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• Hungary introduces eight-year term limit for prime ministers

  16-06-2026 00:09 via article.wn.com
  BUDAPEST, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Hungary's parliament on Monday approved the 16th amendment to the country's Fundamental Law, introducing an eight-year limit for the office of prime minister and barring any individual from serving more than eight...
  
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• World Cup what to know: Argentina’s Lionel Messi kicks off expected last hurrah against Algeria

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Argentina’s bid to become the first back-to-back World Cup champion in 62 years begins on Tuesday. The match against Algeria in Kansas City, Missouri, also marks the start of the sixth and possibly final World Cup for Lionel Messi. One of the best players of a generation turns 39 later this month and is widely expected to retire from international competition following this year’s expanded 48-team tournament. Messi added the one thing missing from his impressive resume with the 2022
  
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• World Cup tourists swoon over the real America — and they’re making us fall in ...

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Bright red fire trucks. Walmart’s cathedral of abundance. The miracle of free refills. These are just a few of the American wonders World Cup tourists are encountering during their travels through the heartland — and they can’t seem to get enough of them. Visitors from all over the world are documenting their journeys across the United States on social media, much to the delight of every American who doesn’t think patriotism is a dirty word. Why are the fire trucks so bea
  
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• World-Action Models (WAMs): NVIDIA's Next Step in Robotics

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  NVIDIA explores World-Action Models (WAMs), a new AI paradigm leveraging video backbones for robotics. Key to solving language-to-action gaps. (Read More) ......
  
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• Video shows helicopter in crash that killed Oliver Tree plunging to ground —as one of ...

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Harrowing video shows one of the helicopters involved in the midair collision that killed American singer Oliver Tree hurtling toward the ground in Brazil — as a witness claimed he saw someone jumping from one of the stricken choppers. The footage released by Rio de Janeiro’s fire department shows one of the aircraft falling uncontrollably near an electric car lot on Sunday morning, sparking a fire that
  
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• Vance says nuclear inspectors to return to Iran under peace deal

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  US Vice President JD Vance said Monday that international nuclear inspectors will return to Iran as a central component of the new agreement between Washington and Tehran. Nuclear inspectors are to be allowed back into Iran as part of deal with the US, Vance told NBC News. He said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the US will assist Tehran in destroying its highly enriched uranium stockpile, noting this requirement is...
  
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• US State Department approves possible military sale to Kuwait

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  The US State Department approved a possible sale of follow-on sustainment support for Kuwait's...
  
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• Ukraine requests emergency UN Security Council meeting following Russian attacks

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine on Monday requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council following what it described as heavy Russian attacks that caused extensive damage across the country, including a strike on a historic monastery complex. Kyiv said the strikes badly...
  
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• Trump declares Iran ‘has agreed to never have a nuclear weapon’; calls $300 billion fund report ‘fake news’

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Both the US and Iran...
  
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• Three instructors charged with homicide of student thrown 130 feet down without bungee cord

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Three bungee-jumping instructors have been charged with the death of a young student who was thrown off a 130-foot bridge without a rope attached — as mystery swirls over a handheld camera she was carrying during her horrific final moments. In total, six people have been taken into custody and questioned about the death of Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, in Limeira, near Sao Paulo, on Saturday, O Globo
  
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• Portugal fans mixed on whether Ronaldo will help or hurt team’s World Cup chances

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  It would have been unthinkable at the start of the 2022 World Cup to suggest Cristiano Ronaldo was anything other than the undisputed leader of the Portugal team. But the Qatar edition went poorly for Portugal’s all-time leading scorer. After ......
  
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• Polish defense minister rejects president's criticism over US ties

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz on Monday accused President Karol Nawrocki of repeating "PiS propaganda" after the head of state claimed the government had damaged relations with the United States during a visit to Washington. "Facts are merciless. And they destroy PiS propaganda," Kosiniak-Kamysz said, referring to the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party that backed Nawrocki's presidential campaign. The argument...
  
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• Pakistani, Italian top diplomats stress implementing US-Iran understandings for lasting Middle East peace

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani underscored the importance of implementing recently reached understandings between the United States and Iran to ensure lasting peace and stability in the Middle East, Pakistan's Foreign...
  
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• One Extraordinary Photo: Unique look at Ivory Coast goal

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Petr David Josek is a Prague-based...
  
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• Neymar's World Cup doubts continue after Brazil forward has new tests on his injured right calf

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Doubts over Neymar’s debut at the World Cup are continuing after the Brazil forward underwent new tests on his injured right leg. There had been hope that Neymar could return to training on Monday, but the Santos player did not ......
  
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• Millionaire with ties to UK royal family accused of being notorious jogger seen pushing woman ...

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A millionaire banker with ties to the British royal family has been arrested for allegedly being London’s notorious “Putney Pusher,” a jogger filmed pushing a woman in front of a moving bus, almost killing her. The suspect was arrested Monday at his $1.8 million home in west London nearly a decade after surveillance footage captured the terrifying near-death encounter on London’s Putney Bridg
  
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• Military plane crash kills 5 after and exploding into a fireball — but co-pilot survives

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Shocking video shows a military plane crashing and bursting into flames at an airbase in India, killing five personnel on board — but with a co-pilot miraculously surviving. The Indian Air Force aircraft landed normally at the Rowriah...
  
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• Late strike denies Saudi Arabia victory in World Cup opener against Uruguay

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Saudi Arabia and Uruguay played to a 1-1 draw at Miami Stadium on Monday, as neither side managed to secure a decisive victory in their opening Group H encounter. Saudi defender Abdulelah...
  
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• Iranian tankers cross Gulf of Oman as media declares US naval blockade over

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Several Iranian vessels crossed what Iranian media described as a US naval blockade line in the Gulf of Oman without incident Monday. Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported...
  
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• FDI commitments decline in Nepal

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  KATHMANDU, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) commitments to Nepal decreased year on year during the...
  
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• EU says Lebanon should be included in US-Iran ceasefire as Israel keeps troops deployed

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday that European foreign ministers stressed the need for Lebanon to be covered by ongoing ceasefire efforts amid Israel's continued troop deployment in the country. Following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg, Kallas said ministers discussed the situation in Lebanon and underscored the importance of extending ceasefire arrangements to the country. "Ministers were saying that Lebanon should be covered by the ceasefire,...
  
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• Distraught mom rages after daughter fatally thrown off Brazilian bridge without bungee cord: ‘That damned rope’

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The mother of a Brazilian student who died after plummeting from a bridge during an unlicensed bungee jump raged about the fatal mistake — as the local mayor said the company has been a problem for years. “‘That damned rope took you away from me forever,” Valdenia Rodrigues, mother of 21-year-old Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, said in an Instagram post on...
  
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• Cape Verde goalkeeper says mother missed World Cup due to visa issue

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Cape Verde goalkeeper Josimar Jose Evora Dias, known as Vozinha, said his mother was unable to attend the FIFA World Cup because the family could not make a visa-related...
  
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• Belgium held to 1-1 draw by Egypt in World Cup opener

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Belgium and Egypt shared the points after a 1-1 draw in their Group G match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Seattle Stadium in the US on Monday. Egypt took the lead in the 19th...
  
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• Belgium held by Egypt in World Cup Group G

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  SEATTLE, United States, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Egypt held Belgium to a 1-1 draw in their FIFA World Cup Group G opener on Monday....
  
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• Assad-era interrogator sentenced to 26 years in Dutch court for torture

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  A Dutch court sentenced a 58-year-old Syrian man to 26 years in prison for torture and other abuses committed while serving as an interrogator for a pro-Assad militia in Syria, broadcaster NOS reported on Monday. The...
  
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• Alpha-Gal Syndrome Explained: Tick Bite Meat Allergy Symptoms, Risks and New Treatment

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  Washington: It...
  
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• 2 killed, several injured in massive fire at pub in India's Karnataka

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  NEW DELHI, June 16 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed and several others...
  
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• 14 arrested as anti-Israel protesters picket London synagogue

  16-06-2026 03:33 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Police in London arrested 14 people on Sunday at a real estate fair for properties in Israel, where about 1,000 people had gathered to protest outside the synagogue hosting the event. The demonstration took place outside Edgware United Synagogue in northwest London, which hosted the fair. The Board of Deputies of British Jews condemned the protest and called on police to prevent it from taking place. At least one of
  
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• World Cup official says twitch caused gesture resembling supremacist sign; FIFA says no breach

  16-06-2026 02:35 via article.wn.com
  GENEVA (AP) — A World Cup video review official said his hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign was caused by an involuntary twitch, and a FIFA committee concluded the Australian didn't breach the sport's disciplinary code. FIFA’s discrimination monitor had called for Shaun Evans to be removed from the tournament. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmtG2?D H@C&
  
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