appease Prize

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  Is it fair that players live in one reality and referees live in another? Is it fair that Donald Trump, uh, trumps them all? ......
  
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• Trump May Have Just Broken the World Cup: Live Updates

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  Photo: Tasos Katopodis/FIFA via Getty Images It was of course inevitable that a World Cup hosted by the U.S. while FIFA’s first and only peace prize winner Donald Trump is president would involve some precedent-shattering political intervention which outraged the world,...
  
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• Tropical Storm Maysak killed 2 in China's south and heavy rains leave 5 dead in north

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING (AP) — A tropical storm killed two people, caused dam breaches and forced tens of thousands to evacuate in southern China, state media reported Monday. ......
  
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• Six Rare Rolexes That Explain the Top of the Brand’s Vintage Market

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  For a few weeks each summer, Rolex is hard to miss. At Wimbledon, its name is woven into the tournament’s image of precision, tradition and control, the same language the brand carries across its broader presence in tennis. But the Rolexes most viewers notice on television and the timepieces serious collectors fight over are not really the same watch. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images The Rolex clock and ivy outside Centre Court at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. The public v
  
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• Should Trump have called FIFA about USMNT red card? Tell us. | Opinion

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  USA fans react to Balogun red card reversal USAT's Madison Tenenbaum asks USA fans at the World Cup what their thoughts are after Folarin Balogun's red card has been reversed, allowing him to play against Belgium. Sports Seriously If you are not a soccer fan and are trying not to pay attention to the World Cup, I am sorry, but the president of the United States has now made that impossible. You might have been able to ignore a lot of things about the once-every-four-year tournament. Like...
  
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• Russia’s missile, drone attacks on Ukraine kill at least 21

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  Russia unleashed waves of missiles and drones at Ukraine early Monday, killing at least 21 people in attacks that exposed widening gaps in country’s air defenses more than four years into Moscow’s full-scale invasion, authorities said. All of the ballistic missiles launched by Russia struck their targets, underscoring Kyiv’s need for more U.S.-made Patriot interceptor missiles — a point Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will likely reiterate at a NATO summit in Anka
  
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• Russia accused of dumping anthrax-infected cattle carcasses in Ukraine: ‘ Biological terrorism’

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Russia is allegedly littering Ukraine with anthrax-infected livestock, dumping cattle carcasses less than a mile away from residential areas in what Ukrainian officials have described as “biological terrorism.” Occupying Russian authorities are placing the tainted carcasses in burial sites in Ukraine’s Kherson region, with as many as 50 locations reported — including 10 that are considered &l
  
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• Prayers offered for West Virginia’s new bishop at Solemn Vespers

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  The evening before the installation of Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as the 10th bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, a...
  
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• Prayers and celebrations for the Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday, in photos

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  LEH, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama attended celebrations Monday marking his 91st birthday in Leh, India, as devotees gathered for prayers and celebrations across India and Nepal. ......
  
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• Netanyahu gov’t declares it will ignore Israeli Supreme Court order — paving way for constitutional crisis

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet greenlit a resolution Sunday committing to ignore the country’s supreme court order against allowing its media regulator to convene. The resolution marks the first time an Israeli government has committed to openly defying the country’s highest court, paving the way for a constitutional crisis to rock the Jewish state. “Yo
  
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• NATO chief demands that allies present credible plans to reach defense spending targets

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  NATO chief demands that allies present credible plans to reach defense spending targets. ......
  
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• National Eucharistic Pilgrimage ends, but ‘the journey continues’

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  As the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concluded amid the U.S.’s 250th anniversary, “the journey continues,” said Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia. And, he added, “we’re all walking to one place,” with the path leading to the “powerful, transformative and lifegiving” love of God. The archbishop was the principal celebrant and homilist at the final liturgy for the pilgrimage, which took place July 5 at the Cathedral Basilica of
  
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• King Charles yanks invitation for Prince Harry to stay at Buckingham Palace during UK visit

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Prince Harry will not be staying at Buckingham Palace during his trip to the UK this week — after King Charles yanked the invitation, according to a report. The Duke of Sussex, 41, had accepted an offer to stay at the London royal residence, his team announced Monday. However, just minutes after the announcement, Buckingham Palace revoked the invitation, with a source telling The Telegraph that the rogue royal
  
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• Israel warns any Iranian leader who seeks its destruction will be eliminated

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Monday that any Iranian leader who seeks to destroy the Jewish state would be eliminated, as the funeral procession for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei got underway in Tehran. “Khamenei, whose funeral is taking place now, was eliminated by Israel because he initiated and led the plan to destroy Israel in Iran and across the region,” Katz said in a H
  
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• Indonesia Looks to Expand Trade With Russia After EAEU Free Trade Deal

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  Indonesia plans to increase imports of industrial and agricultural products from Russia, Didit...
  
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• Horror details emerge of mum accused of killing and eating four-year-old son

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: A 32-year-old woman entered Wyong Police Station in Australia and allegedly told police she had eaten parts of her son, before officers found the deceased four-year-old later that day. ......
  
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• France's Macron visits Syria, in first trip by an EU head of state since Assad toppled

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Syria on Monday, Syria's state news agency reported, in the first visit to Damascus by a European Union head of state since rebels led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa toppled Bashar al-Assad in 2024. The visit underlines Syria's geopolitical transformation under Sharaa, who has established...
  
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• Fifa dismisses Belgium appeal against Balogun red card U-turn; Brazil defends referee

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  Fifa said on Monday that the appeal by Belgium's football assocation against the World Cup reprieve for US striker Folarin Balogun was "inadmissible". "The Fifa Appeal Committee has rendered a request submitted by the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) as inadmissible in relation to...
  
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• ‘Excited but Shocked’: U.S. Soccer Fans Struggle With Trump’s FIFA Call

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  Americans wrestled with definitions of fairness, after the president intervened in the World Cup to reinstate a star player. ......
  
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• European World Cup fans appalled over $25 nachos, $27 drinks at US match stadiums: ‘Shame ...

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google They’re moving the goal posts on concession prices. Soccer fans have sparked debate online after revealing the alleged extortionate prices vendors are charging for food and drinks at a FIFA World Cup venue. In a viral TikTok clip with over 100,000 views, the American ticketholder meant to “expose the prices” the stadium was charging — $9 for a 16.9 oz bottle of Coca-Cola and $7 for bottled wa
  
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